PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Drew Foster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boleslaw Krol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Krol has chosen Rage Against The Machine - Guerrilla Radio as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Foster
vs
Krol

186 cm
25
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
23
190 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Drew Foster!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Boleslaw Krol!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krol keeps the fight on the outside.
Krol fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Foster avoids the head kick by Krol.
Foster moves in looking to clinch but Krol pushes him off.
Foster tries to clinch but Krol moves out of range.
Krol looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Krol tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Krol changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Foster looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Foster avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Krol.
Krol working the ground and pound but Foster is defending the strikes.
Foster regains half guard.
Krol throws a strike but Foster avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Foster keeping moving, preventing Krol from controlling successfully.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Krol postures up.
Foster looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Krol throws a big elbow that misses.
Krol working some strikes from top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krol throwing strikes from guard but Foster blocks nicely.
Krol scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Krol won't allow Foster to sweep him here.
Krol with a flurry of punches that miss.
Krol is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Krol throws a big right hand that misses.
Krol with a nice head shot there.
Foster trying to keep a closed guard but Krol is proving a slippery customer.
Foster can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Krol controls the pace.
Foster has momentary wrist control but Krol slips an elbow through the middle.
Krol must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Krol is in close to Foster's body, working some short punches and elbows.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Foster controls Krol momentarily but Krol frees himself.
Krol trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foster avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Foster is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Krol connects with a couple of short punches.
Foster is breathing heavily.
Krol trying to control the position from guard on top but Foster is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Foster avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Krol missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Krol postures up in Foster's guard and throws a big left but Foster blocks it.
Krol wants to control from the top but Foster keeps moving.
Foster utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Krol distracts Foster with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krol is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Krol trying to control the position from guard on top but Foster is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Krol looking to sit in guard and control but Foster gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Krol has Foster pulled in close to control his posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Krol has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Boleslaw Krol was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Foster blocks a head kick by Krol.

Krol closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Krol lands in his opponent's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Krol postures up and lands a big shot to Foster's brow.
Krol throws a big right hand that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Foster avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Krol with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Krol postures up in Foster's guard and throws a big left but Foster blocks it.
Krol postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boleslaw Krol 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.

Krol scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Foster is rocked!

Krol shoots in for a takedown. Oh, that's a huge slam! Foster is on queer street and Krol is pounding down on him with a barage of strikes. The ref is forced to step in and stop the fight. Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). Boleslaw Krol!
After the fight, Boleslaw Krol was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.