PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arnolf Karstark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oleg Bartowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bartowski has chosen The King is Back as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Karstark
vs
Bartowski

187 cm
26
163 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

183 cm
25
183 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Very confident

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Arnolf Karstark!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Oleg Bartowski!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Sandra Marshall and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bartowski stuns Karstark with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bartowski takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bartowski misses the shot to the body.
Karstark appears to be looking for a big counter.
Bartowski cracks Karstark with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Arnolf Karstark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bartowski walks into a straight right hand from Karstark.
A punch combination from Bartowski misses.
Karstark swings for the body but Bartowski moves out of range.
Karstark scores with a jab. Bartowski acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Karstark definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Bartowski looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bartowski scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bartowski trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bartowski missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bartowski stopping the sweep attempt from Karstark.
Bartowski throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Karstark works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bartowski trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karstark is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bartowski is controlling him.
Bartowski has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Fitness elite 24/7. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Bartowski trying to control the position from guard on top but Karstark is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Bartowski throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Karstark tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Bartowski is in Karstark's guard.
Bartowski in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bartowski connects with a couple of short punches.
Karstark working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bartowski.
Bartowski throwing strikes but missing.
Bartowski lands a couple of digs.
Bartowski is looking to work some ground and pound but Karstark has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bartowski lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Karstark manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bartowski manages to get himself to full guard.

Karstark is fighting to break Bartowski's control of his arms but Bartowski is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Karstark trying to control but Bartowski is working from the bottom.
Bartowski is controlling Karstark's posture.
Karstark looking to sit in guard and control but Bartowski gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Bartowski slips nicely into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karstark on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bartowski sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Karstark defending well though.
Bartowski slips a nice elbow through Karstark's hands, connecting with Karstark's forehead.
Bartowski sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Karstark defending well though.
Bartowski not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bartowski looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Bartowski is just content to waste time from the top position. Karstark takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Bartowski landing some decent shots from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bartowski with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bartowski stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Karstark swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Karstark manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bartowski manages to get himself to full guard.

The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bartowski has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Karstark stopping the sweep attempt from Bartowski.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Karstark throws a big right hand that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oleg Bartowski dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Left hook, right uppercut from Karstark.
Karstark swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bartowski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Karstark swinging wildly here.
Karstark throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Karstark keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As Bartowski looks to move away, Karstark throws a big counter combo bu Bartowski just gets out of the way.
Karstark throws a combination. Bartowski tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Karstark misses with the combination.
Karstark misses with a straight left.
Bartowski fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Arnolf Karstark is winning the standup battle so far.
Bartowski scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bartowski scores with a shot to the body.
Bartowski takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karstark uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bartowski.
Bartowski thows a left - swing and a miss!
Karstark throws a series of punches but Bartowski moves out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Karstark as he connects with a hook.

Bartowski changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Karstark looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Bartowski scoring with punches and elbows.
Bartowski lands a nice forearm strike.
Bartowski trying to control the position but Karstark is working away.
Karstark struggling a bit here.
Bartowski creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Karstark gets back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bartowski throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bartowski missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bartowski lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bartowski looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Karstark with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Karstark is rocked!
Karstark is pressing down on Bartowski's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bartowski loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Karstark really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Karstark lands an upkick as Bartowski stands over him.
Bartowski is working Karstark over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bartowski works over Karstark with some ground and pound from guard.
Oh Karstark is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bartowski scoring with punches to the head and body.
Bartowski arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Karstark's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Oleg Bartowski!
Oleg Bartowski is the new welterweight champion!
Oleg Bartowski decided to call for a title shot in his post fight interview, which was very strange given the fact this fight was for a title and he's already the champion. I guess that's what getting punched in the head does for you.