PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chino Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and manuel duran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). manuel duran struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.0lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Cruz
vs
duran

225 cm
19
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

180 cm
20
219 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chino Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, manuel duran!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz looks to land a combination but duran avoids it well.
Cruz lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like manuel duran has been cut.
duran showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cruz.
Cruz loads up on a big right hand but duran slips the punch.
duran dodges the punch combination from Cruz.
Cruz tries to clinch there but duran circles away.
Cruz misses with a two punch combination.
duran keeps the fight on the outside.
duran slips a jab from Cruz.
duran fails to land with a series of punches.

duran clinches with his opponent.
duran landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
duran lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cruz backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
duran with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cruz is breathing heavily.
duran lands a nice elbow.
duran throws a knee to the head but misses.
duran avoids the elbow strike from Cruz, against the ropes.
duran scores with an uppercut up the middle.
duran gets through Cruz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cruz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cruz misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
duran lands a good knee to the midsection. Cruz won't want to take too many of those.
duran lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
duran putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cruz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cruz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
duran crunches a lovely knee into Cruz's ribcage.
duran misses with a knee to the head.
duran tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
duran utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
duran lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cruz or not.
duran with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A shot in the inside from duran.
duran connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cruz's face.
Cruz really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
duran lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
duran scores a nice knee to the body.
duran lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cruz backwards.
duran throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cruzs head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cruz tries to land knees in the clinch but duran avoids the damage to the body.
duran lands a knee to the body.
duran lands a nice knee to the body.
duran unloads a knee to the mid-section.
duran prevents a body shot from Cruz.
duran blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
duran tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
duran lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cruz has a couple of punches blocked by duran.
duran trying to land knees to the body.
duran with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
duran blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cruz.
duran looking to throw knees to the head but Cruz is blocking nicely.
duran misses with a knee strike.
Cruz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cruz takes a shot to the head.

duran manages to break the clinch.
duran tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cruz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cruz throws a leg kick but duran checks it.

duran moves into the clinch.
duran using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
duran misses with a knee to the head.
duran throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
duran lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cruz.
Cruz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of duran backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
duran unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cruz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cruz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
duran throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cruz blocks it with crossed arms.
duran lands a damaging elbow.
Come on duran - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Cruz tries to land knees in the clinch but duran avoids the damage to the body.
Cruz digs a right hand into duran's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on duran's gas tank.
duran is leaning against Cruz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cruz.
duran stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
duran throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cruz blocks it with crossed arms.
A short uppercut from duran.
Cruz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cruz letting duran take a breather here.
Cruz misses with a short punch on the inside.
duran lands a nice knee to the body.
duran landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
duran misses with a knee to the head.
Cruz scores with a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
duran tries to land a knee to the head but Cruz blocks with his arms.
Cruz lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
duran tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
duran lands a nice knee to the body.
Cruz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cruz struggles to land a body shot inside as duran controls his hands.
Cruz tries a body shot but duran blocks it.
duran working Cruz over with knees to the body.
duran blocks a punch to the side of the head.
duran lands a nice knee to the body.
Cruz misses with a hook to the ribs.
duran lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cruz misses with a hook to the ribs.
duran tries a knee to the head but Cruz blocks it.
Cruz misses with the head strike.
Cruz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with duran's elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
duran scores a nice knee to the body.
A short right from Cruz.
duran dodges an elbow strike from Cruz.
Cruz misses with the head strike.
Knees to the body from duran.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

manuel duran dominated that round.
The cut man is working on manuel duran's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

