PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rubinho Kraateri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hesa Chicken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kraateri might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Jedi Mind Tricks - On the eve of war. Chicken comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Throw Ya Gunz by Onyx kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kraateri
vs
Chicken

178 cm
22
184 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

172 cm
18
184 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

{GTI} - HGH Nutrients
Beast Body

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rubinho Kraateri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hesa Chicken!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Saam Ante and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kraateri is looking to chop away at Chicken's legs.
Kraateri is looking to chop away at Chicken's legs.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kraateri connects with a leg kick. Chicken looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Chicken throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Chicken shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Kraateri utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Chicken postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chicken being controlled here momentarily.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Chicken gets to his feet - Kraateri follows without any prompting.
Kraateri will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kraateri moves in looking to clinch but Chicken pushes him off.
Kraateri throws a lazy right hand but Chicken sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Chicken feints and as Kraateri raises his hands in defense, Chicken changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Kraateri keeping full guard, as Chicken tries to pass.
Chicken trying to control but Kraateri is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chicken trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kraateri keeping full guard, as Chicken tries to pass.
Chicken postures up in Kraateri's guard and throws a big left but Kraateri blocks it.
Kraateri pulls Chicken in close to prevent any damage.
Kraateri keeping full guard, as Chicken tries to pass.
Kraateri wants to sweep but no luck.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kraateri misses with the combination.
Kraateri slaps away a takedown attempt from Chicken, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kraateri.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chicken tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kraateri swivels and escapes.
Kraateri wants to land a leg kick but Chicken is out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kraateri. That's going to slow Chicken down.
Chicken looks gassed!
A chopping leg kick lands by Kraateri.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chicken shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kraateri as he avoids it easily.
Rubinho Kraateri has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hesa Chicken.
Kraateri throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kraateri throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Kraateri is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Chicken on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kraateri misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Chicken fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Kraateri turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rubinho Kraateri is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Good exchange - Kraateri coming out on top.
Chicken blocks a head kick by Kraateri.
Kraateri thumps Chicken with a low kick.
Chicken takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Good leg kick by Kraateri there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kraateri.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kraateri tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chicken swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Chicken looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Chicken keeps the fight on the outside.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kraateri.
Kraateri misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kraateri slaps away a takedown attempt from Chicken, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Kraateri misses with the combination.
Chicken shoots in but Kraateri avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Kraateri feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Chicken's calf.
Kraateri lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Chicken on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kraateri. Kraateri obviously looking to wear him down.
Kraateri lands a nice leg kick that just misses Chicken's sensitive parts.
Kraateri scoring well with a low kick there.
Kraateri misses with a low kick.
Kraateri lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Chicken feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chicken thows a big elbow that misses.
Kraateri trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

Chicken thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Chicken trying to control but Kraateri is working from the bottom.
Chicken pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kraateri is keeping the position for now.
Kraateri wants to stand up but Chicken is controlling him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chicken with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kraateri keeping moving, preventing Chicken from controlling successfully.

Chicken drops back looking for a leg! Kraateri is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Kraateri manages to kick Chicken off! Chicken jumps back into Kraateri's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rubinho Kraateri dominated that round.
That's time! Kraateri's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Nice body kick from Kraateri.
A solid body kick from Kraateri.
A head kick misses from Chicken.
Kraateri scores with a kick to the midsection.
Kraateri lands a leg kick that knocks Chicken off balance momentarily.
Kraateri throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chicken stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kraateri.
Rubinho Kraateri is winning the standup battle so far.
Chicken checks the leg kick.

Kraateri drives through and clinches with Chicken against the cage.
Kraateri tries to land knees in the clinch but Chicken avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Kraateri fails to land.
Kraateri lands a good knee to the midsection. Chicken won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kraateri.
Kraateri lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kraateri throws an elbow that misses.

Kraateri breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chicken waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kraateri.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chicken throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kraateri tries to clinch there but Chicken circles away.
Chicken takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kraateri lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kraateri with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Kraateri takes the fight into the clinch.
Chicken wants a takedown.
Chicken takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kraateri gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Chicken takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kraateri trying to land knees to the body.

Chicken jumps guard and drags Kraateri to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kraateri pushing down on Chicken's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Kraateri slips a nice elbow through Chicken's hands, connecting with Chicken's forehead.
Chicken keeping hold of Kraateri's head, controlling as best he can.
Kraateri prevents Chicken from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chicken wants to control but Kraateri is keeping busy.
Kraateri working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Chicken tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Kraateri has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Chicken has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kraateri postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Chicken looks a forlorn figure.
Kraateri lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Chicken tries to reverse the position but Kraateri maintains control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chicken is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Kraateri lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Chicken hang on?
Chicken is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kraateri lands a heavy elbow.
The referee warns Chicken that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Kraateri connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Kraateri cracks Chicken with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Kraateri with shots to the head and body - Chicken looks very uncomfortable down there.
Kraateri prevents Chicken from getting the reversal.
Kraateri can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Chicken is looking to escape.
Chicken is looking to improve his position but Kraateri isn't that keen on the idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kraateri looking to control but Chicken is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Kraateri is landing with some decent strikes but Chicken is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Chicken slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Chicken gets full guard.
Kraateri throwing strikes from guard but Chicken blocks nicely.
Kraateri wants to control from the top but Chicken keeps moving.
Kraateri landing with the ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kraateri works over Chicken with some ground and pound from guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rubinho Kraateri dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Kraateri feints and then cracks Chicken's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Chicken down.
Kraateri fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Chicken checks it well.
Nice takedown defense from Kraateri. No joy for Chicken on that attempt.
A bone on bone clash there as Chicken blocks the leg kick.
Kraateri throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Chicken.
Kraateri throws a head kick that misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Chicken checks a leg kick.
Chicken's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kraateri stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Kraateri wants it to stay on the feet.
Kraateri lands a jab to Chicken's midsection.
Kraateri is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chicken can do to turn this around?
Kraateri tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Kraateri gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Chicken to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Kraateri is looking to stand up but Chicken isn't so interested in that idea.
Kraateri working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Chicken.
Chicken trying to control but Kraateri is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Chicken thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Kraateri controls Chicken momentarily but Chicken frees himself.
Chicken is stalling in the full guard.
Chicken postures up.
Chicken is looking to work some ground and pound but Kraateri has wrist control.
Kraateri is trying to control the position but Chicken postures up.
Chicken trying to control the position from guard on top but Kraateri is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Rubinho Kraateri wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Kraateri is looking to slow Chicken down with leg kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Chicken 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.
Kraateri misses with a low kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Kraateri.
Kraateri dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Chicken. That did some damage!
Kraateri scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Kraateri has closed the distance and engaged Chicken in a clinch.
Chicken avoids a wild elbow strike from Kraateri.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kraateri throws an elbow but misses.
Chicken blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Kraateri breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Chicken drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Chicken misses with the ground and pound.

Chicken tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Chicken has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
You can see the frustration on Kraateri's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kraateri sneaks back into half guard.
Chicken is trying to control. Kraateri wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Chicken thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kraateri's head.
Chicken is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Kraateri is looking to control Chicken's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Kraateri avoid being mounted?
Kraateri regains full guard. Nicely done.
Rubinho Kraateri is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Chicken pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kraateri is keeping the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Kraateri escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Chicken gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Kraateri working a defensive guard here.
Chicken slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Chicken in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hesa Chicken has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chicken works over Kraateri with some ground and pound from guard.
Chicken loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Kraateri holds on and takes a little breather.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rubinho Kraateri showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kraateri, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rubinho Kraateri!