PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Boket Maht (ranked 7749 p4p, 430 weight class) and Billy Krimson (ranked 6025 p4p, 371 weight class). Krimson has chosen Landser - 88 Rock N´Roll Band as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Maht
vs
Krimson

170 cm
25
143 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

176 cm
25
142 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Boket Maht!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Billy Krimson!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Santiago Holmes and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krimson scores with a jab to the body.
Krimson works the jab nicely.
Krimson lands with a straight right. Maht didn't see that one coming.
Maht fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Krimson manages to avoid it.
Krimson tries to clinch up.
Krimson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Maht.
Maht walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Good shot there by Krimson.
Maht has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Maht there as he acknowledges the shot.
Maht throws a right hand that misses

and Krimson moves into the clinch.
Maht lands with a light punch inside.
Maht's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maht blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Maht working aggressively here.

Maht breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Maht lands a jab to the nose.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maht ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Krimson moves away.

Maht rushes Krimson and presses him up against the cage.
Krimson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Krimson misses with a body punch.
Krimson struggles to land a body shot inside as Maht controls his hands.
Krimson is trying to push Maht away but Maht has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Maht breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Maht swings widly with a right hand
and Krimson counters with a left to the body.
Krimson blocks a jab.
Krimson tries to clinch but Maht is having none of it.
Maht tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Krimson was well out of range. Poor timing from Maht.
Krimson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Maht takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Maht tries to clinch up.
Maht throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Krimson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Krimson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krimson throws a shot to the body.
Maht misses with a two punch combination.
A combination from Maht does no damage.
Maht tries to clinch but Krimson moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maht on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Krimson swats away the attempt to clinch by Maht.
Maht is looking to clinch.
Krimson slips a straight right by Maht.
Maht moves forwards but Krimson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Krimson lands a nice looking body shot.
Maht throws a good cross that connects.
Krimson tries to bum rush Maht with a series of wild strikes but Maht uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Krimson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Maht lands with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Maht misses.
Maht throws a hook but Krimson blocks it.
Krimson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Maht misses the shot to the body.
Maht lands the left hand.
Krimson lands a jab-cross combination.
Krimson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maht moves away.
Maht cracks Krimson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A looping hook to the body misses from Maht. Krimson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Maht wants to clinch.
Krimson throws a counter combo.
Krimson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maht scores with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maht takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Good shot there by Maht.
Krimson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Maht ducks right into an uppercut from Krimson.
Krimson misses with a wild combination.
Krimson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Maht had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Krimson misses with a series of wild punches.
Maht throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Krimson counters with a right hand to the body.
Maht doesn't manage to clinch there - Krimson circles away.

Maht moves into the clinch successfully.
Maht's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Krimson misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Krimson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Maht misses with a left hand
and Krimson counters with a straight right hand.
Krimson misses with an uppercut.
Nice straight punches there by Krimson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Krimson.
Krimson misses the shot to the body.
Billy Krimson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Maht just misses with a punch to the body.
Boket Maht seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Maht takes the fight into the clinch.
Krimson struggles to land a body shot inside as Maht controls his hands.
Maht lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short left from Krimson.

Maht's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maht throws a lazy uppercut
and Krimson counters with a nice body shot.
Maht throws a hook to the side of Krimson's head but Krimson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Maht darts in trying to clinch
and Krimson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maht walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Krimson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Maht.
Maht tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Krimson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Krimson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Maht's head backwards.
Krimson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maht moves away.
Maht tries to clinch up.

Maht fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Krimson, pushing him back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Maht.
Maht digs a right hand into Krimson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Krimson's gas tank.

Krimson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Krimson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Maht.
Maht tries to clinch but Krimson is having none of it.
Maht gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Maht takes a swing at Krimson's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maht uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Krimson has time to react.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Maht moves into range and clinches up with Krimson.
Maht lands a body punch.

Krimson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Maht fails in his attempt to clinch.
Krimson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Maht misses with a wild body shot.
Maht tries to close the distance and clinch up but Krimson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Krimson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice cross by Krimson.
Maht takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A shot to the body from Maht misses
and Krimson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Maht tries to clinch there but Krimson circles away.
Krimson looks to score with a jab to the body but Maht is just out of range.

Krimson instigates a clinch.
Krimson being controlled against the cage.
Krimson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maht misses with a punch on the inside.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Maht blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Maht misses with some punches.
Maht slows down the pace here.
Maht misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maht gets through Krimson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Krimson.
Krimson can't find room to land a body shot as Maht controls the action.
Maht scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Krimson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maht blocks an uppercut.
Maht goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krimson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Maht lands a body punch in the clinch.
Krimson struggles to land a body shot inside as Maht controls his hands.
Krimson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Maht wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Krimson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maht's elbow.
Krimson lands with a light punch inside.
Maht misses with some punches.
Maht doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Krimson.
Maht can't break the clinch.
Maht doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
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!
Krimson swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Maht escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Krimson staying out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Krimson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Maht has managed to clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Krimson as Maht tries to tie him up.
Krimson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A body shot lands from Krimson.
A bit of stalling here from Maht.
Krimson misses with a punch on the inside.
Maht lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Maht wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Krimson breaks from the clinch.
Krimson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Krimson keeps the fight on the outside.
Maht tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Krimson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Krimson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krimson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Krimson throws a series of punches but Maht moves out of range.
Maht moves away from the strike by Krimson.
Krimson slips under a jab from Maht.
Krimson moves out of range of the strikes.
Maht takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Maht misses with an uppercut. Krimson saw that one coming.
Despite the aggression on Krimson's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Maht misses with a wild combination.
Krimson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Maht darts in trying to clinch
letting Krimson counter with a right hand.
Maht is looking to clinch.
Boket Maht has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maht uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Krimson.
Sloppy strikes from Krimson. Those never looked like landing.
Krimson scores with a jab.
Maht tries to clinch up.
Krimson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Maht.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krimson looks to score with a jab to the body but Maht is just out of range.
Maht just misses with a punch to the body.
Krimson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Maht looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Krimson tests Maht's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd cheers as Maht lands an impressive looking overhand right. Krimson doesn't seem phased though.
Krimson avoids the body shot from Maht.
Krimson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Maht throws a body punch but Krimson moves out of range.

Maht has taken the fight to the clinch.
Billy Krimson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Well,Maht is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maht manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Maht wants to break free but Krimson has control.
Krimson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Krimson cracks Maht with a nice body shot.
Maht scores with a shot to the side of Krimson's head.
Maht struggles to land a body shot inside as Krimson controls his hands.
Maht wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Maht breaks from the clinch.
Krimson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maht moves away.
Maht throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Krimson counters with a one-two to the body.
Maht lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Krimson backs up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maht misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Krimson.
Maht misses with a body shot.
Maht wants to clinch but Krimson slips to the side
and Krimson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maht tries to clinch but Krimson moves out of range.
Maht takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Maht misses with a body shot
letting Krimson counter with a right hand.
Maht misses with a body punch
and Krimson counters with a straight right hand.
Krimson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A punch combination from Maht misses.
Jab from Krimson.
Krimson scores with a nice strike.
Krimson punishes Maht's body with a nice straight punch.
Maht throws a jab but it's blocked by Krimson.
Krimson keeps the fight on the outside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Billy Krimson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Krimson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight for Billy Krimson!
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight for Billy Krimson!
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Billy Krimson!

Billy Krimson wins by unanimous decision!
Billy Krimson 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.