PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zygmunt Krol (ranked 2075 p4p, 2206 weight class) and Meltdown Miettinen (ranked 284 p4p, 294 weight class). Krol comes into the arena with Hammer Smashed Face Live blaring out of the sound system. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Krol
vs
Miettinen

190 cm
27
265
8 - 10 - 0

191 cm
28
235
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

FF Gear
Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zygmunt Krol!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Meltdown Miettinen!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Donatello Bradman and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miettinen moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

It looks like Meltdown Miettinen has been cut.

Krol tries to keep at a distance but Miettinen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Krol presses Miettinen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Krol swings wildly with an uppercut but Miettinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Krol misses with a punch on the inside.
Krol presses Miettinen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Krol creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Miettinen.
Krol misses with the head strike.
Krol misses with the head strike.
I was talking to Krol's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Krol lands a body punch.
Miettinen looks winded!
Krol misses with a punch to the body.
Krol lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Krol working aggressively here.
Krol lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Krol.
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!
Krol digs a right hand into Miettinen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Miettinen's gas tank.

Krol escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Krol throws a sloppy head kick
and Miettinen counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Krol. Beautiful body shot.
Miettinen ducks right into an uppercut from Krol.
Krol scores with the left hand. Miettinen knows he should have avoided that one.

That has opened up Meltdown Miettinen's cut even more.
Krol misses with a wild body shot.
A nice side step and Miettinen releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Krol throws a lazy head kick

and Miettinen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Miettinen.

Krol escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Miettinen with a nice calf kick.
Miettinen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krol tries a head kick but it misses.
Whack! Krol lands a heavy head kick that drops Miettinen. The ref tackles Krol to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Miettinen was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Zygmunt Krol!
During a confident post fight interview, Zygmunt Krol thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.