PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Fedor Martinsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mirko McCracken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Martinsson
vs
McCracken

200 cm
35
250 lbs
24 - 11 - 0

190 cm
27
300 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

World class boxer
Granite chin

World class boxer
Good gas tank

KO Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Fedor Martinsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mirko McCracken!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paulsen Ambrosius and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Martinsson takes the fight into the clinch.
Martinsson prevents McCracken from breaking the clinch.
Martinsson lands an uppercut.

It looks like Mirko McCracken has been cut.

Martinsson breaks the clinch.
McCracken connects with an inside leg kick.
McCracken jabs at Martinsson's body.
Martinsson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
McCracken punishes Martinsson's body with a nice straight punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McCracken throws a leg kick which misses Martinsson's front leg but catches the back leg as Martinsson tries to avoid it.
McCracken lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Martinsson blocks the body kick.
McCracken lands an overhand right.

McCracken moves into the clinch successfully.
McCracken tries to break the clinch but Martinsson is controlling the position.
Martinsson lands an elbow that stopped McCracken in his tracks for a moment.
McCracken tries to break free but Martinsson pushes him back against the ropes.
Martinsson lands with a short shot to the head.
Martinsson lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinsson misses with a knee strike.

McCracken breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

McCracken closes the distance and clinches.
Martinsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McCracken lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Martinsson backwards.
McCracken wants to break the clinch but can't.
McCracken takes an elbow to the temple.
Martinsson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
McCracken tries to break free but Martinsson pushes him back against the ropes.
Martinsson trying to land knees to the body.
McCracken tries to break free but Martinsson pushes him back against the ropes.
Martinsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Martinsson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

McCracken breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McCracken connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Martinsson's hands.
McCracken misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

McCracken clinches with his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Martinsson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch on the inside from McCracken fails to land.
With the fighters up against the ropes, McCracken throws an elbow but misses.
Martinsson prevents McCracken from breaking the clinch.
Martinsson lands a nice elbow.
Martinsson blocks an uppercut.
Martinsson lands an elbow inside that McCracken shrugs off.
Martinsson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has McCracken in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
McCracken looks winded!
Martinsson lands with a light punch inside.
McCracken misses with some punches.
McCracken takes an elbow to the forehead.

Martinsson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Martinsson tries to clinch but McCracken moves out of range.
McCracken scores with a nice right hand.
Martinsson misses with a jab, cross combination.
A big left from Martinsson misses.
McCracken connects with a leg kick. Martinsson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinsson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Martinsson slips a jab and a cross from McCracken.
Martinsson lands a right and a left and another right! McCracken goes down! Oh, he's in big, big trouble! 3,4,5,6,7,8... he's up to one knee... 9,10! He can't beat the count - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Fedor Martinsson!
Fedor Martinsson decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.