PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fin Shark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomasz Mielcuch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shark's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Dan Sebenarnya. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Shark
vs
Mielcuch

180 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
183 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Likes ground

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fin Shark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tomasz Mielcuch!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Alexandre Firmino and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mielcuch swings for the body but Shark moves out of range.
Mielcuch looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Shark shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Shark is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Shark trying to control the action but Mielcuch is working from the bottom.

Shark gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Mielcuch pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shark changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mielcuch tries to avoid it but Shark manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mielcuch to the ground. Mielcuch escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Horrible takedown by Shark or perhaps it was just good defense by Mielcuch which made him look bad.
Mielcuch swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shark is looking to chop away at Mielcuch's legs.
Shark throws a chopping leg kick but Mielcuch manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

Shark shoots in and bounces Mielcuch off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Shark stops Mielcuch from standing up.
Shark tries to free his leg and advance position but Mielcuch is retaining full guard.
Shark wants to control from the top but Mielcuch keeps moving.
Shark controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Shark trying to control the position from guard on top but Mielcuch is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Shark is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Mielcuch is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mielcuch wants to sweep here but Shark controlling him for the moment.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Shark fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fin Shark. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Shark closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Mielcuch to the mat! Mielcuch manages to get full guard.
Mielcuch not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Mielcuch is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Mielcuch looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shark trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Shark gets to his feet. Mielcuch looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Shark looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Mielcuch!
Shark sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Mielcuch is trying to escape the mount but Shark keeps good control and instead manages to take Mielcuch's back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shark scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Shark controlling the position well here. Mielcuch rolled but Shark kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Mielcuch trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.

Shark has the hooks in and he's looking for a rear naked choke here. Mielcuch is defending well but eventually Shark manages to get an arm under the chin and he's locked on the RNC! Mielcuch has no choice but to tap now! He does! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Fin Shark!