PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cal Klos (ranked 1138 p4p, 141 weight class) and Jakob Trabik (ranked 2590 p4p, 284 weight class). Cal Klos has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Klos
vs
Trabik

185 cm
22
188 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

189 cm
22
200 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cal Klos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jakob Trabik!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Jorge Garcia and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klos scores with a nice right hand.
Trabik takes a swing at Klos's ribcage but misses.
Trabik lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Trabik.

It looks like Cal Klos has been cut.
Klos on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Trabik tries to bum rush Klos with a series of wild strikes but Klos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Klos lands a glancing blow to the side of Trabik's head.
Trabik uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Klos.
Trabik throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Klos counter with a right hand.
Trabik will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Klos.
Klos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Trabik throws out the jab.
The fighters circling - Klos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Klos throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Trabik was covering up waiting for the punch and Klos finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Klos working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Trabik's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klos lands a couple of elbows.
Klos 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.
Trabik trying to control the position.
Klos chips away with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Trabik keeping moving, preventing Klos from controlling successfully.
Klos controlling from the top position.
Klos landing some decent shots from guard.
Klos landing with the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trabik is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Trabik looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Klos has picked Trabik up and slammed him! Trabik can't keep hold of the triangle and Klos manages to pass to side control!
Trabik struggling a bit here.
Klos grinds an elbow into Trabik's temple.
Trabik felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Trabik is looking for a sweep.
Trabik is not content to let Klos control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trabik taking punishment in the form of punches.
Klos lands an elbow.
Trabik takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
You can see the frustration on Trabik's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Klos working the ground and pound.
Klos working the ground and pound.
Klos in side control lands a decent elbow.
Klos scoring with punches from side control.
Klos trying to control the position but Trabik is working away.
Trabik is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Klos off and has taken his back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trabik doesn't have the hooks in and Klos manages to turn into his guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Klos lands a couple of elbows.
Klos 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.
Trabik throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Trabik throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Klos's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Klos lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Klos scoring with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cal Klos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cal Klos's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Trabik cracks Klos with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Klos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Trabik as he jumps to the side.
Trabik misses with a looping right.
Trabik misses with a straight right.
Trabik rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Klos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Klos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Trabik can do to turn this around?
Trabik throws a right hand that misses
and Klos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Klos lands a nice shot to the body.
A big left from Trabik misses.
Klos looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Klos connects with the punch.
Trabik throws a sloppy head kick and Klos moves out of range easily.
Klos stuns Trabik with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Trabik rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Klos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Klos misses the jab.
Klos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trabik lands a two punch combo.
Klos fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Klos. Trabik does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jakob Trabik is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Klos comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Trabik looks to land a right hand but Klos moved out of range.
Klos takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Klos lands a really nice looking cross but Trabik seems unphased.
A left lands for Klos.
Trabik takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Trabik enables Klos to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Trabik manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Klos lands a couple of elbows.
Klos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Trabik has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Klos can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Klos's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trabik looking to hit a scissor sweep but Klos is one step ahead there.

Klos got a little sloppy there for a moment and Trabik has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Klos has managed to get both his arms back between Trabik's legs - danger averted.
Trabik tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Klos not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Klos postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Klos scoring with punches to the head and body.
Trabik utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Trabik is trying to keep Klos in close.
Trabik working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Klos.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klos postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Klos lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Klos preventing the sweep.
Klos chips away with some ground and pound.
Klos is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Trabik looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cal Klos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Klos looking to pass the guard.
Klos cracks Trabik with a solid left hand.
Trabik looking for a sweep. Not yet Trabik, not yet.
Klos lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klos looking to pass the guard.
Klos scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Trabik trying to strike off his back.
Klos trying to control but Trabik is working from the bottom.
Klos lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Trabik is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Trabik has momentary wrist control but Klos slips an elbow through the middle.
Klos is working Trabik over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Trabik 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.
Klos chips away with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cal Klos dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Cal Klos's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Klos fails with the takedown
and Trabik counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Klos throws a hook to the side of Trabik's head but Trabik sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Klos swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Klos drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Trabik 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.
Klos working some strikes from top position.
Klos keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Trabik's head.
Klos with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Klos with a nice head shot there.
Klos works over Trabik with some ground and pound from guard.
Trabik is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Klos scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trabik is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Klos wants to pass the guard but Trabik is keeping the position.
Trabik looking to control.
Klos preventing the sweep.
Klos is in close to Trabik's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Trabik thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Klos trying to control the position from guard on top but Trabik is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Klos is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Klos working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Trabik's head.
Klos has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Klos lands a couple of elbows.
Trabik is trying to keep Klos in close.
Klos postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Klos lands a couple of elbows.
Klos is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Klos works over Trabik with some ground and pound from guard.

Trabik is rocked!
Klos wants to control from the top but Trabik keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klos works over Trabik with some ground and pound from guard.
Klos engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Trabik wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Klos is now in half guard.
Klos looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Trabik with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Klos is looking for a kimura here.
Klos seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Trabik does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klos lands strikes from half guard.
Trabik wants to improve his position but Klos is controlling well.
Trabik taking some punishment here, with Klos in his half guard.
Trabik is trying to stand back up but Klos is controlling him
Klos scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Klos is trying to control the action in half guard but Trabik is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Klos is pressing down on Trabik's thigh, looking to free his foot. Trabik is holding on for now.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nice strikes from Klos there.
Jakob Trabik has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cal Klos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Trabik is still in real trouble! Can Klos finish him?
Klos looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cal Klos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Klos has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cal Klos!
Cal Klos got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'