PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tarmo Suulas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Krigare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Suulas's entrance music is Hollywood Undead - Undead. A fine choice. Krigare is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Achtung Pantzer by Raubtier. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Daniel Krigare enters the cage!

Suulas
vs
Krigare

170 cm
29
155 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

168 cm
29
167 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Zentrope Fighting Universe

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Tarmo Suulas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Krigare!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Daniel Bishop and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krigare avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Krigare misses with a straight right.
Nice straight punches there by Krigare. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Krigare.
Suulas fails with a takedown attempt.
Krigare connects with an inside leg kick.
Suulas tries to clinch but Krigare moves away
and Krigare counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Krigare lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Suulas tries to close the distance and clinch but Krigare swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd cheers as Krigare lands an impressive looking overhand right. Suulas doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Suulas moves in looking to clinch but Krigare pushes him off.
Suulas tries to clinch but Krigare moves out of range.
Suulas takes one to the side of the head.
Krigare swats away the attempt to clinch by Suulas.
A telegraphed right hand from Krigare misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krigare thuds a left hand into Suulas's body.
Suulas takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Krigare with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Krigare keeps the fight on the outside.
Suulas is looking to clinch.
Krigare slips a straight right by Suulas.
Suulas staying out of range there.
Suulas has a takedown stuffed.
Krigare scores with a jab to the body.
Krigare lands a lovely overhand right.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Suulas takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Krigare takes a swing at Suulas's ribcage but misses.
Krigare lands with a nice body punch.
Krigare throws a big shot that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Krigare.
Suulas walks into a left hand.
Suulas wants to clinch but Krigare slips to the side
and Krigare counters with a left to the body.
Suulas wants to clinch.
Suulas tries to clinch but Krigare is having none of it.
Krigare scores with a hook.
Suulas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Krigare paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Krigare scores with a hook to the body. Suulas takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Suulas tries to clinch but Krigare moves out of range.
Suulas moves in looking to clinch but Krigare pushes him off.
Krigare throws a shot to the body.
Krigare scores with a jab. Suulas acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Suulas takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Suulas closes the distance and clinches.
Krigare tries to stall but Suulas uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Krigare breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Suulas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Suulas moves in looking to clinch but Krigare pushes him off.
Krigare connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Suulas's hands.
Suulas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Suulas doesn't manage to clinch there - Krigare circles away.
Jab by Krigare.
Krigare circles away from the clinch attempt.
Krigare tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Suulas was well out of range. Poor timing from Krigare.
Krigare tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Suulas was well out of range. Poor timing from Krigare.
A looping hook to the body misses from Krigare. Suulas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Suulas tries to clinch there but Krigare circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krigare circles away from the clinch attempt.
Krigare blocks a head kick by Suulas.
Suulas is looking to clinch but Krigare is avoiding it.
Suulas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Krigare is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Suulas had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Suulas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Krigare.
Suulas fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Suulas avoids the body shot from Krigare.
Krigare lands a body shot.
Suulas closes the distance looking to clinch
and Suulas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Krigare lands a really nice looking cross but Suulas seems unphased.
Krigare thows a left - swing and a miss!
Krigare looks to score with a jab to the body but Suulas is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Krigare dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Suulas thows a body shot but no joy.
Suulas slips under a jab from Krigare.
Suulas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Krigare manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Krigare misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Suulas.
Krigare changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Krigare throws a body punch but Suulas moves out of range.
Suulas tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Suulas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Krigare lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Suulas shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Krigare as he avoids it easily.
Suulas tries to clinch up but Krigare circles away and keeps his distance.
Krigare avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Suulas closes the distance but Krigare moves to the side
and Krigare counters with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suulas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Krigare.
Tarmo Suulas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Krigare misses with a jab, cross combination.
Suulas moves away from the strike by Krigare.
Suulas takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Suulas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Krigare swings for the body but Suulas moves out of range.
Krigare scores with a nice right hand.

