PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pavel Ascheulov (ranked 4063 p4p, 1600 weight class) and Kullo Kross (ranked 551 p4p, 254 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Kullo Kross was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Ascheulov
vs
Kross

185 cm
24
220
1 - 1 - 0

189 cm
24
215
6 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Conviction
© Trap House

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pavel Ascheulov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kullo Kross!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Winston Howard and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ascheulov darts in trying to clinch
and Kross counters with a nice body kick.
Kross avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ascheulov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ascheulov throws a combination that misses
and Kross counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ascheulov.
Ascheulov throws a lazy uppercut
and Kross counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kross throws the left hand but Ascheulov avoids the punch easily.
Ascheulov swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ascheulov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ascheulov moves out of range of the body kick from Kross.
A little feinted left hand from Ascheulov on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ascheulov missing with a left hand there. Kross was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kross throws a jab when Ascheulov was well out of range.
Ascheulov walks into a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ascheulov tries to close the distance and clinch but Kross swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ascheulov swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kross counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ascheulov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kross was well out of range. Poor timing from Ascheulov.
Ascheulov blocks a head kick by Kross.
Ascheulov smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ascheulov falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kross counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ascheulov throws a hook to the side of Kross's head but Kross sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ascheulov moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kross throws a lazy uppercut
and Ascheulov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ascheulov smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A big left from Kross misses.
Ascheulov is looking to counter punch.
Ascheulov avoids the body shot from Kross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Kross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kross takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ascheulov takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ascheulov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kross cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ascheulov stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kross scores with a punch to the head.
Ascheulov misses with a left hand
and Kross counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kross misses the jab.
Ascheulov is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Ascheulov bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kross's head.
Good shot there by Ascheulov.
Kross takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ascheulov uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kross blocks a jab.
Kross swinging wildly here.
Kross walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Ascheulov just misses with a punch to the body.
Kross moves out of range of the strikes.
Ascheulov misses with a lunging right hand
and Kross counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ascheulov's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kross under the eye.
Kross missing with a left hand there. Ascheulov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ascheulov lands a nice shot to the body.
Kross needs to keep his hands up - Ascheulov had a free shot at his head there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Kross.
Kross looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ascheulov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kross manages to avoid it.
Ascheulov throws a big shot that misses.
Ascheulov throws a poor cross that misses
and Kross counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A swing and a miss from Kross.
Kross ducks under a wild hook from Ascheulov.
Ascheulov misses with a looping right.
Kross swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Ascheulov moves into range and clinches up with Kross.
Ascheulov trying to stall but Kross improves his position.
Ascheulov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Krosss head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kross.
Ascheulov swings wildly with an uppercut but Kross uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ascheulov stalling in the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Pavel Ascheulov will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Kross dodges the punch combination from Ascheulov.
Pavel Ascheulov is winning the standup battle so far.
Kross scores with a sloppy right hand. Ascheulov should have avoided that one.
Kross misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ascheulov.
Kross fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ascheulov has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Ascheulov takes the fight into the clinch.

Kross escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ascheulov fails with an attempt to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Kross on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ascheulov throws an off balance right hand
and Kross counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Ascheulov fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kross, pushing him back against the cage.
Kross blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kross.
I was talking to Ascheulov's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kross's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ascheulov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kross was well out of range. Poor timing from Ascheulov.
Ascheulov falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kross counters with a nice uppercut.
Kross takes a swing at Ascheulov's ribcage but misses.
Ascheulov misses with a right hand
letting Kross counter with a right hand.
Ascheulov fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kross looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kross throws a body kick that misses
and Ascheulov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kross swinging wildly here.
Ascheulov ducks under a wild hook from Kross.
Ascheulov is looking to counter punch.

Ascheulov closes the distance and clinches.

Kross manages to break the clinch.
Ascheulov scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ascheulov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kross swats away the attempt to clinch by Ascheulov.
Ascheulov throws a good cross that connects.
Kross uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ascheulov.
A big right from Ascheulov misses.
Kross looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ascheulov throws a combination that misses
letting Kross counter with a right hand.
Ascheulov cracks a nice hook into Kross's ribs.
A swing and a miss from Ascheulov.
Ascheulov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kross.
Ascheulov throws a series of punches but Kross avoids them all with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ascheulov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kross was well out of range. Poor timing from Ascheulov.
Ascheulov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ascheulov fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ascheulov misses with a hook
letting Kross counter with a right hand.
Ascheulov throws the left hand but Kross avoids the punch easily.
Ascheulov is looking to clinch.
Ascheulov misses with a hook
and Kross counters with a nice uppercut.
A combination from Ascheulov does no damage.
Ascheulov throws an off balance right hand
and Kross counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Ascheulov is rocked!
Kross misses with a hook
and Ascheulov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ascheulov looks to score with a jab to the body but Kross is just out of range.
Kross cracks Ascheulov with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Ascheulov tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Kross pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Ascheulov is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kullo Kross!
Kullo Kross seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.