PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tanner Pond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tuma Krapala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pond comes to the cage accompanied by Stick To Your Guns - Agianst Them All. Krapala has chosen Green Day - Brain Stew as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be a great matchup!

Pond
vs
Krapala

189 cm
24
176 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

179 cm
23
170 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent 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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tanner Pond!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tuma Krapala!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Atkins and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pond misses with a wild combination.
Pond swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pond throws a leg kick which misses Krapala's front leg but catches the back leg as Krapala tries to avoid it.
Nice sprawl there from Pond as Krapala shoots in.
Krapala looks to score with a jab to the body but Pond is just out of range.
Krapala avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pond fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Pond misses with a low kick.
Krapala avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pond misses with an uppercut. Krapala saw that one coming.
Krapala shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Pond defends it nicely.
Krapala shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Krapala tries a low kick but Pond avoids it.
Pond scores with a punch to the head.
Krapala fails to land the takedown.
Tanner Pond has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tuma Krapala.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Krapala pushes Pond up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pond lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pond throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Krapalas head.
Krapala lands a left hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Krapala.
Pond can't break the clinch.
Pond scores with a nice hook to the head.
Krapala is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Pond blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Krapala stalling in the clinch.
Pond makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Krapala is rocked!
Pond throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Krapalas head.
Krapala is still on wobbly legs! Can Pond finish him?

Pond breaks from the clinch.
Krapala 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.
Pond lands with a massive overhand right! Stick a fork in Krapala - he's out cold! Ermm... I think I just mixed my metaphors but yeah... That was a nice KO! Big win for Pond!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tanner Pond!
After winning the bout, Tanner Pond thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.