PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Klas Ondahl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitali Jurcina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ondahl
vs
Jurcina

193 cm
30
197 lbs
15 - 11 - 2

188 cm
29
196 lbs
16 - 17 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

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 15 - 11 - 2, fighting out of New York, Klas Ondahl!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 17 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vitali Jurcina!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Lou da Vinci and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jurcina feints a jab promting Ondahl to slip. Jurcina then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Ondahl slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A combination from Jurcina does no damage.
Ondahl shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jurcina pinned against the cage. Jurcina gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jurcina misses with a few strikes there.
Jurcina falls off balance throwing a combination

and Ondahl counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Ondahl moves into full mount! Jurcina won't be happy about that!
Poor strikes thrown by Ondahl there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ondahl throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Jurcina because Ondahl loaded up on that one.
Jurcina avoids a series of strikes thrown by Ondahl.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ondahl sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Jurcina is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Jurcina in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jurcina is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Jurcina is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Ondahl thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Ondahl pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
BOOM! Ondahl connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ondahl looking to ground and pound but Jurcina is blocking nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ondahl looking to control but Jurcina is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ondahl cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Jurcina wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Ondahl landing shots from mount.
A nice elbow there by Ondahl.
Ondahl lands a big shot there that rocks Jurcina but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Ondahl thowing shots but they're missing.
Ondahl dominating with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ondahl throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Jurcina is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Ondahl unloading with bombs!

Jurcina is rocked!
Ondahl lands a big shot to the head and Jurcina winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Klas Ondahl!
Klas Ondahl gave a mention to Milwaukee's Best 160 SALE $150 in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).