PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William Piotrowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Ross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Piotrowski
vs
Ross

184 cm
22
188 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

185 cm
20
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Behold The Beast
Supreme Anabolics

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, William Piotrowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rick Ross!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Atkins and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Piotrowski shoots in but no luck this time.
Ross blocks a head kick by Piotrowski.
Ross cracks Piotrowski with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

It looks like William Piotrowski has been cut.
Piotrowski shoots in and drives through. Ross sprawls well.
Piotrowski takes one to the chin there.
Ross shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Piotrowski looks for a takedown but Ross sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for William Piotrowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A shot to de liver by Ross. Beautiful body shot.
Piotrowski misses with a few strikes there.
Ross fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
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!
Ross stuns Piotrowski with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Piotrowski is breathing heavily.
Ross tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Piotrowski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ross throws a body kick that misses.
Piotrowski tries to score a power double leg takedown but Ross sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Piotrowski somewhat.
Rick Ross seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Piotrowski swats away the attempt to clinch by Ross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ross scores with a crisp jab that stopped Piotrowski in his tracks.
Ross lands a nice looking body shot.
Ross tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Piotrowski moves out of range as Ross throws a body kick.
Ross looks to land a combination but Piotrowski avoids it well.
Ross scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ross bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Piotrowski takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

William Piotrowski's cut is getting worse.
Ross rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Piotrowski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ross lands a nice shot to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ross lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Piotrowski has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Piotrowski and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ross scores with the left hand. Piotrowski knows he should have avoided that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ross drops his shoulder and cracks Piotrowski with a huge uppercut! Piotrowski goes down! Can Ross finish him?

Piotrowski is rocked!
Ross postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Oh Piotrowski is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ross must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Piotrowski had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Ross defends it easily.
Piotrowski seems to have got his legs back now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ross is in close to Piotrowski's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Piotrowski 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.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ross throws a big right hand that misses.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Piotrowski is on top in guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Ross holds on and takes a little breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ross looking for a sweep. Not yet Ross, not yet.
Ross is pulling down on Piotrowski's head to control his posture.

Piotrowski postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Ross is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Piotrowski, into his guard.
Piotrowski trying to control the position.
Ross postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ross pushing down on Piotrowski's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Ross sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Piotrowski defending well though.
Piotrowski has hold of Ross's hands but Ross slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ross passes the guard and advances to mount!
Ross with a couple of short strikes.

William Piotrowski's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Ross lands with some strikes.

Jeez, William Piotrowski's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Ross is landing with some decent strikes but Piotrowski is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at William Piotrowski's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Rick Ross!