PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pretty Boy Amirkhani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samuel Kravac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Boy Amirkhani
vs
Kravac

186 cm
20
192 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

190 cm
19
198 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Perkele!
PED Nutrition

King of Clothes

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pretty Boy Amirkhani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Samuel Kravac!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice cross by Amirkhani.
Kravac shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
enabling Amirkhani to counter with a crisp jab.
Amirkhani lunges at Kravac with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kravac's hand.
Amirkhani throws a jab but it's blocked by Kravac.
Kravac doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Amirkhani counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Amirkhani looks to score with a jab to the body but Kravac is just out of range.

Kravac looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Kravac wants to work for an arm triangle but Amirkhani is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Amirkhani is refusing to be controlled, as Kravac sits in half guard.
Kravac trying to mount his opponent but Amirkhani defends it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amirkhani is doing well to control the position and prevent Kravac from advancing to side control.
Kravac controlling the pace.

Kravac is looking for a kimura here.
Kravac is trying to control. Amirkhani wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Kravac is trying to work for a kimura but Amirkhani is defending well.
Amirkhani on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Amirkhani tries to get out of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Kravac wants to work for an arm triangle but Amirkhani is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Kravac is trying to control the action in half guard but Amirkhani is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Kravac is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Kravac wants to work for an arm triangle but Amirkhani is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Amirkhani is concentrating on defense, preventing Kravac from advancing position.
Kravac stalling away here and it's allowed Amirkhani to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Amirkhani has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amirkhani controlling the position.
Amirkhani keeping moving, preventing Kravac from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Amirkhani throws a shot from downtown. Kravac moves away and avoids it.
Amirkhani fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kravac manages to avoid it.
Kravac is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Kravac drops his hands momentarily and Amirkhani takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Amirkhani slaps away a takedown attempt from Kravac, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Pretty Boy Amirkhani has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Samuel Kravac.
Amirkhani fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kravac manages to avoid it.
Kravac doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Kravac takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kravac fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Amirkhani was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amirkhani keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Amirkhani lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Kravac is rocked!
Kravac with a poor takedown
and Amirkhani makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kravac looks winded!
Kravac uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Amirkhani.
Kravac misses with a takedown
and Amirkhani counters with a nice body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Amirkhani lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Kravac falls backwards - clearly groggy! Amirkhani dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pretty Boy Amirkhani!
A relieved looking Pretty Boy Amirkhani thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.