PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lemmy Krusic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Rudd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Krusic kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Lazy Bones - Warrior. The key to victory for Lemmy Krusic has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Krusic
vs
Rudd

170 cm
22
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lemmy Krusic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jason Rudd!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rudd moves into the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Rudd.
Rudd wants to stall.
Krusic working hard to break the clinch.

Krusic decides to pull guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Krusic pulls Rudd in close to his closed guard and prevents Rudd from doing any damage or advancing position.
Rudd trying to control but Krusic is working from the bottom.
Rudd won't allow Krusic to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Rudd leaves Krusic with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Krusic closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Rudd did well to prevent Krusic getting side control.
Krusic wants to control but Rudd is keeping him busy.
Krusic prevents Rudd from improving his position.

Krusic is working for a submission of some sort.
Rudd is holding on to half guard well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Krusic decides to stand and escape the position.
Krusic tries to clinch there but Rudd circles away.
Krusic tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Rudd decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Krusic's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rudd sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Rudd got a little sloppy there for a moment and Krusic has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Rudd has managed to get both his arms back between Krusic's legs - danger averted.
Krusic is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rudd is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Jason Rudd has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Krusic moves to clinch but Rudd breaks away

and Rudd decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Krusic's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rudd looking to sit in guard and control but Krusic gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Krusic wanted to stand there but Rudd had control of the position.
Rudd is trying to keep Krusic in close.
Rudd tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rudd keeping moving, preventing Krusic from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jason Rudd will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Rudd has closed the distance and engaged Krusic in a clinch.
Krusic prevents the takedown attempt.
Krusic fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Krusic fails to pull guard.
Rudd trying to stall but Krusic improves his position.
Krusic wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rudd has him pressed against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Rudd.
Krusic tries to break free but Rudd pushes him back against the cage.
Krusic tries to work over Rudd's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Krusic scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rudd taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rudd avoiding damage as Krusic throws knees to the body.
Krusic using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rudd has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Krusic is trying to force a seperation but Rudd has the dominant position.
Krusic misses with a knee strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rudd as Krusic tries to tie him up.
Krusic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Krusic wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rudd has him pressed against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rudd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krusic gets underhooks to prevent Rudd's takedown attempt.
Krusic tries to pull guard but Rudd forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lemmy Krusic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rudd keeps control of Krusic as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rudd has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Krusic is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Rudd blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rudd keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Krusic's efforts to push away.
Rudd managing to block the knees to the body from Krusic.
Krusic trying to land knees to the body.
Rudd avoids a wild elbow strike from Krusic.

Rudd manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Krusic won't allow Rudd to sweep him here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rudd pulls Krusic in close to prevent any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Krusic accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Rudd has control of Krusic's left arm, preventing Krusic from doing any damage.
Rudd utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Krusic wants to control from the top but Rudd keeps moving.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rudd blocks the elbow strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rudd stalling against the cage.
Krusic has had enough of the clinch but Rudd keeps him there for the moment.
Krusic lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rudd is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Krusic just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rudd's brow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Krusic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Krusic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Lemmy Krusic will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Krusic with a poor takedown

and Rudd counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Krusic is trying to control the position but Rudd postures up.
Rudd controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Rudd shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Krusic as he jumps to the side.

Rudd feints and as Krusic raises his hands in defense, Rudd changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Rudd stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Krusic swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Krusic controls Rudd momentarily but Rudd frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krusic manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Rudd bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Krusic keeping moving, preventing Rudd from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krusic trying to control the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Lemmy Krusic wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Krusic tries to clinch but Rudd moves away

and Rudd counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Krusic is trying to keep Rudd in close.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rudd controlling from the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

We're going to have a standup here because Lemmy Krusic wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Rudd has taken the fight to the clinch.
Krusic tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rudd dodges an elbow strike from Krusic.
Rudd is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Krusic is defending well.
Come on Rudd - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Rudd is looking for a takedown.
Lemmy Krusic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Rudd.
Krusic has had enough of the clinch but Rudd keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rudd.
Rudd blocks an elbow strike from Krusic.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rudd blocks an elbow strike from Krusic.
Krusic missing with knees to the body.
Krusic fails to pull guard.
Krusic working hard to break the clinch.
Rudd keeps control of Krusic as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Krusic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lemmy Krusic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Krusic fails with the takedown

and Rudd moves into the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Krusic throws an elbow but it misses.
Rudd blocks a punch to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Rudd comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rudd has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Rudd!