PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Jorehan Krakenbreaker (ranked 2576 p4p, 251 weight class) and Gray Cuida (ranked 16878 p4p, 491 weight class). Krakenbreaker kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Wolves Against The World. Jorehan Krakenbreaker has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Krakenbreaker
vs
Cuida

188 cm
26
155 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

170 cm
33
144 lbs
11 - 21 - 1

World class boxer
Cardio machine

World class MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jorehan Krakenbreaker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gray Cuida!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cuida's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Krakenbreaker connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cuida scrambles back to his feet.

Krakenbreaker closes the distance and pushes Cuida back into the ropes.
A nice right hand lands inside from Krakenbreaker.
Krakenbreaker misses with a punch on the inside.
Cuida tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Krakenbreaker pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Krakenbreaker throws a punch but it's blocked by Cuida.
Krakenbreaker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Krakenbreaker gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Krakenbreaker lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Krakenbreaker fails to land.
Krakenbreaker avoiding damage as Cuida throws knees to the body.
Cuida wants to stall.
Cuida is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Krakenbreaker is keeping busy.
Krakenbreaker swings wildly with an uppercut but Cuida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Krakenbreaker throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuida is trying to stall.
I was talking to Krakenbreaker's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Cuida looking to throw knees to the head but Krakenbreaker is blocking nicely.
Krakenbreaker throws an elbow that misses.
Cuida tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Krakenbreaker.
Krakenbreaker lands a hook to the side of the head.

Cuida is rocked!
Cuida blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cuida is still on wobbly legs! Can Krakenbreaker finish him?
Cuida blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Krakenbreaker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Krakenbreaker misses with an elbow strike.
Krakenbreaker working aggressively here.
Cuida blocking some punches.
Cuida blocks the elbow strike.
Krakenbreaker has a couple of punches blocked by Cuida.
Cuida blocks an uppercut.
Krakenbreaker misses with the head strike.
Cuida misses with a knee strike.
Cuida blocking some punches.
Krakenbreaker throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Krakenbreaker creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Krakenbreaker pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Cuida dodges an elbow strike from Krakenbreaker.
Cuida seems to have recovered his senses.
Krakenbreaker misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Krakenbreaker fails to land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Krakenbreaker dodges an elbow strike from Cuida.
Cuida misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krakenbreaker lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cuida backwards.
Cuida will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Krakenbreaker up against the ropes.
Cuida with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cuida trying to land knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Krakenbreaker.
Krakenbreaker managing to block the knees to the body from Cuida.
A head punch on the inside from Krakenbreaker fails to land.
Krakenbreaker lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Krakenbreaker lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Krakenbreaker breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Cuida with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Cuida looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Cuida get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Jorehan Krakenbreaker!
Our winner, Jorehan Krakenbreaker, 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.
Gray Cuida spoke after the fight, saying 'This is why I run...'.