PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sebastian Delacruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Nutz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tony Nutz is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Delacruz
vs
Nutz

191 cm
18
214 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sebastian Delacruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tony Nutz!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Lou da Vinci and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Delacruz clinches.
Nutz tries to break the clinch but Delacruz is controlling the position.

Nutz drags the fight down to the ground.
Delacruz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Delacruz accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Nutz is trying to keep Delacruz in close.
Delacruz postures up in Nutz's guard and throws a big left but Nutz blocks it.
Delacruz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nutz works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nutz controlling Delacruz's posture.
Nutz controls Delacruz momentarily but Delacruz frees himself.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Delacruz postures up in Nutz's guard and throws a big left but Nutz blocks it.
Delacruz with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Delacruz throws a big elbow that misses.
Nutz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Delacruz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Delacruz with a nice head shot there.
Nutz controls Delacruz momentarily but Delacruz frees himself.
Delacruz stopping the sweep attempt from Nutz.
Delacruz works over Nutz with some ground and pound from guard.
Nutz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Nutz looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Delacruz passes into side control.
Delacruz in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Delacruz has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delacruz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nutz moves away.

Nutz closes the distance and clinches.
Nutz is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Delacruz is defending well.
Nutz drops down looking for an ankle pick but Delacruz pulls his leg out and moves away.
Nutz sizes up Delacruz with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Delacruz tries to keep at a distance but Nutz has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nutz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nutz tries to throw a body punch but Delacruz avoids it by throwing Nutz back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nutz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Delacruz has him pressed against the cage.
Delacruz tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Delacruz is struggling to control the position.
Delacruz jumps guard but Nutz stands there with Delacruz around his waist. Delacruz gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Nutz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nutz tries for a takedown but Delacruz sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Delacruz tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Nutz manages to circle out of the way.
Sebastian Delacruz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tony Nutz.

Nutz moves into the clinch.
Delacruz managing to block the knees to the body from Nutz.
Nutz goes for a takedown in the clinch but Delacruz prevents it.
Nutz looks winded!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delacruz tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Nutz smiles and moves away.
Nutz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sebastian Delacruz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nutz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Delacruz's elbow.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Delacruz jumps guard and drags Nutz to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Delacruz looking for a sweep. Not yet Delacruz, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Sebastian Delacruz will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Delacruz looks to land a body kick but Nutz moved away.
Some wild striking there from Nutz.
Delacruz changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Delacruz has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Delacruz fails to land with a series of punches.
Nutz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Delacruz tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Nutz manages to circle out of the way.
Nutz tests Delacruz's chin there with a solid looking shot.

It looks like Sebastian Delacruz has been cut.

Nutz closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Nutz breaks from the clinch.
A nice combination there by Nutz.

Nutz forces Delacruz back against the cage and clinches.

Delacruz pulls Nutz into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Delacruz keeping moving, preventing Nutz from controlling successfully.
Nutz must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Delacruz is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Delacruz keeping moving, preventing Nutz from controlling successfully.
Nutz prevents Delacruz from getting back to his feet.
Nutz is standing up over Delacruz. Delacruz looks to escape but Nutz dives into side control.
Delacruz manages to work his way to half guard, despite Nutz's best efforts.
Delacruz is looking for a sweep. Nutz is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nutz is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Nutz content to control rather than advance.
Delacruz is trying to stand up here but Nutz is controlling him well.
Delacruz scores with a few weak punches.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Delacruz wants to clinch.
Delacruz misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nutz clinches up against the cage.
Nutz controlling the action here for a moment.
Delacruz fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Nutz pulls Delacruz into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Delacruz scoring with some ground and pound.
Nutz is looking to stand up but Delacruz isn't so interested in that idea.
Delacruz throwing strikes from guard but Nutz blocks nicely.
Delacruz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nutz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nutz keeping moving, preventing Delacruz from controlling successfully.
Delacruz postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Nutz had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Delacruz defends it easily.
Nutz is breathing heavily.
Nutz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Delacruz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Nutz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Delacruz lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Nutz looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Delacruz scoring with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Nutz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sebastian Delacruz's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Nutz shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Delacruz defends it nicely.
Nutz shoots in for a takedown but Delacruz shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Nutz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Delacruz.
Nutz looks to land a right hand but Delacruz moved out of range.
Nutz keeps the fight on the outside.
Nutz misses with a takedown attempt - Delacruz sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Delacruz feinted with a counter takedown.
Sebastian Delacruz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tony Nutz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Nutz clinches.
Nutz wants to stall.
Nutz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Delacruz pulls guard successfully.
Nutz preventing the sweep.
Nutz trying to control but Delacruz is working from the bottom.
Nutz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Delacruz has his foot on Nutz's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Nutz works his way back into a safe position though.
Delacruz avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Delacruz 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.

Delacruz pushes Nutz off and scrambles back to his feet.

Delacruz gets tackled into the cage by Nutz. Nutz maintains the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nutz jumps guard but Delacruz turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Nutz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nutz working hard to break the clinch.
Delacruz tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Nutz smiles and moves away.
Delacruz connects with a single shot there.

Nutz has closed the distance and engaged Delacruz in a clinch.
Nutz is trying to maintain a safe position but Delacruz gets an underhook and turns Nutz into the cage.
Delacruz tries to pull guard but Nutz forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nutz goes for a takedown attempt but Delacruz pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Nutz shoots in looking for a takedown but Delacruz manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Nutz's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

Delacruz has managed to clinch.

Delacruz pulls guard.
Delacruz is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Delacruz drops an elbow to the side of Nutz's head.
Delacruz lands with a punch from half guard.
Delacruz lands strikes from half guard.
Nutz taking some punishment here, with Delacruz in his half guard.

Delacruz stands up and beckons Nutz to join him on the feet.
Tony Nutz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Delacruz fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nutz has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Delacruz.
Tony Nutz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Delacruz punishes Nutz's body with a nice straight punch.
Nutz fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sloppy strikes from Nutz. Those never looked like landing.
It appears Delacruz was looking to counter with a kick there.

Nutz rushes Delacruz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Delacruz jumps guard but Nutz stands there with Delacruz around his waist. Delacruz gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Delacruz jumps guard but Nutz turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sebastian Delacruz showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Delacruz has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:29
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!