PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rolls Royce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Krigare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Krigare's choice of entrance music: Achtung Pantzer by Raubtier. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Royce
vs
Krigare

175 cm
28
155 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

168 cm
24
167 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rolls Royce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Krigare!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shirou Masuda and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Royce lands with a hook. Krigare tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Krigare digs a good body shot into Royce's ribs.
A slow jab from Royce misses its intended target.
Krigare misses with a right hand
and Royce counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Krigare throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Royce stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Krigare swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Royce misses with a wild combination.
Krigare misses with a hook.
Royce throws a looping overhand right but Krigare ducks down to avoid it.
Royce avoids the body shot from Krigare.
Krigare blocks a jab.
Royce is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Krigare.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Krigare fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Royce is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Krigare.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Royce blocks a jab.
Royce takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Krigare throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Royce moves forwards but Krigare connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Krigare scores with a one two! Royce had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Royce tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Royce throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Royce connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Krigare throws a body punch but Royce moves out of range.
Royce swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Krigare throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Krigare lands with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Krigare. Royce does a little dance to reset his feet.

Royce shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Royce was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Royce pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Krigare is trying to reverse the position but instead Royce has taken his back - oops!

Royce working for a choke but Krigare is defending well.
Royce landing with strikes.

Royce has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Krigare has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
I really don't envy Krigare right now.

Krigare is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
I really don't envy Krigare right now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Royce scores with punches and elbows.

Royce looking for the choke but no joy.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Krigare breaks Royce's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Krigare trying to control but Royce is working from the bottom.
Royce tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Krigare chips away with some ground and pound.

Royce is looking to sinch up a triangle. Krigare throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Royce's body to avoid the submission. Royce has instead reached around Krigare's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Royce arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Rolls Royce!
Rolls Royce really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that [CBK] Knockout Apparel [Clearance Sale!] logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.