PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Irish Tournament (ranked 5626 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kribbson Jr (ranked 5151 p4p, 0 weight class). Kribbson Jr will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Tournament
vs
Jr

164 cm
18
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Irish Tournament!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kribbson Jr!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tournament fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A big right from Tournament misses.
Tournament misses the shot to the body.
Jr wants to counter with a clinch but Tournament pushes him away.

Jr gets a clinch.
Tournament tries a body shot but Jr blocks it.
Tournament scores with a shoulder strike.
Tournament is pressed up against the cage. Jr has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Tournament down to the mat. Tournament avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A nice combination there by Tournament.
Jr avoids the body shot from Tournament.
Tournament smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tournament lands a nice shot to the body.
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!
Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jr moves in looking to clinch but Tournament pushes him off.
Tournament was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Tournament misses with a wild body shot.
Jr is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Jr will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Tournament missing with a left hand there. Jr was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Good shot there by Tournament.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jr looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Tournament is fending him off so far but Jr persists. Nope, Tournament circles away and we're back to standing.
Irish Tournament has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kribbson Jr.
Jr tries for a takedown but Tournament circles away easily
and Tournament cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Jr is rocked!
A looping hook to the body misses from Jr. Tournament does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jr is still on wobbly legs! Can Tournament finish him?
Jr looks up at the clock. Bad move! Tournament lands a right hand from hell, dropping Jr. Tournament pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Irish Tournament!
Irish Tournament took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.