PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adam Orel (ranked 1934 p4p, 3207 weight class) and Anders Kristiansen (ranked 254 p4p, 408 weight class). Anders Kristiansen has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Orel
vs
Kristiansen

195 cm
21
205
6 - 3 - 0

190 cm
22
209
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Brooklyn Apothecary
Brooklyn Threads

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Adam Orel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anders Kristiansen!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Jorge Garcia and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orel throws a right hand that misses
and Kristiansen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Orel takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Orel scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Orel definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Orel throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kristiansen counters with a left to the body.
Kristiansen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Orel.
Kristiansen throws out a counter right but Orel avoids it with no problem.
Kristiansen slips under a jab from Orel.
Some bone on bone action there as Orel checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Orel misses with a looping left.
Kristiansen wants to clinch up but Orel keeps it at a distance.
Kristiansen tries to close the distance and clinch but Orel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Orel throws out a loose jab but Kristiansen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kristiansen throws a counter combo.
Orel lands with a nice combination. Kristiansen backs away looking to recover.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kristiansen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
No joy there for Orel, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Orel misses with an uppercut. Kristiansen saw that one coming.
Kristiansen flicks out a counter leg kick but Orel steps away.
Orel throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kristiansen tries to counter by closing the distance.
Kristiansen cracks a nice hook into Orel's ribs.
No joy there for Orel, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Orel misses with a looping right.
Orel swings widly with a right hand
and Kristiansen counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Orel finds it's way through Kristiansen's defenses.
Kristiansen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Orel.
Kristiansen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kristiansen shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Orel pinned against the cage. Orel gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Adam Orel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Orel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kristiansen tries to close the distance and clinch but Orel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kristiansen throws a leg kick but Orel sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kristiansen moves away from the strike by Orel.
Kristiansen wants to counter the offense by Orel and move into the clinch position.
Kristiansen tries to clinch but Orel is having none of it.
Orel misses with a wild body shot.
Kristiansen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Orel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kristiansen misses with a leg kick.
A right-left combo lands from Orel.
Kristiansen tries to clinch but Orel is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kristiansen closes the distance and clinches up with Orel, looking for a takedown. Kristiansen pushes Orel against the cage but Orel circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Kristiansen tries to clinch up.
Orel throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kristiansen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Orel checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Orel scores with a jab to the body.
Orel thuds his right hand into Kristiansen's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Orel looks to throw the jab but Kristiansen is out of range.
Kristiansen looks for a takedown but Orel sprawls well.
Adam Orel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anders Kristiansen.

Oh, that's a big right hand from Orel and Kristiansen goes tumbling to the canvas! Orel follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.

Kristiansen is rocked!
Orel perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Kristiansen is still in real trouble! Can Orel finish him?
Kristiansen is trying to stand back up but Orel is controlling him

Orel is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Kristiansen is defending against the submission attempts here by Orel.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Kristiansen seems to have recovered his senses.
Orel moves nicely into side control.
Orel wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kristiansen keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kristiansen tries to buck Orel off but Orel is having none of it.
Orel trying to control the action but Kristiansen is working from the bottom.
Orel in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Orel trying to control the action but Kristiansen is working from the bottom.
Orel slows the pace down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Orel looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Kristiansen is looking to regain half guard here but Orel keeps moving and retains side control.
Orel moves into full mount!

Orel is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Kristiansen is surviving well by controlling Orel's body position as best he can.
Orel controlling his opponent.
Kristiansen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Orel. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kristiansen is bucking up trying to escape but Orel cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Orel trying to control but Kristiansen is having none of it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Orel dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Orel throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kristiansen.
Kristiansen staying out of range there.
Orel lands with a nice combination. Kristiansen backs away looking to recover.
Kristiansen lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Orel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Orel misses with a looping left.
Orel misses with a straight right.
Kristiansen was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Orel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Orel misses with the combination.
Kristiansen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Orel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kristiansen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Orel misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kristiansen wants to counter with a clinch but Orel pushes him away.
Orel missing with a left hand there. Kristiansen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kristiansen tries to counter by closing the distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kristiansen slips under a jab from Orel.
Orel stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Orel wants it to stay on the feet.
Some wild striking there from Orel.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kristiansen dives in for a single leg takedown but Orel sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
A quick step to the side and Orel tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Adam Orel is winning the standup battle so far.
Orel misses with a wild combination.
A slow jab from Orel misses its intended target.
Orel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kristiansen connects with the punch.
Orel throws a combination. Kristiansen tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Kristiansen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Adam Orel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kristiansen moves out of range of the strikes.
Orel misses with a hook. Kristiansen ducked under it nicely.
Orel lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kristiansen backs up against the cage.

Kristiansen drops Orel with a beautiful combination! Orel stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Kristiansen is looking for the KO!
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!
Orel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kristiansen misses with a head kick.
Kristiansen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Orel is out of range and Kristiansen settles back down.
Kristiansen wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kristiansen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Orel is out of range and Kristiansen settles back down.
Kristiansen fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Adam Orel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anders Kristiansen.
Orel swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Orel is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Kristiansen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Adam Orel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kristiansen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kristiansen is looking to clinch but Orel is avoiding it.
Orel throws a right hand that Kristiansen ducks under and follows up with a left that Kristiansen also avoids with ease.
Kristiansen shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Orel pinned against the cage. Orel gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Orel ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kristiansen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Orel falls off balance throwing a combination
and Orel takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orel takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kristiansen fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Orel avoids it really well and circles away.
Orel lands with a hook. Kristiansen tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Orel lands with an overhand left.
Kristiansen throws a series of punches but Orel moves out of range.
Orel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kristiansen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Orel sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Kristiansen is breathing heavily.
Kristiansen lands with a nice body punch.
Kristiansen seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Orel shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! Kristiansen is backing up but Orel catches him with a final right hook that drops him! Kristiansen covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Orel Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adam Orel!