PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marcin Najman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mariusz Blaszczak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcin Najman could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mariusz Blaszczak's chin.

Najman
vs
Blaszczak

165 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
188 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcin Najman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mariusz Blaszczak!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Andrew Berry and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Najman dives in and grabs Blaszczak's left leg, looking for a takedown. Blaszczak pushes down on Najman's head and hops out.
Blaszczak let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Najman misses with a takedown
and Blaszczak counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Najman could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Najman takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Blaszczak's jab looks to have found its range, popping Najman under the eye.
A head kick misses from Najman.
Najman falls off balance throwing a combination
and Blaszczak counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Najman throws a leg kick
and Blaszczak counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A nice combination there by Blaszczak.

It looks like Marcin Najman has been cut.
Blaszczak comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Najman throws a head kick that misses.
Najman is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaszczak punishes Najman's body with a nice straight punch.

Blaszczak lands a left and a right that send Najman crashing to the mat, dazed. Blaszczak thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Najman is rocked!
Blaszczak ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Blaszczak jabs at Najman's body.

Blaszczak drops Najman with a beautiful combination! Najman stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Blaszczak is looking for the KO!
Oh Najman is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Blaszczak has managed to clinch.

Blaszczak breaks the clinch.
Najman seems to have got his legs back now.
Najman finds himself stumbling back on wobbly legs after being clipped by a right hand. He's up against the ropes, ducking and weaving under Blaszczak's strikes but an uppercut finds it's way through and Najman falls! - He's completely out of it and the ref jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mariusz Blaszczak!