PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between The Flash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Kringle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kringle comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Wating on the world to change, by John Mayer 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!

Flash
vs
Kringle

187 cm
21
175 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

176 cm
25
168 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

ProNutes London
ProNutes London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, The Flash!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chris Kringle!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Phil Schofield and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kringle needs to keep his hands up - Flash had a free shot at his head there.
Kringle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Flash moves away.

Flash has closed the distance and engaged Kringle in a clinch.
Flash tries to work over Kringle's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Flash throws a punch but it's blocked by Kringle.
Kringle lands with a right to the head.
Kringle scores with a shot to the side of Flash's head.
Kringle misses with a punch to the body.
Flash blocks a body shot from Kringle.
Flash throws a head punch that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Flash prevents a body shot from Kringle.
Kringle is working Flash over against the cage.
Flash struggles to land a body shot inside as Kringle controls his hands.
Flash tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kringle has a couple of punches blocked by Flash.

Flash escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kringle tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kringle takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kringle misses with a body shot.
Flash scores with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flash takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A big right from Kringle misses.
The Flash is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kringle throws a nice looking combination but Flash bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Kringle has closed the distance and engaged Flash in a clinch.
Flash swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kringle lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Flash doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kringle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kringle misses with a punch on the inside.
Flash misses with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Flash.
Flash blocking some punches.
Flash is looking to control Kringle's arms but Kringle gets an underhook and turns him. Now Flash has his back to the cage.
Flash is looking to break free of the clinch but Kringle has double underhooks.
Kringle goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kringle tries a body shot but Flash blocks it.
Flash swings wildly with an uppercut but Kringle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Flash misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Kringle scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kringle.
Kringle misses with a body punch.
Kringle gets through Flash's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kringle.
Flash works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Flash can't find room to land a body shot as Kringle controls the action.
Kringle can't find room to land a body shot as Flash controls the action.
Kringle lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Flash or not.
Flash misses with a hook to the ribs.
Flash working aggressively here.
Kringle tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kringle gets through Flash's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Flash is looking to control Kringle's arms but Kringle gets an underhook and turns him. Now Flash has his back to the cage.
Kringle lands a nice uppercut.
Flash scores with a shot to the side of Kringle's head.
Flash misses with a short punch on the inside.
Flash misses with a punch on the inside.
Flash misses with a short punch on the inside.
Flash tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Flash.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flash working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Flash lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kringle blocks an uppercut.
Flash looking to slow down the pace here.
Flash lands a right hand.
Kringle softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kringle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Flash tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Flash misses with some punches.
Flash prevents a body shot from Kringle.
A short uppercut from Kringle.
Flash swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kringle lands a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kringle.
Good body shot from Kringle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kringle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kringle presses Flash against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Flash.
Flash tries to stall but Kringle uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flash takes a shot to the head.
Kringle stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kringle scores with a shoulder strike.
Flash lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Kringle on the inside.
Flash prevents a body shot from Kringle.
Kringle lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kringle lands with a left to the head.
Flash's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kringle blocking some punches.
Kringle struggles to land a body shot inside as Flash controls his hands.
Kringle lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Flash misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kringle cracks Flash with a nice body shot.
Flash throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kringle pushes Flash back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kringle tries to throw a body punch but Flash avoids it by throwing Kringle back against the cage.
Kringle blocking some punches.

Flash breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kringle moves out of range of the body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Kringle dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Kringle misses with a two punch combination.
Kringle 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.
Flash throws a head kick that misses.
Kringle misses with a wild body shot.
Flash wants to slow Kringle down by chopping away at his legs.
Kringle throws a jab but it's blocked by Flash.
Flash scores with a body shot.
Flash pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kringle misses with a straight left.
Kringle avoids a kick to the body.
Flash looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kringle looks to score with a jab to the body but Flash is just out of range.
Flash scores with a head kick.
Flash throws a leg kick but Kringle sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kringle misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kringle tests Flash's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The Flash seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Flash with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kringle to score with a decent uppercut.
Kringle tests Flash's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Flash with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A big left from Kringle misses.
Flash wants to slow Kringle down by chopping away at his legs.

Kringle looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Flash keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kringle is looking to take a break and control but Flash is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Flash wants to control but Kringle is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kringle throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kringle lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kringle missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kringle is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Flash knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kringle on the ground.
Kringle trying to control the action but Flash is working from the bottom.
Kringle has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kringle throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kringle seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kringle thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Flash's head.

Kringle stands up out of the half guard.
Nice defenses there by Flash.
Kringle throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Flash.
Flash feints and then cracks Kringle's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kringle down.
Flash slips under a jab.
Kringle throws a nice looking combination but Flash bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Flash scores with a hook.
Flash pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kringle moves out of range as Flash throws a body kick.
Flash lands a nice shot that snaps Kringle's head back.
Flash staying out of range there.
A punch combination from Kringle misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flash connects with a solid leg kick.
Flash fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kringle manages to avoid it.
Kringle lands the left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Flash tries to land a front kick but Kringle steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kringle just misses with a punch to the body.
Flash does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Flash uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kringle.
The Flash is winning the standup battle so far.
Decent striking displayed by Kringle there.
Flash pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kringle is out of range and Flash settles back down.
Flash swats away the attempt to clinch by Kringle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Flash swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Kringle counters with a shoot takedown. Flash fights it but they end up in guard.
Kringle trying to control but Flash is working from the bottom.
Kringle working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Kringle showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Flash displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kringle throws out the jab.
Kringle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Flash moves away.
Flash misses with a kick to the body.
Kringle throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Flash sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kringle throws a shot from downtown. Flash moves away and avoids it.
Flash tries a head kick but it misses.
Kringle takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Flash throws a chopping leg kick but Kringle manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kringle lands with a right hand.
Flash throws a wild body kick that Kringle sees coming a mile off.
Kringle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kringle takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kringle loads up on a big right hand but Flash slips the punch.
Flash misses with an attempted mid kick.
A good leg kick by Flash.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kringle throws a looping overhand right but Flash ducks down to avoid it.
Flash uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kringle.
Flash throws a head kick but Kringle moves out of range.
Flash misses with a hook to the body
and Kringle counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kringle connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kringle lands a head shot.

Flash darts in and clinches Kringle up against the cage.
Kringle working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Flash is rocked!
Kringle stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Oh Flash is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kringle lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right hand to the body from Kringle.
Kringle presses Flash against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Chris Kringle seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kringle lands a hook that snaps the head of Flash backwards.
Kringle dips a shoulder and cracks Flash with a mighty uppercut! Flash falls back against the cage and Kringle unloads with a barrage of strikes! Flash is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Kringle screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Kringle! Chris Kringle retains his welterweight title!