PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zahar Krulov (ranked 4046 p4p, 4795 weight class) and Cruz Laime (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laime has chosen Chambea as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Krulov
vs
Laime

186 cm
25
210
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
25
205
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Zahar Krulov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Cruz Laime!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Daniel Franklin and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Laime darts in and clinches Krulov up against the cage.

Krulov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Krulov looks to throw the jab but Laime is out of range.

Laime gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Krulov to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Laime really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Krulov. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Laime trying to keep a closed guard but Krulov is proving a slippery customer.
Krulov is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Krulov lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Krulov is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Krulov lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Krulov connects with a couple of short punches.
Laime looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Krulov puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Laime has hold of Krulov's hands but Krulov slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krulov slips a nice elbow through Laime's hands, connecting with Laime's forehead.
Laime is looking for a sweep. Krulov is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Krulov winds up and cracks Laime with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Krulov lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Krulov looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Krulov winds up and cracks Laime with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Laime is rocked!
Krulov lands a big elbow - Laime is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Krulov!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zahar Krulov!
Zahar Krulov seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Cruz Laime was interviewed post fight and said 'This ain't over yet...'.