PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Malik Billings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yaseen Kruger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Billings
vs
Kruger

170 cm
24
135 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

175 cm
22
146 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Museum of Monsters & Madmen

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Malik Billings!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yaseen Kruger!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Paul Gruel and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kruger looks to score with a jab to the body but Billings is just out of range.
Kruger swings widly with a right hand
and Billings counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Billings throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Billings throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kruger looks to score with a jab to the body but Billings is just out of range.
Kruger takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Kruger throws a shot to the body.
Billings lands with an uppercut that bounces Kruger off the cage and back into range.
Nice uppercut there from Billings.
Kruger walks into a jab.
Kruger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Billings manages to avoid it.
Billings digs a good body shot into Kruger's ribs.
Kruger throws a sloppy body shot
and Billings counters with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Billings avoids the head kick by Kruger.
Kruger has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Billings.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Billings takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kruger swings widly with a right hand
and Billings counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kruger's knee momentarily.
Billings avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kruger looks to land a combination but Billings avoids it well.
A quick step to the side and Billings tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Billings lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kruger throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Billings counter with a right hand.
Billings keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kruger.
An inside leg kick lands from Billings.
Billings connects with the punch.
Kruger swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Billings scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A big left from Kruger misses.
Kruger cracks a nice hook into Billings's ribs.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kruger lands an overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Billings slips under a jab.
A counter left hand to the body from Billings misses its target.
Kruger throws a lazy uppercut
and Billings counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kruger goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Billings lands a nice shot to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Billings!
Sloppy strikes from Billings. Those never looked like landing.
Billings uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kruger.
Billings appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Kruger takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Billings ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Billings with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kruger jabbing away but nothing is landing.
As Kruger backs away, Billings returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Kruger avoids the head kick by Billings.
Billings thuds a left hand into Kruger's body.
Billings lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruger throws a right hand that misses
and Billings connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kruger tries to bum rush Billings with a series of wild strikes but Billings uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Billings misses the jab.
Billings moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Billings closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kruger will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Billings defending well as Kruger loads up on a big left hand.
Yaseen Kruger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kruger misses the body punch
and Billings counters with a nice body shot.
Kruger looks to land a left hand but Billings moved out of range nicely.
Kruger throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kruger scores with a nice strike.
Kruger throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Billings is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kruger moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Kruger misses with an uppercut. Billings saw that one coming.
Billings scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kruger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Billings moves away.
Billings uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kruger.
Kruger misses the jab.
Kruger looks to land a combination but Billings avoids it well.
Kruger misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Billings.
Billings uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kruger takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Billings looks to score with a jab to the body but Kruger is just out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Billings.
Kruger swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Billings uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kruger.
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 Malik Billings will probably get the nod.
That's time! Billings's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kruger misses with a right hand
and Billings counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kruger thinking.
Kruger misses with a two punch combination.
Kruger misses with a hook to the body
and Billings counters with a nice kick to the body.
Kruger swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Billings counters with a straight right hand.
Kruger loads up on a big right hand but Billings slips the punch.
Some wild striking there from Kruger.
Billings slips a jab and a cross from Kruger.
Kruger throws a right and a left that Billings avoids nicely.
Kruger looks to land a left hand but Billings moved out of range nicely.
Billings went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab from Billings.
Kruger throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kruger throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Billings counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The fighters circling - Kruger throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It appears Billings was looking to counter with a kick there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Billings takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Kruger throws a shot from downtown. Billings moves away and avoids it.
Billings scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kruger throws a jab when Billings was well out of range.
Billings looks to land a right hand but Kruger moved out of range.
Kruger throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Billings was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Billings tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kruger was well out of range. Poor timing from Billings.
Kruger throws a body punch but Billings moves out of range.
Kruger tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Billings was well out of range. Poor timing from Kruger.
Billings fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kruger manages to avoid it.
Billings connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Billings scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Billings throws a head kick that misses.
Billings is looking to slow Kruger down with leg kicks.
Kruger's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Billings works Kruger's body with a nice hook.
Sloppy strikes from Kruger. Those never looked like landing.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Kruger might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Billings has got the better of the exchanges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A shot to the body from Kruger misses
and Billings connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Billings takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kruger misses with a jab to the body
and Billings connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kruger misses with a looping right.
Billings feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kruger's calf.
Kruger sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Kruger throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Billings counters with a right hand to the body.
Kruger throws a poor cross that misses
and Billings counters with a leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Billings.
Kruger misses with a left hand
and Billings counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kruger throws an overhand right that lands on Billings's shoulder, as Billings tries to avoid the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Billings lands a really nice looking cross but Kruger seems unphased.
Kruger swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Billings takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Billings misses with a wild body shot.
Malik Billings is winning the standup battle so far.
Kruger misses with an uppercut
and Billings counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kruger thinking.
Kruger rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Billings counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kruger walks into a stiff left hand from Billings.
Billings fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Kruger is rocked!
Kruger on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kruger is still on wobbly legs! Can Billings finish him?
Kruger gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Billings gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Kruger is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Malik Billings!
Malik Billings seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.