PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vinicius Kruger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DeSean Mustard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vinicius Kruger has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Kruger
vs
Mustard

178 cm
20
172 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Slam-or-Fist

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vinicius Kruger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, DeSean Mustard!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Edson Gomes and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mustard throws a right and a left that Kruger avoids nicely.

Kruger closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Mustard to the mat! Mustard manages to get full guard.
Kruger scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Mustard is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Kruger is controlling him.
Kruger throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kruger postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Kruger won't allow Mustard to get back to his feet.
Mustard is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kruger is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kruger lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kruger looking to pass the guard.
Kruger has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Kruger throwing strikes but missing.
Kruger works over Mustard with some ground and pound from guard.
Kruger controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruger working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Mustard's head.
Kruger lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Kruger lands a couple of elbows.
Kruger pushes down on Mustard's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Kruger is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Mustard is trying to stand up here but Kruger is controlling him well.
Kruger 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.
Mustard on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Kruger seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Mustard is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Vinicius Kruger!