PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tone Cross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Huey Winner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Winner's choice of entrance music: It's time for war. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Cross
vs
Winner

195 cm
30
288 lbs
14 - 12 - 0

195 cm
26
245 lbs
12 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Popeye’s Spinach - 159 + 158 Proof Supps

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tone Cross!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Huey Winner!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winner stuffs the takedown.
Cross ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Winner moves away.
Cross shoots in but no luck this time.
Cross has his takedown stuffed
and Winner connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Tone Cross has been cut.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tone Cross. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cross tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Winner paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Winner throws a chopping leg kick but Cross manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Cross shoots for a double leg takedown but Winner sprawls well. He's pushed Cross's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Cross closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Winner did well to prevent Cross getting side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Cross passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Winner!
Cross has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Winner's face.
Winner wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cross misses with a head shot.
Cross 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.
Winner's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Cross thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Winner is trying to stand up.
Cross lands with some strikes.

It looks like Huey Winner has been cut.
Cross throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Cross working away from the top, dropping strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Winner is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cross throwing strikes here but Winner is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Cross is trying to take his opponent's back.
Winner is squirming around, avoiding Cross's attempts to control the action.
Cross sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Cross postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Winner looks a forlorn figure.

That has opened up Huey Winner's cut even more.

Cross swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Winner is now in Cross's guard. A big mistake from Cross there, giving up the dominant position!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Winner throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cross works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cross is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Winner stands up over Cross, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Winner throws a big elbow that misses.
Cross is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Winner throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Winner postures up and lands a big shot to Cross's brow.
Winner is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Winner is in close to Cross's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Cross looking for a guillotine here but Winner defends easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Winner working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Winner postures up in Cross's guard and throws a big left but Cross blocks it.
Winner postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winner is in close to Cross's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Winner working some strikes from top position.
Winner throwing strikes but missing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Winner accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Winner pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cross is keeping the position for now.
Winner throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Cross is looking to sinch up a triangle. Winner throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Cross's body to avoid the submission. Cross has instead reached around Winner's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Cross arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Tone Cross!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Tone Cross waved his t-shirt featuring Popeye’s Spinach - 159 + 158 Proof Supps's logo in front of the cameras.