PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Theo Evelein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maciej Igielski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Igielski comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Three Days Grace - The Good Life kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Maciej Igielski looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Evelein
vs
Igielski

184 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

186 cm
23
168 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Theo Evelein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Maciej Igielski!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evelein looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Igielski is fending him off so far but Evelein persists. Nope, Igielski circles away and we're back to standing.
Igielski looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Evelein doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Igielski counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Evelein!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Igielski throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Evelein is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Evelein is working to get back to half guard.
Evelein tries to hold on but Igielski pushes him away.
Evelein working to try and regain half guard.
Evelein is working hard here to advance position.
Igielski looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Igielski blocks Evelein's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Evelein is wriggling around trying to escape.
Igielski really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Evelein. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evelein tries to hold on but Igielski pushes him away.
Igielski can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Evelein is looking to escape.
Evelein tries to reverse the position but Igielski maintains control.
Igielski pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Evelein throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Evelein wants to control but Igielski is having none of it.
Evelein is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Igielski is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Evelein is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Evelein regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Igielski.
Evelein is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Evelein wants to control but Igielski is keeping busy.

Evelein actively working from the bottom here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Evelein has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Igielski. Oh but Evelein has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Igielski goes limp - he's gone! Evelein jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Theo Evelein!
Theo Evelein decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.