PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Krzysztof Zakrzewski (ranked 18485 p4p, 3830 weight class) and Ferman Battah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Krzysztof Zakrzewski looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Zakrzewski
vs
Battah

185 cm
22
200
3 - 45 - 1

185 cm
25
220
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

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 3 - 45 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Krzysztof Zakrzewski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ferman Battah!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zakrzewski gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Zakrzewski looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Battah connects with a jab.
Battah paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Battah, as that shot connected.
Zakrzewski fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Zakrzewski shoots in for a takedown but Battah shows good takedown defense.
Battah lands the left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice sprawl there from Battah as Zakrzewski shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Krzysztof Zakrzewski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zakrzewski has his takedown stuffed
enabling Battah to counter with a crisp jab.
Zakrzewski on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zakrzewski will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

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

Zakrzewski is rocked!

It looks like Krzysztof Zakrzewski has been cut.
Battah circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Zakrzewski tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Battah wins by KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ferman Battah!