PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dolores Haze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Krunov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Marcus Krunov was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Haze
vs
Krunov

150 cm
18
130 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
140 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

MMA Elite Nutrition
Hellbent, Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dolores Haze!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcus Krunov!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Dean Styles and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Krunov scores a takedown into full mount!
Krunov landing strikes, looking to finish!

Krunov gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!

Krunov changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Haze looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Krunov is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Haze is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Haze is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Haze might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Krunov working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Haze is trying to get back to half guard.

Krunov is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Haze knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Haze gets back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Haze manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Haze throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Haze is looking for a triangle but Krunov pushes his legs off easily.
Haze throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Krunov wanted to stand there but Haze had control of the position.
Krunov looking to pass the guard.

Haze looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Haze is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Krunov rolls with it to try and escape but Haze cranks on the arm and Krunov is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dolores Haze!
Dolores Haze is the new bantamweight champion!