PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tama Tonga (ranked 22634 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Kruiz (ranked 3344 p4p, 0 weight class). Tonga comes to the cage accompanied by Lockjaw . Kruiz has chosen ZARILA KANDZE as his entrance music. Tom Kruiz is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Tonga
vs
Kruiz

190 cm
23
185 lbs
6 - 8 - 1

185 cm
40
193 lbs
32 - 11 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 6 - 8 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tama Tonga !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tom Kruiz!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Sergei Dronov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kruiz dips to his left and cracks Tonga with an uppercut!

Kruiz shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Tonga scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Kruiz manages to mount him!
Tonga knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kruiz on the ground.
Tonga tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kruiz unloading with bombs!
Kruiz lands a nice shot to the head.

Tonga is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tonga can't escape the position.
Oh Tonga is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kruiz moves to the back position.
Kruiz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tonga wants to escape the position.
Tonga seems to have got his legs back now.

Kruiz working for the rear naked choke here. He's got one arm under but Tonga is defending well. A couple of punches soften him up though and Kruiz has tightened the hold! This one could be all over! It is! Tonga taps out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Tom Kruiz!
Tom Kruiz spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
Tama Tonga was interviewed post fight and said 'Bruhhhhhh'.