PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tomura Krakakos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kung Lao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Krakakos might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Cannabis. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Krakakos
vs
Lao

192 cm
27
220 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

192 cm
23
223 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

[CBK] The Smashwear Corporation
Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tomura Krakakos!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kung Lao!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the liver by Lao. Beautiful body shot.
Krakakos slips a jab and a cross from Lao.
A telegraphed right hand from Lao misses the target.
Krakakos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lao was well out of range. Poor timing from Krakakos.
Krakakos throws a leg kick
and Lao counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Krakakos connects with a jab.
Lao avoids the body shot from Krakakos.
Lao misses with a wild body shot.
Krakakos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lao sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Krakakos blocks a jab.
Krakakos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Krakakos misses with a hook.
Lao lands a high kick!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lao pivots, looking for a leg kick but Krakakos is out of range and Lao settles back down.
Lao takes a swing at Krakakos's ribcage but misses.
Krakakos misses with a looping left.
Lao misses with a looping left.
Lao throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krakakos shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Lao eats them both and turns towards Krakakos to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Krakakos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Krakakos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lao slips under a jab from Krakakos.
Krakakos misses with an uppercut. Lao saw that one coming.

Lao drives through and clinches with Krakakos against the cage.
Krakakos has had enough of the clinch but Lao keeps him there for the moment.
Krakakos stalling.
Nice body punch from Lao - that landed with a thud.
Lao lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lao misses with a body punch.
Krakakos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Krakakos taking a breather.
Lao fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Krakakos takes a shot to the head.
Krakakos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Krakakos swings wildly with an uppercut but Lao uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lao blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krakakos pushes Lao back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Krakakos misses with a body punch.
Krakakos blocks a body shot from Lao.
Lao scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lao throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Krakakoss head.
Lao lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Krakakos backwards.
Krakakos lands a hook that snaps the head of Lao backwards.
Lao swings wildly with an uppercut but Krakakos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lao throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Krakakos blocks a body shot from Lao.
Lao lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Krakakos is trying to stall.
Krakakos misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lao tries to work over Krakakos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lao tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lao misses with a body punch.
Krakakos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lao throws a punch but it's blocked by Krakakos.
A nice left hand lands by Lao.
Krakakos pressing his opponent against the cage.
A short right from Lao.
Lao has Krakakos pressed against the cage, preventing Krakakos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lao struggles to land a body shot inside as Krakakos controls his hands.

Lao's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Krakakos drops his hands momentarily and Lao takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Krakakos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lao.
Krakakos looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Lao throws a looping overhand right but Krakakos ducks down to avoid it.
Lao digs a good body shot into Krakakos's ribs.
Lao looks for the body kick but Krakakos saw that one coming.
Lao smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lao moves away from the strike by Krakakos.
Krakakos lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Krakakos misses with a hook. Lao ducked under it nicely.
Krakakos blocks a head kick by Lao.
Krakakos doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lao lands a head kick. Krakakos smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Lao lands a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Krakakos.
Krakakos is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Krakakos tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lao uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Krakakos.
Nice body punch from Krakakos.
Krakakos takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Krakakos tries a low kick but Lao avoids it.
Lao throws a series of strikes that have Krakakos backpedaling.
Lao scores with a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kung Lao dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Lao lands a body shot.
Lao misses with a wild body shot.
Lao is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Krakakos.
A low kick from Krakakos is predictable there
and Lao counters with a nice low kick that buckles Krakakos's knee momentarily.
Good leg kick by Lao there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Krakakos throws a hook but Lao avoids it easily.
Lao scores with a jab.
Lao misses with a double jab.
That kick from Krakakos tenderised Lao's leg. Lao is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lao scores with a crisp jab that stopped Krakakos in his tracks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Krakakos closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Krakakos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lao uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Krakakos.
Krakakos moves out of range of the body kick.
A head kick from Lao lands but Krakakos takes it in his stride.
Krakakos darts in trying to clinch
and Lao counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krakakos takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lao misses with the body kick
and Krakakos counters with a straight right hand.
Kung Lao seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Krakakos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Krakakos misses with a body kick.
Krakakos throws a lazy right hand but Lao sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lao bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Krakakos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lao throws a shot to the body.
Krakakos throws a low kick, looking for Lao's leg but Lao calmly moves out of range.
Lao fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lao connects with a leg kick. Krakakos looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
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!
Lao thumps Krakakos with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Krakakos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lao feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Krakakos's calf.
Lao lands a jab to the head.

Lao moves into the clinch.
Lao is working Krakakos over against the cage.
Krakakos misses with the head strike.
Lao digs a right hand into Krakakos's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Krakakos's gas tank.
Lao lands a body punch.
A short right from Lao.
Lao lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lao lands a left hand.
Kung Lao seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nice body punch from Lao - that landed with a thud.
Lao tries to throw a body punch but Krakakos avoids it by throwing Lao back against the cage.
Krakakos throws a head punch that misses.
Lao tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Krakakos's elbow.

Lao breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lao lands an overhand right.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lao. That's going to slow Krakakos down.
Krakakos lands a nice shot that snaps Lao's head back.
Lao keeps Krakakos at a distance using the push kick.
Lao has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lao fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Krakakos looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lao.
Lao fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Krakakos manages to avoid it.
Krakakos tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lao connects with the punch.
Lao lands a nice hook to Krakakos's body. Krakakos takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crunch! Lao slams his shin into Krakakos's torso.
Krakakos steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Lao. That one must have hurt.
Krakakos is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Lao paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Krakakos avoids the head kick by Lao.
Krakakos moves forwards but Lao connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krakakos looks to land a left hand but Lao moved out of range nicely.
Krakakos lands a nice hook to Lao's body. Lao takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Krakakos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lao scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lao uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Krakakos.
Good shot there by Lao.
Krakakos lands a nice shot to the body.
Lao cracks the inside of Krakakos's front leg.
Lao lands with a kick to the temple. Krakakos shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Lao lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Lao showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Krakakos.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lao avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lao lands a really nice looking cross but Krakakos seems unphased.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kung Lao showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!

Lao throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lao uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Krakakos.
Lao comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Krakakos misses with a series of wild punches.
Lao throws a front kick that sends Krakakos stumbling back into the cage.
Lao fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Krakakos on the side of the head.
Krakakos has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lao.
Lao is pawing at Krakakos, trying to feel the distance before throwing out a cross that crashes into Krakakos's nose. Krakakos is badly hurt! Lao pounces, throwing wild strikes as both fighters end up on the ground! Krakakos tries desperately to hold on but Lao is relentless in his assault! As Krakakos receives an ever increasing number of unanswered strikes the referee pulls Lao away and this one is in the books!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kung Lao!
Kung Lao is the new light heavyweight champion!
An out of breath Kung Lao thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.