PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Laz Icarus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wojciech Sakrucki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Icarus's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Flying dutchman. Sakrucki is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Kochana Polsko. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Icarus
vs
Sakrucki

194 cm
29
221 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

191 cm
27
217 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

TWGC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

$300

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Laz Icarus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Wojciech Sakrucki!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Icarus throws a body punch but Sakrucki moves out of range.
Icarus misses with a looping right.
The crowd cheers as Icarus lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sakrucki doesn't seem phased though.
Icarus lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Icarus lands with a thumping leg kick.
Icarus chopping away at his opponent's legs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Icarus looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Sakrucki shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Icarus manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Sakrucki throws a big elbow that misses.
Sakrucki postures up and lands a big shot to Icarus's brow.
Icarus keeping full guard, as Sakrucki tries to pass.
Sakrucki trying to control the position from guard on top but Icarus is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakrucki throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Icarus works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sakrucki has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sakrucki slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Sakrucki trying to move into half guard but instead Icarus has managed to sweep!
Sakrucki avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Icarus wants to stand and escape but instead Sakrucki has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Sakrucki is working Icarus over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sakrucki is looking to work some ground and pound but Icarus has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakrucki engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Icarus looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sakrucki throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Icarus works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sakrucki stands up over Icarus, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Icarus is trying to keep Sakrucki in close.
Sakrucki trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Icarus keeping moving, preventing Sakrucki from controlling successfully.

Sakrucki has gone for a leg lock! Icarus slips out almost immediately though and dives into Sakrucki's guard.

Sakrucki looking for a guillotine here but Icarus defends easily.
Sakrucki tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Icarus in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Icarus trying to stand up but can't free himself from Sakrucki's guard.

Sakrucki looking for a guillotine here but Icarus defends easily.
Icarus would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Sakrucki not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Sakrucki is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Icarus stays in close to Sakrucki's body and controls the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Wojciech Sakrucki will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Icarus defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sakrucki.
Icarus fails in his attempt to clinch.
Icarus throws a series of punches but Sakrucki avoids them all with ease.
Nice sprawl there from Icarus as Sakrucki shoots in.
Icarus throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Icarus clobbers Sakrucki with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Icarus throws a right hand that Sakrucki ducks under and follows up with a left that Sakrucki also avoids with ease.
Icarus's corner calls for a 1-2. Icarus obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Icarus lands a brutal head kick. Sakrucki looks out on his feet and Icarus throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Laz Icarus!
Laz Icarus decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.