PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Wally Kruschev (ranked 703 p4p, 1167 weight class) and Louis Princip (ranked 102 p4p, 160 weight class). Kruschev's entrance music is Pissed Off and Mad About it (Texas Hippie Coalition). A fine choice. Princip is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Lord of This World by Black Sabbath. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kruschev
vs
Princip

185 cm
32
173
20 - 11 - 1

183 cm
37
165
20 - 10 - 0

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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 20 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Wally Kruschev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Louis Princip!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kruschev scores with a jab to the head.
Princip throws a series of punches but Kruschev avoids them all with ease.
Princip tries to move into range but Kruschev moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Princip throws a hook to the side of Kruschev's head but Kruschev sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Princip digs a good body shot into Kruschev's ribs.
Kruschev lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Princip cracks Kruschev with an open hand slap.
Kruschev tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kruschev misses with a looping left.
Princip throws an overhand right that lands on Kruschev's shoulder, as Kruschev tries to avoid the shot.
Kruschev tries a head kick but it misses.
Kruschev throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kruschev lands with a good body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kruschev walks into a straight right hand from Princip.
Kruschev misses with a straight left.
Kruschev misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kruschev misses with a hook. Princip ducked under it nicely.
Princip is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Princip with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Princip throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kruschev on the side of the head.
Princip scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Princip keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A little jabbing left from Princip on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Princip throws a jab but it's blocked by Kruschev.
A jab from Kruschev misses.
Kruschev seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Princip scores with a jab to the jaw.
Princip connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kruschev throws a hook but Princip avoids it easily.
Princip will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Princip has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kruschev finds it's way round the side to connect with Princip's head.
Princip misses with a straight right.
Kruschev ducks under a wild hook from Princip.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kruschev. That's going to slow Princip down.
Kruschev avoids the body shot from Princip.
Kruschev slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Princip. Kruschev does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kruschev appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jab, jab by Kruschev - just one landing.
Kruschev throws a body punch but Princip moves out of range.
Kruschev walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Princip checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A nice side step and Princip releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Princip thows a left - swing and a miss!
A punch lands to the side of Kruschev 's head but he takes it in his stride.
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!
Princip ducks under a wild hook from Kruschev.
Kruschev misses the shot to the body.
Kruschev throws a looping overhand right but Princip ducks down to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Princip keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kruschev.
Princip misses with a hook. Kruschev ducked under it nicely.
Kruschev jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Princip with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kruschev throws a low kick but it's checked well by Princip.
Princip connects with a crisp jab.
Kruschev misses with an uppercut. Princip saw that one coming.
Princip looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Princip throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kruschev sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kruschev appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Kruschev looks to throw the jab but Princip is out of range.
Kruschev misses with a wild body shot.
Kruschev misses with a low kick.
Kruschev throws out a loose jab but Princip uses good head movement to avoid it.
Princip lands an overhand right.
Princip scores with a hook to the body. Kruschev takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kruschev throws a body shot but no joy.
Kruschev scores with a nice head shot.
Princip fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kruschev tries a head kick but it misses.
Kruschev throws a jab but it's blocked by Princip.
Kruschev looks to score with a jab to the body but Princip is just out of range.
Princip swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruschev throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Princip lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kruschev at a distance.
Princip throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Princip moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Kruschev attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kruschev takes one on the button.
Princip misses with a wild body shot.
Princip throws a jab but it's blocked by Kruschev.
A big right from Princip misses.
Princip bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Princip is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Kruschev had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Princip scores with a hook to the body. Kruschev takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Princip uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kruschev.
A little jabbing left from Princip on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Princip tries to clinch but Kruschev moves out of range.
Kruschev lands a nice leg kick that just misses Princip's sensitive parts.
Kruschev lands a jab.
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!
Kruschev takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kruschev walks into a left hand.
Kruschev misses with a straight right.
Princip bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Princip is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kruschev throws a leg kick that is checked
and Princip counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Princip misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kruschev.
Princip avoids the head kick by Kruschev.
Kruschev misses with a hook to the body
and Princip counters with a nice body shot.
