PBP Commentary

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

Dela Cruz
vs
Eleosida

194 cm
23
215 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

189 cm
25
217 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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 11 - 7 - 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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nate Eleosida!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dela Cruz misses the shot to the body.
Dela Cruz keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Dela Cruz circles away from the clinch attempt
and Dela Cruz counters with a left to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eleosida misses with a takedown
and Dela Cruz counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dela Cruz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Eleosida was well out of range. Poor timing from Dela Cruz.
Eleosida ducks under a wild hook from Dela Cruz.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Dela Cruz throws out a loose jab but Eleosida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Eleosida misses with a combination
and Dela Cruz counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Dela Cruz takes a swing at Eleosida's ribcage but misses.
Dela Cruz takes a swing at Eleosida's ribcage but misses.
Dela Cruz sizes up Eleosida with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Dela Cruz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Eleosida.
Dela Cruz just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dela Cruz misses with a hook

so Eleosida counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Dela Cruz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Eleosida postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Eleosida working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dela Cruz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Eleosida must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Eleosida looking to sit in guard and control but Dela Cruz gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Eleosida working a defensive guard here.
Dela Cruz trying to control the position from guard on top but Eleosida is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dela Cruz passes Eleosida's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Eleosida looks like he's trying to stand up.
Dela Cruz looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Dela Cruz working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Dela Cruz trying to control the action but Eleosida is working from the bottom.
Eleosida moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Dela Cruz passes Eleosida's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Eleosida has hold of Dela Cruz's hands but Dela Cruz slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Eleosida is staying active underneath Dela Cruz, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Eleosida looking for a kimura from the bottom but Dela Cruz passes into side control!
Dela Cruz staying calm.
Eleosida gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Dela Cruz looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Eleosida trying desperately to get to his feet.

Dela Cruz working for a submission but Eleosida is keeping him at bay.
Dela Cruz lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Eleosida hang on?

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Dela Cruz trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Eleosida is trying desperately to improve position.
Eleosida just holding on.
Eleosida is squirming around, avoiding Dela Cruz's attempts to control the action.
Dela Cruz controlling from mount.
Dela Cruz trying to control but Eleosida is having none of it.
Dela Cruz postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Eleosida looks a forlorn figure.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Eleosida wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Dela Cruz 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.
Dela Cruz pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Dela Cruz scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Dela Cruz cracks Eleosida with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Dela Cruz trying to control but Eleosida is having none of it.
Eleosida taking shots to the head.
Dela Cruz looking to finish Eleosida with some ground and pound. This is bad for Eleosida!
Eleosida really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Eleosida is in a horrible position here. Dela Cruz smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
BOOM! Dela Cruz connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Dela Cruz landing strikes, looking to finish!
Dela Cruz controlling the pace for now.
Dela Cruz lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Dela Cruz landing strikes from the mount.
Dela Cruz landing shots from mount.

Eleosida is rocked!
Eleosida is in a horrible position here. Dela Cruz smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Eleosida is still in real trouble! Can Dela Cruz finish him?
Dela Cruz postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Eleosida badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Dela Cruz around the waist but Dela Cruz pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Dela Cruz is the winner by TKO! Dela Cruz jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). King Dela Cruz!