PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brendan Kruger (ranked 4011 p4p, 6393 weight class) and George Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kruger
vs
Silver

189 cm
25
205
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
215
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brendan Kruger !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, George Silver!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, John Mangel and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kruger takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Silver paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

It looks like Brendan Kruger has been cut.

Kruger dives in and scores a takedown into Silver's guard.
Kruger sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Kruger has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Silver looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kruger is one step ahead there.
Silver working a defensive guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kruger slips nicely into half guard.
Kruger working the head and body with strikes.
Silver trying to control from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruger is taking a breather. Silver says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Kruger winds up and cracks Silver with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Kruger is controlling the pace.
Kruger lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Kruger performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Silver on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Silver really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kruger . If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kruger looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Kruger working the head and body with strikes.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Kruger connects with a nice short shot to Silver's temple.
Silver on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Silver looks winded!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Kruger seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Kruger is nestled in close to Silver, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Kruger working over Silver with some ground and pound. Silver looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Kruger lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Kruger controlling the pace.
Kruger slips a nice elbow through Silver's hands, connecting with Silver's forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruger working over Silver with some ground and pound. Silver looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Silver is rocked!

It looks like George Silver has been cut.
Kruger winds up and cracks Silver with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Silver is still in real trouble! Can Kruger finish him?
Kruger scores with a big shot! Silver's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Silver! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brendan Kruger !