PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mark Forolov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Kruger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kruger has chosen Tnt as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Forolov
vs
Kruger

187 cm
25
192 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

187 cm
26
193 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Reaper Combatwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mark Forolov!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Kruger!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kruger misses the shot to the body.
Jab, jab by Kruger - just one landing.
Forolov takes one on the button.

It looks like Mark Forolov has been cut.
Forolov looks for a takedown but Kruger sprawls well.
Forolov tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kruger swivels and escapes.
Kruger is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Forolov fails with the takedown
and Forolov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Forolov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kruger lands a glancing blow to the side of Forolov's head.
Forolov looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Kruger closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Kruger is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Forolov is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Kruger wants to lay and pray for a moment but Forolov keeps working.
Kruger is chipping away with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruger lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Forolov down.

Kruger working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Forolov taking a bit of punishment here - Kruger scoring with strikes.
Kruger trying to control the action but Forolov is working from the bottom.
Forolov manages to work his way to half guard, despite Kruger's best efforts.
Kruger trying to pass the guard but Forolov defending well.
Kruger is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kruger working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Kruger wants to pass the guard but Forolov is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Forolov kicks Kruger off and gets back to his feet.
Forolov fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Kruger fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Forolov to the ground. Kruger is now in Forolov's guard.
Kruger is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Forolov has his foot on Kruger's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Kruger works his way back into a safe position though.
Forolov is trying to control the position but Kruger postures up.
Kruger throws a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kruger wants to control from the top but Forolov keeps moving.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Kruger drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Kruger jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Kruger controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Kruger working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruger wants to control from the top but Forolov keeps moving.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kruger's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Kruger tries to free his leg and advance position but Forolov is retaining full guard.
Forolov trying to control the position.
Kruger is stalling in the full guard.
Kruger trying to control the position from guard on top but Forolov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Forolov is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kruger's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kruger thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Kruger controls from within his opponent's guard.

Forolov working for a triangle but Kruger defends it easily.
Forolov looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Kruger puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kruger drops an elbow to the side of Forolov's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kruger looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Forolov with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Kruger is nestled in close to Forolov, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Forolov has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kruger is working away from the top position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Kruger dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mark Forolov's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Forolov looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Nice sprawl there from Kruger as Forolov shoots in.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kruger. Forolov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kruger comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Forolov closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Forolov gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Mark Forolov's cut is getting worse.
Forolov walks into a stiff left hand from Kruger.

Forolov is rocked!
Kruger lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Forolov falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). John Kruger!
John Kruger is the new middleweight champion!
John Kruger decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.