PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lemmy Krusic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dalton Pressnell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Krusic comes to the cage accompanied by Lene Kosti - Warrior. Dalton Pressnell is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Krusic
vs
Pressnell

170 cm
24
145 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

180 cm
22
149 lbs
0 - 26 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lemmy Krusic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 26 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dalton Pressnell!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Sergei Dronov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pressnell moves in looking to clinch but Krusic pushes him off.

Krusic shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Krusic showed some decent athleticism there.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Krusic thows a huge punch but Pressnell dodges it nicely.
Krusic is looking to take a break and control but Pressnell is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Krusic takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Krusic in particular looking to stall.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Krusic scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Krusic wants to take a breather but Pressnell is having none of it.
Krusic working the head and body with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Krusic looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krusic working over Pressnell with some ground and pound. Pressnell looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Krusic is keen to just control but Pressnell is a slippery customer.
Pressnell tries to roll over but Krusic keeps him under control.
Krusic is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Krusic connects with a nice short shot to Pressnell's temple.
Krusic thows a huge punch but Pressnell dodges it nicely.
Krusic looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Pressnell with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Pressnell taking some punishment here, with Krusic in his half guard.
Krusic tries to pass the half guard into mount. Pressnell knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Pressnell is pressing down on Krusic's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Krusic gets to his feet - Pressnell follows without any prompting.

Krusic changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Pressnell looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Pressnell tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Krusic wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Krusic has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Pressnell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Krusic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Krusic wants to clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Pressnell lands a two punch combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krusic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Krusic looking to score a takedown here. Pressnell is defending well but Krusic drives through and ends up in Pressnell's guard.
Pressnell keeping moving, preventing Krusic from controlling successfully.

Pressnell looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Krusic has picked Pressnell up and slammed him! Pressnell can't keep hold of the triangle and Krusic manages to pass to side control!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pressnell is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Krusic lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Pressnell down.
Pressnell is pushing Krusic's head away, looking to escape. Krusic manages to hold on to the position though.
Krusic lands some shots froms side control.
Pressnell taking punishment in the form of punches.
Krusic lands some shots froms side control.
Krusic works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Pressnell tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Krusic wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Krusic scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Pressnell to see if he's OK.

Krusic tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Krusic has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pressnell manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Krusic wants to control but Pressnell is keeping busy.

Krusic makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

Krusic rushes Pressnell and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Krusic avoids a wild elbow strike from Pressnell.
Pressnell throws an elbow that misses.
Krusic drops down looking for an ankle pick but Pressnell pulls his leg out and moves away.
Krusic is breathing heavily.
Pressnell tries to close the distance and clinch but Krusic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Pressnell moves into range and clinches up with Krusic.

Pressnell pulls guard effortlessly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krusic postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Krusic won't allow Pressnell to sweep him here.
Krusic prevents Pressnell from getting back to his feet.

Pressnell looking for a guillotine here but Krusic defends easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krusic lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Pressnell wants to stand but Krusic is controlling the position.
Krusic scoring with punches to the head and body.

Pressnell had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Krusic defends it easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Krusic landing with the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lemmy Krusic 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.

Krusic feints and as Pressnell raises his hands in defense, Krusic changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Krusic controls from within his opponent's guard.
Krusic connects with a couple of short punches.
Krusic trying to control but Pressnell is working from the bottom.
Krusic working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Krusic postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Krusic postures up and lands a big shot to Pressnell's brow.
Krusic postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Krusic preventing the sweep.
Krusic tries to free his leg and advance position but Pressnell is retaining full guard.
Krusic keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Pressnell's head.
Pressnell wants to stand up but Krusic is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krusic with a nice head shot there.

Pressnell is working an open guard so Krusic takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Pressnell is looking to clinch.
Pressnell looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Krusic is fending him off so far but Pressnell persists. Nope, Krusic circles away and we're back to standing.
Pressnell is breathing heavily.

Krusic closes the distance and pushes Pressnell back into the cage.
Krusic tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Pressnell pulls guard successfully.
Krusic forces his way into half guard.
Pressnell has a hand on Krusic's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Krusic takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Krusic lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Krusic unloading with bombs!
Krusic lands a big shot there that rocks Pressnell but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pressnell in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krusic landing punches.

Krusic moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Pressnell has worked his arm free - good work by Pressnell!
Pressnell is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Krusic asserts his dominance and retains side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Krusic working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Pressnell takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Krusic working the head with strikes.
Pressnell is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krusic working the ground and pound from side control.
Krusic cracks Pressnell with a big right hand but Pressnell just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Krusic working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Krusic working the body and head with strikes.
Krusic landing strikes.
Krusic working the ground and pound.
Krusic is working Pressnell over with some ground and pound from side control.
Krusic trying to control the action but Pressnell is working from the bottom.
Krusic is really struggling to control Pressnell but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Krusic grinds an elbow into Pressnell's temple.
Krusic cracks Pressnell with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Krusic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pressnell can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krusic working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Pressnell prevents Krusic from improving position.
Pressnell is trying to get back to half guard.
Lemmy Krusic overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pressnell is trying to buck Krusic off.
Krusic working the body and head with strikes.

Krusic is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Pressnell knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Krusic in side control lands a decent elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lemmy Krusic dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Pressnell fails with a takedown attempt.
Krusic takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Krusic takes the fight into the clinch.

Krusic gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Krusic lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Krusic controlling the pace.

Krusic is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Krusic scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Krusic seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pressnell is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Krusic's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Krusic's back!
Pressnell is not going to allow Krusic to sit and survive in this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krusic covering up well under a series of strikes from Pressnell.
Krusic trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Krusic tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Pressnell thowing shots but they're missing.
Krusic is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Pressnell throwing strikes here but Krusic is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Krusic is working to get back to half guard.
Krusic holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Pressnell tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Pressnell misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Lemmy Krusic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Pressnell there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Krusic on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Krusic tries to get out of the position.
Krusic avoids a strike by Pressnell and manages to complete a very nice reversal in the process, to end up in Pressnell's guard! Fantastic escape!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Krusic's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Krusic seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Pressnell for as long as he can get away with.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Lemmy Krusic just wasn't active enough.
Pressnell keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Dalton Pressnell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Krusic tries to clinch up but Pressnell circles away and keeps his distance.
Krusic stuffs the takedown attempt from Pressnell. Pressnell gets slowly back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krusic avoids a punch combination nicely.
Krusic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pressnell shoots in for a double leg but Krusic sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Lemmy Krusic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dalton Pressnell.

Krusic shoots in and gets a takedown into Pressnell's guard.
Krusic slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Pressnell is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Krusic not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Pressnell wants to stand but Krusic is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krusic showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Dalton Pressnell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Lemmy Krusic.

Krusic drives through with a takedown into Pressnell's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Krusic sitting in guard here, content to control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pressnell is looking to stand up but Krusic isn't so interested in that idea.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Lemmy Krusic.
Krusic works the jab nicely.
Pressnell throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Krusic's waist but Krusic gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Pressnell off to one side.
A telegraphed right hand from Pressnell misses the target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lemmy Krusic showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Krusic, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lemmy Krusic!
A victorious Lemmy Krusic thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.