PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Krutcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Conrad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Krutcher comes to the cage accompanied by Fun Things - Savage. Conrad has chosen Rider Part II as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Krutcher
vs
Conrad

181 cm
30
226 lbs
24 - 11 - 0

195 cm
29
218 lbs
13 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

CEC Nutrition Q160 & Loans

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jason Krutcher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Conrad!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Steve Smith and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conrad fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
No luck for Conrad with that takedown attempt.
Conrad avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Krutcher misses with a wild combination.
Conrad throws a low kick but Krutcher avoids it.

Conrad drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Conrad with a flurry of punches that miss.
Krutcher is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Krutcher 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.
Krutcher avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Conrad wants to control from the top but Krutcher keeps moving.
Conrad postures up and lands a big shot to Krutcher's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conrad working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Conrad won't allow Krutcher to get back to his feet.
Conrad is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Conrad is looking to work some ground and pound but Krutcher has wrist control.
Conrad has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Krutcher is looking to stand up but Conrad isn't so interested in that idea.
Krutcher has Conrad pulled in close to control his posture.
Conrad distracts Krutcher with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Conrad throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Krutcher works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Krutcher controlling Conrad's posture.
Krutcher controls Conrad momentarily but Conrad frees himself.
Conrad passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Conrad throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Krutcher dodges the ground and pound from Conrad.
Krutcher is looking to reverse the position.
A control attempt from Krutcher but he's now mounted!
Krutcher tries to hold on but Conrad pushes him away.
Conrad lands a heavy elbow.
Krutcher is in all sorts of trouble here.
You get the feeling that Krutcher really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Conrad working Krutcher over with strikes here.

It looks like Jason Krutcher has been cut.
Krutcher sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Conrad not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Krutcher wants to get back to his feet.
Krutcher might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Conrad takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krutcher regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Conrad.
Conrad throwing strikes but missing.
Conrad cracks Krutcher with a solid left hand.
Krutcher wants to stand and escape but Conrad is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Conrad trying to control the position from guard on top but Krutcher is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Krutcher is looking to stand back up but Conrad counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Krutcher.
Conrad not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Krutcher keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Conrad lands a nice short elbow.
Conrad prevents Krutcher from standing back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conrad is trying to control the action in half guard but Krutcher is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Conrad not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Conrad is figuring out what he wants to do next.

Krutcher pushes Conrad off and gets back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Krutcher throws a lazy head kick
and Conrad counters with a stiff right hand.
Jason Krutcher is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Krutcher misses with a leg kick.
Conrad uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Conrad swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Krutcher counters with a big head kick but Conrad shrugs it off.
Conrad scores with a sloppy right hand. Krutcher should have avoided that one.
Conrad misses with a hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Conrad fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Krutcher checks it well.
Krutcher doesn't manage to clinch there - Conrad circles away.
Krutcher throws a leg kick but Conrad sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Conrad takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Conrad dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jason Krutcher's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Conrad keeps the fight on the outside.

It looks like Jack Conrad has been cut.
Jason Krutcher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Krutcher throws a sloppy head kick
and Conrad counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Krutcher tries a head kick but it misses.
Krutcher throws out a loose jab but Conrad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Krutcher takes a kick to the side of the head.

Conrad shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Conrad throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Conrad is working for a kimura but Krutcher is defending it quite comfortably.
Conrad wants to lay and pray for a moment but Krutcher keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conrad moves into full mount! Krutcher won't be happy about that!
Krutcher is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Conrad has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Krutcher's face.
Conrad putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Conrad scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Krutcher?
Conrad working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Krutcher is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krutcher is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Oh Krutcher is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Krutcher wants to get back to his feet.
Krutcher seems to have got his legs back now.
Conrad landing strikes from the mount.

Jason Krutcher's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Conrad takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Krutcher is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conrad looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Conrad connects with a bit shot that sees Krutcher covering up! More strikes from Conrad and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Conrad is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Conrad!
After winning the bout, Jack Conrad thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.