PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mark Merker Junior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kryler Crimson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Merker Junior
vs
Crimson

178 cm
27
177 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

180 cm
22
180 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark Merker Junior!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kryler Crimson!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Merker Junior is looking to clinch.
Merker Junior fails with an attempt to clinch.
Merker Junior plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Merker Junior blocks a jab.
Crimson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Crimson lands a jab-cross combination.
Crimson tries a head kick but it misses.
Kryler Crimson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Merker Junior misses with a head kick.
Merker Junior tries to clinch up but Crimson circles away and keeps his distance.
Crimson swats away the attempt to clinch by Merker Junior.
Crimson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Crimson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nice shot lands for Crimson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crimson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Merker Junior stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Crimson swinging wildly here.
Merker Junior showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Crimson.
Crimson throws the left hand but Merker Junior avoids the punch easily.
Merker Junior tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crimson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Merker Junior fails with an attempt to clinch.
A big left from Crimson misses.
Crimson tries a head kick but it misses.
Crimson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Merker Junior moves in looking to clinch but Crimson pushes him off.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Crimson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Crimson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Merker Junior takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Crimson looks to land a right hand but Merker Junior moved out of range.
Merker Junior avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Merker Junior takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Crimson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Crimson misses the jab.
Crimson connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crimson throws a sloppy head kick and Merker Junior moves out of range easily.
Crimson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Merker Junior manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Merker Junior clinches up against the cage.
Merker Junior is trying to break the clinch but Crimson is controlling him.
Merker Junior working hard to break the clinch.

Crimson breaks the clinch.
Merker Junior throws a lazy head kick
letting Crimson counter with a right hand.
Crimson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Merker Junior at a distance.
Merker Junior is breathing heavily.
Crimson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Crimson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Crimson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Merker Junior tries to clinch up
and Crimson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Crimson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Merker Junior tries to clinch up.
Merker Junior closes the distance but Crimson moves to the side
and Crimson counters with a right hand to the body.
Crimson throws the kick towards the body but Merker Junior avoids it.
Merker Junior staying out of range there.
Crimson misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crimson lands an overhand right.
Crimson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Merker Junior tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Merker Junior takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Crimson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Merker Junior throws the left hand but Crimson avoids the punch easily.
Jab from Crimson.
Some wild striking there from Crimson.
Crimson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Merker Junior takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Merker Junior doesn't manage to clinch there - Crimson circles away.
Crimson misses with a hook. Merker Junior ducked under it nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Crimson misses the target.
Crimson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Merker Junior.
Merker Junior takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Crimson throws a series of punches but Merker Junior moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crimson misses with a body shot.
Crimson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Merker Junior manages to avoid it.
Crimson just misses with a punch to the body.
Merker Junior tries to clinch
and Crimson counters with a nice uppercut.
Merker Junior wants to clinch but Crimson slips to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crimson lands a nice looking body shot.
Crimson looks to throw the jab but Merker Junior is out of range.
A big right from Crimson misses.
Crimson throws a right and a left that Merker Junior avoids nicely.
Crimson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Merker Junior tries to clinch but Crimson moves away
and Crimson counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Merker Junior is rocked!
Merker Junior tries to clinch
and Crimson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Oh Merker Junior is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Merker Junior tries to clinch
and Crimson counters with a nice body kick.
Merker Junior seems to have got his legs back now.
Crimson blocks the body kick.
Nice body punch from Crimson.
Crimson cracks Merker Junior with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Merker Junior gets cracked there but stands up to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kryler Crimson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Crimson lands a jab to the nose.
Crimson swats away the attempt to clinch by Merker Junior.
Merker Junior cracks the inside of Crimson's front leg.
Crimson throws the left hand but Merker Junior avoids the punch easily.
Merker Junior tries to clinch up
and Crimson counters with a left to the body.
Merker Junior tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Merker Junior closes the distance but Crimson moves to the side
and Crimson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Merker Junior takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Merker Junior takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Crimson throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Merker Junior colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Crimson as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Merker Junior is left battered and dazed whilst Crimson and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kryler Crimson!