PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johann Bruno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bojan Krickt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Krickt's choice of entrance music: Eminem - Lose Yourself. Johann Bruno is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Bruno
vs
Krickt

185 cm
25
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

194 cm
25
205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
KO power

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Solid chin

Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire
Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire

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 Helsinki, Johann Bruno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bojan Krickt!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krickt leaves Bruno with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bruno keeps the fight on the outside.
Bruno looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Krickt is fending him off so far but Bruno persists. Nope, Krickt circles away and we're back to standing.
Krickt closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bruno circles away.
Bruno shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Krickt counters with a two punch combo.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johann Bruno. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bruno.
Krickt fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bruno avoids it really well and circles away.

Bruno moves into range and clinches up with Krickt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krickt wants a takedown.
Bruno working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Krickt is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Bruno breaks the clinch.
Bruno is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Krickt takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Krickt.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Bruno is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Krickt asserts his dominance and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krickt working the ground and pound but Bruno is defending the strikes.
Bruno pushes Krickt away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Krickt gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Bruno on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bruno tries to get out of the position.

Krickt is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Bruno looks calm but he's in trouble here. Krickt gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Bruno is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Krickt lets go of the hold and Bruno can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Bojan Krickt!
Bojan Krickt decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.