PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Grim Reaper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Konrad Kristofferson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Reaper
vs
Kristofferson

178 cm
29
155 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

166 cm
22
163 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Milwaukee's Best 160
Bad Man Clothing

HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158

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 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Grim Reaper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Konrad Kristofferson!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Aafke Stam and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Reaper misses the target.
Some wild striking there from Reaper.
Kristofferson checks the leg kick.
Reaper scores with a head kick. Kristofferson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Nice straight punches there by Reaper. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Reaper.
Reaper wants to slow Kristofferson down by chopping away at his legs.
Reaper misses with a low kick.
Kristofferson blocks a leg kick.
Reaper misses with a kick to the body.
Kristofferson takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Kristofferson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kristofferson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Reaper lands with a kick to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Reaper. Those never looked like landing.
Kristofferson avoids the head kick by Reaper.
Reaper will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Reaper thows a body shot but no joy.
Reaper throws a lazy right hand but Kristofferson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Kristofferson clinches.
Reaper misses with a body punch.
Reaper misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Kristofferson fails to land.
Kristofferson lands with a short shot to the head.
Kristofferson prevents a body shot from Reaper.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reaper.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reaper lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kristofferson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Reaper gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Reaper gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Kristofferson.
Reaper tries to work over Kristofferson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Reaper has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Kristofferson jumps guard.
Reaper trying to control but Kristofferson is working from the bottom.
Reaper is fighting to break Kristofferson's control of his arms but Kristofferson is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reaper wants to control from the top but Kristofferson keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Grim Reaper wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Reaper misses with a double jab
and Kristofferson counters with a straight right hand.
Reaper throws a sloppy head kick and Kristofferson moves out of range easily.
Reaper scores with a nice body kick.
Reaper looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Reaper lands with a good body shot.
A combination from Reaper does no damage.
Kristofferson staying out of range there.
Reaper throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reaper throws a low kick but Kristofferson avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reaper looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kristofferson ducks under a wild hook from Reaper.
Reaper slips a straight right by Kristofferson.
Kristofferson lands a right hook to the body.
Reaper swinging wildly here.
Kristofferson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Reaper feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kristoffersons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A head kick misses from Reaper.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reaper scores with a three punch combo!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kristofferson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reaper sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Reaper looks to land a right hand but Kristofferson moved out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grim Reaper dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Reaper throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Reaper misses with a leg kick.
Reaper throws a low kick but Kristofferson moves out of range easily.
Kristofferson checks a leg kick.
Reaper throws a right and a left that both miss.
Reaper misses the jab.
Sloppy strikes from Kristofferson. Those never looked like landing.
Grim Reaper is winning the standup battle so far.
Reaper with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kristofferson swings widly with a right hand
and Reaper counters with an inside leg kick.
Kristofferson tries to clinch there but Reaper circles away.
Reaper fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kristofferson is out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Kristofferson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reaper throws a head kick but Kristofferson moves out of range.
Reaper feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kristofferson's calf.
Reaper connects with a crisp jab.
Reaper lands a leg kick that knocks Kristofferson off balance momentarily.
Reaper with a jab.
Reaper misses with a double jab

and Kristofferson counters with a shoot takedown. Reaper fights it but they end up in guard.
Reaper controls Kristofferson momentarily but Kristofferson frees himself.

Kristofferson thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Kristofferson is looking to work some ground and pound but Reaper has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reaper wants to stand and escape but Kristofferson is having none of it.
Kristofferson trying to control the position from guard on top but Reaper is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Reaper knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kristofferson on the ground.
Kristofferson is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Kristofferson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Reaper controlling the position.

Konrad Kristofferson has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Reaper darts in trying to clinch
and Kristofferson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Grim Reaper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kristofferson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reaper misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Reaper throws an overhand right that lands on Kristofferson's shoulder, as Kristofferson tries to avoid the shot.
Kristofferson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Reaper.
Kristofferson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Reaper throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Reaper tries a head kick but it misses.
Reaper wants to slow Kristofferson down by chopping away at his legs.
Reaper wants to slow Kristofferson down by chopping away at his legs.
Kristofferson keeps the fight on the outside.
Grim Reaper is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kristofferson blocks a head kick by Reaper.
Reaper avoids a punch combination nicely.
Reaper scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reaper throws a lazy right hand but Kristofferson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Reaper throws a sloppy head kick and Kristofferson moves out of range easily.
Kristofferson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reaper swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reaper misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kristofferson swings for the body but Reaper moves out of range.
Reaper lands with a right hand.
Reaper tries to work over Kristofferson's front leg with a kick but Kristofferson checks it.
Reaper throws a right and a left that Kristofferson avoids nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reaper misses the body punch

and Kristofferson counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Reaper!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The ground and pound from Kristofferson seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Kristofferson working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grim Reaper dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Reaper misses with a head kick.
Reaper tries to clinch up.
Reaper throws a sloppy head kick and Kristofferson moves out of range easily.
Reaper swats away the attempt to clinch by Kristofferson.
Kristofferson moves out of range of the leg kick from Reaper.
Kristofferson throws a series of punches but Reaper avoids them all with ease.
Reaper lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kristofferson's sensitive parts.

Kristofferson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kristofferson slips a nice elbow through Reaper's hands, connecting with Reaper's forehead.
Kristofferson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Kristofferson is working for a submission of some sort.
Kristofferson working the head and body with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reaper is looking to control Kristofferson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Reaper avoid being mounted?
Kristofferson passes to full mount!
Kristofferson unloading with bombs!
Kristofferson scoring with strikes but Reaper is staying in there.
Reaper wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Kristofferson.
Kristofferson controlling the position easily from mount.
Kristofferson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kristofferson unloads with some shots from mount but Reaper bucks and avoids them well.
Reaper manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reaper tries to get to full guard but Kristofferson has control of the leg.
Kristofferson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Reaper does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Reaper is trying to maintain the position but Kristofferson is very close to passing his half guard.
Reaper tries to roll over but Kristofferson keeps him under control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kristofferson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Reaper taking some punishment here, with Kristofferson in his half guard.
Reaper is trying to control but can't.
Reaper avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kristofferson.
Kristofferson is nestled in close to Reaper, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Kristofferson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Kristofferson works his way into full mount!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The referee warns Reaper that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Reaper tries to hold on but Kristofferson postures up.
Grim Reaper is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kristofferson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kristofferson looking to ground and pound but Reaper is blocking nicely.
Konrad Kristofferson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Reaper is squirming around, avoiding Kristofferson's attempts to control the action.
Kristofferson working Reaper over with strikes here.
Kristofferson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Reaper?
Kristofferson 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.
Kristofferson tries to control but Reaper wriggling away.
Kristofferson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reaper is squirming around, avoiding Kristofferson's attempts to control the action.
Kristofferson working Reaper over with strikes here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Konrad Kristofferson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Reaper has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:28
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:28

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