PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Petr Kraus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Walter Alexander Zelaya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Kraus
vs
Alexander Zelaya

185 cm
20
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Petr Kraus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Walter Alexander Zelaya!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Dillan Fox and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kraus shoots in but Zelaya avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Zelaya has Kraus up against the ropes in a clinch.
Zelaya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kraus.
Kraus drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Zelaya gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Zelaya lands a good knee to the midsection. Kraus won't want to take too many of those.
Kraus is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Zelaya is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Petr Kraus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kraus blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zelaya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kraus is defending well for now.
Zelaya trying to land knees to the body.
Zelaya has had enough of the clinch but Kraus keeps him there for the moment.
Zelaya scores with a shot to the side of Kraus's head.
Zelaya crunches a lovely knee into Kraus's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kraus goes for a takedown attempt but Zelaya pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
No luck for Kraus with that takedown attempt.
Kraus has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Zelaya.
Kraus tries to score a power double leg takedown but Zelaya sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Kraus somewhat.
Walter Alexander Zelaya is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kraus is breathing heavily.
Zelaya feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kraus's calf.

Kraus looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Zelaya!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kraus scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Kraus lands a nice shot to the head.
Kraus has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kraus is landing with some decent strikes but Zelaya is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Kraus misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Kraus throwing strikes here but Zelaya is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Kraus throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Kraus landing punches.
Kraus landing shots from mount.
Kraus with good strikes from the mount here!

Zelaya is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kraus fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Zelaya is still in real trouble! Can Kraus finish him?
Kraus postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Zelaya out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Kraus goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Petr Kraus!