PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Armand Krajnc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lincoln Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Krajnc comes to the cage accompanied by 'Street Fighting Man' by The Rolling Stones. Thomas has chosen Pulse of the Maggots as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Krajnc
vs
Thomas

188 cm
19
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
24
215 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Armand Krajnc!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lincoln Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Ivan Kurochkin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Krajnc misses with a series of wild punches.
Krajnc walks into a straight right hand from Thomas.
Thomas moves away from the strike by Krajnc.
Krajnc misses with a looping left.
Krajnc connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Thomas momentarily.
Decent striking displayed by Krajnc there.
Krajnc lands a jab.
Thomas lands with an uppercut that bounces Krajnc off the cage and back into rage.
A big left from Thomas misses.
A slow jab from Krajnc misses its intended target.
Krajnc misses with an uppercut.
Thomas moves out of range as Krajnc strikes.
Thomas throws a jab but it's blocked by Krajnc.
A slow jab from Thomas misses its intended target.
Krajnc waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Thomas.
Krajnc takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Krajnc tries to keep at a distance but Thomas has taken the fight into the clinch.
Krajnc wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krajnc is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Thomas pushes off an throws an elbow but Krajnc leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Thomas is pushing Krajnc up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Krajnc blocks the elbow strike.
Krajnc doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Thomas lands a nice elbow.
Krajnc is looking to break free of the clinch but Thomas has double underhooks.
Krajnc tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Krajnc takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Armand Krajnc has been cut.
Thomas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Krajnc misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thomas tries to land knees in the clinch but Krajnc avoids the damage to the body.

Krajnc manages to break the clinch.
Thomas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fighters circling - Thomas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Thomas throws a jab but it's blocked by Krajnc.
A jab from Krajnc misses.
Krajnc circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thomas takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Thomas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krajnc throws a hook but Thomas avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Krajnc.
Thomas moves out of range as Krajnc strikes.
Krajnc swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A jab from Thomas does it's job there.
Krajnc keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thomas.
Krajnc misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thomas.
Thomas moves forwards but Krajnc connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Krajnc throws an overhand right that lands on Thomas's shoulder, as Thomas tries to avoid the shot.
Krajnc jabs at Thomas's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thomas throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Krajnc stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Thomas takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Krajnc takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Thomas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Thomas needs to keep his hands up - Krajnc had a free shot at his head there.
Thomas staying out of range there.
Krajnc misses with a hook to the body
and Thomas counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Krajnc looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Thomas might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Krajnc tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thomas was well out of range. Poor timing from Krajnc.
Thomas punishes Krajnc's body with a nice straight punch.
Krajnc is breathing heavily.
Krajnc misses with a few strikes there.
Krajnc lands the left hand.
Thomas scores with a nice strike.
Krajnc ducks under a wild hook from Thomas.
Thomas scores with a decent looking hook.
Thomas looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Krajnc misses the jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Thomas darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thomas scores with a jab to the body.
Thomas lands the left hand.
Krajnc throws an overhand right that lands on Thomas's shoulder, as Thomas tries to avoid the shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Thomas.
Krajnc showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Thomas.
Krajnc takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas connects with a crisp jab.
Thomas wants to clinch up but Krajnc keeps it at a distance.
Krajnc looks to score with a jab to the body but Thomas is just out of range.
Thomas is looking to clinch but Krajnc is avoiding it.
Krajnc avoids the body shot from Thomas.
Krajnc throws a hook but Thomas blocks it.
Thomas lands with an uppercut that bounces Krajnc off the cage and back into rage.
Krajnc on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Thomas throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Armand Krajnc seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Krajnc throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Thomas counter with a right hand.

Armand Krajnc's cut is getting worse.
Thomas thuds a left hand into Krajnc's body.

Thomas gets a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thomas stalling the fight.
Still in the clinch, Thomas scores with a nice short uppercut.
Thomas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Krajnc avoids it.
Krajnc stalling in the clinch but Thomas improves position.
Thomas with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Krajnc breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lincoln Thomas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Armand Krajnc's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Thomas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Krajnc throws out the jab.
Thomas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Krajnc.
Thomas looks to land a combination but Krajnc avoids it well.
Thomas changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Krajnc throws a sloppy body shot
and Thomas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Thomas sizes up Krajnc with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Thomas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Krajnc keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thomas connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Krajnc's hands.

Thomas has managed to clinch.
Krajnc wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Thomas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Krajnc looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Krajnc blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Krajnc is trying to break the clinch but Thomas has him pressed against the cage.
Krajnc managing to block the knees to the body from Thomas.
Thomas scores with a shoulder strike.
Thomas working Krajnc over with knees to the body.
Krajnc tries to break the clinch but Thomas is controlling the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Krajnc breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Krajnc slips under a jab from Thomas.
Krajnc cracks a nice hook into Thomas's ribs.
Thomas scores with a hook to the body. Krajnc takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Krajnc takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Thomas connects with a good right hand that stumbles Krajnc. Krajnc circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Thomas tries to clinch up.
Krajnc lands with a straight right. Thomas didn't see that one coming.
Thomas connects with a jab.

Armand Krajnc's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Krajnc moves away from the strike by Thomas.
Krajnc takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thomas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Krajnc.
Thomas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Krajnc.
Krajnc lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Thomas circles away quickly and effectively.
Krajnc scores with a shot to the body.
Thomas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Krajnc.
Thomas throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Krajnc stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas scores with a hook to the body. Krajnc takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Thomas fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Krajnc looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Thomas scores with a jab to the head.
A lazy left from Thomas finds it's target.
Thomas fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Krajnc looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
An inside leg kick lands from Thomas.

Krajnc tries to keep at a distance but Thomas has taken the fight into the clinch.
Thomas lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Thomas lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Thomas has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Thomas just leaning against Krajnc, taking a breather.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Thomas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Krajnc.

Krajnc manages to break the clinch.
Thomas stuns Krajnc with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Krajnc circles away from the clinch attempt.
Krajnc takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Krajnc closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Thomas lands a lovely overhand right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas scores with a shot to the body.
Thomas lunges at Krajnc with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Krajnc's hand.
Krajnc takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Jeez, Armand Krajnc's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Thomas lands a jab-cross combination.

Thomas clinches with his opponent.
Krajnc tries to break the clinch but Thomas is controlling the position.
Thomas stalling the fight.
Thomas throws a knee to the head but misses.
Still in the clinch, Thomas scores with a nice short uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Thomas.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thomas pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Thomas digs a right hand underneath Krajnc's ribcage. Krajnc let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Thomas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Krajnc's defenses.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Armand Krajnc's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Lincoln Thomas!