PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mirian Cregov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Stroker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stroker has chosen TBR - Bigger Than Kiss as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cregov
vs
Stroker

191 cm
32
237 lbs
22 - 7 - 1

210 cm
26
259 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
World class MT
Good gas tank

Zentrope Fighting Universe

KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Mirian Cregov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Harry Stroker!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paul Aken and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cregov clinches with his opponent.
Stroker unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cregov throws a head punch that misses.
Stroker lands a knee to the head.
A short right from Stroker on the inside.
Stroker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cregov is defending well for now.
Cregov is trying to push Stroker away but Stroker has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Stroker scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cregov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cregov misses with some punches.
Cregov prevents a body shot from Stroker.
Cregov misses with a body punch.
Stroker can't find room to land a body shot as Cregov controls the action.

Cregov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cregov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Stroker tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cregov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stroker avoids the body shot from Cregov.
Cregov throws out a leg kick but Stroker moves out of range and Cregov only half commits.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A cross from Cregov lands.
Cregov avoids the body shot from Stroker.
Mirian Cregov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stroker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cregov darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Stroker dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Stroker pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A big left from Cregov misses.
Stroker looks to land a combination but Cregov avoids it well.
Stroker misses with a wild body shot.
Stroker swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stroker does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Cregov tries a head kick but it misses.
Stroker throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stroker takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Stroker throws a hook to the side of Cregov's head but Cregov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stroker throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Cregov counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Stroker is lucky that one didn't land flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cregov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cregov keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cregov changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cregov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stroker lands a jab to the head.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Cregov. Stroker shrugs it off though.
Stroker looks to land a body kick but Cregov moved away.
Stroker looks to land a left hand but Cregov moved out of range nicely.
Stroker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cregov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cregov scores with a punch to the head.

Cregov tries to keep at a distance but Stroker has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cregov lands a body shot in the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cregov takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Stroker misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stroker tries a body shot but Cregov blocks it.
Cregov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cregov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short uppercut from Cregov.
Cregov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stroker can't get the takedown.
Cregov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cregov lands a nice uppercut.
Stroker is looking to control Cregov's arms but Cregov gets an underhook and turns him. Now Stroker has his back to the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cregov working hard to break the clinch.
Stroker tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Cregov just stands there and leans against the cage.
Cregov lands a left hand.
Still in the clinch, Cregov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cregov taking a breather.
A body shot lands from Cregov.
Stroker looks gassed!
Cregov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stroker working aggressively here.
Stroker tries to break the clinch but Cregov is controlling the position.
Cregov throws a head punch that misses.
Stroker tries to land knees in the clinch but Cregov avoids the damage to the body.
Stroker leaning his opponent against the cage.
A body shot lands from Cregov.
Cregov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Stroker backwards.
Stroker blocking some punches.
A body shot lands from Cregov.
Cregov is working Stroker over against the cage.
Cregov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cregov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cregov blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Cregov breaks from the clinch.
Cregov blocks a jab.
A lazy left from Cregov finds it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mirian Cregov dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Stroker pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cregov cracks Stroker on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Stroker falls backwards against the cage. Cregov follows up with more strikes that drop Stroker to his knees. Cregov keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Stroker! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mirian Cregov!
After winning the bout, Mirian Cregov thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.