PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sven Tveskabb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Krause (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Krause has chosen Heart of a Champion as his entrance music. James Krause has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tveskabb
vs
Krause

173 cm
19
142 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
157 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

GREEN!160
Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sven Tveskabb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, James Krause!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Krause decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Tveskabb is positioning himself well to prevent Krause advancing to mount.
Tveskabb wants to control but Krause is keeping busy.

Krause is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Tveskabb keeping control of the position.
Tveskabb knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Krause on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tveskabb is looking for a sweep. Krause is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Krause is working for a submission of some sort.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Krause is trying for a kimura here. Tveskabb looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Krause wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). James Krause!