PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kisuke Urahara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thane Krios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Urahara
vs
Krios

183 cm
21
180 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

178 cm
21
176 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Valhalla Q160 Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kisuke Urahara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thane Krios!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Saam Ante and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krios looks to throw the jab but Urahara is out of range.
Krios fails with an attempt to clinch.
Krios doesn't manage to clinch there - Urahara circles away.
Nice uppercut lands for Krios. That snapped Urahara's head back.
Krios looks to land a left hand but Urahara moved out of range nicely.
Krios moves out of range of the body kick.
A jab lands there for Krios.

Krios moves into the clinch.
Krios throws a head punch that misses.
Urahara is trying to maintain a safe position but Krios gets an underhook and turns Urahara into the cage.
Urahara misses with a body punch.
Krios has a couple of punches blocked by Urahara.
Urahara tries to work over Krios's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Krios throws a head punch that misses.
Krios wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Urahara has him pressed against the cage.
Krios looking to stall.
Urahara makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Urahara breaks from the clinch.
Thane Krios seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Urahara slips a jab from Krios.
Krios throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Krios clinches up against the cage.
Krios is stalling here.
Krios is trying to break free.
A head punch on the inside from Krios fails to land.
Krios blocks an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Krios.
Krios misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Krios.
Urahara misses with the head strike.
A short right from Urahara on the inside.
Krios misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krios tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Krios has a couple of punches blocked by Urahara.
Urahara lands a body punch.
Krios misses with a hook from the clinch.
Urahara misses with a body punch.
Krios lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Krios swings wildly with an uppercut but Urahara uses good head movement to avoid it.
Krios misses with a hook to the ribs.
Krios tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Krios tries to break free but Urahara pushes him back against the cage.
Urahara works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Krios misses with some punches.
Urahara lands an uppercut.
Krios throws a punch but it's blocked by Urahara.
Krios doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Urahara lands a nice shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Krios pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Krios.

Krios clinches up against the cage.
Krios is trying to force a seperation but Urahara has the dominant position.
Urahara lands with a right to the head.
Krios can't find room to land a body shot as Urahara controls the action.
Krios has Urahara pressed against the cage.
Krios lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Urahara.
Krios blocks an uppercut.
Urahara is trying to stall.
Krios fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Urahara tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Krios's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Krios.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Urahara tries to work over Krios's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Krios stalling in the clinch but Urahara improves position.
Urahara prevents Krios from breaking the clinch.

Krios breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Urahara will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Krios misses with a body shot.
Krios looks to throw the jab but Urahara is out of range.

Urahara gets a clinch.
A short body shot lands from Urahara as the two fighters clinch.
Krios tries to circle away but Urahara has him pinned against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Urahara lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Krios backwards.
Urahara misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Krios working aggressively here.
Urahara trying to stall but Krios improves his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thane Krios dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Krios jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Krios misses with a looping left.
Krios throws a shot to the body.
Krios doesn't manage to clinch there - Urahara circles away.
Krios misses the shot to the body.
Urahara takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Krios avoids the body shot from Urahara.
Urahara fails in his attempt to clinch.
Krios connects with a nice looking jab.
Kisuke Urahara is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Krios thuds a left hand into Urahara's body.
Krios looks to land a left hand but Urahara moved out of range nicely.
Urahara tries to move into range but Krios moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Krios uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Urahara.
Krios throws a body punch but Urahara moves out of range.
Urahara slips under a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Urahara walks into a straight right hand from Krios.
Krios misses with a body shot.
A slow jab from Krios misses its intended target.
Krios slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Krios misses with a straight left.

Krios pushes Urahara up against the cage in a clinch.
Krios tries a body shot but Urahara blocks it.
Thane Krios seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Urahara can't find room to land a body shot as Krios controls the action.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Krios misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Urahara.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Urahara can't find room to land a body shot as Krios controls the action.
Krios blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krios misses with some punches.
A short right from Urahara.
Krios works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Krios has a couple of punches blocked by Urahara.
Krios lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot in the inside from Urahara.
Krios lands a shoulder strike.
Urahara is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Urahara tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Urahara goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Krios blocks a body shot from Urahara.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Urahara as Krios tries to tie him up.
Urahara throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Krios.
Krios softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Urahara blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Krios working aggressively here.
Urahara lands an uppercut.
Urahara digs a right hand into Krios's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Krios's gas tank.
A nice right hand lands inside from Urahara.
Urahara lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Krios backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Urahara.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Urahara misses with a body punch.
Krios lands an uppercut.
Krios dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Krios breaks the clinch.
Krios throws a jab but it's blocked by Urahara.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Urahara lands a nice leg kick that just misses Krios's sensitive parts.
Krios misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Urahara.
Krios tries to bum rush Urahara with a series of wild strikes but Urahara uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Krios takes one to the chin there.
Urahara tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Krios tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Urahara was well out of range. Poor timing from Krios.
Urahara dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Krios. That did some damage!
Urahara steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Krios.
Krios throws a right hand that misses
and Urahara counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Krios forces Urahara back against the cage and clinches.
Urahara digs a right hand into Krios's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Krios's gas tank.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Krios lands with a left to the head.
Urahara tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Krios looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
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 Kisuke Urahara will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Krios takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Krios throws a looping overhand right but Urahara ducks down to avoid it.

Krios gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Urahara blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Urahara taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Urahara.
Urahara works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Urahara blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Krios blocks a body shot from Urahara.
Krios avoiding damage as Urahara throws knees to the body.

Krios manages to break the clinch.
Urahara swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Urahara avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Urahara on the wrong end of a nice hook.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krios is looking to break free of the clinch but Urahara has double underhooks.
Krios tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Urahara's elbow.
Urahara tries a body shot but Krios blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Urahara.

Urahara manages to break the clinch.
Krios dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Urahara scoring well with a low kick there.

Krios clinches.
Urahara lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Urahara digs a right hand underneath Krios's ribcage. Krios let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Urahara lands a body shot.
Krios misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Urahara keeps control of Krios as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Urahara lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Urahara breaks the clinch.
Thane Krios seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Urahara lands with a straight right. Krios didn't see that one coming.
Krios throws a jab when Urahara was well out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Urahara.

Krios tries to keep at a distance but Urahara has taken the fight into the clinch.
Urahara blocks a body shot from Krios.
Krios tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Urahara prevents a body shot from Krios.
Urahara blocking some punches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Urahara working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krios misses with some punches.
Krios tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Krios wants to break the clinch but can't.
Urahara scores with a shoulder strike.
Krios tries to circle away but Urahara has him pinned against the cage.
Urahara scores with a nice hook to the head.
Urahara lands a right hand.
Krios swings wildly with an uppercut but Urahara uses good head movement to avoid it.
Krios misses with a punch on the inside.
Urahara throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Krioss head.
Krios throws a punch but it's blocked by Urahara.
A hook to the body from Urahara.
Krios misses with a punch to the body.
Krios blocks a body shot from Urahara.
Urahara misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Urahara lands a right hand.
Urahara blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Krios tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Krios tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Urahara tries to throw a body punch but Krios avoids it by throwing Urahara back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Krios wants to break the clinch but can't.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Krios.
Urahara lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Krios.

Urahara's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Urahara misses with a jab, cross combination.
Krios checks a leg kick nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Urahara blocks a jab.
Krios is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Krios throws an overhand right that lands on Urahara's shoulder, as Urahara tries to avoid the shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kisuke Urahara showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Urahara has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 29:29
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 29:29
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a majority draw!