PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mathek Krol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James McManus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Krol
vs
McManus

182 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mathek Krol!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, James McManus!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McManus moves to clinch but Krol breaks away

and Krol counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Krol.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Krol is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Krol drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Krol jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
McManus is looking to sweep but instead, Krol has passed into half guard.

Krol is trying for a kimura here. McManus looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Krol wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mathek Krol!
A very excited looking Mathek Krol made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.