PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Christian Willemoes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shawn Kronburger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Kronburger's choice of entrance music: Live by the gun. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Willemoes
vs
Kronburger

181 cm
26
185 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

184 cm
28
180 lbs
20 - 8 - 0

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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Christian Willemoes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Shawn Kronburger!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kronburger jabs at Willemoes's body.
Kronburger misses with a body kick.
Willemoes fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Kronburger avoids it really well and circles away.
Kronburger throws a low kick, looking for Willemoes's leg but Willemoes calmly moves out of range.
Kronburger tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kronburger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kronburger uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Willemoes.
Willemoes is trying hard to land a takedown here. Kronburger sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Kronburger scores with a nice body kick.
Kronburger moves in looking to clinch but Willemoes pushes him off.
Willemoes throws a lazy right hand but Kronburger sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Willemoes misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kronburger thows a body shot but no joy.
Kronburger jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Willemoes needs to keep his hands up - Kronburger had a free shot at his head there.
Willemoes misses with a body shot.
A head kick misses from Kronburger.
Willemoes tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kronburger swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Christian Willemoes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Willemoes misses the shot to the body.
Kronburger fails to land with a series of punches.
Willemoes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kronburger moves away.
Kronburger closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Willemoes darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willemoes throws the left hand but Kronburger avoids the punch easily.
Willemoes moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Willemoes connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kronburger's hands.
Kronburger swings for the body but Willemoes moves out of range.
Kronburger lands the left hand.
Willemoes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kronburger throws out the jab.
Willemoes cracks a nice hook into Kronburger's ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Willemoes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kronburger circles away quickly and effectively.
Willemoes drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

It looks like Christian Willemoes has been cut.
Shawn Kronburger is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kronburger moves away from the strike by Willemoes.
Willemoes avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kronburger looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kronburger looks to score with a jab to the body but Willemoes is just out of range.
Kronburger works the jab nicely.
Kronburger throws a combination. Willemoes tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Kronburger lands a glancing blow to the side of Willemoes's head.
Willemoes shoots in but no luck this time.
Willemoes avoids the body shot from Kronburger.
A big left from Kronburger misses.
Willemoes thows a body shot but no joy.
Kronburger lands a jab to Willemoes's midsection.
A shot to the liver by Kronburger. Beautiful body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Willemoes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willemoes thows a body shot but no joy.
Willemoes moves out of range of the body kick.
Willemoes takes a swing at Kronburger's ribcage but misses.
Kronburger scores with a sloppy right hand. Willemoes should have avoided that one.
Kronburger tried to score with a low kick but Willemoes checks it.

Kronburger drives through and clinches with Willemoes against the cage.
Kronburger trying to control the position but instead, Willemoes has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kronburger into the cage.
Kronburger connects with a nasty looking knee right to Willemoes's face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kronburger trying to control the position but instead, Willemoes has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kronburger into the cage.
Kronburger takes a shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Kronburger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shawn Kronburger dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Christian Willemoes's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Kronburger avoids a punch combination nicely.
Willemoes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kronburger.
Willemoes misses with a hook.
Willemoes thows a body shot but no joy.
Willemoes moves out of range of the body kick.
Willemoes throws a shot to the body.
Willemoes connects with the punch.
Nice defenses there by Kronburger.
Kronburger leaves Willemoes with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Willemoes looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willemoes thows a huge punch but Kronburger dodges it nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kronburger tries to get to full guard but Willemoes has control of the leg.

Kronburger is defending against the submission attempts here by Willemoes.
Kronburger is looking to escape.
Kronburger is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Willemoes is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Kronburger sees it coming and defends easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Willemoes has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Kronburger holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Willemoes tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Willemoes raining down hammerfists from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kronburger tries to lock up and control but Willemoes gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Willemoes landing punches.

It looks like Shawn Kronburger has been cut.
Poor strikes thrown by Willemoes there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Willemoes avoids the attempt from Kronburger to control.

Willemoes jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Kronburger is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Kronburger and Willemoes has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Willemoes working the body and head with strikes.
Willemoes in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Willemoes cracks Kronburger with a big right hand but Kronburger just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That has opened up Shawn Kronburger's cut even more.

Willemoes is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Kronburger knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Willemoes throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Willemoes lands a nice forearm strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kronburger sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Willemoes misses with a head shot. Kronburger uses the momentum to regain guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christian Willemoes dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Kronburger scores with a sloppy right hand. Willemoes should have avoided that one.
Kronburger throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Shawn Kronburger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kronburger lands a right hook to the body.
Kronburger gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Willemoes.
Kronburger defending well as Willemoes loads up on a big left hand.
Kronburger misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kronburger lands with an overhand left.
Kronburger uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Willemoes.

Willemoes looking to score a takedown here. Kronburger is defending well but Willemoes drives through and ends up in Kronburger's guard.
Willemoes throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willemoes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Kronburger working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Willemoes doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Willemoes manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Willemoes is stalling in the full guard.
Kronburger wants to get back to his feet but Willemoes is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Willemoes postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Kronburger is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Willemoes, into his guard.
Kronburger looking to pass the guard.
Kronburger throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Willemoes works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Christian Willemoes overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kronburger trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kronburger missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kronburger loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kronburger is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Kronburger throws a big elbow that misses.
Kronburger throws a big right hand that misses.
Kronburger with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kronburger throws a big right hand that misses.
Willemoes keeping moving, preventing Kronburger from controlling successfully.
Willemoes looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willemoes wants to sweep but no luck.
Kronburger being controlled here momentarily.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Willemoes working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kronburger.
Kronburger wants to get up but he can't break Willemoes's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nice defenses there by Kronburger.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kronburger just misses with a punch to the body.
Willemoes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shawn Kronburger comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kronburger has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shawn Kronburger!
A very excited looking Shawn Kronburger made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.