PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tom Kruiz (ranked 2546 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksandr Sinytsyn (ranked 5266 p4p, 0 weight class). Kruiz comes to the cage accompanied by ZARILA KANDZE. Aleksandr Sinytsyn has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kruiz
vs
Sinytsyn

185 cm
38
193 lbs
28 - 9 - 0

187 cm
28
195 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tom Kruiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aleksandr Sinytsyn!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Ivan Kurochkin and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sinytsyn lands a nice shot to the body.
Kruiz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sinytsyn circles away quickly and effectively.
Kruiz misses with a straight right.
Sinytsyn misses the jab.
Sinytsyn blocks a jab.
Kruiz blocks a leg kick.
Kruiz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sinytsyn.
Sinytsyn throws a leg kick but Kruiz sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kruiz missing with a left hand there. Sinytsyn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sinytsyn scores with a head kick.
Sinytsyn looks to land a right hand but Kruiz moved out of range.
Kruiz throws a good cross that connects.
Kruiz clobbers Sinytsyn with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kruiz on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sinytsyn throws a looping overhand right but Kruiz ducks down to avoid it.
Kruiz appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Sinytsyn fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kruiz looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kruiz rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sinytsyn counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kruiz paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kruiz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sinytsyn.
Kruiz fails with the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinytsyn moves away from the strike by Kruiz.
Sinytsyn let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sinytsyn lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kruiz checks a leg kick.
Kruiz misses with a looping right.
Kruiz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kruiz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sinytsyn throws a head kick that misses.
Sinytsyn wants to clinch.
Sinytsyn throws a jab but it's blocked by Kruiz.

Kruiz shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Kruiz was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Kruiz is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sinytsyn has escaped the position, nice work there.
Kruiz tries to score with some ground and pound. Sinytsyn controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sinytsyn is trying to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Sinytsyn is trying to stand and escape here. He's got onto all fours but that's just let Kruiz take his back! Uh oh - Kruiz has got a rear naked choke here! Sinytsyn is forced to tap! It's all over! One monent is all it takes in this sport!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Tom Kruiz!
Tom Kruiz spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.