duran pushes Cruz up against the ropes in a clinch.
Cruz throws an elbow but it misses.
Cruz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A knee to the head by duran.
duran landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as duran takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
duran tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cruz lands a nice shot to the body.
Cruz throws a punch but it's blocked by duran.
duran lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cruz stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
duran blocking some punches.
Cruz trying to land knees to the body.
Cruz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
duran tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cruz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Cruz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from duran.
A body shot lands from Cruz.
Cruz pushes duran back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
duran on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
duran unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cruz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for duran.
duran looking to throw knees to the head but Cruz is blocking nicely.
Cruz takes an elbow to the temple.
Cruz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. duran is defending well for now.
Cruz digs a right hand underneath duran's ribcage. duran let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cruz unloads a knee to the mid-section.
duran using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cruz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Cruz throws an elbow but misses.
Cruz missing with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. duran obliges.
Nice body punch from duran.
duran blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cruz misses with some punches.
Cruz misses with an elbow strike.
Good body shot from Cruz.
duran with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
duran lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cruz avoiding damage as duran throws knees to the body.
Knees to the body from duran.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
duran lands a nice knee to the body.
duran stalling in the clinch but Cruz improves position.
Cruz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cruz managing to block the knees to the body from duran.
duran lands a nice knee to the body.
duran blocks an elbow strike from Cruz.
Cruz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and duran avoids it.
duran lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cruz misses with a body punch.
Cruz misses with a hook from the clinch.
duran looking to throw knees to the head but Cruz is blocking nicely.
Cruz misses with a short punch on the inside.
duran misses with a knee to the head.
Good body shot from duran.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cruz.
duran lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
manuel duran seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short body shot lands from duran as the two fighters clinch.
Cruz is leaning against duran and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cruz missing with knees to the body.
duran lands an elbow that stopped Cruz in his tracks for a moment.
With the fighters up against the ropes, duran throws an elbow but misses.
Cruz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
duran tries a knee to the head but Cruz blocks it.
duran misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cruz.
duran blocking some punches.
duran blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cruz.
duran blocks a punch to the side of the head.
duran looking to throw knees to the head but Cruz is blocking nicely.
duran lands a body punch.
Cruz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cruz misses with an elbow strike.
duran lands a knee to the head.
Cruz misses with the head strike.
Cruz misses with a punch on the inside.
Cruz lands a nice shot to the body.
duran with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
duran tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cruz avoids it.
duran crunches a lovely knee into Cruz's ribcage.
Cruz tries to throw a body punch but duran avoids it by throwing Cruz back against the cage.
Cruz swings wildly with an uppercut but duran uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cruz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Cruz tries to land knees in the clinch but duran avoids the damage to the body.
Cruz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
duran misses with a knee strike.
duran landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
duran tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
duran scores a nice knee to the body.
Cruz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from duran.
Cruz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by duran.
duran blocks the elbow strike.
duran with an attempt at a knee that misses.
duran is leaning against Cruz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. duran obliges.
duran putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cruz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cruz misses with a punch on the inside.
Cruz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
duran tries a knee to the head but Cruz blocks it.
Cruz takes a knee to the side of the body.
duran misses with a knee strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. duran obliges.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cruz.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

manuel duran showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on manuel duran's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

duran closes the distance and clinches.
Cruz working aggressively here.
Cruz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
duran scores a nice knee to the body.
duran missing with knees to the body.
duran with an attempt at a knee that misses.
duran with a knee to the head.
Cruz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with duran's elbow.
duran blocking some punches.
Cruz scores with a hook to the body.
Cruz works on duran's body with a couple of short punches.
Cruz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with duran's elbow.
duran using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
duran throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cruz blocks it with crossed arms.
A head punch on the inside from Cruz fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by duran.
duran tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cruz avoids it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cruz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cruz tries a body shot but duran blocks it.
A nice right hand lands inside from duran.
duran makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
duran lands a good knee to the midsection. Cruz won't want to take too many of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from duran.
duran using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
duran lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cruz misses with some punches.
duran working Cruz over with knees to the body.
duran putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cruz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cruz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
duran creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cruz's defenses.
duran throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cruz blocks it with crossed arms.
duran with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cruz avoiding damage as duran throws knees to the body.
Cruz throws an elbow that misses.
Cruz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. duran is defending well for now.
A head punch on the inside from Cruz fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Cruz fails to land.
Cruz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
duran lands a hook that snaps the head of Cruz backwards.
duran using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
duran blocks an uppercut.
duran trying to land knees to the body.
duran tries to land a knee to the head but Cruz blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
duran creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cruz's defenses.
duran working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by duran.
Knees to the body from duran.
A head punch blocked on the inside by duran.
duran lands a good knee to the midsection. Cruz won't want to take too many of those.
duran throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cruz blocks it with crossed arms.
Cruz throws a punch but it's blocked by duran.
duran is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cruz is defending well for now.
Cruz misses with a punch on the inside.
Cruz swings wildly with an uppercut but duran uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cruz trying to land knees to the body.
duran looking to throw knees to the head but Cruz is blocking nicely.
Cruz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
duran stalling in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Cruz throws an elbow but misses.
duran throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cruz blocks it with crossed arms.
duran lands a nice elbow.
duran scores with a nice hook to the head.
duran throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cruz blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
duran tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
duran looking to throw knees to the head but Cruz is blocking nicely.
duran with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
duran working Cruz over with knees to the body.
duran with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
duran misses with a knee to the head.
duran avoids the elbow strike from Cruz, against the ropes.
Cruz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cruz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and duran avoids it.
duran blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cruz misses with the head strike.
duran tries to land a knee to the head but Cruz blocks with his arms.
duran scores with a hook to the body.
Cruz can't find room to land a body shot as duran controls the action.
duran throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cruz lands a shot to the body.
duran putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cruz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cruz misses with a knee strike.
Cruz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
duran lands with a left to the head.
Cruz takes an elbow to the temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Cruz scores with a hook to the body.
duran using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
duran with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cruz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
duran connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cruz's face.
Cruz working aggressively here.
Cruz avoiding damage as duran throws knees to the body.
duran tries to land a knee to the head but Cruz blocks with his arms.
Cruz has a couple of punches blocked by duran.
duran on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cruz tries to work over duran's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
duran landing knees to the head.
duran throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cruz misses with some punches.
Cruz misses with a hook to the ribs.
duran on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cruz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cruz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cruz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Chino Cruz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
manuel duran is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A short right hand to the side of the head by duran.
duran blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
manuel duran comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got duran winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... manuel duran!