PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gatis Krutainis (ranked 2933 p4p, 5828 weight class) and Test LS (ranked 143 p4p, 255 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Gatis Krutainis has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Gatis Krutainis seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Krutainis
vs
LS

168 cm
29
290
9 - 6 - 1

185 cm
19
192
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Hoarse Pills
Bondi MMA 🏝️

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Gatis Krutainis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Test LS!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksandr Martynov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krutainis on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nice body punch from LS.
LS lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Krutainis swings for the body but LS moves out of range.
LS connects with the punch.
LS takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Krutainis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Krutainis takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice uppercut lands for Krutainis. That snapped LS's head back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Krutainis misses with a takedown attempt - LS sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that LS has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
LS lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
LS jabs Krutainis to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Decent striking displayed by LS there.

LS shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Krutainis napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Krutainis might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
LS trying to control the action but Krutainis is working from the bottom.
Krutainis is letting LS control him for a moment.

LS tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Krutainis knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for LS on the ground.
You can see the frustration on Krutainis's face as LS controls the position.

LS in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Krutainis is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Test LS!
Test LS spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.