PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rolf Krake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andy Watcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andy Watcher acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Krake
vs
Watcher

184 cm
24
185 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

195 cm
21
200 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ace C

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rolf Krake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andy Watcher!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Mauricio Rocha and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watcher misses with a left hand
and Krake counters with a left to the body.
Krake throws the left hand but Watcher avoids the punch easily.
The fighters circling - Watcher throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A jab from Watcher misses.
Krake jabs Watcher right on the nose. Watcher blinks but takes it well.
Krake works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Watcher will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Watcher walks into a straight right hand from Krake.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big left from Krake misses.
A jab from Krake misses.
Watcher lands with a shot to the body.
Krake takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Watcher closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Krake to counter with a crisp jab.
Krake throws a hook to the side of Watcher's head but Watcher sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Krake bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watcher's corner calls for a 1-2. Watcher obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Watcher has Krake up against the cage in a clinch.
Krake misses with a hook to the ribs.
Watcher fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Watcher tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Krake wants to break free but Watcher has control.
Watcher prevents Krake from breaking the clinch.
Watcher keeps control of Krake as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Watcher fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Krake working hard to break the clinch.
Krake has had enough of the clinch but Watcher keeps him there for the moment.
Krake is trying to break the clinch but Watcher has him pressed against the cage.
Watcher missing with knees to the body.
Krake has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Watcher looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Watcher fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Krake is trying to force a seperation but Watcher has the dominant position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Watcher.
Krake doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krake is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Watcher gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Watcher fails to land.
Watcher swings wildly with an uppercut but Krake uses good head movement to avoid it.
Krake blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Krake wants to break the clinch but can't.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watcher misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Watcher tries to throw a body punch but Krake avoids it by throwing Watcher back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Watcher.
Watcher struggles to land a body shot inside as Krake controls his hands.
Watcher pushes Krake back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Watcher keeps control of Krake as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Krake managing to block the knees to the body from Watcher.
Krake is trying to force a seperation but Watcher has the dominant position.
Watcher goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Watcher lands with a short shot to the head.
Watcher throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Watcher keeps control of Krake as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Watcher creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Krake's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watcher is trying to stall.
Krake prevents a body shot from Watcher.
Watcher swings wildly with an uppercut but Krake uses good head movement to avoid it.

Krake pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Watcher forces Krake back against the cage and clinches.

Krake breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Krake uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Watcher.
Watcher takes one to the chin there.

It looks like Andy Watcher has been cut.
Watcher scores with a jab.
Watcher waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Krake.
Donk. Watcher catches Krake right on the button with a cross.
The fighters circling - Watcher throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Watcher throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Krake looks to land a right hand but Watcher moved out of range.
Krake is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Watcher.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Watcher misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Watcher throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Krake lands with a hook. Watcher tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Krake slips under a jab.
Watcher misses with a hook. Krake ducked under it nicely.
Decent striking displayed by Watcher there.
Nice defenses there by Watcher.
Watcher lands a jab to Krake's midsection.
Some wild striking there from Watcher.
Krake takes a swing at Watcher's ribcage but misses.
Krake keeps the fight on the outside.
Krake throws a jab but it's blocked by Watcher.
Krake lands the left hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Watcher misses the target.
Watcher tries to clinch there but Krake circles away.
Watcher throws out a powerful jab.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Watcher misses the jab.
Krake misses with an uppercut. Watcher saw that one coming.
Krake lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Krake is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
BOOM! Krake lands a beautiful left hook that drops Watcher. Watcher tries to recover but Krake is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Watcher lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rolf Krake!
A relieved looking Rolf Krake thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.