PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jensen Chelios (ranked 415 p4p, 234 weight class) and Wally Kruschev (ranked 62 p4p, 36 weight class). Kruschev is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Pissed Off and Mad About it (Texas Hippie Coalition). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Chelios
vs
Kruschev

179 cm
30
177
10 - 4 - 0

185 cm
30
173
19 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jensen Chelios!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Wally Kruschev!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Francis DeMontford and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Chelios misses.
Chelios misses with a straight left.
Kruschev's coach down at Far-Q Fight Club was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Kruschev's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Kruschev avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Chelios misses with a hook.
Chelios tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kruschev thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kruschev swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chelios jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Left hook, right uppercut from Kruschev.
Chelios throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Chelios closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Chelios blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kruschev blocking some punches.
Chelios blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kruschev misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kruschev blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kruschev.
Kruschev lands with a left to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chelios avoids a wild elbow strike from Kruschev.

Kruschev manages to break the clinch.
Chelios listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Kruschev throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Chelios throws a body punch but Kruschev moves out of range.
Kruschev looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kruschev ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chelios moves away.
It looked like Chelios wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Chelios buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kruschev misses with a wild body shot.
Kruschev throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Chelios keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Chelios ducks under a wild hook from Kruschev.
Chelios misses with a body shot.
Chelios scores with a jab to the body.
Kruschev feints and then cracks Chelios's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Chelios down.
Chelios tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kruschev tries to land a body kick
and Chelios counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Chelios is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wally Kruschev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kruschev throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kruschev ducks under a wild hook from Chelios.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kruschev ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chelios moves away.
Chelios misses with a hook to the body
and Kruschev counters with a right hand to the body.
Kruschev keeps the fight on the outside.
Kruschev was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Chelios takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kruschev uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chelios.
Kruschev throws a hook but Chelios blocks it.
Kruschev has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Chelios.
Kruschev works Chelios's body with a nice hook.
Chelios blocks a jab.
Kruschev fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kruschev checks a low kick from Chelios.
Kruschev misses with a hook. Chelios ducked under it nicely.
Kruschev keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kruschev buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Chelios needs to keep his hands up - Kruschev had a free shot at his head there.
Kruschev wants to land a leg kick but Chelios is out of range.
Chelios on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A left lands for Chelios.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chelios missing with a left hand there. Kruschev was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kruschev tries a head kick but it misses.
Chelios tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kruschev was well out of range. Poor timing from Chelios.
Kruschev lands a glancing blow to the side of Chelios's head.
Kruschev displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Chelios throws out the jab.
Kruschev swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Chelios instigates a clinch.
Chelios keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kruschev's efforts to push away.
Kruschev swings wildly with an uppercut but Chelios uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chelios tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kruschev tries to break the clinch but Chelios is controlling the position.
Kruschev has had enough of the clinch but Chelios keeps him there for the moment.
Chelios swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chelios tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chelios has a couple of punches blocked by Kruschev.
Chelios tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kruschev throws a head punch that misses.
Chelios goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chelios lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kruschev backwards.
Our sources have told us that Chelios has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chelios tries a body shot but Kruschev blocks it.
Chelios lands a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Kruschev fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chelios.
Chelios misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kruschev prevents a body shot from Chelios.
Kruschev throws a punch but it's blocked by Chelios.
A short body shot lands from Kruschev as the two fighters clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chelios has Kruschev pressed against the cage, preventing Kruschev from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kruschev prevents a body shot from Chelios.
Chelios lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kruschev or not.

