PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tatsuya Kawajiri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bartek Pietrzak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kawajiri comes to the ring accompanied by Water Pow . Bartek Pietrzak has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Tatsuya Kawajiri's chin.

Kawajiri
vs
Pietrzak

171 cm
28
146 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

171 cm
26
144 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

TWGC Champion
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tatsuya Kawajiri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Bartek Pietrzak!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Saam Ante and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pietrzak lands a nice looking body shot.
Pietrzak scores with a push kick.
Kawajiri on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Pietrzak scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Pietrzak misses with a jab to the body
and Kawajiri counters with a big head kick but Pietrzak shrugs it off.
Kawajiri takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A jab from Pietrzak finds it's way through Kawajiri's defenses.
Kawajiri shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bartek Pietrzak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pietrzak lands a leg kick that knocks Kawajiri off balance momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kawajiri walks into a left hand.
Pietrzak lands a right hook to the body.
Pietrzak throws a looping overhand right but Kawajiri ducks down to avoid it.
A shot to the body from Pietrzak misses
and Kawajiri counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kawajiri takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kawajiri takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pietrzak, as that shot connected.
Pietrzak throws a head kick that misses
and Kawajiri counters with a stiff right hand.
Pietrzak thows a body shot but no joy.
Pietrzak scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kawajiri in his tracks.

Pietrzak shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Pietrzak showed some decent athleticism there.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Pietrzak is pressing down on Kawajiri's thigh, looking to free his foot. Kawajiri is holding on for now.
Kawajiri wants to improve his position but Pietrzak is controlling well.
Kawajiri is trying to maintain the position but Pietrzak is very close to passing his 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!
Pietrzak not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kawajiri works his way to full guard. Good work.
Pietrzak stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kawajiri swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Pietrzak seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Kawajiri pulls Pietrzak in close to prevent any damage.
Kawajiri looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pietrzak is one step ahead there.
Kawajiri working a defensive guard here.
Kawajiri is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kawajiri has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Tatsuya Kawajiri wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Pietrzak fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kawajiri looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pietrzak fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Pietrzak scores with a leg kick.
Pietrzak scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kawajiri takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Pietrzak scores with a takedown into Kawajiri's guard.
Pietrzak advances to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pietrzak trying to mount his opponent but Kawajiri defends it.
Pietrzak prevents Kawajiri from standing back up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kawajiri wants to improve his position but Pietrzak is controlling well.
Kawajiri is pressing down on Pietrzak's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Pietrzak stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kawajiri swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Pietrzak preventing the sweep.
Kawajiri keeping moving, preventing Pietrzak from controlling successfully.
Pietrzak passes Kawajiri's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pietrzak is stalling here. Kawajiri is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Pietrzak seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Kawajiri has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Kawajiri throwing shots but missing, from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bartek Pietrzak dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A head kick misses from Pietrzak.
Pietrzak fails with a takedown attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pietrzak looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kawajiri avoids the head kick by Pietrzak.
Pietrzak throws a sloppy head kick and Kawajiri moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Kawajiri gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Pietrzak to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Pietrzak avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pietrzak loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Pietrzak distracts Kawajiri with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Kawajiri utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pietrzak looking to pass the guard.
Kawajiri throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Pietrzak loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kawajiri looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Kawajiri had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Pietrzak defends it easily.

Kawajiri looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Pietrzak passes into half guard.

Pietrzak is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Kawajiri sees it coming and defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kawajiri is trying to maintain the position but Pietrzak is very close to passing his half guard.
Pietrzak has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kawajiri is looking to improve his position.
Pietrzak stops Kawajiri from getting back to his feet.
Pietrzak moves nicely into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pietrzak wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kawajiri keeps working.
Pietrzak fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Kawajiri prevents Pietrzak from improving position.
Kawajiri wants to control but Pietrzak postures up.
Kawajiri gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Kawajiri keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pietrzak passes the guard and advances to mount!
Pietrzak has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kawajiri's face.
Kawajiri gets back to half guard.
Pietrzak uses his free foot to push down on Kawajiri's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Kawajiri.
Pietrzak pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Pietrzak controlling from the full mount.
Kawajiri keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Kawajiri bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Kawajiri stands up and waves to Pietrzak to follow him.
Pietrzak misses with a body kick.
Pietrzak lands with an overhand left.
Pietrzak shoots in for a takedown but Kawajiri shows good takedown defense.
Pietrzak throws a head kick but Kawajiri moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Pietrzak is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Kawajiri's half guard.
Pietrzak passes to full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bartek Pietrzak showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Pietrzak closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Kawajiri did well to prevent Pietrzak getting side control.
Kawajiri is trying to maintain the position but Pietrzak is very close to passing his half guard.
Pietrzak wants to pass the guard but Kawajiri is defending well.
Pietrzak trying to control from half guard but Kawajiri is working away.
Pietrzak might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Kawajiri haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Bartek Pietrzak has got the better of the ground game so far.
Pietrzak lands with a punch from half guard.
Kawajiri is looking to improve his position.
Kawajiri tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Pietrzak has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Kawajiri is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kawajiri is working hard here to advance position.
Pietrzak lands a couple of good shots and Kawajiri has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Well, with Pietrzak on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Kawajiri is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Kawajiri is trying to break free.
Pietrzak lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.

Kawajiri is rocked!

Kawajiri showing good submission defense here.
Oh Kawajiri is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kawajiri tries to roll but Pietrzak sticks to his back.
Kawajiri seems to have got his legs back now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pietrzak working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
I really don't envy Kawajiri right now.
Pietrzak connects with a big shot to the side of Kawajiri's head.
Pietrzak is punishing Kawajiri with strikes - can he finish him?!
Kawajiri manages to reverse the position and now he's in Pietrzak's guard. Nice work there by Kawajiri.
Pietrzak is trying to keep Kawajiri in close.
Kawajiri has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Pietrzak is on top in guard.

Kawajiri had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Pietrzak defends it easily.
Kawajiri keeping moving, preventing Pietrzak from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kawajiri wants to control but Pietrzak passes easily into half guard.
Pietrzak passes to full mount!
Kawajiri tries to hold on but Pietrzak pushes him away.
Pietrzak lands with some strikes.
Pietrzak lands a big shot there that rocks Kawajiri but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Bartek Pietrzak is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Kawajiri regains half guard.
Nice strikes from Pietrzak there.
Kawajiri is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Pietrzak passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Kawajiri!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pietrzak landing strikes from the mount and Kawajiri is in trouble!

Pietrzak has hold of Kawajiri's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Kawajiri manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Pietrzak with a couple of short strikes.
Pietrzak controlling his opponent.
Kawajiri tries to reverse the position but Pietrzak maintains control.
Tatsuya Kawajiri has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pietrzak controlling the pace for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bartek Pietrzak comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pietrzak has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bartek Pietrzak!
Our winner, Bartek Pietrzak, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.