PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sid Kruss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and ABC DEF (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). DEF has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. ABC DEF is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Kruss
vs
DEF

183 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
21
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Likes ground

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sid Kruss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, ABC DEF!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
DEF misses with a series of wild punches.
DEF looks gassed!
DEF moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

DEF is rocked!
Kruss steps to the side to avoid the strikes from DEF.
DEF is still on wobbly legs! Can Kruss finish him?
A punch combination from Kruss misses.
DEF seems to have recovered his senses.
Nice sprawl there from Kruss as DEF shoots in.
Kruss closes this distance looking for a takedown but DEF circles away.
Kruss throws a left and a right that both miss
and DEF counters with a two punch combo.

Kruss shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Kruss showed some decent athleticism there.
DEF is in trouble now - Kruss has advanced to mount!
Kruss cracks DEF with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Kruss lands a heavy elbow.
Kruss throwing strikes here but DEF is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Kruss looking to ground and pound but DEF is blocking nicely.
DEF is working to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kruss looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
A nice elbow there by Kruss.
Kruss working DEF over with strikes here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kruss controlling his opponent.
BOOM! Kruss connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Kruss lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
DEF tries to reverse the position but Kruss maintains control.
Kruss punishing his opponent with strikes.
DEF squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
DEF is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
DEF is squirming around, avoiding Kruss's attempts to control the action.
Kruss controlling the position easily from mount.
DEF keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kruss looking to control but DEF is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
DEF is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kruss lands a big elbow.
DEF gets back to half guard.
DEF pushes Kruss off looking to stand but Kruss dives back in and keeps control.
DEF is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruss wants to lay and pray for a moment but DEF keeps working.
DEF wants to get back to his feet.
Kruss working DEF over with strikes.
DEF looks like he's trying to stand up.
Kruss wants to take a breather but DEF is having none of it.
Kruss wants to stand but DEF has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

DEF drives through with a takedown into guard.
Kruss trying to keep a closed guard but DEF is proving a slippery customer.
Kruss is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

Kruss working for a triangle but DEF defends it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kruss is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kruss looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kruss is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Kruss looking to hit a scissor sweep but DEF is one step ahead there.
Kruss lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for DEF!

Kruss is standing up, even though he is in mount.
DEF looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sid Kruss dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

DEF rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kruss moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Kruss closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Kruss looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Kruss has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
DEF missing with punches from the bottom.
Kruss is keen to just control but DEF is a slippery customer.
DEF pushes Kruss off but Kruss dives into side control.
DEF wants to get back to his feet.
DEF is letting Kruss control him for a moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
DEF tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Kruss wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
DEF sneaks back into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
DEF is staying active underneath Kruss, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
DEF blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kruss.
Kruss perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Kruss throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
DEF is looking to get back to full guard here but Kruss has managed to pass to side control instead.
DEF tries to buck Kruss off but he can't manage it.
Kruss looking to control but DEF is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
DEF can't escape the position.

Kruss has hold of DEF's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and DEF manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Kruss looking to control but DEF is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Kruss pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
DEF squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Kruss looking to control and managing it successfully.

Kruss looking for a guillotine from mount but DEF is having none of it.

Kruss is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, DEF has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Kruss takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Sid Kruss just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Kruss looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for DEF!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
DEF squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Kruss landing strikes from the mount.
DEF working to try and regain half guard.
Sid Kruss overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Kruss is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but DEF is surviving well by controlling Kruss's body position as best he can.
DEF can't escape the position.
DEF is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
DEF wants to control but Kruss is having none of it.
DEF flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
DEF wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
DEF tries to reverse the position but Kruss maintains control.
The referee warns DEF that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
DEF is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
DEF tries to reverse the position but Kruss maintains control.
DEF is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Kruss cracks DEF with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Kruss wants to control the pace but DEF is squirming around nicely.
Kruss controlling from the full mount.
Kruss with shots to the head and body - DEF looks very uncomfortable down there.

Kruss jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but DEF manages to avoid the submission attempt.

Kruss decides to stand back up. Kruss steps back and let's DEF get back to his feet.
Kruss tries for a takedown but DEF sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sid Kruss dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Kruss bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Kruss moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Kruss landing a few strikes.
DEF is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Kruss controls the position.
DEF is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Kruss tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kruss has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Kruss decides to stand back up.
DEF takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruss with a poor takedown
and DEF counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Kruss wants to clinch.
DEF gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Kruss counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Kruss wants to lay and pray for a moment but DEF keeps working.
Kruss is figuring out what he wants to do next.

DEF manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Kruss shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kruss misses with a wild combination.
DEF tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
DEF on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Kruss doesn't manage to clinch there - DEF circles away.
DEF will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kruss tries to clinch but DEF moves out of range.
DEF stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sid Kruss. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice sprawl there from DEF as Kruss shoots in.
Kruss cracks a nice hook into DEF's ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Kruss will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kruss misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
DEF throws a series of punches but Kruss avoids them all with ease.
Kruss shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says DEF as he avoids it easily.
DEF throws a one two combo.
DEF throws a combination that misses
and Kruss counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kruss throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around DEF's waist but DEF gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kruss off to one side.
Kruss shoots in but no luck this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
DEF scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
DEF lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
DEF avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
DEF swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

so Kruss counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
DEF keeping moving, preventing Kruss from controlling successfully.

DEF has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Kruss off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
DEF misses with a combination

and Kruss counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
DEF wants to stand but Kruss is controlling the position.
Kruss wants to control from the top but DEF keeps moving.
Kruss has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
DEF striking off his back but it's not causing Kruss any problems.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kruss lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
DEF utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kruss stopping the sweep attempt from DEF.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Kruss shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Kruss showed some decent athleticism there.
Kruss content to control rather than advance.
Kruss is tying to control. DEF wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Kruss is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Kruss is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that DEF can do to turn this around?
Kruss missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
ABC DEF has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kruss seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but DEF does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sid Kruss showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kruss 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sid Kruss!