PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jake The Spider (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kimbo Karinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karinen has chosen Big Baali & Tomigun - Kruisin´ as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

The Spider
vs
Karinen

150 cm
23
148 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

179 cm
27
150 lbs
17 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Wolfpack Threadz

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jake The Spider!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kimbo Karinen!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Patrick Alders and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karinen thows a body shot but no joy.
The Spider doesn't manage to clinch there - Karinen circles away.
Karinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

The Spider changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Karinen looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The Spider scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Karinen to see if he's OK.
The Spider lands a decent elbow from side control.
Karinen is working to avoid the ground and pound but The Spider connects with a decent elbow.
The Spider has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The Spider working the head with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
The Spider is putting a hurting on Karinen here, landing some big shots from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Spider landing strikes.
Karinen takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
You can see the frustration on Karinen's face as The Spider controls the position.
The Spider seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Karinen for as long as he can get away with.
Check out the look on The Spider's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Spider lands a few punches from side control.
The Spider grinds an elbow into Karinen's temple.
Check out the look on The Spider's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The Spider remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
The Spider scores with a couple of short elbows.
Karinen is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The Spider has knee on belly and moves into mount.
The Spider is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Karinen can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Spider with shots to the head and body - Karinen looks very uncomfortable down there.
Karinen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with The Spider. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The Spider looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Karinen covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jake The Spider!
Jake The Spider retains his featherweight title!