PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mariusz Pirzmak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Derman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Mark Derman was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Pirzmak
vs
Derman

195 cm
24
220 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
21
236 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mariusz Pirzmak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mark Derman!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pirzmak fails with an attempt to clinch.
Derman misses with a takedown attempt

and Pirzmak moves into the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Pirzmak tightens his grip and picks Derman up, before dumping him to the ground. Derman manages to land in guard.
Pirzmak throws and elbow that misses. Derman uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Pirzmak's guard. Nice move by Derman!
Pirzmak working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Derman.
Pirzmak pulls Derman in close to prevent any damage.
Derman postures up in Pirzmak's guard and throws a big left but Pirzmak blocks it.
Derman pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pirzmak is keeping the position for now.
Pirzmak 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.
Pirzmak looking to hit a scissor sweep but Derman is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Derman accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Derman throwing strikes but missing.
Pirzmak is controlling Derman's posture.
Pirzmak lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Derman!
Derman is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Pirzmak landing strikes, looking to finish!
Pirzmak lands a big elbow.
Pirzmak working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Pirzmak tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Pirzmak is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Pirzmak sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Pirzmak with shots to the head and body - Derman looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pirzmak in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Pirzmak punishing his opponent with strikes.
Pirzmak working the ground and pound effectively.
Pirzmak lands with some strikes.
Pirzmak can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Derman is looking to escape.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Pirzmak cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Derman looks gassed!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pirzmak working the ground and pound effectively.
Pirzmak landing strikes from the mount and Derman is in trouble!
Pirzmak lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Derman hang on?
Derman in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Pirzmak lands with some strikes.
Pirzmak with shots to the head and body - Derman looks very uncomfortable down there.

Derman is rocked!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pirzmak unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Derman wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Pirzmak celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mariusz Pirzmak!