PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Maciejewski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Livingston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maciejewski comes to the cage accompanied by The Strokes - Hard To Explain. Livingston has chosen Fort Minor - Remember The Name as his entrance music. Joe Livingston is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Maciejewski
vs
Livingston

175 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

177 cm
19
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kyle Maciejewski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Joe Livingston!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Richard Clark and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Livingston gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Maciejewski counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Livingston!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Maciejewski avoids the attempt from Livingston to control.
Livingston holds on, trying desperately to control.

Maciejewski is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Livingston to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Livingston shrugs it off.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maciejewski with good strikes from the mount here!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Maciejewski sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Maciejewski scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Livingston?

Livingston is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maciejewski working Livingston over with strikes here.
Maciejewski prevents Livingston from getting the reversal.
Maciejewski is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Livingston is still in real trouble! Can Maciejewski finish him?
Maciejewski controlling from mount.
Livingston is desperately trying to improve his position but Maciejewski has a good base and remains in mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maciejewski takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Livingston seems to have recovered his senses.
Maciejewski unloading with bombs!
Maciejewski tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Livingston tries to hold on but Maciejewski postures up.
Maciejewski controlling the position easily from mount.
Maciejewski seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Livingston for as long as he can get away with.
Maciejewski landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maciejewski controlling from the full mount.
Maciejewski avoids the attempt from Livingston to control.
Maciejewski controlling the pace for now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maciejewski postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Livingston looks a forlorn figure.
Maciejewski lands a nice shot to the head.

Maciejewski is working for a guillotine from mount but Livingston frees his head quite easily.
Maciejewski avoids the attempt from Livingston to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Maciejewski looking to secure an arm triangle but Livingston defends it well.
Livingston wants to control but Maciejewski is having none of it.
Maciejewski lands a big elbow.
The referee warns Livingston that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Maciejewski controlling the pace for now.
Maciejewski lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Maciejewski lands with some strikes.
Livingston is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Maciejewski working Livingston over with strikes here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maciejewski lands a nice shot to the head.
Maciejewski controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Livingston is desperately trying to improve his position but Maciejewski has a good base and remains in mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Livingston is bucking up trying to escape but Maciejewski cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Maciejewski scoring with strikes but Livingston is staying in there.
Maciejewski controlling his opponent.
Maciejewski's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Maciejewski jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Livingston manages to avoid the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Maciejewski dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Livingston fails with an attempt to clinch.
Livingston fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Livingston looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Maciejewski looking to score a takedown here. Livingston is defending well but Maciejewski drives through and ends up in Livingston's guard.
Maciejewski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Livingston can do to turn this around?
Livingston keeping moving, preventing Maciejewski from controlling successfully.
Livingston keeping full guard, as Maciejewski tries to pass.
Livingston looking to control.
Maciejewski is stalling in the full guard.
Maciejewski has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Kyle Maciejewski.

Maciejewski shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Maciejewski tries to pass to full mount but Livingston defends it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maciejewski content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Livingston trying to get back to full guard but Maciejewski takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Livingston tries to lock up and control but Maciejewski gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Livingston is in all sorts of trouble here.
Livingston is breathing heavily.
Maciejewski controlling his opponent.
Maciejewski looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Livingston wants to hold on but Maciejewski pushes him away.
Maciejewski tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Maciejewski postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Livingston looks a forlorn figure.
Maciejewski controlling from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maciejewski avoids the attempt from Livingston to control.
Maciejewski sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maciejewski breaks from Livingston's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Maciejewski lands a nice shot to the head.
Livingston tries to hold on but Maciejewski postures up.
Maciejewski controlling his opponent.
Livingston is trying desperately to improve position.
Maciejewski tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Maciejewski avoids the attempt from Livingston to control.

Maciejewski moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Livingston has worked his arm free - good work by Livingston!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maciejewski controlling the position.
Livingston is trying to control Maciejewski's posture but Maciejewski avoids it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maciejewski slows the pace down.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maciejewski landing strikes.
Maciejewski scoring with punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Maciejewski dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Maciejewski shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Maciejewski wants to control from the top but Livingston keeps moving.
Livingston is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Maciejewski trying to control the position from guard on top but Livingston is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Livingston can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Maciejewski controls the pace.
Maciejewski wants to control from the top but Livingston keeps moving.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Kyle Maciejewski.
Nice sprawl there from Maciejewski as Livingston shoots in.
Livingston misses with a takedown attempt
and Livingston takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Livingston is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Maciejewski.
Livingston shoots in looking for a takedown. Maciejewski tries to sprawl out of it but Livingston keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Maciejewski manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Kyle Maciejewski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Livingston.
Livingston takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Livingston shoots and misses

and Maciejewski counters with a shoot takedown. Livingston fights it but they end up in guard.
Livingston being controlled here, momentarily.

Livingston is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Maciejewski defends well.
Maciejewski is stalling in the full guard.
Maciejewski has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kyle Maciejewski overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Kyle Maciejewski.
Livingston doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Maciejewski counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maciejewski not doing much here.
Maciejewski trying to mount his opponent but Livingston defends it.
Maciejewski looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Livingston with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Maciejewski stalling.
Maciejewski frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Livingston is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maciejewski controlling the pace for now.
BOOM! Maciejewski connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Maciejewski fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Livingston is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Maciejewski content just to control the position here.
Livingston takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Maciejewski is landing with some decent strikes but Livingston is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
BOOM! Maciejewski connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Maciejewski with good strikes from the mount here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maciejewski takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Maciejewski has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Livingston's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maciejewski takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Livingston tries to hold on but Maciejewski pushes him away.
Maciejewski controlling from the full mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

We're going to have a standup here because Kyle Maciejewski wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Maciejewski is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Livingston's half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Maciejewski clearly takes that round.
That's time! Maciejewski's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Livingston enables Maciejewski to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Livingston manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Maciejewski is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Livingston working a defensive guard but Maciejewski manages to pass into side control anyway.
Maciejewski controls the position from side control.
Livingston wants to control but Maciejewski postures up.
Livingston is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
You can see the frustration on Livingston's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Livingston is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Maciejewski is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maciejewski in side control lands a decent elbow.
Maciejewski controls the position from side control.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Livingston is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Livingston can't do much from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Livingston tries to improve position but can't.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Maciejewski throws a right and a left that Livingston avoids nicely.
Livingston misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Livingston with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Maciejewski to score with a decent uppercut.
Maciejewski misses with the combination.
Maciejewski throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Livingston colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Maciejewski as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Livingston is left battered and dazed whilst Maciejewski and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kyle Maciejewski!
Post fight, Kyle Maciejewski took to the microphone: 'I'm delighted to finally get my first MMA and especially with this org. I hope to do big things in this sport. Thank you everyone!'.