PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Poncjusz Zabawka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Poncjusz Zabawka has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Zabawka
vs
Parker

163 cm
21
138 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

168 cm
20
150 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Poncjusz Zabawka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Peter Parker!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yuuki Gou and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zabawka tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Parker swivels and escapes.
Parker misses with a hook. Zabawka ducked under it nicely.
Parker takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Zabawka throws a half hearted mid kick.
Parker lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Zabawka at a distance.
Zabawka throws a leg kick but Parker checks it.
Parker moves out of range of the leg kick from Zabawka.
Zabawka throws a leg kick but Parker sees it coming and moves out of range.
Zabawka bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Zabawka looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parker thows a body shot but no joy.
Zabawka is looking to land body kicks.

Parker gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Zabawka to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Parker working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Zabawka.
Zabawka working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Parker tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Zabawka throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zabawka working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zabawka wants to pass the guard but Parker is keeping the position.
Zabawka is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Zabawka's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Zabawka throwing strikes but missing.
Zabawka trying to control but Parker is working from the bottom.
Parker working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Zabawka.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zabawka scoring with some ground and pound.
Zabawka looking to sit in guard and control but Parker gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zabawka is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Zabawka lands a nice short elbow.
Zabawka thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Zabawka winds up and cracks Parker with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Zabawka wants to control but Parker is keeping him busy.
Zabawka missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Zabawka looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Parker with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Zabawka sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Parker defending well though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zabawka throwing shots but Parker is blocking nicely.
Zabawka throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zabawka landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Zabawka wants to lay and pray for a moment but Parker keeps working.
Zabawka throwing shots but Parker is blocking nicely.
Parker works his way to full guard. Good work.
Parker keeping moving, preventing Zabawka from controlling successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zabawka's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Zabawka throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Parker works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Poncjusz Zabawka dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Zabawka dives in and scores a takedown into Parker's guard.
Parker trying to control the position.
Zabawka throws a strike but Parker rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Poncjusz Zabawka overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Zabawka had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Parker defends it easily.
Zabawka thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Zabawka trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zabawka looking to hit a scissor sweep but Parker is one step ahead there.

Zabawka is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Parker is aware though and is defending well.
Parker must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Zabawka looking to control.
Zabawka will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

Zabawka is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Parker defends well.
Zabawka controls Parker momentarily but Parker frees himself.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parker is looking to stand up but Zabawka won't let him.
Zabawka is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zabawka takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Parker keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Zabawka thows a huge punch but Parker dodges it nicely.
Zabawka throws a strike but Parker avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Zabawka scoring with punches to the head and body.
Zabawka trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zabawka loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Zabawka here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Zabawka throwing strikes but missing.
Zabawka stands up over Parker, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Zabawka with a flurry of punches that miss.
Zabawka landing with the ground and pound.
Zabawka trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Zabawka wants to control from the top but Parker keeps moving.
Zabawka lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zabawka loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Zabawka trying to control the position from guard on top but Parker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Zabawka throwing strikes but missing.
Zabawka controls from within his opponent's guard.
Zabawka postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zabawka throwing strikes but missing.
Parker has momentary wrist control but Zabawka slips an elbow through the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Poncjusz Zabawka dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Zabawka connects with a solid leg kick.
Parker throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zabawka sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Parker scores with the left hand. Zabawka knows he should have avoided that one.
Parker lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Zabawka closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Parker quickly recovers to half guard.
Parker avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Zabawka.
Zabawka not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nice strikes from Zabawka there.
Zabawka not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Parker is refusing to be controlled, as Zabawka sits in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zabawka wants to pass to mount but Parker is defending the position.
Zabawka passes to side control.
Zabawka advances nicely into full mount.
Zabawka postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Parker looks a forlorn figure.
Zabawka lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Parker is rocked!
Parker really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Zabawka. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Zabawka unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Parker wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Zabawka celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Poncjusz Zabawka!