PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Laroux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kalle Krook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Krook comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Courage kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Laroux
vs
Krook

195 cm
24
210 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

188 cm
22
209 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, David Laroux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kalle Krook!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Donald Grub and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krook dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A swing and a miss from Laroux.
Krook walks into a jab.
Krook keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Krook takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Laroux throws a poor cross that misses

and Krook counters by clinching up.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Krook as Laroux tries to tie him up.
Laroux is trying to pull guard but Krook has him pressed against the cage.
Krook struggles to land a body shot inside as Laroux controls his hands.
Laroux wants to break the clinch but can't.
Krook lands a body shot in the clinch.
Laroux working aggressively here.
Laroux jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Krook walks away with a smile on his face. Laroux gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Krook avoids the body shot from Laroux.
Krook needs to keep his hands up - Laroux had a free shot at his head there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A swing and a miss from Krook.
Krook closes the distance and clinches up with Laroux, looking for a takedown. Krook pushes Laroux against the cage but Laroux circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krook lands a jab to the nose.
Laroux misses with a hook.
Laroux takes a swing at Krook's ribcage but misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Krook.
Laroux swings and misses with a hook to the body.
David Laroux seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Krook takes the fight into the clinch.
Laroux stalling in the clinch.
Krook misses with a hook from the clinch.
Krook pushes Laroux back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Krook lands a left hand that snaps the head of Laroux backwards.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Laroux is trying to break the clinch but Krook is controlling him.

Laroux breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Krook misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laroux looks to land a right hand but Krook moved out of range.

Krook instigates a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Krook tries for a takedown but Laroux manages to get underhooks.
Laroux has a couple of punches blocked by Krook.
Laroux content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Krook pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Krook uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Laroux.
Laroux misses with a body shot.
Laroux swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Laroux cracks Krook with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Laroux misses with a straight right.
Krook throws a wild body kick that Laroux sees coming a mile off.
Nice uppercut lands for Laroux. That snapped Krook's head back.

Laroux closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Krook is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krook is trying to control but can't.
Laroux wants to free his trapped foot but Krook is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Laroux prevents Krook from improving his position.
Krook blocking the ground and pound attempt from Laroux.
Laroux working Krook over with strikes.
Krook is staying active underneath Laroux, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Laroux missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Krook is looking to improve his position.
Laroux wants to control but Krook is keeping him busy.
Laroux tries to pass to full mount but Krook defends it.
Krook tries to get to full guard but Laroux has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laroux is trying to control the action in half guard but Krook is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Laroux thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Krook's head.
Laroux lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Laroux 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.
Laroux wants to free his trapped foot but Krook is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Krook trying to hold on to Laroux's head to control him but Laroux postures up.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Laroux trying to control the action but Krook is working from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Krook makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Krook.
Laroux wants to control from the top but Krook keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Laroux avoids a kick to the body.
Krook doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Laroux misses with a takedown attempt - Krook sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Laroux showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Krook.

Krook fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Laroux sprawls well initially but Krook persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Laroux is looking for a sweep. Krook is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Krook is thwarting Laroux's attempts to control the position.
Laroux is looking to improve his position.
Krook seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Laroux blocking the ground and pound attempt from Krook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laroux is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Krook's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Krook's back!
Laroux thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Krook covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Laroux lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Laroux.
Krook is really stuck here.
Laroux lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Krook trying to control the position but Laroux manages to sink in the hooks.
A lull in the action here.
Krook covering up well and avoiding damage.
Laroux is working the ground and pound. Can Krook escape?

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Krook preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Laroux.
Laroux is striking well from the back but Krook escapes and manages to control the positon and works his way to half guard. A much better position - the crisis is over for the time being.
David Laroux overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Laroux works his way into full mount!
Laroux landing shots from mount.
A nice elbow there by Laroux.
Krook is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Laroux throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Krook because Laroux loaded up on that one.
Laroux scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krook is trying to escape the mount.
Laroux is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Laroux scoring with strikes but Krook is staying in there.
Laroux unloading with bombs!
Laroux trying to control but Krook is having none of it.
Laroux avoids the attempt from Krook to control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Laroux breaks from Krook's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Laroux working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Krook is rocked!
Krook wants to control but Laroux is having none of it.
Laroux drops a big elbow. That's hurt Krook! More shots from Laroux and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Laroux!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, David Laroux made sure he mentioned GTI - 1337 sponsors VERSUS, along with how happy he was to win his fight.