PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Viktor Kruglov (ranked 1084 p4p, 1227 weight class) and Tim Horton (ranked 149 p4p, 162 weight class). Kruglov comes to the ring accompanied by МИХАИЛ КРУГ - Владимирский централ. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kruglov
vs
Horton

175 cm
26
179
14 - 7 - 0

187 cm
31
184
19 - 4 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Viktor Kruglov!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tim Horton!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Darius Henderson and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Horton. Kruglov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Horton is looking to chop away at Kruglov's legs.
Horton ducks under a wild hook from Kruglov.
Horton misses with a jab, cross combination.
Horton misses with an uppercut.
Kruglov lands with a straight right. Horton didn't see that one coming.
Horton connects with a right hand. Kruglov shakes it off.
Kruglov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kruglov takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kruglov takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Horton fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kruglov is out of range.
Kruglov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Horton moves out of range of the strikes.
Horton avoids the head kick by Kruglov.
We've been told by Kruglov's head coaches at Tiaoali BJJ & MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Kruglov slips under a jab.
Kruglov swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Horton lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Horton connects with a leg kick.
Kruglov blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruglov takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Horton gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Horton slips under a jab.
Horton throws a shot from downtown. Kruglov moves away and avoids it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Horton looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Horton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kruglov misses with a wild combination.
Horton fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kruglov with a hook.
Horton falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kruglov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Horton lands with a good body shot.
Horton shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Tim Horton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kruglov thuds a left hand into Horton's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kruglov scores with a nice strike.
Kruglov takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Good standup being displayed there by Kruglov as he connects with a hook.
A jab from Horton does it's job there.
Kruglov blocks a jab.
Kruglov misses with the body kick
and Horton counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Horton connects with a nice looking jab.
Kruglov throws a predictable looking body shot
and Kruglov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Good exchange - Kruglov coming out on top.
Kruglov throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kruglov looks to land a right hand but Horton moved out of range.
Horton tries a quick counter leg kick but Kruglov is wise to it.
A clash of legs there as Horton blocks the low kick.
A nice side step and Horton releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Kruglov throws a body punch but Horton moves out of range.
Horton throws a series of punches but Kruglov moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Kruglov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Horton takes the fight into the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Horton.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Horton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Horton cracks Kruglov with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Horton throws a hook to the side of Kruglov's head but Kruglov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Horton is looking to clinch but Kruglov is avoiding it.
Kruglov shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Horton slips under a jab.
Horton let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Horton swings widly with a right hand
and Kruglov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Horton tries to close the distance and clinch but Kruglov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kruglov throws a lazy right hand but Horton sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kruglov throws a head kick that misses.
Horton has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A telegraphed right hand from Horton misses the target.
Horton connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kruglov's hands.
Kruglov misses with a body shot
and Horton counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kruglov's knee momentarily.
Horton misses with a looping right.
Horton steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kruglov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horton wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Horton is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kruglov.
Horton scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kruglov misses with an attempted mid kick.
Horton lands a jab.

Horton rushes Kruglov and presses him up against the ropes.
Kruglov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Kruglov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Horton scores with a shot to the side of Kruglov's head.
Kruglov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kruglov throws a punch but it's blocked by Horton.
Kruglov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Horton tries to throw a body punch but Kruglov avoids it by throwing Horton back against the ropes.
Kruglov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kruglov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kruglov tries to stall but Horton uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kruglov misses with a punch on the inside.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kruglov throws a punch but it's blocked by Horton.
Horton swings wildly with an uppercut but Kruglov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Horton doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kruglov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kruglov lands a hook that snaps the head of Horton backwards.
Horton lands with a left to the head.
Horton lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Horton scores with a hook to the body.
Kruglov throws a head punch that misses.
Horton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Horton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kruglov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Horton backwards.
Horton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kruglov.
Horton lands a body shot.
Kruglov can't find room to land a body shot as Horton controls the action.
Kruglov blocks an uppercut.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kruglov blocks a body shot from Horton.

Horton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Horton takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Horton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Horton throws an overhand right that lands on Kruglov's shoulder, as Kruglov tries to avoid the shot.
Horton is looking to chop away at Kruglov's legs.
Kruglov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A big left from Horton misses.
Horton tries to close the distance and clinch but Kruglov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kruglov throwing a counter right hand but Horton manages to avoid it.
Horton throws out a leg kick but Kruglov moves out of range and Horton only half commits.
Kruglov misses with a head kick.
Horton is looking to clinch.
Horton uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kruglov.
A left lands for Horton.
Horton wants to slow Kruglov down by chopping away at his legs.
An attempted straight right counter from Kruglov misses the target.
Horton lunges at Kruglov with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kruglov's hand.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Horton's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Horton duly obliges.
Kruglov throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Horton.
Kruglov throws out a loose jab but Horton uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kruglov misses with a looping left.
Kruglov is looking to chop away at Horton's legs.
Kruglov is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Jab from Kruglov.
Horton works Kruglov's body with a nice hook.
Kruglov looks to score with a jab to the body but Horton is just out of range.
Kruglov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Horton can pounce on him.
An inside leg kick lands from Horton.
Horton lands a leg kick that knocks Kruglov off balance momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Horton with a nice calf kick.
Kruglov is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Horton takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Horton moves away from the strike by Kruglov.
Kruglov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kruglov checks the leg kick.
Kruglov throwing a counter right hand but Horton manages to avoid it.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Horton misses.
A big left from Kruglov misses.
Horton has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Horton misses with a hook
enabling Kruglov to counter with a crisp jab.

Horton is rocked!
Kruglov drops Horton with a straight right hand, right on the button! Kruglov follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Viktor Kruglov!
Viktor Kruglov is the new welterweight champion!
A very excited looking Viktor Kruglov made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.