PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andris Dimitriou (ranked 1897 p4p, 241 weight class) and Felix Krnacova (ranked 3826 p4p, 426 weight class). Felix Krnacova acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Dimitriou
vs
Krnacova

190 cm
24
190 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

190 cm
27
195 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Andris Dimitriou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Felix Krnacova!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Bruno Hogan and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dimitriou blocks a head kick by Krnacova.
Krnacova has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Dimitriou thows a left - swing and a miss!

Dimitriou has taken the fight to the clinch.

Dimitriou pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Krnacova uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dimitriou.
Dimitriou throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Krnacova decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Krnacova lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dimitriou is trying to stand.
Krnacova seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Krnacova has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Krnacova not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Krnacova lands with a punch from half guard.
Krnacova controlling the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krnacova missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Krnacova passes the guard and advances to mount!
Dimitriou is bucking up trying to escape but Krnacova cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Dimitriou knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Krnacova on the ground.
Krnacova with a couple of short strikes.
Krnacova looking to control and managing it successfully.
Krnacova lands a big elbow.
Krnacova controlling his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krnacova landing strikes, looking to finish!
A nice elbow there by Krnacova.
Krnacova with good strikes from the mount here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Krnacova working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Krnacova has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Dimitriou's face.
Krnacova in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
A nice elbow there by Krnacova.
Krnacova scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dimitriou?
Krnacova sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Dimitriou on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dimitriou tries to get out of the position.
Krnacova working the ground and pound effectively.
Dimitriou is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krnacova is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Dimitriou can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Krnacova tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Krnacova's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Krnacova with the ground and pound from mount.
Krnacova lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dimitriou hang on?
Krnacova landing punches.
Krnacova pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Dimitriou is bucking up trying to escape but Krnacova cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Dimitriou is rocked!
Dimitriou is bucking up trying to escape but Krnacova cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Oh Dimitriou is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The referee warns Dimitriou that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dimitriou is in a horrible position here. Krnacova smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dimitriou takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Krnacova lands a big elbow.
Krnacova content just to control the position here.
Krnacova lands a heavy elbow.
Krnacova is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Dimitriou can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Krnacova controlling from the full mount.
Dimitriou seems to have got his legs back now.
Dimitriou taking shots to the head.
Dimitriou takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Krnacova unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Dimitriou wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Krnacova celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Felix Krnacova!
During a confident post fight interview, Felix Krnacova thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.