PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lark McTeague (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Armand Krajnc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McTeague comes to the cage accompanied by Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarus . Krajnc has chosen Justin Bieber - Mama's Boy as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

McTeague
vs
Krajnc

180 cm
23
210 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

188 cm
22
215 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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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 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lark McTeague!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Armand Krajnc!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Valeri Chadov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McTeague ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Krajnc moves away.
Krajnc digs a good body shot into McTeague's ribs.
A big left from McTeague misses.
Krajnc misses with a body kick.
McTeague missing with a left hand there. Krajnc was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lark McTeague seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Krajnc defending well as McTeague loads up on a big left hand.
Krajnc throws a nice inside leg kick.
Krajnc throws out a powerful jab.
McTeague looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
McTeague throws a combination. Krajnc tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

It looks like Armand Krajnc has been cut.
Krajnc throws an overhand right that lands on McTeague's shoulder, as McTeague tries to avoid the shot.
Krajnc with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A left and a right from Krajnc both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Lark McTeague has been cut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
McTeague throws a left and a right that both miss
and Krajnc counters with an outside leg kick.
McTeague lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Krajnc circles away quickly and effectively.
Krajnc tries to land a leg kick but McTeague saw it coming and moves away.
McTeague throws the left hand but Krajnc avoids the punch easily.
McTeague looks to land a right hand but Krajnc moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krajnc slips a straight right by McTeague.
McTeague throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Krajnc makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A big left from McTeague misses.
Krajnc steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McTeague.
McTeague throws a jab when Krajnc was well out of range.
Krajnc ducks under a wild hook from McTeague.
McTeague lands with an uppercut that bounces Krajnc off the cage and back into rage.
A swing and a miss from Krajnc.
McTeague thows a body shot but no joy.
McTeague swings away with a body shot that misses
and Krajnc makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
McTeague throws a hook but Krajnc avoids it easily.
Krajnc lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
McTeague throws a lazy right hand but Krajnc sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Krajnc.
Krajnc misses with a straight left.
McTeague moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McTeague throws a shot from downtown. Krajnc moves away and avoids it.
A shot to the body from McTeague misses
and Krajnc counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McTeague checks a leg kick.
Good leg kick by Krajnc there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
McTeague is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Krajnc's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
McTeague connects with the punch.
Krajnc has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Good leg kick by Krajnc there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
McTeague is breathing heavily.
McTeague on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Krajnc scores with a jab. McTeague acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
McTeague throws an overhand right that lands on Krajnc's shoulder, as Krajnc tries to avoid the shot.
McTeague misses with a hook. Krajnc ducked under it nicely.
McTeague misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Krajnc.
Krajnc uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McTeague.
Krajnc cracks the inside of McTeague's front leg.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Krajnc, right into the meat.
McTeague thows a left - swing and a miss!
Krajnc bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krajnc connects with a leg kick. McTeague looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Krajnc throws a nice outside leg kick.
Krajnc lands a jab.
McTeague throws a hook but Krajnc blocks it.
Krajnc scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. McTeague doesn't seem bothered though.
Krajnc fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Krajnc misses with a few strikes there.
McTeague tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd cheers as Krajnc lands an impressive looking overhand right. McTeague doesn't seem phased though.

Lark McTeague's cut is getting worse.
McTeague is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Krajnc.
McTeague is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
McTeague needs to keep his hands up - Krajnc had a free shot at his head there.
Krajnc moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
McTeague on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Krajnc is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! McTeague had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A chopping leg kick lands by Krajnc.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Krajnc.
Krajnc listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Krajnc lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as McTeague backs up against the cage.
Krajnc scores with a jab to the head.

Krajnc cracks McTeague with a big right hand and McTeague goes down!

McTeague is rocked!

Lark McTeague's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Krajnc lands a couple of elbows.
Oh McTeague is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Krajnc accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
McTeague seems to have got his legs back now.
Krajnc is in close to McTeague's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Krajnc advances position into side control!
Krajnc grinds an elbow into McTeague's temple.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Lark McTeague's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Armand Krajnc!