PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hans Kruger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kruger has chosen American Idiot as his entrance music. Kruger has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! Hans Kruger has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Thompson
vs
Kruger

190 cm
20
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
27
212 lbs
4 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 Montreal, John Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hans Kruger!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Wesley Smith and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson connects with a body shot.
Kruger looks gassed!

Thompson looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Thompson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Kruger can't keep his opponent in guard - Thompson advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Thompson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Thompson moves nicely into side control.
Kruger trying to remain calm as Thompson controls from the top position.
Kruger gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Thompson controlling his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Kruger is in a horrible position here. Thompson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Thompson is landing with some decent strikes but Kruger is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Thompson controlling the position easily from mount.
Thompson is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thompson looking to finish Kruger with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kruger!
Thompson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Thompson landing strikes from the mount.
A nice elbow there by Thompson.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Thompson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Thompson controlling from the full mount.
Thompson lands a big shot there that rocks Kruger but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson landing punches.
Thompson lands a big elbow.
Thompson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Thompson unloading with bombs!

Kruger is rocked!
Thompson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Kruger is still in real trouble! Can Thompson finish him?
Thompson unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Kruger wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Thompson celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Thompson!