PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between King Dela Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathan Richer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dela Cruz
vs
Richer

194 cm
22
215 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

191 cm
20
223 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Determined

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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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, King Dela Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jonathan Richer!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dela Cruz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dela Cruz takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dela Cruz misses with a straight left.
Jonathan Richer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Dela Cruz looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Well, if Dela Cruz is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Dela Cruz lands strikes from half guard.
Dela Cruz winds up and cracks Richer with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Dela Cruz not doing much here.
Richer is looking to escape.
Richer is looking to improve his position.
Richer is looking to escape.
Dela Cruz performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dela Cruz passes to full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dela Cruz lands a big shot there that rocks Richer but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Dela Cruz with shots to the head and body - Richer looks very uncomfortable down there.
Richer tries to lock up and control but Dela Cruz gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Richer keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Dela Cruz controlling from the full mount.
Dela Cruz raining down hammerfists from mount.
Dela Cruz with the ground and pound from mount.

Richer is rocked!
Richer really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Richer is still in real trouble! Can Dela Cruz finish him?
Richer looks gassed!
Dela Cruz fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Richer seems to have recovered his senses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice elbow there by Dela Cruz.
Dela Cruz controlling from the full mount.
Dela Cruz connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Dela Cruz working the ground and pound effectively.
Dela Cruz working away from the top, dropping strikes.
A nice elbow there by Dela Cruz.
Dela Cruz takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Dela Cruz has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Richer's face.

Dela Cruz has isolated one of Richer's arms. Richer looking to fight him off but Dela Cruz twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). King Dela Cruz!