PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sahko Zelenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mieszko Grzmotojad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grzmotojad has chosen Power Metal as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Zelenko
vs
Grzmotojad

180 cm
25
185 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

191 cm
36
200 lbs
16 - 20 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sahko Zelenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mieszko Grzmotojad!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grzmotojad closes this distance looking for a takedown but Zelenko circles away.

Grzmotojad has Zelenko up against the cage in a clinch.
Grzmotojad prevents Zelenko from breaking the clinch.

Grzmotojad turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Grzmotojad manages to end up in side control.
Grzmotojad misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Grzmotojad sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Zelenko is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Grzmotojad lands a few punches from side control.
Zelenko struggling a bit here.
Grzmotojad throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Grzmotojad is working Zelenko over with some ground and pound from side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grzmotojad scoring with punches and elbows.

Grzmotojad tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Grzmotojad has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Grzmotojad scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Zelenko to see if he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grzmotojad scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Zelenko to see if he's OK.
Zelenko taking punishment in the form of punches.
The ground and pound from Grzmotojad seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Zelenko is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Grzmotojad has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Zelenko is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zelenko parries the strikes from Grzmotojad easily there. Grzmotojad is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Zelenko to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grzmotojad lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Zelenko is working to avoid the ground and pound but Grzmotojad connects with a decent elbow.
Grzmotojad lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Grzmotojad in side control lands a decent elbow.
Grzmotojad in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grzmotojad cracks Zelenko with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Grzmotojad immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Zelenko is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Grzmotojad!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mieszko Grzmotojad!
A very excited looking Mieszko Grzmotojad rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.