PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jacob Israel Cross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silvean Maxiq (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cross comes to the cage accompanied by Tom Waits - Hell Broke Luce. This should be a great matchup!

Israel Cross
vs
Maxiq

174 cm
25
176 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

179 cm
24
175 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jacob Israel Cross!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Silvean Maxiq!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Paul Gruel and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maxiq waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cross.
Cross pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Maxiq lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Maxiq throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cross stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Cross rushes Maxiq and presses him up against the cage.
Maxiq takes a shot to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Maxiq creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cross throws an elbow but it misses.
Maxiq is pressed up against the cage. Cross has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Maxiq down to the mat. Maxiq avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Silvean Maxiq seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maxiq scores with a hook to the body. Cross takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Maxiq takes a swing at Cross's ribcage but misses.
Cross will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Maxiq bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Cross's head backwards.

It looks like Jacob Israel Cross has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cross keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Maxiq.
Cross on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Cross is rocked!
Maxiq wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Oh Cross is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cross shoots for a takedown but Maxiq saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Cross lands a jab to the head.
Cross seems to have got his legs back now.
Cross wants to clinch up but Maxiq keeps it at a distance.

Maxiq cracks Cross with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Maxiq has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Cross to stand back up!
Cross lands with a cross.
Cross tries to clinch up but Maxiq circles away and keeps his distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maxiq moves in close and cracks Cross with a massive right hand! Cross, frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the canvas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by Maxiq!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Silvean Maxiq!
Silvean Maxiq thanked the fans post fight for their support.