PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kari Krossi (ranked 1525 p4p, 237 weight class) and Guido Gloom (ranked 1664 p4p, 258 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Krossi might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Blümchen - Ich bin wieder hier. Guido Gloom has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Krossi
vs
Gloom

191 cm
29
215 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

192 cm
35
222 lbs
28 - 21 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kari Krossi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 21 - 0, fighting out of London, Guido Gloom!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gloom dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Krossi. That did some damage!
Gloom misses with a leg kick
and Krossi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Krossi misses with a body punch
and Gloom counters with an outside leg kick.
Gloom pushes Krossi away with a front kick.
Krossi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Gloom connects with a vicious head kick that knocks Krossi to the floor! Gloom dives in looking for the finish!

It looks like Kari Krossi has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Gloom is working for an americana but Krossi has been sneaky and has managed to get back to half guard, whilst Gloom was thinking about the submission.
Krossi can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Gloom controls the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gloom passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Gloom misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Krossi parries the strikes from Gloom easily there. Gloom is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Krossi to escape.
Gloom trying to control the position but Krossi is working away.
Krossi is looking for a sweep.

Gloom is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Krossi is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Krossi struggling a bit here.
Gloom has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Krossi parries the strikes from Gloom easily there. Gloom is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Krossi to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gloom trying to control the position but Krossi is working away.

Gloom wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Krossi, who protects the arm well.

Gloom working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Gloom has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Jed's Gym. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Gloom working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gloom looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Krossi is avoiding damage well.
Krossi tries to bench press Gloom off him but Gloom keeps the position.
Krossi is being controlled here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Gloom wants to control but Krossi is keeping him busy.
The ground and pound from Gloom seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Krossi tries to improve position but can't.

Gloom working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Krossi seems a little lost for a moment, as Gloom dominates the positioning.

Gloom tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Gloom crashes against the mat.

Gloom tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Gloom trying to control the action but Krossi is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Gloom thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Guido Gloom dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kari Krossi's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gloom fails with an attempt to clinch.
Krossi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gloom is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Gloom lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gloom with a lazy takedown attempt
and Krossi counters with a nice uppercut.
Gloom throws a poor cross that misses
and Krossi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Gloom takes the fight into the clinch.
Krossi stops a takedown attempt from Gloom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gloom fails to pull guard.
Kari Krossi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Guido Gloom.
Gloom lands with a light punch inside.
Gloom fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gloom blocking some punches.
Gloom tries to work over Krossi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Krossi misses with some punches.

Krossi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Krossi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gloom moves away.
Gloom drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Krossi defends it well.
Gloom tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Krossi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gloom.
Gloom throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Krossi.
Gloom is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gloom walks into a straight right hand from Krossi.
Krossi scores with a body shot.
Gloom is looking to clinch.
Guido Gloom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gloom keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gloom has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Krossi gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Gloom gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Guido Gloom!
Guido Gloom thanked the fans post fight for their support.