PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between John Kreese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ebenezer Medeiros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ebenezer Medeiros has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kreese
vs
Medeiros

170 cm
20
148 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

165 cm
20
133 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Kreese!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ebenezer Medeiros!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Medeiros has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Medeiros there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kreese fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A lazy left from Kreese finds it's target.

Kreese shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Medeiros is working to get back to half guard.
The referee warns Medeiros that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Kreese lands a nice shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kreese controlling the pace for now.
Kreese unloading with bombs!
Kreese trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Kreese with good strikes from the mount here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Medeiros tries to hold on but Kreese pushes him away.
Medeiros wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Kreese.
Kreese misses with a head shot.
Kreese can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Medeiros is looking to escape.
Kreese postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Medeiros looks a forlorn figure.
Kreese scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Medeiros?
Medeiros is in all sorts of trouble here.
Medeiros is bucking up trying to escape but Kreese cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Medeiros is working to get back to half guard.
Kreese looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Kreese lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Kreese dominating with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Kreese.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kreese lands a nice shot to the head.
Medeiros is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kreese wants to control the pace but Medeiros is squirming around nicely.
Kreese lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Kreese lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Medeiros hang on?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Kreese.
Kreese scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Medeiros?
Medeiros looks gassed!
Kreese connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Medeiros tries to hold on but Kreese postures up.
Kreese breaks from Medeiros's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Kreese trying to control but Medeiros is having none of it.
Kreese putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Kreese avoids the attempt from Medeiros to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Kreese.
Medeiros is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kreese trying to control but Medeiros is having none of it.
Kreese controlling from the full mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice elbow there by Kreese.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Kreese dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Kreese lands an overhand right.
Medeiros is looking to clinch but Kreese is avoiding it.
Kreese lands a nice looking body shot.
Medeiros tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kreese scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Medeiros looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Medeiros takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Kreese shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Medeiros manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kreese accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kreese stays in close to Medeiros's body and controls the position.
Kreese has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kreese tries to free his leg and advance position but Medeiros is retaining full guard.
Medeiros is breathing heavily.
Kreese trying to control but Medeiros is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kreese looking to sit in guard and control but Medeiros gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Kreese is on top in guard.
Kreese is looking to work some ground and pound but Medeiros has wrist control.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kreese's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Medeiros working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kreese.
Kreese thows a big elbow that misses.
Kreese controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kreese tries to free his leg and advance position but Medeiros is retaining full guard.
Medeiros throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Kreese wants to control from the top but Medeiros keeps moving.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Good shot there by Kreese.
Medeiros shoots and misses

and Kreese counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Kreese throws and elbow that misses. Medeiros uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kreese's guard. Nice move by Medeiros!
Medeiros stopping the sweep attempt from Kreese.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kreese manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Medeiros wants to control but Kreese is having none of it.
Kreese working the ground and pound effectively.
Kreese lands a big elbow.
Kreese lands a nice shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kreese looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kreese cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Kreese controlling from mount.
Kreese with good strikes from the mount here!
Kreese fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Medeiros manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Still in half guard, Kreese seems content to control.
Medeiros is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Kreese dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Kreese stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kreese lands with a right hand.
Medeiros shoots and misses

and Kreese counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Medeiros working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kreese.
Medeiros tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kreese scoring with punches to the head and body.
Medeiros working a defensive guard here.
Kreese distracts Medeiros with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Kreese with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kreese wants to pass the guard but Medeiros is keeping the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Kreese lands with a nice combination. Medeiros backs away looking to recover.
Medeiros on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kreese connects with a body shot.
Medeiros gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kreese fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kreese lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kreese.
Kreese cracks Medeiros with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Kreese.
Kreese wants to control but Medeiros is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kreese scores with a couple of short elbows.
Medeiros gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
John Kreese overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kreese lands a big elbow.
Kreese is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Medeiros can do to turn this around?
Kreese putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Kreese can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Medeiros is looking to escape.
Kreese is landing with some decent strikes but Medeiros is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kreese landing punches.
Kreese scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Kreese working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Kreese lands with some strikes.
Kreese with shots to the head and body - Medeiros looks very uncomfortable down there.
Kreese working Medeiros over with strikes here.
Kreese looking to finish Medeiros with some ground and pound. This is bad for Medeiros!
Kreese lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Medeiros takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Medeiros really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Kreese controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Medeiros tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Medeiros is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Kreese punishing his opponent with strikes.
Kreese looking to finish Medeiros with some ground and pound. This is bad for Medeiros!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kreese with shots to the head and body - Medeiros looks very uncomfortable down there.
Ebenezer Medeiros has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kreese lands a nice shot to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Kreese showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kreese 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:25
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:25
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Kreese!