PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcos Vinicius Reis Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinicius Kruger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Vinicius Reis Silva
vs
Kruger

178 cm
25
172 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

178 cm
20
172 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcos Vinicius Reis Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vinicius Kruger!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Alexandre Firmino and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reis Silva tries for a takedown but Kruger sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Reis Silva throws a combination that misses
and Kruger counters with a stiff right hand.
Marcos Vinicius Reis Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Reis Silva shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Reis Silva was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Kruger keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Kruger is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Reis Silva avoids the attempt from Kruger to control.
Kruger is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Reis Silva prevents Kruger from getting the reversal.
Reis Silva has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kruger's face.
Reis Silva trying to control but Kruger is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reis Silva throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruger is desperately trying to improve his position but Reis Silva has a good base and remains in mount.
Kruger regains half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reis Silva is trying to control the action in half guard but Kruger is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Kruger wants to control but Reis Silva is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Reis Silva lands strikes from half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Reis Silva connects with a nice short shot to Kruger's temple.
Kruger wants to improve his position but Reis Silva is controlling well.
Kruger is trying to control but can't.
Kruger lands with a few short shots to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reis Silva not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kruger is trying to maintain the position but Reis Silva is very close to passing his half guard.
Reis Silva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Reis Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kruger's head.
Kruger is trying to get back to full guard.
Reis Silva wants to free his trapped foot but Kruger is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Reis Silva throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Reis Silva looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Kruger wants to control but Reis Silva is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Reis Silva seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kruger does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reis Silva lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Kruger is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Reis Silva's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Reis Silva's back!

Kruger is working hard for the rear naked choke here.

Kruger is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Reis Silva knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Reis Silva for a finish.
Reis Silva covers up after that shot from Kruger.
Even with his hooks in, Kruger manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Kruger connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Reis Silva to escape the position.
Reis Silva prevents Kruger from getting a body triangle.
Reis Silva grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reis Silva trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Kruger thows a strike but Reis Silva uses the opportunity to reverse the position! Great move by Reis Silva as he ends up in Kruger 's guard!
Reis Silva distracts Kruger with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Kruger looking for a sweep. Not yet Kruger, not yet.

Kruger has his foot on Reis Silva's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Reis Silva works his way back into a safe position though.
Kruger is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Kruger throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Kruger is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kruger looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Vinicius Kruger will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Kruger tries for a takedown but Reis Silva sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Reis Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kruger cracks a nice hook into Reis Silva's ribs.
Reis Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kruger moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Reis Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kruger circles away from the clinch attempt.
Reis Silva tries to clinch up.
Reis Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kruger uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Reis Silva.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kruger. Reis Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.

Reis Silva has closed the distance and engaged Kruger in a clinch.
Reis Silva is trying to maintain a safe position but Kruger gets an underhook and turns Reis Silva into the cage.

Kruger gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Kruger winds up and cracks Reis Silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

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

Kruger is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Reis Silva still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Reis Silva has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Kruger is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Reis Silva wants to take a breather but Kruger manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Reis Silva.
Kruger looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Kruger trying to strike off his back.
Reis Silva stands and throws Kruger's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Kruger gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Reis Silva throws a strike but Kruger avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Kruger bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Reis Silva's guard.
Kruger throws a big right hand that misses.
Reis Silva keeping moving, preventing Kruger from controlling successfully.
Reis Silva trying to control the position.
Kruger throwing strikes from guard but Reis Silva blocks nicely.
Kruger wants to control from the top but Reis Silva keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reis Silva wants to sweep but no luck.
Kruger postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kruger advances position into side control!
Kruger lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Kruger has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kruger working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Reis Silva can't do much from the bottom here.
Vinicius Kruger has got the better of the ground game so far.
Reis Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Reis Silva taking a bit of punishment here - Kruger scoring with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kruger taking a break here but Reis Silva is having none of it and regains half guard.
Ground and pound from Kruger.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Kruger connects with a nice short shot to Reis Silva's temple.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Kruger lands a nice short elbow.
Kruger winds up and cracks Reis Silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Kruger seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kruger is thwarting Reis Silva's attempts to control the position.

Kruger has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Reis Silva defend it? Kruger steps over the head and cranks it - Reis Silva is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Kruger!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Vinicius Kruger!