PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Kruger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wayne Dade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kruger comes to the cage accompanied by Tnt. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Kruger
vs
Dade

187 cm
25
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Kruger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wayne Dade!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kruger throws a shot to the body.
Kruger throws a series of strikes that have Dade backpedaling.
Dade shoots in but no luck this time.
Kruger slips under a jab from Dade.

Kruger shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Kruger takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Dade is wriggling around trying to escape.
Kruger with shots to the head and body - Dade looks very uncomfortable down there.

Kruger has hold of Dade's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Dade manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dade taking shots to the head.
Dade is trying to stand up.
Kruger fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Kruger controlling from mount.
Dade really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruger controlling the position easily from mount.
Kruger looking to finish Dade with some ground and pound. This is bad for Dade!
Dade tries to get back to half guard but can't.
You get the feeling that Dade really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Kruger prevents Dade from getting the reversal.
Kruger with shots to the head and body - Dade looks very uncomfortable down there.
Dade tries to lock up and control but Kruger gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Dade looks gassed!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kruger cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Dade wants to hold on but Kruger pushes him away.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Kruger lands a big shot there that rocks Dade but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Dade is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kruger unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Dade wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Kruger celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Kruger!
A victorious John Kruger thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.