PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dewayne Bryant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matinho Krol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Bryant
vs
Krol

182 cm
26
147 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
18
148 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dewayne Bryant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matinho Krol!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Ryoma Takatsuka and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Bryant or perhaps it was just good defense by Krol which made him look bad.
Bryant shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Krol as he avoids it easily.
Krol misses with a few strikes there.
Krol scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Dewayne Bryant has been cut.

Bryant closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Krol did well to prevent Bryant getting side control.
Krol looks winded!
Bryant uses his free foot to push down on Krol's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Krol.
Bryant really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Bryant content just to control the position here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice elbow there by Bryant.
Krol is trying to stand up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryant landing shots from mount.

Krol is rocked!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Bryant controlling the position easily from mount.
Krol is still in real trouble! Can Bryant finish him?
Krol really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bryant. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bryant postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Krol in real trouble here! The ref calls for Krol to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dewayne Bryant!
After the fight, Dewayne Bryant was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.