PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Red Forman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Krigare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Forman comes to the cage accompanied by Ultimate. Krigare comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Achtung Pantzer by Raubtier kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Daniel Krigare has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Red Forman's chin.

Forman
vs
Krigare

176 cm
34
160 lbs
22 - 11 - 0

168 cm
34
167 lbs
20 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Red Forman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Krigare!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Forman is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Krigare lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Krigare throws a right hand that misses
and Forman counters with a left to the body.
Forman connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Forman connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A looping hook to the body misses from Forman. Krigare does a little dance to reset his feet.
Red Forman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Forman connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Krigare throws a series of punches but Forman avoids them all with ease.
A jab from Forman misses.
Forman misses with a hook.
Forman takes a jab right on the kisser.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Krigare keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Forman fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Krigare on the side of the head.
Krigare takes a swing at Forman's ribcage but misses.
A swing and a miss from Krigare.
Forman takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Krigare misses with an attempted mid kick.
Forman with a hook.
Krigare throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Forman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krigare misses with a wild body shot.
Krigare thows a left - swing and a miss!
Forman throws a hook to the side of Krigare's head but Krigare sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Forman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Krigare takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Forman throws a wild body kick that Krigare sees coming a mile off.
Forman avoids the body shot from Krigare.
Forman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Forman. Krigare does a little dance to reset his feet.
Forman ducks under a wild hook from Krigare.
Forman moves out of range of the leg kick from Krigare.
Krigare walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Krigare checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

Forman closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Krigare to the mat! Krigare manages to get full guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Forman postures up.
Krigare controlling Forman's posture.
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!
Krigare is trying to keep Forman in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Forman wants to pass the guard but Krigare is keeping the position.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Daniel Krigare wasn't active enough on the ground.
Krigare misses with a wild body shot.
Forman misses with a double jab.
A slow jab from Krigare misses its intended target.
Forman is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Krigare staying out of range there.
Krigare clobbers Forman with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Forman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Krigare jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Krigare scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Forman gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Forman misses with an attempted mid kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Forman.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Forman fails with the takedown.
Nice defenses there by Krigare.
Forman punishes Krigare's body with a nice straight punch.
Krigare avoids the body shot from Forman.
Forman takes a swing at Krigare's ribcage but misses.
Krigare listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

