PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between King Dela Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darren Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Oh Well.. King Dela Cruz could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Darren Smith's chin.

Dela Cruz
vs
Smith

194 cm
24
215 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

183 cm
30
220 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

[CBK] The Smashwear Corporation
[CBK] The Smashwear Corporation

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 16 - 8 - 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 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Darren Smith!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Dela Cruz. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fighters circling - Dela Cruz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Smith throws a half hearted mid kick.
Smith avoids the body shot from Dela Cruz.
Dela Cruz on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dela Cruz looks to throw the jab but Smith is out of range.
Dela Cruz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Dela Cruz.

Dela Cruz throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Smith tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Dela Cruz is in Smith's guard.
Dela Cruz scoring with some ground and pound.
Dela Cruz trying to control but Smith is working from the bottom.
Smith preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Smith trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dela Cruz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dela Cruz accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Smith wants to stand up but Dela Cruz is controlling him.
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 stands and throws Smith's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Dela Cruz working the body and head with strikes.
Dela Cruz creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Smith sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Dela Cruz scores with punches from side control.
Smith is trying to get back to his feet.
Dela Cruz connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Smith some visible discomfort.
Dela Cruz fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Dela Cruz lands some shots froms side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dela Cruz scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Smith to see if he's OK.
Dela Cruz will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Dela Cruz trying to control the action but Smith is working from the bottom.
Dela Cruz tries to move into full mount but can't pass Smith's legs.
Dela Cruz working the body and head with strikes.
Dela Cruz tries to advance to mount but Smith denies him.
Dela Cruz throws a strike aimed at the side of Smith's head but Smith avoids it well.
Dela Cruz cracks Smith with a big right hand but Smith just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Smith tries to escape but Dela Cruz is in control.
Dela Cruz wants to control but Smith is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Dela Cruz.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Smith can't do much from the bottom here.
Dela Cruz passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Smith!
Smith is desperately trying to improve his position but Dela Cruz has a good base and remains in mount.
Dela Cruz looking to control but Smith is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The referee warns Smith that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Dela Cruz! Smith is hurt baaadly! Dela Cruz is firing away with more strikes - Smith is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). King Dela Cruz!