PBP Commentary

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

Krum
vs
Yongsaklai

180 cm
20
175 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

182 cm
25
170 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Viktor Krum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yonah Yongsaklai!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some bone on bone action there as Yongsaklai checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Krum avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Yongsaklai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Krum swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Yongsaklai tries to keep at a distance but Krum has taken the fight into the clinch.
Yongsaklai looking to throw knees to the head but Krum is blocking nicely.
Yongsaklai tries to land a knee to the head but Krum blocks with his arms.
Yongsaklai misses with a knee to the head.
Yongsaklai throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Krum looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Krum breaks from the clinch.
Krum misses with a two punch combination.
Yongsaklai swats away the attempt to clinch by Krum.
Viktor Krum seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yongsaklai doesn't manage to clinch there - Krum circles away.
Krum lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krum throws a shot to the body.
Yongsaklai throws a head kick that misses
and Krum counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Krum lands a head shot.
Yongsaklai tries to clinch there but Krum circles away.
Yongsaklai throws a head kick but Krum moves out of range.
Yongsaklai tries to clinch up
and Krum counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Krum works Yongsaklai's body with a nice hook.
A chopping leg kick lands by Krum.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Krum fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Yongsaklai on the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Krum darts in and clinches Yongsaklai up against the cage.
Krum leaning his opponent against the cage.
Krum lands a hook to the side of the head.

Krum escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yongsaklai on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Krum looks to score with a jab to the body but Yongsaklai is just out of range.
Yongsaklai misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Krum.
Yongsaklai misses with a kick to the body.
Yongsaklai connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Krum ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Krum is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krum looks to score with a jab to the body but Yongsaklai is just out of range.
Krum gets in close and tags Yongsaklai with a short punch that almost sends Yongsaklai to the mat! Oh Yongsaklai is in big trouble! He turns his back on Krum, trying to create some distance but Krum rushes him, striking wildly and Yongsaklai goes down! The referee tackles Krum into the cage to end the fight! Krum is one violent man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Viktor Krum!