PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Wally Kruschev (ranked 1594 p4p, 1469 weight class) and Ziggy Stardust (ranked 213 p4p, 195 weight class). Kruschev comes to the cage accompanied by Pissed Off and Mad About it (Texas Hippie Coalition). Stardust is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Starman. On his way into the cage it seems that Wally Kruschev has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Wally Kruschev seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Kruschev
vs
Stardust

185 cm
33
169
20 - 13 - 1

178 cm
27
179
14 - 6 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Wally Kruschev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ziggy Stardust!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Chris Dean and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stardust misses with a low kick.
Kruschev staying out of range there.
Kruschev misses with a hook to the body
and Stardust counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Stardust takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Stardust takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Nice body kick there by Kruschev.
Stardust is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kruschev lands a nice leg kick that just misses Stardust's sensitive parts.
Kruschev connects with a body shot.
Stardust takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kruschev dips to his left and cracks Stardust with an uppercut!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stardust moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kruschev scores with a jab. Stardust acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kruschev moves out of range of the leg kick from Stardust.
Stardust misses with a low kick.
Good exchange - Kruschev coming out on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stardust avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Stardust looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Stardust with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kruschev to score with a decent uppercut.
It looks like Kruschev has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Kruschev connects with a body shot.
Kruschev scores with a leg kick.
Stardust loads up on a big right hand but Kruschev slips the punch.
Stardust tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kruschev swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kruschev throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kruschev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kruschev throws a leg kick but Stardust checks it.

Stardust has Kruschev up against the cage in a clinch.
Kruschev lands with a short shot to the head.
Kruschev lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Stardust tries a body shot but Kruschev blocks it.
Stardust pushes Kruschev back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kruschev throws a punch but it's blocked by Stardust.
Kruschev lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stardust lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stardust misses with some punches.
Stardust's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kruschev misses with a body punch.
Stardust lands a nice uppercut.
Stardust swings wildly with an uppercut but Kruschev uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stardust is leaning against Kruschev and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Stardust's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Stardust lands a hook that snaps the head of Kruschev backwards.
Kruschev misses with some punches.
Stardust digs a right hand into Kruschev's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kruschev's gas tank.
Stardust tries to work over Kruschev's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kruschev blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stardust presses Kruschev against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kruschev prevents a body shot from Stardust.
Kruschev prevents a body shot from Stardust.
A head punch on the inside from Stardust fails to land.

Kruschev breaks from the clinch.
Kruschev fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Stardust has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kruschev lands with a nice body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stardust walks into a left hand.
Stardust moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kruschev swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Stardust counters with a nice uppercut.
Kruschev looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Stardust checks the leg kick nicely there.
Stardust now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Kruschev loads up on a big right hand but Stardust slips the punch.

Stardust moves into range and clinches up with Kruschev.
Stardust throws a punch but it's blocked by Kruschev.
Stardust misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kruschev lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Stardust backwards.
Kruschev lands a shot to the body.
Stardust stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Stardust tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stardust lands a nice uppercut.
Kruschev misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kruschev lands a shoulder strike.

Kruschev escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kruschev throws a body punch but Stardust moves out of range.
Stardust tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kruschev cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kruschev swings for the body but Stardust moves out of range.
Despite the aggression on Stardust's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Stardust lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kruschev connects with a good right hand that stumbles Stardust. Stardust circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Stardust is looking to score with low kicks.
Kruschev bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kruschev fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kruschev displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stardust throws out the jab.
Stardust drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Stardust with the inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stardust misses with a low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kruschev.
Kruschev throws a low kick but Stardust moves out of range easily.
Stardust appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jab from Stardust.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Wally Kruschev dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Kruschev with a hook.
Stardust throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kruschev wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kruschev just misses with a punch to the body.
Stardust keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kruschev scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wally Kruschev is winning the standup battle so far.
Stardust displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kruschev throws out the jab.
Kruschev slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Stardust thows a leg kick but Kruschev checks it
and Kruschev counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kruschev scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kruschev lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stardust feints and then cracks Kruschev's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kruschev down.
Nice uppercut lands for Kruschev. That snapped Stardust's head back.
Kruschev swats away the attempt to clinch by Stardust.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stardust drops his hands momentarily and Kruschev takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nice cross by Kruschev.
Stardust throws a hook to the side of Kruschev's head but Kruschev sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jab from Kruschev.
Kruschev lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kruschev takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Stardust throws a hook to the side of Kruschev's head but Kruschev sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kruschev moves out of range as Stardust strikes.
Kruschev rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Stardust counters with a straight right hand.
Stardust throws a leg kick but Kruschev checks it.
Kruschev misses with an uppercut. Stardust saw that one coming.
Kruschev lunges at Stardust with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Stardust's hand.
Kruschev connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stardust throws a lazy uppercut
and Kruschev counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kruschev is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stardust can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stardust scores with a leg kick.
Wally Kruschev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kruschev looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Stardust bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kruschev scores with a nice strike.
Stardust takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Kruschev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stardust manages to avoid it.
Stardust tries to land a front kick but Kruschev steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kruschev lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Stardust avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That kick from Kruschev tenderised Stardust's leg. Stardust is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kruschev stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Stardust crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kruschev - the referee stops the clock and Stardust gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kruschev. Stardust manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Kruschev misses with a hook.
Kruschev lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kruschev dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruschev's corner calls for a 1-2. Kruschev obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A lazy left from Kruschev finds it's target.
Stardust takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kruschev throws a leg kick that is checked
and Stardust counters with a stiff right hand.
Stardust fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kruschev manages to avoid it.
Kruschev keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kruschev throws a sloppy head kick and Stardust moves out of range easily.
Stardust tries a quick counter leg kick but Kruschev is wise to it.
Kruschev misses with an uppercut.
Kruschev throws a low kick but it's checked well by Stardust.
Kruschev throws a push kick but Stardust slaps the foot to one side.
Stardust lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kruschev with a jab.
Stardust walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stardust misses with a leg kick
and Kruschev connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stardust lands with a cross.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kruschev.
Kruschev on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Kruschev keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kruschev throws a right and a left that both miss.
Stardust misses with an uppercut.
Stardust is looking to score with low kicks.
Stardust keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It seemed like Stardust was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kruschev stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kruschev throws a head kick but Stardust moves out of range.
Stardust pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A good leg kick by Stardust.
Stardust takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kruschev sizes up Stardust with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Wally Kruschev dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

