PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thane Krios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Dudek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Krios
vs
Dudek

178 cm
22
176 lbs
6 - 6 - 1

175 cm
24
186 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 6 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thane Krios!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Christian Dudek!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Wagner Zegers and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dudek doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dudek.
Krios connects with a looping right hand.
Krios scores with a punch to the head.
Dudek drops his hands momentarily and Krios takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Decent striking displayed by Krios there.
Dudek scores with a push kick.
Krios chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dudek can pounce on him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dudek throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Krios lands a really nice looking cross but Dudek seems unphased.
Krios checks a leg kick.
Krios misses with a looping right.
Krios stalks Dudek and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Dudek's face. Dudek staggers backwards, shaken.
Krios keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dudek.
Dudek takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A thudding body kick lands there by Dudek!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dudek takes one to the chin there.
Dudek ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dudek throws a half hearted mid kick.
Dudek keeps Krios at a distance using the push kick.
Krios throws an overhand right that lands on Dudek's shoulder, as Dudek tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dudek connects with the punch.
Krios throws a big shot that misses.
Dudek lands a nice leg kick that just misses Krios's sensitive parts.
Krios misses with a body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dudek.
A combination from Krios does no damage.
Krios takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Krios is breathing heavily.
Krios thows a left - swing and a miss!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dudek.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dudek scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Krios crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Dudek - the referee stops the clock and Krios gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Dudek. Krios manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Dudek throws a wild body kick that Krios sees coming a mile off.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dudek.
Dudek scores with a shot to the body.

Dudek moves into the clinch.
Dudek using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dudek lands a nice knee to the body.
Krios takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dudek lands a knee to the head.
Dudek tries a knee to the head but Krios blocks it.
Dudek lands a nice knee to the body.
Dudek scores with a knee to the head.
Dudek landing knees to the body.
Krios looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dudek with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dudek unloads a knee to the mid-section. Krios lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dudek lands a knee to the body.
Dudek landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dudek using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dudek misses with a body punch.
Dudek lands a good knee to the midsection. Krios won't want to take too many of those.
Dudek throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Krios blocks it with crossed arms.
Dudek landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Krios takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dudek landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dudek lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dudek landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dudek scores with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dudek obliges.
Dudek with a knee to the head.
Dudek with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Krios misses with some punches.
Krios scores with a shot to the side of Dudek's head.
Krios misses with a body punch.
Dudek is leaning against Krios and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Krios takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dudek lands a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dudek scores with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Dudek.
Dudek working Krios over with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Dudek.
Dudek lands a nice knee to the body.
Dudek lands a good knee to the midsection. Krios won't want to take too many of those.
Dudek landing knees to the head.
Dudek with a knee to the head.
Krios misses with a hook from the clinch.
Krios wants to get back to striking at distance but Dudek won't allow it.
Krios misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dudek putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Krios in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dudek landing knees to the body.
Dudek has Krios pushed against the cage.
Krios takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dudek is working Krios over against the cage.
Dudek with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dudek working Krios over with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christian Dudek dominated that round.
That's time! Krios's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Dudek swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Krios.
Krios throws a hook but Dudek blocks it.
Krios connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dudek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dudek scores with a decent looking hook.
Krios throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Krios throws a hook but Dudek blocks it.
Dudek tries to clinch there but Krios circles away.
Dudek connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Dudek thows a body shot but no joy.
Dudek has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dudek lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dudek throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Krios.
Dudek ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dudek feints and then cracks Krios's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Krios down.
Krios throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dudek lands with a kick to the temple. Krios shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Krios moves into the clinch.
Krios misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dudek connects with a knee to the head.
Krios lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dudek.
Krios letting Dudek take a breather here.
Dudek connects with a knee to the head.
Dudek with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dudek is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Krios is keeping busy.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Dudek with a knee to the head.
Krios misses with the head strike.
Krios taking a breather.
Krios swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dudek missing with knees to the body.
Krios works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dudek connects with a nasty looking knee right to Krios's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krios looking to slow down the pace here.
Christian Dudek seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Krios misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Krios creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dudek is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Krios is keeping busy.
Krios swings wildly with an uppercut but Dudek uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dudek takes a shot to the head.
Dudek content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Krios swings wildly with an uppercut but Dudek uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dudek trying to land knees to the body.
Krios goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Krios takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krios blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Krios doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Krios working aggressively here.
Dudek tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Krios creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Krios escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dudek lunges at Krios with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Krios's hand.
Dudek lands an overhand right.
Dudek lands a head kick. Krios smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Krios connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dudek momentarily.
Dudek lands a nice looking body kick.
Dudek lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Krios takes a kick to the side of the head.
Dudek slips under a jab.

