PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brendan Kruger (ranked 3784 p4p, 3223 weight class) and Fedor Morozov (ranked 464 p4p, 412 weight class). Morozov has chosen Young Thug feat. Gucci Mane – Again as his entrance music. Brendan Kruger has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kruger
vs
Morozov

189 cm
27
205
5 - 2 - 0

189 cm
47
223
32 - 27 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Heavy handed

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brendan Kruger !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fedor Morozov!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Sosuke Kotani and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morozov ducks under a wild hook from Kruger .

Morozov shoots in and gets a takedown into Kruger 's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morozov won't allow Kruger to get back to his feet.
Kruger keeping full guard, as Morozov tries to pass.
Kruger is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Morozov is controlling him.
Morozov sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Morozov passes easily into side control. Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kruger is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Morozov is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Kruger looks calm but he's in trouble here. Morozov gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Kruger is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Morozov lets go of the hold and Kruger can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Fedor Morozov!
Fedor Morozov decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.