PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Karl Krypton Ii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Colin Thorburn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Krypton Ii
vs
Thorburn

159 cm
18
140 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Karl Krypton Ii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Colin Thorburn!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krypton Ii lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Thorburn circles away quickly and effectively.
Krypton Ii throws a shot from downtown. Thorburn moves away and avoids it.
Krypton Ii avoids the head kick by Thorburn.
Thorburn is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Krypton Ii takes a swing at Thorburn's ribcage but misses.
Thorburn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Krypton Ii.
Krypton Ii misses with a looping left.
Karl Krypton Ii seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thorburn looks to score with a jab to the body but Krypton Ii is just out of range.
Thorburn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Krypton Ii throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Krypton Ii could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Krypton Ii is looking to clinch but Thorburn is avoiding it.
Thorburn takes a kick to the side of the head.

Thorburn is rocked!
Thorburn jabs at Krypton Ii's body.
Thorburn is still on wobbly legs! Can Krypton Ii finish him?

Thorburn looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Krypton Ii is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorburn not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Krypton Ii trying to control from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thorburn throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Thorburn seems to have recovered his senses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Krypton Ii is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Thorburn's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Thorburn's back!
Thorburn trying to control but not successfully.
Thorburn looking very determined here, making life difficult for Krypton Ii.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krypton Ii controlling well, preventing Thorburn from escaping the position.
Krypton Ii controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Karl Krypton Ii wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Thorburn slips a straight right by Krypton Ii.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thorburn. Krypton Ii does a little dance to reset his feet.
Krypton Ii misses with a two punch combination.
Krypton Ii falls off balance throwing a combination
and Krypton Ii takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Krypton Ii misses with a hook. Thorburn ducked under it nicely.
Karl Krypton Ii is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Thorburn slips a jab from Krypton Ii.
Thorburn slips under a jab.
Krypton Ii misses with a hook. Thorburn ducked under it nicely.
Krypton Ii throws a jab when Thorburn was well out of range.
Krypton Ii misses with the combination.
Krypton Ii pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krypton Ii misses with a hook. Thorburn ducked under it nicely.
Krypton Ii throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Thorburn stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Krypton Ii throws a sloppy head kick and Thorburn moves out of range easily.
Thorburn swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Thorburn fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A jab from Krypton Ii misses.
Thorburn blocks a leg kick.
Krypton Ii bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Thorburn's head.
A swing and a miss from Krypton Ii.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Krypton Ii misses with a double jab
and Thorburn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Thorburn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Krypton Ii.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl Krypton Ii dominated that round.
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.

Nice defenses there by Krypton Ii.
Thorburn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Krypton Ii thows a body shot but no joy.
Krypton Ii slaps away a takedown attempt from Thorburn, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Krypton Ii misses with a body shot.

Thorburn bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Krypton Ii gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Krypton Ii tries to roll over but Thorburn keeps him under control.

Krypton Ii has one foot on Thorburn's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Krypton Ii.
Krypton Ii moves in looking to clinch but Thorburn pushes him off.
Thorburn slips a jab from Krypton Ii.
A jab from Krypton Ii finds it's way through Thorburn's defenses.

It looks like Colin Thorburn has been cut.
Thorburn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Krypton Ii misses with a body punch
and Thorburn counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Krypton Ii looks to throw the jab but Thorburn is out of range.
Thorburn fails with a takedown attempt.
Thorburn is breathing heavily.
Krypton Ii moves out of range of the leg kick from Thorburn.
Krypton Ii cracks Thorburn on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Thorburn falls backwards against the cage. Krypton Ii follows up with more strikes that drop Thorburn to his knees. Krypton Ii keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Thorburn! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Karl Krypton Ii!
Karl Krypton Ii made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying '... where NO men has gone before ...'.