PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Naoise Durnin (ranked 1695 p4p, 1226 weight class) and Zygmunt Krol (ranked 224 p4p, 173 weight class). Durnin comes into the arena with I'm Shipping Up To Boston by The Dropkick Murphy's blaring out of the sound system. Krol has chosen Hammer Smashed Face Live as his entrance music. Zygmunt Krol acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Durnin
vs
Krol

197 cm
41
270
24 - 18 - 0

190 cm
28
265
10 - 10 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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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 24 - 18 - 0, fighting out of New York, Naoise Durnin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zygmunt Krol!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krol displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Durnin throws out the jab.
Durnin misses with an uppercut
and Krol counters with a straight right hand.
Durnin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A head kick misses from Krol.
Krol misses with a hook.

Durnin closes the distance and pushes Krol back into the cage.
Durnin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Krol avoiding damage as Durnin throws knees to the body.
Durnin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Krol working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Krol blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Krol has a couple of punches blocked by Durnin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durnin working aggressively here.
Durnin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Krol tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Durnin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Krol lands with a right to the head.
Krol misses with a short punch on the inside.
Durnin misses with the head strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Krol lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krol goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Krol lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Krol - that landed with a thud.
Krol lands a right hand.
Krol can't find room to land a body shot as Durnin controls the action.
Krol lands with a left to the head.
Krol swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Durnin throws a head punch that misses.
Krol scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Durnin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Krol has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Durnin seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Krol can turn it around.
Krol lands a right hand.
Durnin is breathing heavily.
Durnin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Krol.
Durnin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Krol lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krol lands with a left to the head.
Krol lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Durnin to his knees! Krol keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zygmunt Krol!
Our winner, Zygmunt Krol, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.