PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stephan Kruger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Randy Jones will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Kruger
vs
Jones

178 cm
22
164 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

179 cm
25
179 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stephan 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, Randy Jones!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones works the jab nicely.
No luck for Jones with that takedown attempt.
Kruger stuffs the takedown.

Kruger darts in and clinches Jones up against the cage.
Kruger fails to pull guard.

Kruger decides to pull guard.

Kruger has his feet on Jones's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
Jones works Kruger's body with a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Kruger.
Kruger stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Kruger wants it to stay on the feet.
Stephan Kruger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Randy Jones.
Kruger showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jones.
Jones fails to land with a series of punches.
Jones tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones lands with a shot to the body.
Kruger tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kruger is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.

Jones tries to keep at a distance but Kruger has taken the fight into the clinch.

Kruger breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jones scores with a three punch combo!

Kruger is rocked!
Jones just misses with a punch to the body.
Oh Kruger is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kruger is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kruger seems to have got his legs back now.
Jones scores with a jab. Kruger acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kruger is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Kruger has closed the distance and engaged Jones in a clinch.
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!

Kruger has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Jones clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!

Jones fending off the submission attempt from Kruger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kruger looking for the choke from the back.
Kruger is breathing heavily.

Kruger looking for the choke from the back.
Jones manages to reverse the position and now he's in Kruger's guard. Nice work there by Jones.
Kruger bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jones's guard.
Jones is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Jones is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Kruger has his hands clasped together but Jones extends an breaks Kruger's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Jones.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Randy Jones!
A very excited looking Randy Jones 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.