PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lemmy Krusic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Justice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Krusic comes to the cage accompanied by Lene Kosti - Warrior. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Krusic
vs
Justice

170 cm
24
145 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

177 cm
20
147 lbs
2 - 7 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lemmy Krusic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tim Justice!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Valeri Chadov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Justice throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Justice looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Krusic closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Krusic tries for a kimura but Justice is defending well.
Krusic has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Krusic fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Krusic has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Krusic tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Krusic lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krusic landing strikes, looking to finish!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Krusic working Justice over with strikes here.
Krusic lands with some strikes.
Krusic postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Justice looks a forlorn figure.
Krusic punishing his opponent with strikes.

Krusic looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Krusic with the ground and pound from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krusic landing strikes, looking to finish!
Justice taking shots to the head.
Justice is bucking up trying to escape but Krusic cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Justice is rocked!
Krusic in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Justice is still in real trouble! Can Krusic finish him?
Krusic connects with a bit shot that sees Justice covering up! More strikes from Krusic and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Krusic is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lemmy Krusic!
During a confident post fight interview, Lemmy Krusic thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.