PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dan Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frederik Kraus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hardy is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Hardy
vs
Kraus

183 cm
25
175 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

179 cm
27
178 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

ParalLAX
ParalLAX

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 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dan Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frederik Kraus!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Wagner Zegers and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kraus scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Hardy is breathing heavily.
Ground and pound from Kraus.
Kraus sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hardy defending well though.
Kraus lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Hardy is not content to let Kraus control the position.

Hardy is defending against the submission attempts here by Kraus.
Kraus passes to side control.
Kraus advances nicely into full mount.
Kraus scoring with strikes but Hardy is staying in there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kraus takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Kraus is landing with some decent strikes but Hardy is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Kraus has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hardy's face.
Kraus tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Kraus in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Kraus controlling the pace for now.
Kraus cracks Hardy with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kraus scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hardy?
Kraus lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Kraus takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kraus punishing his opponent with strikes.
Kraus raining down shots from the mount!
Kraus lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hardy hang on?

Kraus is working for a guillotine from mount but Hardy frees his head quite easily.
Kraus prevents Hardy from getting the reversal.
Kraus is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Kraus looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kraus dominating with strikes here.
Kraus connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Kraus dominating with strikes here.

Hardy is rocked!
Kraus unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Hardy wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Kraus celebrates on the ropes and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frederik Kraus!