PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tomasz Bartosiński (ranked 527 p4p, 955 weight class) and Buddah Joe (ranked 28 p4p, 60 weight class). Bartosiński comes to the cage accompanied by H4J4 - Walka z cieniem. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Bartosiński
vs
Joe

195 cm
22
283
10 - 2 - 0

150 cm
24
300
12 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tomasz Bartosiński!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Buddah Joe!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Joe dodges the punch combination from Bartosiński.
Bartosiński waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Joe.
Bartosiński uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Joe has time to react.

It looks like Buddah Joe has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joe uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bartosiński.
Joe with the counter takedown but Bartosiński avoids it easily.
Bartosiński smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bartosiński throws the left hand but Joe avoids the punch easily.
Bartosiński throws a poor cross that misses

and Joe counters with a single leg into guard. Bartosiński didn't expect that.
Joe looking to pass the guard.
Bartosiński seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Bartosiński keeping moving, preventing Joe from controlling successfully.
Bartosiński is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Joe is looking to work some ground and pound but Bartosiński has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joe pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bartosiński is keeping the position for now.
Joe wants to control from the top but Bartosiński keeps moving.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Joe working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Joe trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Bartosiński instigates a clinch.
Bartosiński tries to throw a body punch but Joe avoids it by throwing Bartosiński back against the cage.
Joe tries to pull guard but Bartosiński forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Bartosiński's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bartosiński gets a clinch.

Joe ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Joe no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Joe wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Joe keeping moving, preventing Bartosiński from controlling successfully.

Joe is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bartosiński wants to stand but Joe is controlling his posture from full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bartosiński controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Joe has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Bartosiński doesn't defend quickly enough and Joe has managed to lock this one up! Can Bartosiński escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Joe on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Buddah Joe!
Buddah Joe is the new super heavyweight champion!