An inside leg kick lands from Stardust.
Kruschev is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Kruschev checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Stardust misses with a low kick.
Stardust's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kruschev uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Stardust.
Kruschev scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A swing and a miss from Kruschev.

Stardust clinches.
Stardust presses Kruschev against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Kruschev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stardust staying out of range there.
Stardust has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kruschev finds it's way round the side to connect with Stardust's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kruschev throws a head kick but Stardust moves out of range.
Stardust walks into a straight right hand from Kruschev.
Stardust gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kruschev misses with a wild body shot.
Stardust has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruschev scores with a jab. Stardust acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kruschev takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Stardust lunges at Kruschev with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kruschev's hand.
Stardust takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kruschev throws the left hand but Stardust avoids the punch easily.
Stardust on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kruschev. Kruschev obviously looking to wear him down.
Stardust lands the left hand.
Stardust looks to clinch
and Kruschev connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kruschev cracks Stardust with a good jab.
Kruschev lands with a shot to the body.
Nice cross by Stardust.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stardust throws a low kick, looking for Kruschev's leg but Kruschev calmly moves out of range.
Kruschev missing with a left hand there. Stardust was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Stardust instigates a clinch.
Wally Kruschev is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kruschev lands an elbow just above Stardust 's eye.

It looks like Ziggy Stardust has been cut.

Kruschev's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stardust jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kruschev scores with a nice right hand.
Stardust keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kruschev.
Kruschev defending well as Stardust loads up on a big left hand.
Stardust throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A shot to the liver by Kruschev. Beautiful body shot.
Stardust on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ziggy Stardust has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stardust tries to clinch but Kruschev moves out of range.
Kruschev fires out a quick counter leg kick but Stardust just manages to avoid it.
Stardust slips under a jab.
A little jabbing left from Stardust on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kruschev pushes Stardust away with a front kick.
Stardust throws a leg kick but Kruschev sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kruschev is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Stardust looks to land a left hand but Kruschev moved out of range nicely.
Kruschev with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruschev lands a front kick.
Stardust takes a swing at Kruschev's ribcage but misses.
Kruschev ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stardust moves away.
Kruschev fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Stardust on the side of the head.
Kruschev pivots, looking for a leg kick but Stardust is out of range and Kruschev settles back down.
Stardust uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kruschev dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Stardust. That did some damage!
Stardust tries to clinch
and Kruschev counters with a straight right hand.
Stardust takes one to the chin there.
Stardust walks into a jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Stardust.
Kruschev throws a body shot but no joy.
Stardust misses with a straight right.
A clash of legs there as Kruschev blocks the low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stardust on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kruschev. Kruschev obviously looking to wear him down.
Kruschev misses with an uppercut.
Kruschev displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stardust throws out the jab.
Kruschev takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Stardust throws a looping overhand right but Kruschev ducks down to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Kruschev misses the target.
Kruschev takes a swing at Stardust's ribcage but misses.
The fighters circling - Kruschev throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kruschev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stardust.
Stardust swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kruschev bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Stardust's head.
Kruschev scores with a sloppy right hand. Stardust should have avoided that one.
Stardust has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Kruschev.
Kruschev's corner calls for a 1-2. Kruschev obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A big left from Kruschev misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wally Kruschev showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kruschev, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wally Kruschev!
Wally Kruschev thanked the fans post fight for their support.