PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Maniek Krol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jefferson Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Krol
vs
Thompson

185 cm
25
150 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

178 cm
19
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Maniek Krol!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jefferson Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krol tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Krol moves in looking to clinch but Thompson pushes him off.
Krol moves out of range as Thompson strikes.
Krol slips a straight right by Thompson.
Thompson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Krol tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Thompson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Krol closes the distance and clinches.
Krol lands an elbow that stopped Thompson in his tracks for a moment.
Thompson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Krol tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson is trying to break the clinch but Krol has him pressed against the cage.
Krol crunches a lovely knee into Thompson's ribcage.
Thompson tries to break free but Krol pushes him back against the cage.
Krol misses with a knee strike.
Krol using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Thompson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Thompson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Thompson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Krol really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Knees in the clinch landing for Krol.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Krol utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Krol lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Krol gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Thompson is trying to break the clinch but Krol has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krol landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Krol landing knees to the body.
Thompson looks winded!
Krol tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thompson avoids it.
Krol lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Thompson is trying to push Krol away but Krol has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Krol with a knee to the head.
Thompson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Krol utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Thompson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Krol landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Krol misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thompson.
Krol is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Krol utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Thompson is looking to break free of the clinch but Krol has double underhooks.
Krol unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Krol using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krol tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thompson avoids it.
Krol landing knees to the body.
Krol missing with knees to the body.
Thompson is trying to force a seperation but Krol has the dominant position.
Krol keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thompson's efforts to push away.
Krol with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Krol tries a knee to the head but Thompson blocks it.
Thompson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Krol has him pressed against the cage.
Thompson dodges an elbow strike from Krol.
Thompson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Krol using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Thompson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Krol tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thompson avoids it.
Thompson wants to get back to striking at distance but Krol won't allow it.

Thompson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Thompson clinches up with Krol and pushes him back against the cage.
Krol throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Krol obliges.
Thompson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Krol has him pressed against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Krol obliges.
Thompson tries to break free but Krol pushes him back against the cage.
Krol pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Krol lands a nice knee to the body.
Thompson tries a body shot but Krol blocks it.
Thompson is trying to force a seperation but Krol has the dominant position.
Thompson can't break the clinch.
Krol looking to throw knees to the head but Thompson is blocking nicely.
Thompson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thompson tries to break the clinch but Krol is controlling the position.
Thompson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short left from Thompson.
Thompson managing to block the knees to the body from Krol.

Thompson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Thompson moves into the clinch.
Krol throws an elbow but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson blocks an elbow strike.
Krol tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thompson avoids it.
Thompson dodges an elbow strike from Krol.

Thompson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Krol tries to clinch there but Thompson circles away.

Krol tries to keep at a distance but Thompson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thompson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Krol has him pressed against the cage.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Thompson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Krol takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Krol walks into a jab.
Krol takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Krol tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thompson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thompson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Krol is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Krol moves out of range of the leg kick from Thompson.
Oh Krol is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big right followed by a crushing left from Thompson knocks Krol out cold! Ouch - that one's going to be featured in highlight reels for years to come!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jefferson Thompson!