PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Inglourious Basterd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Waclaw Zbichowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zbichowski has chosen Na Szczycie as his entrance music. Waclaw Zbichowski has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Basterd
vs
Zbichowski

195 cm
19
275 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

220 cm
22
291 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Inglourious Basterd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Waclaw Zbichowski!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Damien Edna and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zbichowski fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Basterd avoids it really well and circles away.
Zbichowski throws a series of punches but Basterd avoids them all with ease.
Basterd misses with a wild body shot.

Basterd gets a takedown into half guard.
Zbichowski keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Zbichowski tries to get to full guard but Basterd has control of the leg.
Zbichowski gets full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Basterd got a little sloppy there for a moment and Zbichowski has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Basterd has managed to get both his arms back between Zbichowski's legs - danger averted.
Zbichowski keeping moving, preventing Basterd from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zbichowski preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Basterd lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Basterd stopping the sweep attempt from Zbichowski.
Basterd throwing strikes from guard but Zbichowski blocks nicely.
Zbichowski working a defensive guard here.
Basterd pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Zbichowski is keeping the position for now.
Zbichowski is trying to control the position but Basterd postures up.

Zbichowski is working an open guard so Basterd takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Zbichowski looks gassed!

Basterd moves into the clinch successfully.

Basterd tightens his grip and picks Zbichowski up, before dumping him to the ground. Zbichowski manages to land in guard.

Zbichowski is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Basterd is aware though and is defending well.

Basterd drops back looking for a leg! Zbichowski is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Zbichowski manages to kick Basterd off! Basterd jumps back into Zbichowski's guard.
Basterd landing some decent shots from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Basterd throwing strikes from guard but Zbichowski blocks nicely.
Basterd landing some decent shots from guard.
Basterd landing some decent shots from guard.
Basterd pushes down on Zbichowski's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Basterd working the head and body with strikes.
Basterd seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Basterd lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Basterd looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Zbichowski with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zbichowski is trying to get back to full guard.
Basterd lands strikes from half guard.
Basterd is nestled in close to Zbichowski, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Basterd drops an elbow to the side of Zbichowski's head.
Basterd lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Basterd landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Basterd is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Basterd drops an elbow to the side of Zbichowski's head.
Basterd lands with a punch from half guard.

Basterd is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Basterd is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Zbichowski sees it coming and defends easily.
Zbichowski on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zbichowski wants to improve his position but Basterd is controlling well.
Basterd working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Basterd lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Basterd lands with a punch from half guard.
Basterd takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Basterd is thwarting Zbichowski's attempts to control the position.
Zbichowski has hold of Basterd's hands but Basterd slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Basterd scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Basterd seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Basterd scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Basterd is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Basterd decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Zbichowski gets cracked there but stands up to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Inglourious Basterd dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Nice straight punches there by Basterd. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Basterd.

Basterd looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Basterd working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Basterd is trying to work for a kimura but Zbichowski is defending well.

Zbichowski manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Zbichowski wants to clinch up but Basterd keeps it at a distance.
Basterd throws a head kick that Zbichowski semi-blocks.
Basterd fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Zbichowski looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Basterd shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zbichowski has momentary wrist control but Basterd slips an elbow through the middle.

Zbichowski looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Basterd passes into side control.
Basterd is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zbichowski can do to turn this around?
Basterd scoring with punches and elbows.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zbichowski takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zbichowski is trying to get back to half guard.
Zbichowski takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Zbichowski tries to improve position but can't.
Basterd advances nicely into full mount.
The referee warns Zbichowski that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Basterd.
Zbichowski in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Zbichowski is trying to escape the mount.
BOOM! Basterd connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Basterd is landing with some decent strikes but Zbichowski is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Basterd cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Basterd is landing with some decent strikes but Zbichowski is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Basterd with good strikes from the mount here!
Zbichowski working to try and regain half guard.
Basterd putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Basterd scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Zbichowski?
Basterd looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Basterd dominating with strikes here.
Basterd landing strikes from the mount.
Basterd with a couple of short strikes.
Zbichowski takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Basterd with a couple of short strikes.

Zbichowski is rocked!
Basterd lands a nice shot to the head.
Zbichowski is still in real trouble! Can Basterd finish him?
Basterd has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Basterd tries to control but Zbichowski wriggling away.
Basterd working Zbichowski over with strikes here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Basterd is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Zbichowski can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Basterd is landing with some decent strikes but Zbichowski is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Basterd has hold of Zbichowski's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Zbichowski manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Zbichowski seems to have recovered his senses.
Basterd with the ground and pound from mount.

Basterd wants to finish this one by submission but Zbichowski is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Basterd.
Zbichowski is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Zbichowski squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Basterd takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Basterd landing strikes from the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zbichowski tries to hold on but Basterd pushes him away.
The referee warns Zbichowski that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Basterd lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Basterd tries to control but Zbichowski wriggling away.
Basterd pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Basterd landing strikes from the mount and Zbichowski is in trouble!
Basterd is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Basterd lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Basterd breaks from Zbichowski's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zbichowski is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Basterd is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Zbichowski can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Basterd cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Zbichowski is wriggling around trying to escape.
Basterd working Zbichowski over with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Inglourious Basterd dominated that second round.
That's time! Basterd's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Basterd drives through with a takedown into guard.
Zbichowski 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.
Basterd tries to free his leg and advance position but Zbichowski is retaining full guard.
Basterd slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Basterd lands some shots froms side control.
Basterd lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Basterd trying to control the position but Zbichowski is working away.
Basterd lands some shots froms side control.

Basterd is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Zbichowski is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Basterd tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Basterd has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zbichowski manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Basterd working the head and body with strikes.
Basterd is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Basterd dominating with strikes here.
Zbichowski in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Basterd wants to control the pace but Zbichowski is squirming around nicely.
Basterd working away from the top, dropping strikes.
A nice elbow there by Basterd.
Basterd fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Basterd has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Zbichowski's face.
Zbichowski tries to hold on but Basterd postures up.
Zbichowski in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Zbichowski is bucking up trying to escape but Basterd cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Basterd connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Basterd cracks Zbichowski with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Basterd dominating with strikes here.
Zbichowski tries to reverse the position but Basterd maintains control.
Basterd raining down shots from the mount!
Basterd working Zbichowski over with strikes here.
Zbichowski is working to get back to half guard.
Basterd punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zbichowski tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Basterd working the ground and pound effectively.
Basterd landing strikes from the mount.
Basterd scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Zbichowski is working to get back to half guard.
Zbichowski tries to lock up and control but Basterd gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Inglourious Basterd is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Basterd looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Basterd cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Basterd in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Basterd won't let Zbichowski get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Basterd unloading with bombs!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Basterd takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Inglourious Basterd overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Basterd cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Zbichowski tries to reverse the position but Basterd maintains control.

Basterd with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Basterd putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Basterd working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Basterd takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Zbichowski is in all sorts of trouble here.
Waclaw Zbichowski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Basterd controlling his opponent.

Zbichowski defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Basterd.

And that's the end of the fight!
Inglourious Basterd showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Basterd has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:24
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:24
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Inglourious Basterd!