PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Krukowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johny Slicer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Krukowski
vs
Slicer

181 cm
21
280 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

199 cm
19
274 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Pot Factory 40$ 159Q

Untouchable Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight 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 Helsinki, Kevin Krukowski!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johny Slicer!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krukowski avoids the body shot from Slicer.
Krukowski misses with a looping left.

Krukowski shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Krukowski wants to take a breather but Slicer is having none of it.
Slicer keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Slicer is looking for a sweep. Krukowski is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Krukowski not doing much here.
Slicer avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Krukowski.

Krukowski looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Krukowski scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krukowski lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Krukowski missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Krukowski lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Krukowski in particular looking to stall.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Krukowski looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Slicer with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Krukowski thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Slicer's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krukowski trying to control the pace.
Krukowski 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.
Slicer on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Slicer controlling the position for now.
Slicer trying to control here.
Krukowski seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A slow jab from Krukowski misses its intended target.
Slicer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Krukowski circles away quickly and effectively.
Slicer wants to clinch.
Slicer gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Krukowski.

It looks like Johny Slicer has been cut.
Slicer tries to clinch there but Krukowski circles away.
Slicer tries to clinch

and Krukowski counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Slicer keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Krukowski lands a big elbow - Slicer is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Krukowski!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kevin Krukowski!
Kevin Krukowski is the new heavyweight champion!
Kevin Krukowski seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.