PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between myto lachida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mieczyslaw Poniatowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

lachida
vs
Poniatowski

185 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

187 cm
22
212 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Improved boxing
Prefers ground

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, myto lachida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mieczyslaw Poniatowski!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poniatowski misses with a looping left.

Poniatowski closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming lachida to the mat! lachida manages to get full guard.
Poniatowski with a flurry of punches that miss.
Poniatowski trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Poniatowski loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Poniatowski pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. lachida is keeping the position for now.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Poniatowski accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Poniatowski trying to control but lachida is working from the bottom.
lachida avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Poniatowski missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Poniatowski has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
lachida fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
lachida is breathing heavily.
Poniatowski swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poniatowski looks to land a right hand but lachida moved out of range.

Poniatowski shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
lachida is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Poniatowski throws a big right hand that misses.
Poniatowski thows a big elbow that misses.
Poniatowski wants to control from the top but lachida keeps moving.
Poniatowski tries to free his leg and advance position but lachida is retaining full guard.
Poniatowski postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
lachida looking for a sweep. Not yet lachida, not yet.
lachida keeping moving, preventing Poniatowski from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poniatowski looking to pass the guard.
Poniatowski with a nice head shot there.
Poniatowski won't allow lachida to sweep him here.
lachida not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Poniatowski throws a big right hand that misses.
Poniatowski slips nicely into half guard.
Poniatowski performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
lachida flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poniatowski throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Poniatowski is nestled in close to lachida, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Poniatowski not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Poniatowski thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Poniatowski seems to be working for a kimura but lachida defends the submission attempt.
lachida avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Poniatowski.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
lachida keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
lachida fails with the takedown

and Poniatowski counters with a nice double leg into guard.

lachida is rocked!
Poniatowski throwing strikes but missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poniatowski is in close to lachida's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Poniatowski throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as lachida works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Poniatowski throws a strike but lachida rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Poniatowski looking for a sweep. Not yet Poniatowski, not yet.
Poniatowski scores with a couple of body punches from the bottom.
Poniatowski tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Poniatowski looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Poniatowski throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mieczyslaw Poniatowski dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A jab from Poniatowski misses.
lachida lands a glancing blow to the side of Poniatowski's head.
Mieczyslaw Poniatowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
lachida looks to land a body kick but Poniatowski moved away.
Poniatowski throws a lazy uppercut
and lachida connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Poniatowski throws a right hand that misses
and lachida counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
lachida tries to clinch but Poniatowski moves out of range.
lachida tries to clinch up but Poniatowski circles away and keeps his distance.
lachida with a poor takedown

and Poniatowski decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in lachida's guard.
lachida working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Poniatowski.
Poniatowski throwing strikes but missing.

Poniatowski is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! lachida is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! lachida has escaped and now he's on top!
Poniatowski throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
lachida preventing the sweep.
Poniatowski working a defensive guard but lachida manages to pass into side control anyway.
Poniatowski is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but lachida is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
lachida avoids the attempt from Poniatowski to control.
Poniatowski looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
lachida is trying to stick to Poniatowski's back but Poniatowski is turning into lachida. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in lachida's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Poniatowski.
Poniatowski slips nicely into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Poniatowski is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
lachida keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Poniatowski uses his free foot to push down on lachida's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for lachida.
Poniatowski working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but lachida slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.
lachida blocking the ground and pound attempt from Poniatowski.
Poniatowski trying to mount his opponent but lachida defends it.

Poniatowski is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and lachida defends it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poniatowski not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Poniatowski trying to control the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
lachida trying to control here.
lachida tries to get to full guard but Poniatowski has control of the leg.
Poniatowski stops lachida from getting back to his feet.

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.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Poniatowski tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but lachida swivels and escapes.
lachida has a takedown stuffed.
Poniatowski misses with a shot to the body
and lachida counters with a nice body kick.
Poniatowski misses the shot to the body.
Poniatowski throws a poor cross that misses

and lachida counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Poniatowski!
Poniatowski sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Poniatowski wants to control but lachida is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Poniatowski regains full guard. Nicely done.
Poniatowski looking to hit a scissor sweep but lachida is one step ahead there.
Poniatowski throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mieczyslaw Poniatowski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

lachida tries to clinch but Poniatowski moves out of range.
Poniatowski misses with a body shot.
lachida shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Poniatowski counters with a single leg into guard. lachida didn't expect that.
Poniatowski pushing down on lachida's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Poniatowski passes to full mount!
Poniatowski misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Mieczyslaw Poniatowski has got the better of the ground game so far.
lachida holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Poniatowski tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
lachida is desperately trying to improve his position but Poniatowski has a good base and remains in mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Poniatowski looking to ground and pound but lachida is blocking nicely.
lachida is trying desperately to improve position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poniatowski is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. lachida can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Poniatowski misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
lachida holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Poniatowski tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Poniatowski trying to control but lachida is having none of it.
Poniatowski throws some wild stikes that lachida manages to avoid easily.
Poniatowski postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have lachida in real trouble here! The ref calls for lachida to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mieczyslaw Poniatowski!