PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Willem Kriel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ikuhisa Matsumoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kriel comes to the cage accompanied by Jack Parow & Freshlyground - Army Of One. Ikuhisa Matsumoto has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kriel
vs
Matsumoto

178 cm
24
183 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

180 cm
23
181 lbs
8 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

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 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Willem Kriel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ikuhisa Matsumoto!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A chopping leg kick lands by Kriel.
Matsumoto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Matsumoto misses with a right hand
and Kriel counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kriel moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Matsumoto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kriel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kriel appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Matsumoto misses the shot to the body.
As Matsumoto looks to move away, Kriel throws a big counter combo but Matsumoto just gets out of the way.
A jab lands there for Kriel.
Matsumoto looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kriel is looking to score with low kicks.
Matsumoto misses with a left hand
and Kriel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Ikuhisa Matsumoto has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kriel drops Matsumoto with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Matsumoto looks back up at him and smiles so Kriel waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Matsumoto is rocked!
Kriel lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Matsumoto head around and knocks him out cold! Kriel hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Willem Kriel!
A very excited looking Willem Kriel rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.