Suulas moves into the clinch successfully.
Krigare misses with a body punch.
Suulas stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Suulas lands with a short shot to the head.
Krigare trying to stall but Suulas improves his position.
Suulas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Suulas trying to land knees to the body.
Krigare lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Suulas swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Suulas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Suulas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Krigare avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Suulas tries to clinch up.
Krigare comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Krigare dodges the punch combination from Suulas.

Suulas drives through and clinches with Krigare against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Krigare fails to land.
Krigare has Suulas pressed against the cage, preventing Suulas from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Suulas is trying to break the clinch but Krigare is controlling him.
Krigare blocks a body shot from Suulas.
Krigare misses with a punch to the body.
Suulas throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Krigares head.
Suulas jumps guard but Krigare stands there with Suulas around his waist. Suulas gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krigare misses with a short punch on the inside.
Krigare lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Krigare blocks a body shot from Suulas.
Suulas's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Suulas works on Krigare's body with a couple of short punches.
Suulas misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Suulas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Suulas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Krigare uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Suulas has time to react.
Krigare misses with a looping right.
Suulas misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice shot lands for Krigare.
Crunch! Krigare slams his shin into Suulas's torso.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Suulas slips under a jab from Krigare.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suulas shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Krigare pinned against the cage. Krigare gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tarmo Suulas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Krigare dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Suulas 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Krigare connects with a body shot that sends Suulas's belly button to the back.
Nice defenses there by Suulas.
Suulas takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Krigare throws a body punch but Suulas moves out of range.
Suulas looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Krigare uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Suulas has time to react.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Krigare keeps the fight on the outside.
Krigare pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Suulas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Krigare tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Suulas was well out of range. Poor timing from Krigare.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Krigare showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Suulas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Krigare.
Suulas avoids the body shot from Krigare.
Suulas tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Krigare counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Krigare lands a nice shot to the body.
Krigare misses the shot to the body.
Krigare misses with a series of wild punches.
Krigare thows a body shot but no joy.
Suulas moves away from the strike by Krigare.
Suulas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Krigare paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Suulas is trying hard to land a takedown here. Krigare sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Suulas looks to score with a jab to the body but Krigare is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suulas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Suulas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Krigare swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Suulas fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Krigare avoids it really well and circles away.
Krigare looks to land a combination but Suulas avoids it well.
Suulas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Krigare.

Suulas moves into the clinch.

Suulas manages to break the clinch.
Krigare connects with a leg kick. Suulas looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Daniel Krigare seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Suulas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Krigare misses with a straight right.
Suulas avoids the body shot from Krigare.
Krigare has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Suulas takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tarmo Suulas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suulas gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Krigare cracks Suulas with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Suulas has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Suulas there as he acknowledges the shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krigare throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Krigare gets tackled into the cage by Suulas. Suulas maintains the clinch.

Krigare breaks from the clinch.
Krigare lands a right hook to the body.
Suulas blocks a low kick nicely.
Krigare uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Suulas.

Suulas shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Krigare manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Suulas wants to control from the top but Krigare keeps moving.
Krigare scores with a nice shot.
Daniel Krigare is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suulas stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Krigare swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Krigare seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Krigare not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Suulas wants to pass the guard but Krigare is keeping the position.
Krigare is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Daniel Krigare hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
A decent looking cross lands there for Krigare.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Suulas closes the distance and clinches.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Suulas lands with a short shot to the head.
Suulas lands a hook to the side of the head.
Krigare struggles to land a body shot inside as Suulas controls his hands.
Krigare blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Suulas taking a breather.
Suulas lands a right hand that snaps the head of Krigare backwards.
Suulas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Suulas is trying to break free.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Krigare tries a body shot but Suulas blocks it.
Suulas misses with the head strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Krigare comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Krigare winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Krigare!
Daniel Krigare took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, [CBK] LEGAL HIGHS « ONI ↑ 5x160Q for their support in the buildup to the fight.