PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Krejzi Kure (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Artie Lange (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kure comes to the cage accompanied by BIG SHUG - who's hard. Lange is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: ACDC-You Shook Me(All Night Long). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Artie Lange was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Kure
vs
Lange

170 cm
26
150 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

183 cm
35
149 lbs
15 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite 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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Krejzi Kure!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Artie Lange!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kure takes a swing at Lange's ribcage but misses.

Kure closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lange blocks an elbow strike from Kure.
Lange is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Lange slows down the pace here.
Lange missing with knees to the body.
Kure has a couple of punches blocked by Lange.
Kure can't find room to land a body shot as Lange controls the action.
Kure lands a shoulder strike.

Kure gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Lange is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Kure is controlling him.
Lange keeping moving, preventing Kure from controlling successfully.
Lange preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kure throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Lange is looking for a triangle but Kure pushes his legs off easily.

Lange is looking for a triangle here but Kure uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Lange is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Kure asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Lange is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Kure misses with the ground and pound.
Kure controlling from side mount.
Kure wants to control but Lange is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kure working the ground and pound from side control.
Kure looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Lange is avoiding damage well.
Kure working away.
Kure trying to control the position but Lange is working away.
Kure is chipping away with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kure wants to control for a moment but Lange uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Lange has hold of Kure's hands but Kure slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Kure thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lange's head.

Lange is defending against the submission attempts here by Kure.
Kure is trying to control. Lange wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lange is trying to stand back up but Kure is controlling him
Kure keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Kure not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Lange tries to roll over but Kure keeps him under control.
Kure trying to control the action but Lange is working from the bottom.
Kure lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Kure is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Lange tries to get to full guard but Kure has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kure wants to control but Lange is keeping him busy.
Kure slips a nice elbow through Lange's hands, connecting with Lange's forehead.
Kure thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lange's head.
Kure prevents Lange from improving his position.
Kure working the head and body with strikes.
Lange wants to get back to his feet.

Lange is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Kure pulls his head out easily.
Kure sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lange defending well though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kure prevents Lange from improving his position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kure tries to pass to full mount but Lange defends it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Krejzi Kure dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Lange with a poor takedown
and Kure counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kure throws a hook but Lange avoids it easily.

Lange has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kure throws an elbow that misses.

Lange breaks the clinch.
Lange throws an off balance right hand
and Kure counters with a straight right hand.
Kure lands a right hook to the body.

Kure closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kure stops a takedown attempt from Lange.

Kure wants the takedown. Lange is fighting it off but Kure persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Lange's guard against the cage.
Kure postures up in Lange's guard and throws a big left but Lange blocks it.
Kure landing with the ground and pound.
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!
Kure landing with the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kure trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kure tries to free his leg and advance position but Lange is retaining full guard.
Lange is trying to control the position but Kure postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lange working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kure.
Lange preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kure lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Kure has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kure trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kure trying to control the position from guard on top but Lange is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kure accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kure loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lange keeping moving, preventing Kure from controlling successfully.
Krejzi Kure overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lange being controlled here, momentarily.
Kure trying to control but Lange is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Krejzi Kure.
Kure misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lange.
Lange fails with a takedown attempt.
Krejzi Kure has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Artie Lange.
A jab from Kure misses.

Kure closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Lange quickly recovers to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lange is not content to let Kure control the position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Lange manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kure throwing strikes but missing.
Lange looking to control.
Kure scoring with punches to the head and body.
Lange trying to control the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kure accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kure trying to control the position from guard on top but Lange is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kure landing with the ground and pound.

Lange manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.

Kure breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lange shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kure as he avoids it easily.
Lange shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Kure but Kure pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Lange slips under a jab.
Kure looks to land a left hand but Lange moved out of range nicely.

Kure bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kure laying and praying for a moment but Lange takes advantage and regains half guard.
Lange keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lange tries to roll over but Kure keeps him under control.
Kure working Lange over with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Krejzi Kure dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Kure gets a clinch.
Lange working aggressively here.
Kure digs a right hand into Lange's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lange's gas tank.

Kure has clasped his hands together around Lange's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Kure is putting a hurting on Lange here, landing some big shots from side control.
Kure misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Kure working the ground and pound from side control.
Lange tries to bench press Kure off him but Kure keeps the position.
Kure fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Lange avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Kure.
Kure lands a decent elbow from side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kure is looking to take a break and control but Lange is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lange takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kure wants to control but Lange is keeping him busy.
Lange is looking for a sweep.
Lange wants to get back to his feet but Kure drags him back down.
Kure wants to control but Lange is keeping him busy.
Kure working the ground and pound.
Kure working away.
Kure throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Kure in side control, throwing shots but Lange defends.
Lange sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Lange is looking to control Kure's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Lange avoid being mounted?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kure drops an elbow to the side of Lange's head.
Kure slips a nice elbow through Lange's hands, connecting with Lange's forehead.
Kure not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kure throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Lange trying to control from the bottom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lange tries to roll over but Kure keeps him under control.
Lange trying to hold on to Kure's head to control him but Kure postures up.
Lange makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Lange.
Kure working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kure cracks Lange with a solid left hand.

Lange is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Lange has a closed guard, preventing Kure from standing up.
Lange is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kure wants to control from the top but Lange keeps moving.
Artie Lange has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kure throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kure wants to control from the top but Lange keeps moving.
Krejzi Kure is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lange being controlled here, momentarily.

We're going to have a standup here because Krejzi Kure wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Kure moves into range and clinches up with Lange.

Lange breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kure looks to throw the jab but Lange is out of range.
Kure lands the left hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kure tries a low kick but Lange avoids it.

Kure drives through with a takedown into Lange's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kure trying to control the position from guard on top but Lange is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

And that's the end of the fight!
Krejzi Kure showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kure has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Krejzi Kure!
A relieved looking Krejzi Kure thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.