PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simo Supermies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benedict Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Supermies kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is D12 - Fight Music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Supermies
vs
Cruz

180 cm
26
196 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

193 cm
22
223 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Legal High's [CBK]
Legal High's [CBK]

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 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Simo Supermies!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Benedict Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Alyssa Summers and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz throws a poor cross that misses
and Supermies counters with a left to the body.
Benedict Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cruz looks to score with a jab to the body but Supermies is just out of range.
Supermies avoids the head kick by Cruz.
Supermies is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cruz misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Supermies is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cruz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Supermies moves away.
Benedict Cruz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cruz throws a big shot that misses.
Cruz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Supermies slips a jab from Cruz.
Supermies tries to clinch up.
Supermies misses with a looping right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Supermies looks to land a left hand but Cruz moved out of range nicely.
A head kick misses from Cruz.
Cruz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cruz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Supermies moves away.
Cruz throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Cruz misses with an uppercut
and Supermies counters with a nice body shot.
Supermies misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Supermies swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Cruz counters with a stiff right hand.
No joy there for Cruz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cruz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cruz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Supermies.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Supermies.
Cruz misses with a looping right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Cruz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cruz misses the jab.
Cruz misses with a straight right.
Supermies connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cruz misses with a jab to the body
and Supermies counters with a thumping low kick.
Cruz avoids the body shot from Supermies.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simo Supermies dominated that round.
That's time! Supermies's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Cruz misses with a shot to the body

and Supermies counters with a shoot takedown. Cruz fights it but they end up in guard.
Supermies wants to control from the top but Cruz keeps moving.
Supermies works over Cruz with some ground and pound from guard.
Cruz keeping moving, preventing Supermies from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Supermies chips away with some ground and pound.
Supermies might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Cruz keeping moving, preventing Supermies from controlling successfully.
Supermies is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Cruz is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Supermies thows a big elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Supermies passes Cruz's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Cruz blocking the ground and pound attempt from Supermies.

Supermies is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Supermies not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Supermies is trying to control. Cruz wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Supermies seems to be looking for submissions.

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.
Cruz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Supermies trying to control from half guard but Cruz is working away.
Cruz is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Supermies scores with a couple of nice shots.
Supermies 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.
Supermies is trying to control the action in half guard but Cruz is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Cruz is trying to stand.
Supermies is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Supermies has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Supermies trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Supermies looking to ground and pound but Cruz is blocking nicely.
Supermies thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Cruz holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Supermies tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Supermies scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Cruz?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Supermies wants to control the pace but Cruz is squirming around nicely.
Cruz holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Supermies tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Supermies lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Supermies looking to ground and pound but Cruz is blocking nicely.
Supermies throws some wild stikes that Cruz manages to avoid easily.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Supermies cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Supermies scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Cruz?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simo Supermies dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Supermies fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Good leg kick by Supermies there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Cruz gets tackled into the cage by Supermies. Supermies maintains the clinch.

Cruz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Supermies throws a poor cross that misses
and Cruz counters with a slapping leg kick.
Cruz throws a sloppy head kick

and Supermies counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Supermies tries to free his leg and advance position but Cruz is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Supermies drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Supermies jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Supermies loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Supermies's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Supermies passes Cruz's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Supermies throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Supermies is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Cruz is defending against the submission attempts here by Supermies.

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.
Supermies thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Cruz to regain full guard.
Supermies is stalling in the full guard.
Supermies is looking to work some ground and pound but Cruz has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Supermies tries to free his leg and advance position but Cruz is retaining full guard.
Supermies working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Cruz's head.
Supermies stays in close to Cruz's body and controls the position.
Supermies missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cruz is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Supermies wants to pass the guard but Cruz is keeping the position.
Benedict Cruz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Cruz has momentary wrist control but Supermies slips an elbow through the middle.
Supermies cracks Cruz with a solid left hand.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Supermies here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Supermies trying to control the position from guard on top but Cruz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Supermies content to stall in guard here.
Supermies postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Simo Supermies overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Supermies avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Simo Supermies showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Supermies has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:26
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:26
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Simo Supermies!