PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Krutcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tanner Speed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Krutcher comes to the cage accompanied by Fun Things - Savage. Speed has chosen Funky Kingston / Toots And The Maytals as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Krutcher
vs
Speed

181 cm
32
226 lbs
27 - 14 - 0

188 cm
30
212 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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 27 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jason Krutcher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tanner Speed!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Russell Pearce and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krutcher takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

It looks like Jason Krutcher has been cut.
Speed throws a solid leg kick but Krutcher takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Speed.
Speed slips under a jab.
Krutcher misses with a double jab.
Krutcher slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Krutcher throws the kick towards the body but Speed avoids it.
Krutcher throws a right hand that Speed ducks under and follows up with a left that Speed also avoids with ease.
Speed tries to clinch there but Krutcher circles away.
Speed wants to clinch.
A jab from Krutcher misses.
Krutcher takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Krutcher lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Krutcher throws a hook to the side of Speed's head but Speed sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Krutcher swats away the attempt to clinch by Speed.
Speed fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Speed has managed to clinch.
Speed's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Speed tries to work over Krutcher's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short uppercut from Krutcher.
Speed lands a left hand that snaps the head of Krutcher backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Speed.
Krutcher misses with an elbow strike.
Krutcher takes a shot to the head.
Krutcher misses with an elbow strike.
Krutcher is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Speed is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Krutcher is keeping busy.
Speed tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Krutcher manages to break the clinch.
Speed lands a head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Speed throws a right and a left that Krutcher avoids nicely.
Speed tries to close the distance and clinch up but Krutcher swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krutcher throws a leg kick
and Speed counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Krutcher is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Krutcher fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Krutcher jabs at Speed's body.
Krutcher on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A solid leg kick lands there for Krutcher.
Speed swings away with a leg kick that misses.

Krutcher takes the fight into the clinch.
Speed tries to stall but Krutcher uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Speed.
Krutcher tries to break the clinch but Speed is controlling the position.
Good body shot from Krutcher.
Krutcher has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Speed avoids the elbow strike from Krutcher, against the cage.
Speed is looking to control Krutcher's arms but Krutcher gets an underhook and turns him. Now Speed has his back to the cage.
Speed lands a right hand.
Krutcher managing to block the knees to the body from Speed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Speed is working Krutcher over against the cage.
Krutcher takes a knee right on the jaw!

Jason Krutcher's cut is getting worse.
Krutcher working hard to break the clinch.
Speed avoids a wild elbow strike from Krutcher.
Speed has Krutcher pushed against the cage.
Speed struggles to land a body shot inside as Krutcher controls his hands.
Krutcher throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Speed.
Krutcher avoiding damage as Speed throws knees to the body.
Speed throws a knee to the head but misses.
Krutcher tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Speed is looking to control Krutcher's arms but Krutcher gets an underhook and turns him. Now Speed has his back to the cage.
Speed avoids the elbow strike from Krutcher, against the cage.
Krutcher creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Speed's defenses.

Krutcher escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Speed tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Krutcher paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Krutcher connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Speed's hands.

That's four 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!
Speed misses the shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Krutcher misses the target.
Krutcher cracks Speed with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Krutcher tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Speed was well out of range. Poor timing from Krutcher.
Krutcher looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Speed crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Krutcher - the referee stops the clock and Speed gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Krutcher. Speed manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Krutcher lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Speed at a distance.
Speed feints and then cracks Krutcher's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Krutcher down.
Krutcher throws a sloppy head kick and Speed moves out of range easily.
Krutcher clobbers Speed with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Speed takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Krutcher scores with the left hand. Speed knows he should have avoided that one.
Krutcher throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Speed counters with a thumping low kick.
Speed on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Krutcher scores with a sloppy right hand. Speed should have avoided that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jason Krutcher will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jason Krutcher's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Krutcher scores with a jab. Speed acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Speed avoids the head kick by Krutcher.
Speed throws a quick inside leg kick.
Speed moves out of range of the leg kick from Krutcher.
Krutcher looks to land a body kick but Speed moved away.
Speed checks a leg kick nicely.
Krutcher tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Krutcher throws a leg kick that is checked
and Speed counters with a thumping low kick.
Krutcher throws a series of punches but Speed avoids them all with ease.
Krutcher tries to clinch there but Speed circles away.
Krutcher swings for the body but Speed moves out of range.
Jason Krutcher is winning the standup battle so far.
Krutcher misses with a few strikes there.
Jason Krutcher is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Krutcher tried to score with a low kick but Speed checks it.

Speed has taken the fight to the clinch.