Krios clinches.
Dudek with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Krios lands with a short shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dudek landing knees to the body.
Krios can't find room to land a body shot as Dudek controls the action.
Dudek landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dudek tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dudek blocks a body shot from Krios.
Krios has a couple of punches blocked by Dudek.
Krios working hard to break the clinch.
Krios tries to throw a body punch but Dudek avoids it by throwing Krios back against the cage.
Dudek lands a nice knee to the body.
Dudek with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dudek.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A knee to the head by Dudek.
Dudek with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dudek lands a good knee to the midsection. Krios won't want to take too many of those.
Dudek scores with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christian Dudek showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Krios throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dudek.
Dudek tries to clinch there but Krios circles away.
Dudek throws a wild body kick that Krios sees coming a mile off.
Dudek uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Krios.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dudek. Krios does a little dance to reset his feet.
Christian Dudek seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dudek tries a head kick but it misses.

Krios moves into the clinch successfully.
Krios swings wildly with an uppercut but Dudek uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dudek throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dudek using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dudek lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Krios lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dudek backwards.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Krios has a couple of punches blocked by Dudek.
Dudek keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Krios's efforts to push away.
Dudek lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krios tries to work over Dudek's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dudek keeps control of Krios as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Krios throws a punch but it's blocked by Dudek.
Still in the clinch, Dudek scores with a nice short uppercut.
Krios tries to work over Dudek's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dudek with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dudek with a knee to the head.
Krios trying to stall but Dudek improves his position.
Dudek tries to throw a body punch but Krios avoids it by throwing Dudek back against the cage.
Dudek prevents a body shot from Krios.
A short right from Krios on the inside.
Dudek keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Krios's efforts to push away.
Dudek blocking some punches.
Krios can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krios misses with some punches.
Dudek landing knees to the body.
Krios tries to break the clinch but Dudek is controlling the position.
Krios misses with a hook from the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Dudek - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Krios wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Krios can't find room to land a body shot as Dudek controls the action.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Dudek pushes Krios back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Dudek lands a good knee to the midsection. Krios won't want to take too many of those.
Dudek working Krios over with knees to the body.
Dudek connects with a nasty looking knee right to Krios's face.
Dudek connects with a nasty looking knee right to Krios's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dudek manages to break the clinch.
Dudek moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Dudek tries to close the distance and clinch up but Krios swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dudek is looking to clinch but Krios is avoiding it.
Krios misses with a body punch
and Dudek counters with a good low kick that Krios was not able to check.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dudek.
Dudek connects with a good right hand that stumbles Krios. Krios circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Dudek thuds his right hand into Krios's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Krios is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Dudek scores with a leg kick.
Krios pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dudek jabs Krios to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Dudek moves out of range as Krios strikes.
Dudek looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Krios looks to score with a jab to the body but Dudek is just out of range.
Krios takes one to the chin there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Krios misses with an uppercut. Dudek saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Dudek.
Dudek turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dudek throws a looping overhand right but Krios ducks down to avoid it.
Dudek dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dudek displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Krios misses with a straight right.
Both fighters circling a little - Dudek finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dudek.
Dudek throws a hook but Krios blocks it.
Krios throws the left hand but Dudek avoids the punch easily.
Dudek on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Krios clinches with his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dudek lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The referee calls for Dudek to work.
Thane Krios has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Christian Dudek is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Krios.

And that's the end of the fight!
Christian Dudek comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dudek has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Christian Dudek!