Princip has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kruschev.
Princip dips to his left and cracks Kruschev with an uppercut!
Princip loads up on a big right hand but Kruschev slips the punch.
Princip slips under a jab from Kruschev.
Princip waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kruschev.
Kruschev throws a leg kick but Princip moved away.
Princip lands a nice looking body shot.
Kruschev throws an overhand right that lands on Princip's shoulder, as Princip tries to avoid the shot.
Princip swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kruschev throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kruschev connects with a body shot.
Princip connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kruschev momentarily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Princip lands a slapping body shot.
Princip drops his hands momentarily and Kruschev takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Princip fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Princip drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Princip throws a big shot that misses.
Kruschev thinks about countering with a body kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Louis Princip will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Kruschev throws out a loose jab but Princip uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kruschev lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Princip circles away quickly and effectively.
Princip feints a jab promting Kruschev to slip. Princip then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Kruschev slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Princip ducks under a wild hook from Kruschev.
Princip uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kruschev.
Princip fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kruschev manages to avoid it.
Kruschev throws a leg kick that misses.
Kruschev throws a jab but it's blocked by Princip.
Princip punishes Kruschev's body with a nice straight punch.
Kruschev throws a nice looking combination but Princip bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kruschev ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Princip moves away.
Kruschev takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kruschev throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Princip is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kruschev.
Kruschev throws a solid leg kick but Princip takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kruschev.
Princip misses with a jab, cross combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big right from Princip misses.
Princip moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Kruschev misses the target.
Kruschev scores with a hook to the body. Princip takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kruschev connects with a solid leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Princip throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kruschev throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Princip slips a jab from Kruschev.
Princip rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kruschev moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kruschev throws a body shot but no joy.
A slow jab from Kruschev misses its intended target.
Kruschev ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Princip moves away.
Louis Princip seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Princip blocks a low kick nicely.
Princip misses with a looping left.
Princip throws a series of punches but Kruschev moves out of range.
Kruschev blocks a jab.
Kruschev half committed to a counter leg kick.
Princip misses with a wild combination.
Princip walks into a straight right hand from Kruschev.
Kruschev avoids a punch combination nicely.
Princip clobbers Kruschev with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Princip misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Princip misses with an uppercut. Kruschev saw that one coming.
Princip punishes Kruschev's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kruschev misses the jab.
Kruschev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Princip manages to avoid it.
Princip bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kruschev's head.
Kruschev looks to land a right hand but Princip moved out of range.
Kruschev misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kruschev looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Princip changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Princip throws a jab when Kruschev was well out of range.
Princip looks to land a left hand but Kruschev moved out of range nicely.
Princip misses with a double jab.
Princip misses with a jab, cross combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Princip. Kruschev does a little dance to reset his feet.
Princip throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Princip misses with a straight left.
Kruschev swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Princip tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kruschev tries a low kick but Princip avoids it.
Princip swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kruschev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Princip.
Kruschev scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Princip stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kruschev cracks Princip with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Princip misses with a two punch combination.
Princip swings for the body but Kruschev moves out of range.
Princip throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Princip has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kruschev.
Kruschev on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kruschev walks into a left hand.
Kruschev needs to keep his hands up - Princip had a free shot at his head there.
Kruschev misses with a low kick as Princip jumps back.

Princip has managed to clinch.
Princip tries a body shot but Kruschev blocks it.
Kruschev can't find room to land a body shot as Princip controls the action.
Princip lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kruschev or not.
Princip lands a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Princip blocks a body shot from Kruschev.
Kruschev lands a left hand.
Princip misses with a punch on the inside.
Kruschev lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Princip lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kruschev backwards.
Kruschev lands a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Princip misses with a punch to the body.
Princip swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Princip misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Kruschev pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kruschev tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Princip is able to avoid easily.
Princip looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kruschev blocks a jab.
Kruschev works Princip's body with a nice hook.
Kruschev lands a nice hook to Princip's body. Princip takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kruschev lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Princip loads up on a big right hand but Kruschev slips the punch.
