PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mads Krogh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baraka Ice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Krogh comes to the cage accompanied by Low Estate. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Krogh
vs
Ice

180 cm
25
166 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

186 cm
24
158 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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Malicious Intent Fight Gear - The Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mads Krogh!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Baraka Ice!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Krogh or perhaps it was just good defense by Ice which made him look bad.
Krogh takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Some wild striking there from Ice.

Krogh darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Krogh prevents Ice from improving his position.
Krogh lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Krogh thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Krogh thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ice's head.
Ice keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Krogh missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ice is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Krogh thows a huge punch but Ice dodges it nicely.
Ice tries to roll over but Krogh keeps him under control.
Krogh throwing shots but Ice is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krogh not landing any meaningful shots this time.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Krogh misses with a takedown attempt - Ice sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ice tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ice misses with a wild combination.
Ice cracks Krogh with a good jab.
Ice fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Krogh avoids the head kick by Ice.
Krogh shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ice sprawls well. Ice wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Krogh gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mads Krogh. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ice moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Mads Krogh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ice's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Ice duly obliges.
Ice leaves Krogh with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ice misses with a series of wild punches.
Ice displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Krogh.
Ice lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ice.
Nice shot by Ice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Krogh shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Ice is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Ice manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Krogh is nestled in close to Ice, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Krogh throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ice is looking to control Krogh's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ice avoid being mounted?
Krogh not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ice wants to get back to his feet.
Krogh throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ice is trying to get back to full guard.
Krogh throwing shots but Ice is blocking nicely.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Ice throws a series of punches but Krogh avoids them all with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krogh shoots for a takedown but Ice saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Ice rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Krogh moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Some wild striking there from Ice.
Krogh tries for a takedown but Ice sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Ice misses with the combination.
Krogh closes the distance and clinches up with Ice, looking for a takedown. Krogh pushes Ice against the cage but Ice circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Krogh is breathing heavily.
Krogh blocks a head kick by Ice.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Krogh closes the distance and clinches up with Ice, looking for a takedown. Krogh pushes Ice against the cage but Ice circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Krogh shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ice but Ice pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Ice shoots in and bounces Krogh off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Ice trying to control the position from guard on top but Krogh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Krogh is working an open guard so Ice takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Krogh shoots and misses
and Ice counters with a one-two to the body.
Krogh shoots in for a double leg but Ice sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Krogh takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Krogh tries for a takedown but Ice circles away easily
and Ice connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ice scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Ice is working the combinations to good effect here.
Krogh tries for a takedown but Ice circles away easily
and Ice connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ice shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Krogh pinned against the cage. Krogh gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ice lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Krogh circles away quickly and effectively.
Ice throws the kick towards the body but Krogh avoids it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ice, as that shot connected.
Ice stuffs the takedown attempt from Krogh. Krogh gets slowly back to his feet.
Some wild striking there from Ice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Baraka Ice dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ice throws a head kick that half lands.
Some wild striking there from Ice.
Ice throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Ice shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Krogh keeping moving, preventing Ice from controlling successfully.
Ice slips nicely into half guard.
Krogh makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Krogh.
Ice must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Ice trying to control the position from guard on top but Krogh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krogh is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Krogh thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Krogh missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ice is looking to improve his position.
Ice taking some punishment here, with Krogh in his half guard.
Krogh looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ice with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ice wants to get back to his feet.
Ground and pound from Krogh.
Ice wants to get back to full guard.
Ice is breathing heavily.
Krogh sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ice defending well though.
Ice keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Krogh passes to full mount!
Krogh scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Ice can't escape the position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Krogh cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Krogh working Ice over with strikes here.

Ice is rocked!
Krogh with the ground and pound from mount.
Ice is still in real trouble! Can Krogh finish him?
Krogh in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krogh raining down shots from the mount!
Krogh lands a big shot to the head and Ice winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Mads Krogh!
Mads Krogh retains his lightweight title!