Krutcher escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Krutcher.
Speed lands with an uppercut that bounces Krutcher off the cage and back into range.
Krutcher takes a swing at Speed's ribcage but misses.
Speed tries to clinch but Krutcher moves out of range.
Krutcher throws a jab when Speed was well out of range.
Krutcher circles away from the clinch attempt.
Krutcher connects with a nice looking jab.
Krutcher on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Speed. Speed obviously looking to wear him down.
Krutcher throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Krutcher throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fighters circling - Krutcher throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Speed displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Krutcher throws out the jab.
Speed throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Krutcher avoids the head kick by Speed.
Speed uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Krutcher.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Speed avoids the head kick by Krutcher.
Krutcher rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Speed moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A big right from Krutcher misses.
Krutcher fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Speed looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Some bone on bone action there as Speed checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Krutcher misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Speed tries to score with a low kick but Krutcher moves his leg out of the way.
Krutcher tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Speed is able to avoid easily.
Krutcher misses with the combination.
Decent striking displayed by Krutcher there.
Krutcher takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Krutcher throws a series of punches but Speed avoids them all with ease.
Krutcher throws a sloppy body shot
and Speed counters with a good low kick that Krutcher was not able to check.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Speed missing with a left hand there. Krutcher was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Speed ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Speed tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Krutcher paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Speed darts in and clinches Krutcher up against the cage.
Speed lands a nice knee to the body.
Speed pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Speed tries a knee to the head but Krutcher blocks it.
Krutcher blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Krutcher avoiding damage as Speed throws knees to the body.
Speed avoids a wild elbow strike from Krutcher.
Speed dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Speed.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Speed scores with a knee to the head.
Speed throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nice body punch from Speed - that landed with a thud.
Speed misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Speed lands a nice knee to the body.
Krutcher wants to break free but Speed has control.
Speed with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Krutcher breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Speed tries to work over Krutcher's front leg with a kick but Krutcher checks it.
Speed blocks a low kick nicely.
Speed swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Krutcher just misses with a punch to the body.
Speed blocks a head kick by Krutcher.
Speed turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Krutcher misses with a leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Krutcher tries a head kick but it misses.
Speed lands with a kick to the ribs.

Speed closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tanner Speed showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jason Krutcher's cut.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Krutcher lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Speed has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Speed and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Krutcher is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Krutcher looks to throw a body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Krutcher throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Krutcher throws a solid leg kick but Speed takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Krutcher.
A bone on bone clash there as Krutcher blocks the leg kick.
Krutcher takes a swing at Speed's ribcage but misses.
Krutcher scores with a nice strike.
Speed slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Krutcher circles away from the clinch attempt.
Speed displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Krutcher throws out the jab.
Speed misses with a low kick.
Krutcher throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Krutcher misses with a looping right.
Jason Krutcher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Krutcher throws a left and a right that both miss

and Speed counters with a head kick that drops Krutcher to the mat! Krutcher scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Krutcher is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krutcher scores with a spinning back kick!
Oh Krutcher is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Speed tries to clinch but Krutcher is having none of it.
Krutcher throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Krutcher seems to have got his legs back now.
Speed fails in his attempt to clinch.
Krutcher throws the left hand but Speed avoids the punch easily.
Speed checks a leg kick.
Speed tries to clinch but Krutcher moves out of range.
Krutcher rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Speed counters with a head kick that drops Krutcher to the mat! Krutcher scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Krutcher takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Krutcher avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Krutcher throws the kick towards the body but Speed avoids it.
Krutcher looks to land a combination but Speed avoids it well.
Krutcher avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fighters circling - Krutcher throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Speed closes the distance and clinches.
Speed lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Krutcher.
Speed tries to throw a body punch but Krutcher avoids it by throwing Speed back against the cage.
Krutcher is trying to break the clinch but Speed is controlling him.
Speed taking a breather.
Speed using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Krutcher has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Speed tries a knee to the head but Krutcher blocks it.
Speed tries a body shot but Krutcher blocks it.
Krutcher wants to break free but Speed has control.

Krutcher breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Krutcher misses with a head kick.
Krutcher misses with a low kick.
Speed misses with a body shot.
Speed throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Krutcher misses with an uppercut
and Speed counters with a big head kick but Krutcher shrugs it off.

Jason Krutcher's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Speed ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Krutcher moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krutcher misses with an uppercut.

Speed gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Speed slowing the pace effectively.
Speed tries to throw a body punch but Krutcher avoids it by throwing Speed back against the cage.
Speed working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Speed tries a knee to the head but Krutcher blocks it.
Speed is looking to control Krutcher's arms but Krutcher gets an underhook and turns him. Now Speed has his back to the cage.
Speed tries a knee to the head but Krutcher blocks it.
Krutcher wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Speed with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Krutcher creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Speed's defenses.
Tanner Speed seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Speed tries to land knees in the clinch but Krutcher avoids the damage to the body.
Krutcher working hard to break the clinch.
Speed has Krutcher pressed against the cage, preventing Krutcher from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Speed struggles to land a body shot inside as Krutcher controls his hands.
Krutcher landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Speed using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Krutcher has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Speed tries a body shot but Krutcher blocks it.
Speed using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Krutcher has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Krutcher breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Krutcher scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Krutcher throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Krutcher throws a right and a left that both miss.

Speed tries to keep at a distance but Krutcher has taken the fight into the clinch.
Krutcher pushes off an throws an elbow but Speed leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Speed keeps control of Krutcher as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Speed keeps control of Krutcher as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Speed lands a body shot.
With the fighters up against the cage, Krutcher throws an elbow but misses.
Still in the clinch, Krutcher scores with a nice short uppercut.
Krutcher throws an elbow but it's blocked.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tanner Speed comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Speed 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tanner Speed!
Our winner, Tanner Speed, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.