Kruschev pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kruschev avoids a kick to the body.
Kruschev only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Chelios tries to clinch but Kruschev is having none of it.
Kruschev is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Chelios with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Chelios throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Chelios tries to clinch there but Kruschev circles away.
Kruschev slips under a jab.
Chelios moves away from the strike by Kruschev.
Chelios takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Wally Kruschev will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Kruschev lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Chelios paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A telegraphed right hand from Chelios misses the target.
Chelios scores with a jab to the body.
Kruschev misses with a body kick.
A low kick from Chelios misses
and Kruschev counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kruschev ducks under a wild hook from Chelios.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kruschev! But no joy.
Kruschev looks to score with a jab to the body but Chelios is just out of range.
Kruschev throws a good cross that connects.
Chelios paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Chelios misses with a hook.
Chelios uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kruschev.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chelios scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kruschev dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Chelios. That did some damage!
Kruschev lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kruschev throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kruschev pivots, looking for a leg kick but Chelios is out of range and Kruschev settles back down.
Chelios appears to be looking for a big counter.
Kruschev looks to land a right hand but Chelios moved out of range.
Chelios is looking to counter with head kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chelios ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chelios appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Chelios buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Chelios pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nice defenses there by Chelios.
Chelios scores with a nice right hand.
Chelios tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kruschev was well out of range. Poor timing from Chelios.
Kruschev scores with a sloppy right hand. Chelios should have avoided that one.
Kruschev pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Chelios checks a leg kick.
Chelios takes a jab right on the kisser.
Chelios bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kruschev throws a body shot but no joy.
It looked like Chelios wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Wally Kruschev seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Chelios misses the jab.
Kruschev let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Kruschev lands a jab.
Kruschev swings for the body but Chelios moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Chelios on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kruschev throws a looping overhand right but Chelios ducks down to avoid it.
Chelios takes one on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chelios gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chelios looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Chelios with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kruschev to score with a decent uppercut.
Kruschev takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kruschev misses with a body shot.
Chelios on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Chelios moves into range and connects with a jab.
Chelios fails to land with a series of punches.
Kruschev throws a low kick but Chelios avoids it.
Chelios lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Kruschev throws a poor cross that misses
and Chelios counters with a left to the body.
Kruschev keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chelios.
Kruschev connects with a nice looking jab.
Chelios scores with a kick to the midsection.
Chelios connects with a looping right hand.
Kruschev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Kruschev.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kruschev.
Kruschev slips a straight right by Chelios.
Kruschev doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruschev looks to score with a jab to the body but Chelios is just out of range.
Chelios looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Chelios throws a nice inside leg kick.
A jab from Kruschev finds it's way through Chelios's defenses.
Kruschev throws a hook to the side of Chelios's head but Chelios sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kruschev throws a solid leg kick but Chelios takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kruschev.
Chelios tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kruschev looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Chelios fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kruschev on the side of the head.
Kruschev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kruschev throws a shot from downtown. Chelios moves away and avoids it.
Chelios lunges at Kruschev with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kruschev's hand.
Chelios ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kruschev throws a lazy uppercut
and Chelios counters with a stiff right hand.
Kruschev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kruschev misses with an uppercut
and Chelios counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kruschev avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kruschev scores with a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chelios throws a hook to the side of Kruschev's head but Kruschev sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chelios ducks under a wild hook from Kruschev.
Kruschev tried to score with a low kick but Chelios checks it.
Chelios feints and then cracks Kruschev's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kruschev down.
Chelios throws a hook to the side of Kruschev's head but Kruschev sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kruschev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chelios.
Chelios fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chelios tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kruschev manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Chelios pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kruschev is out of range and Chelios settles back down.
It seemed like Kruschev was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Chelios fails in his attempt to clinch.
No joy there for Kruschev, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Chelios digs a good body shot into Kruschev's ribs.
That kick from Chelios tenderised Kruschev's leg. Kruschev is trying to keep his angry face on.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Chelios lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kruschev has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kruschev and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A swing and a miss from Chelios.
Kruschev looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kruschev just misses with a punch to the body.
Chelios throws out a leg kick but Kruschev moves out of range and Chelios only half commits.
Kruschev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Wally Kruschev will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Kruschev is looking to slow Chelios down with leg kicks.
Nice straight punches there by Kruschev. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kruschev.
Chelios lands a jab to the head.
Kruschev misses with a hook.
Kruschev walks into a jab.
Chelios misses with a low kick as Kruschev jumps back.
Chelios throws a lazy right hand but Kruschev sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Chelios scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kruschev uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chelios.
Kruschev dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kruschev misses with a low kick as Chelios jumps back.
Kruschev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A shot to the body from Kruschev misses
and Chelios counters with a stiff right hand.
Kruschev lands a nice leg kick that just misses Chelios's sensitive parts.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chelios tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kruschev is able to avoid easily.
Kruschev misses with a hook
and Chelios counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kruschev is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chelios.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chelios throws a head kick but Kruschev moves out of range.
Kruschev swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kruschev pivots, looking for a leg kick but Chelios is out of range and Kruschev settles back down.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kruschev.
Chelios throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Kruschev to counter with a crisp jab.
Chelios fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kruschev is out of range.
Chelios scores with a jab to the body.
Chelios dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kruschev. That did some damage!
Kruschev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chelios.
Chelios misses with a body shot
and Kruschev counters with a nice body kick.
Chelios takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Chelios forces Kruschev back against the cage and clinches.
Kruschev lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Chelios backwards.
Kruschev jumps guard but Chelios stands there with Kruschev around his waist. Kruschev gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Chelios lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kruschev.
Kruschev's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kruschev takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chelios misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kruschev wants to break free but Chelios has control.
Jensen Chelios has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Chelios - that landed with a thud.
Kruschev working aggressively here.
Chelios lands a body punch in the clinch.
Chelios lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Chelios pushes Kruschev back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Chelios breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kruschev checks the leg kick.
Chelios thumps Kruschev with a low kick.
Kruschev ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chelios moves away.
Chelios looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kruschev. Chelios does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chelios keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kruschev.
Chelios tries to clinch but Kruschev is having none of it.
Kruschev tests Chelios's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Chelios is looking to clinch but Kruschev is avoiding it.
Some bone on bone action there as Kruschev checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Chelios fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kruschev on the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruschev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chelios.
Chelios misses with a straight right.
A bone on bone clash there as Kruschev blocks the leg kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kruschev! But no joy.
Kruschev throws a right hand that misses
and Chelios counters with a stiff right hand.
Kruschev scores with a body shot.
Kruschev avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Chelios bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Chelios clinches with his opponent.

Chelios escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kruschev looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kruschev moves away from the strike by Chelios.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kruschev. Chelios does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chelios connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kruschev momentarily.
Chelios loads up on a big right hand but Kruschev slips the punch.
Chelios tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kruschev swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Chelios throws a leg kick but Kruschev checks it.
Chelios ducks under a wild hook from Kruschev.
Chelios looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chelios scoring well with a low kick there.
Kruschev throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
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!
Kruschev fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Chelios throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chelios uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kruschev.
Chelios wants to clinch
and Kruschev counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kruschev throws a low kick but Chelios avoids it.
Chelios quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Kruschev lands a jab to Chelios's midsection.
Kruschev lands with a hook. Chelios tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kruschev lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kruschev lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
An inside leg kick from Chelios misses.
Kruschev swings for the body but Chelios moves out of range.
Chelios tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kruschev dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Chelios. That did some damage!

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jensen Chelios.
I think Kruschev has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 27:30
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 29:29
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a draw!