PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Armand Krajnc Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Dias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Krajnc Jr
vs
Dias

193 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
23
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Armand Krajnc Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lucas Dias!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Krajnc Jr forces Dias back against the cage and clinches.
A body shot lands from Krajnc Jr.

Krajnc Jr manages to break the clinch.
Dias tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Krajnc Jr paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Krajnc Jr shoots in and drives through. Dias sprawls well.
Krajnc Jr moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Dias moves in looking to clinch but Krajnc Jr pushes him off.

Krajnc Jr gets a clinch.

Krajnc Jr manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Krajnc Jr is wriggling around but Dias manages to pass to half guard.
Krajnc Jr is trying to control but Dias passes into side control!
You can see the frustration on Krajnc Jr's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Krajnc Jr controls the position for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Krajnc Jr manages to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Krajnc Jr makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Nice takedown defense from Krajnc Jr. No joy for Dias on that attempt.
Krajnc Jr swats away the attempt to clinch by Dias.
Dias tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Krajnc Jr swivels and escapes.
Dias slips a jab and a cross from Krajnc Jr.

Krajnc Jr has taken the fight to the clinch.

Krajnc Jr manages to pull guard.
Dias trying to control the position from guard on top but Krajnc Jr is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Krajnc Jr throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Krajnc Jr knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dias on the ground.
Dias cracks Krajnc Jr with a solid left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dias landing some decent shots from guard.
Krajnc Jr thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Dias trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dias throws a big right hand that misses.

Dias avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dias is looking to work some ground and pound but Krajnc Jr has wrist control.
Dias slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Krajnc Jr.
Dias has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dias thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Krajnc Jr's head.
Krajnc Jr is trying to stand up here but Dias is controlling him well.
Dias is trying to control. Krajnc Jr wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krajnc Jr misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Krajnc Jr punching from the bottom.
Krajnc Jr trying to get back to full guard but Dias takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Krajnc Jr is breathing heavily.
Dias punching from mount but Krajnc Jr doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Krajnc Jr tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Krajnc Jr has given up his back, trying to stand up. Not clever.

Dias is working for a rear naked choke. Krajnc Jr is not defending it well and Dias has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Krajnc Jr refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Krajnc Jr's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Lucas Dias!