It looks like Red Forman has been cut.
Forman shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Krigare as he avoids it easily.
Forman connects with a jab.
Forman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Forman is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Forman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Krigare.
Forman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Forman just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice shot lands for Krigare.
Krigare misses with a looping left.
Forman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Krigare throws a big shot that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Forman slips under a jab.
Krigare throws a nice outside leg kick.
Krigare throws a shot from downtown. Forman moves away and avoids it.
Krigare works Forman's body with a nice hook.
Krigare throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Forman stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Forman scores with a punch to the head.
Krigare misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Forman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Krigare.
Nice jab there from Krigare.
Krigare throws a low kick, looking for Forman's leg but Forman calmly moves out of range.
Forman swings for the body but Krigare moves out of range.
Krigare slips a straight right by Forman.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Forman misses with an uppercut. Krigare saw that one coming.
Forman fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Krigare ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Forman moves away.
Krigare changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Daniel Krigare will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Red Forman's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Krigare looks to throw the jab but Forman is out of range.
Krigare ducks under a wild hook from Forman.
A swing and a miss from Krigare.
Krigare takes a swing at Forman's ribcage but misses.
Forman misses with a jab, cross combination.
Krigare misses with a body shot.
Krigare misses with an uppercut.
Krigare throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Forman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Forman digs a good hook to Krigare's body.
Krigare misses the shot to the body.
Forman takes a swing at Krigare's ribcage but misses.
Forman works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Forman takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Krigare blocks a jab.
Krigare slips a jab and a cross from Forman.
Forman lands a leg kick that knocks Krigare off balance momentarily.
Krigare fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Krigare ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Forman moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Forman misses with a jab, cross combination.
Krigare misses with a wild body shot.
Forman slips under a jab from Krigare.
Forman defending well as Krigare loads up on a big left hand.
Krigare misses the shot to the body.
Krigare lands a body shot.
Forman misses with a wild body shot.
Krigare avoids the body shot from Forman.
Krigare ducks right into an uppercut from Forman.
Forman looks to score with a jab to the body but Krigare is just out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Forman. Krigare does a little dance to reset his feet.
Krigare buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Krigare takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Krigare misses with an uppercut
enabling Forman to counter with a crisp jab.
Krigare misses with a straight left.
Krigare with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krigare has a takedown stuffed.
Red Forman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Krigare keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Forman takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Krigare takes a swing at Forman's ribcage but misses.
Krigare throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Forman stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Krigare stalks Forman and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Forman's face. Forman staggers backwards, shaken.
Krigare on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Krigare just misses with a punch to the body.
Forman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Forman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Krigare bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Forman throws an overhand right that lands on Krigare's shoulder, as Krigare tries to avoid the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krigare blocks a leg kick.
Forman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Forman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Krigare circles away quickly and effectively.
Jab, jab by Krigare - just one landing.
Forman scores with a one two! Krigare had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Krigare misses with a looping right.
Forman stuns Krigare with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Krigare throws out a loose jab but Forman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Forman throws a nice looking combination but Krigare bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Forman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That kick from Forman tenderised Krigare's leg. Krigare is trying to keep his angry face on.
Forman connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Forman on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Forman throws the left hand but Krigare avoids the punch easily.
Krigare tries to move into range but Forman moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Forman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krigare throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Krigare walks into a left hand.
Forman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Krigare scores with a nice strike.
Krigare drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Krigare misses with a looping right.
Krigare takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Forman ducks under a wild hook from Krigare.
A telegraphed right hand from Forman misses the target.
Krigare moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Krigare defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Forman.
Forman tests Krigare's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A lazy left from Forman finds it's target.
Forman lunges at Krigare with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Krigare's hand.
Krigare throws a jab when Forman was well out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Red Forman will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Red Forman's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Forman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Krigare was well out of range. Poor timing from Forman.
Krigare tries for a takedown but Forman sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Krigare scores with a shot to the body.
Krigare misses with a hook. Forman ducked under it nicely.
Forman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Krigare ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Forman moves away.
Krigare ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Forman looks to score with a jab to the body but Krigare is just out of range.
Krigare moves out of range as Forman strikes.
Krigare looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Krigare has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Forman takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Red Forman is winning the standup battle so far.
Forman misses with the combination.
Forman moves away from the strike by Krigare.
Forman cracks a nice hook into Krigare's ribs.
Forman throws a right and a left that Krigare avoids nicely.
Krigare comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krigare chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Forman can pounce on him.
Krigare avoids the body shot from Forman.
A punch combination from Forman misses.
Forman dives in for a single leg takedown but Krigare sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Forman misses with a body punch.
Forman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Forman fails to land.
Forman misses with a punch to the body.
Forman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Krigare tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Forman's elbow.
Krigare digs a right hand underneath Forman's ribcage. Forman let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Krigare breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Forman moves out of range as Krigare strikes.
A big left from Forman misses.
Forman looks to land a body kick but Krigare moved away.
Krigare has a takedown stuffed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Forman scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Forman tries to sprawl but Krigare drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Krigare missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Krigare misses with a head shot. Forman uses the momentum to regain guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Forman keeping moving, preventing Krigare from controlling successfully.
Forman is trying to control the position but Krigare postures up.
Krigare with a nice head shot there.
Krigare has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Forman can't keep his opponent in guard - Krigare advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Forman is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Krigare jumps into side control!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krigare is looking to take a break and control but Forman is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Krigare might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Forman haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Forman can't do much from the bottom here.
Forman stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Krigare is working Forman over with some ground and pound from side control.
Krigare trying to control the position but Forman is working away.
Forman sneaks back into half guard.

Krigare is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Forman is just riding it out for now. Krigare eventually gives up the hold.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Krigare is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Krigare throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Krigare wants to work for an arm triangle but Forman is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Forman works his way to full guard. Good work.
Daniel Krigare has got the better of the ground game so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Forman keeping moving, preventing Krigare from controlling successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Krigare comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Krigare has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Daniel Krigare!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Daniel Krigare made sure he mentioned Kemists ↑ 5x160Q, along with how happy he was to win his fight.