PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Maniek Krol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roni Sabian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maniek Krol looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Krol
vs
Sabian

185 cm
19
132 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

170 cm
19
140 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Maniek Krol!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Roni Sabian!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sabian throws a right hand that misses

and Krol moves into the clinch.
Krol looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Sabian pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sabian scores with a jab.
Krol shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sabian pinned against the cage. Sabian gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sabian has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Krol tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sabian manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Sabian misses.
As Sabian looks to move away, Krol throws a big counter combo bu Sabian just gets out of the way.
Krol ducks right into an uppercut from Sabian.
Sabian throws a jab but it's blocked by Krol.
Sabian lands a lovely overhand right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sabian throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Krol on the side of the head.
Krol walks into a jab.
Sabian misses with a straight right.
Krol seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
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.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sabian lands a head shot.

Krol is rocked!
Sabian swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Krol.
Oh Krol is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabian lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Krol head around and knocks him out cold! Sabian hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Roni Sabian!