PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Kralaiev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gray Potter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Potter's choice of entrance music: Biggie Smalls - Victory. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kralaiev
vs
Potter

191 cm
32
240 lbs
17 - 16 - 1

196 cm
32
260 lbs
22 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ivan Kralaiev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gray Potter!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Potter keeps the fight on the outside.
Kralaiev tries a head kick but it misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Potter.

Potter darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Potter is looking to take a break and control but Kralaiev is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kralaiev is trying to stand back up but Potter is controlling him

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kralaiev makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Potter throws a body punch but Kralaiev moves out of range.
Potter has a takedown stuffed.
Kralaiev throws a sloppy head kick and Potter moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kralaiev is looking to clinch.
Potter has a takedown stuffed.
Ivan Kralaiev has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gray Potter.
Kralaiev looks to clinch

and Potter counters with a takedown into side control.
Potter is looking to take a break and control but Kralaiev is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kralaiev is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Potter has just dragged him back down to the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kralaiev sneaks out the side door and pushes Potter away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
A slapping body kick lands there for Kralaiev.
Kralaiev with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kralaiev throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Potter uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kralaiev.
Potter shoots in and drives through. Kralaiev sprawls well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Potter misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Potter tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kralaiev swivels and escapes.
No luck for Potter with that takedown attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Potter shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kralaiev sprawls well. Kralaiev wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Potter gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ivan Kralaiev will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Potter shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Kralaiev defends it nicely.
Potter swats away the attempt to clinch by Kralaiev.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kralaiev throws a head kick but Potter moves out of range.
Potter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kralaiev tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Potter shoots in looking for a takedown. Kralaiev tries to sprawl out of it but Potter keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Kralaiev manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Potter shoots in looking for a takedown. Kralaiev tries to sprawl out of it but Potter keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Kralaiev manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ivan Kralaiev has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gray Potter.
Kralaiev throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kralaiev leaves Potter with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Potter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kralaiev was well out of range. Poor timing from Potter.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Potter is defended easily by Kralaiev.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Potter.
Kralaiev doesn't manage to clinch there - Potter circles away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Kralaiev gets a clinch.

Kralaiev's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
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 Ivan Kralaiev 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Kralaiev tries to clinch but Potter moves out of range.
Potter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ivan Kralaiev is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kralaiev throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Potter fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kralaiev lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Gray Potter has been cut.
Potter misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potter shoots in looking for a takedown but Kralaiev manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Potter's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

Potter looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Kralaiev!
Kralaiev is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potter thowing shots but they're missing.
Potter throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Kralaiev's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Potter throws some wild stikes that Kralaiev manages to avoid easily.
Potter throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Kralaiev really wants to buck Potter off and get back to his feet.
Kralaiev trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Potter throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Potter looking to ground and pound but Kralaiev is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
You get the feeling that Kralaiev really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Potter connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Gray Potter has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kralaiev tries to buck Potter off but he can't manage it.
Potter misses with a head shot.
Potter fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

It looks like Ivan Kralaiev has been cut.
Kralaiev is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Potter sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Potter working Kralaiev over with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Potter lands with some strikes.
Potter is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Potter loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Kralaiev scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Potter land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Potter stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gray Potter!
Gray Potter made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Fuck all you motherfuckers suck my cawk'.