PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Big Russian (ranked 1141 p4p, 2624 weight class) and Nero La Croix (ranked 133 p4p, 277 weight class). La Croix comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ca Plane Pour Moi kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Russian
vs
La Croix

200 cm
26
265
10 - 0 - 0

190 cm
46
265
67 - 15 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Urban Fighter

Conquer
World Class MMA Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Big Russian!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 67 - 15 - 1, fighting out of New York, Nero La Croix!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Josh West and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

La Croix instigates a clinch.
Russian blocks an elbow strike from La Croix.
La Croix lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Big Russian has been cut.
La Croix lands an elbow inside.
Russian throws a punch but it's blocked by La Croix.
Russian blocks an elbow strike.
La Croix told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Russian misses with a short punch on the inside.
La Croix lands an elbow just above Russian 's eye.
A head punch on the inside from Russian fails to land.
Russian lands a left hand that snaps the head of La Croix backwards.
La Croix throws an elbow but it's blocked.
La Croix pushes off an throws an elbow but Russian leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Russian.
La Croix comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
La Croix lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice elbow from La Croix.
Russian avoids a wild elbow strike from La Croix.
La Croix throws an elbow that misses.
La Croix lands an elbow that stopped Russian in his tracks for a moment.
Russian misses with the head strike.
Russian dodges an elbow strike from La Croix.
La Croix lands a nice elbow.

Big Russian's cut is getting worse.
Russian tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by La Croix.
Russian working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Croix blocking some punches.
La Croix blocking some punches.
Russian lands with a short head shot on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, La Croix just misses with a elbow thrown towards Russian's brow.
Nice elbow from La Croix.
La Croix throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Russian throws a head punch that misses.
La Croix pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Russian avoids the elbow strike from La Croix, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, La Croix just misses with a elbow thrown towards Russian's brow.
La Croix misses with an elbow over the top.
La Croix comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
La Croix pushes off an throws an elbow but Russian leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by La Croix.
Russian blocks an elbow strike from La Croix.
Russian blocks the elbow strike.
Russian swings wildly with an uppercut but La Croix uses good head movement to avoid it.
La Croix throws an elbow but it's blocked.
La Croix pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
La Croix gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch blocked on the inside by La Croix.
With the fighters up against the cage, La Croix throws an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Croix creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
La Croix pushes off an throws an elbow but Russian leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
La Croix misses with an elbow over the top.
Russian misses with some punches.
La Croix blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
La Croix comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A head punch on the inside from Russian fails to land.
La Croix pushes off an throws an elbow but Russian leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Russian blocks an elbow strike.
Russian takes an elbow to the forehead.

Big Russian's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Russian working aggressively here.
La Croix lands an elbow inside that Russian shrugs off.
La Croix pushes off an throws an elbow but Russian leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Russian working aggressively here.
La Croix lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
La Croix pushes off an throws an elbow but Russian leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
La Croix throws an elbow but it misses.
Russian blocks an elbow strike from La Croix.
La Croix misses with an elbow over the top.
La Croix looks to throw an elbow but misses.
La Croix comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Russian misses with a punch on the inside.
La Croix misses with an elbow over the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Croix lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Russian looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Russian dodges an elbow strike from La Croix.
La Croix throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
La Croix creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Russian's defenses.
La Croix misses with an elbow strike.
La Croix throws an elbow that misses.
Russian swings wildly with an uppercut but La Croix uses good head movement to avoid it.
Russian fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Russian blocks an elbow strike from La Croix.
Russian misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by La Croix.

Jeez, Big Russian's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
La Croix lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Big Russian's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Nero La Croix!
Nero La Croix is the new heavyweight champion!
An out of breath Nero La Croix thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.