Kruschev with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kruschev ducks under a wild hook from Princip.
Kruschev misses with a head kick.
Kruschev lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kruschev attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Princip throws a hook but Kruschev avoids it easily.
Princip moves out of range of the strikes.
Princip looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Princip misses with the combination.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Louis Princip will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Princip uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kruschev.
Princip throws a hook but Kruschev blocks it.
Kruschev just misses with a punch to the body.
Crunch! Kruschev slams his shin into Princip's torso.
Kruschev does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Princip jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kruschev cracks Princip with a good jab.
Kruschev wants to slow Princip down by chopping away at his legs.
Kruschev chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Princip stuns Kruschev with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kruschev doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Princip jabs Kruschev to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kruschev misses with a hook. Princip ducked under it nicely.
Kruschev connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kruschev throws out a leg kick but Princip moves out of range and Kruschev only half commits.
Princip lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Princip.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Princip avoids the head kick by Kruschev.
Kruschev fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kruschev thuds a left hand into Princip's body.
Kruschev lands a leg kick that knocks Princip off balance momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruschev is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kruschev misses with a head kick.
Princip throws the left hand but Kruschev avoids the punch easily.
Princip looks to land a combination. Kruschev sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Princip tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A jab from Kruschev misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Princip, as that shot connected.
Princip's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Princip throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kruschev throws a body punch but Princip moves out of range.
Princip tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kruschev was well out of range. Poor timing from Princip.
A little feinted left hand from Kruschev on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Princip staying out of range there.
Princip misses with a wild body shot.
Princip steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kruschev.
Princip misses with a few strikes there.
Princip lands a really nice looking cross but Kruschev seems unphased.
Kruschev punishes Princip's body with a nice straight punch.
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!
Kruschev throws a leg kick but Princip moved away.
Princip lands with a shot to the body.
Kruschev moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Wally Kruschev has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Princip tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kruschev scoring well with a low kick there.
Princip just misses with a punch to the body.
Princip scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kruschev lands a body shot.
Kruschev misses with a leg kick.
Kruschev scores with a leg kick.
Kruschev throws a lazy right hand but Princip sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Princip dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Princip lands a jab to Kruschev's midsection.
Princip fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kruschev manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Kruschev misses its intended target.
Princip swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kruschev.
Kruschev throws a head kick but Princip moves out of range.
Princip tries to clinch but Kruschev is having none of it.
Kruschev throws a low kick, looking for Princip's leg but Princip calmly moves out of range.
Princip keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Princip is looking for the big counter here.
Princip connects with a body shot.
A big left from Kruschev misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Princip throws a jab when Kruschev was well out of range.
Princip connects with a nice looking jab.
Good exchange - Princip coming out on top.
Kruschev is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Princip.
A looping hook to the body misses from Princip. Kruschev does a little dance to reset his feet.
Princip avoids the head kick by Kruschev.
Kruschev misses the shot to the body.
Princip moves out of range of the strikes.
Princip checks a leg kick.
Princip throws a jab when Kruschev was well out of range.
Kruschev jabs Princip right on the nose. Princip blinks but takes it well.
Princip connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kruschev's hands.
Kruschev misses with a body shot.
Kruschev lands with an uppercut that bounces Princip off the cage and back into range.
Kruschev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Princip.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Princip tests Kruschev's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
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That's four minutes gone in the round.
Princip changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Princip throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Princip ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kruschev throws a hook but Princip blocks it.
Princip looks to score with a jab to the body but Kruschev is just out of range.
Kruschev appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
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Kruschev thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Princip if he has to take too many more of those.
Princip lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kruschev tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Princip swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Princip closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Kruschev scores with a jab to the jaw.
Princip throws a jab but it's blocked by Kruschev.
Princip throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kruschev sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kruschev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Princip.
Kruschev throws a hook but Princip blocks it.
Kruschev scoring well with a low kick there.
Kruschev misses with a looping right.
Princip throws out a powerful jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Louis Princip.
Well Princip has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Louis Princip!
An out of breath Louis Princip thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.