PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hershel Mccullough (ranked 6872 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominic Cruz (ranked 4620 p4p, 0 weight class). Dominic Cruz has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Hershel Mccullough's chin.

Mccullough
vs
Cruz

150 cm
23
215 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

183 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hershel Mccullough!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dominic Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Colin Fray and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mccullough's head.
Cruz scores with a hook.

Mccullough closes the distance and clinches.
Cruz tries to break the clinch but Mccullough is controlling the position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mccullough throws an elbow but misses.

Cruz breaks the clinch.
Cruz bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Mccullough's head backwards.

Cruz looking to score a takedown here. Mccullough is defending well but Cruz drives through and ends up in Mccullough's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Cruz lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Mccullough had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Cruz defends it easily.
Mccullough could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Cruz looking to sit in guard and control but Mccullough gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mccullough stops Cruz from standing up.
Cruz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mccullough postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mccullough throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mccullough has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Cruz is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Mccullough is controlling him.
Mccullough in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mccullough is working Cruz over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mccullough accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Mccullough stops Cruz from standing up.
Cruz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mccullough.
Mccullough wants to control from the top but Cruz keeps moving.
Mccullough won't allow Cruz to get back to his feet.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Mccullough trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Cruz throws a series of punches but Mccullough avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz misses with a double jab.
Cruz misses with an uppercut. Mccullough saw that one coming.

Mccullough gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Cruz has picked Mccullough up - he's going for a ride! Cruz dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Cruz prevents Mccullough from improving his position.
Cruz missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mccullough slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Mccullough looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cruz is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cruz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mccullough looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cruz is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Cruz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Cruz is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Cruz looking to pass the guard.
Cruz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cruz scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Cruz trying to control the position from guard on top but Mccullough is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cruz stopping the sweep attempt from Mccullough.
Cruz is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Mccullough is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cruz passes into half guard.
Oh Mccullough is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cruz looks winded!
Cruz is nestled in close to Mccullough, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Mccullough is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Cruz lands a big elbow - Mccullough is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Cruz!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dominic Cruz!