PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karol Wojtyla (ranked 4735 p4p, 4734 weight class) and Delone Prodna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Wojtyla
vs
Prodna

195 cm
25
260
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
22
220
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Karol Wojtyla!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Delone Prodna !
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Lou da Vinci and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wojtyla lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Prodna circles away quickly and effectively.
Prodna with the counter takedown but Wojtyla avoids it easily.
Wojtyla cracks Prodna with a good jab.
Prodna fails with a takedown attempt.
Wojtyla cracks Prodna with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Prodna throws a body kick that misses.
Prodna shoots for a double leg takedown but Wojtyla sprawls well. He's pushed Prodna 's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Wojtyla sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Prodna throws a head kick that misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Wojtyla as he connects with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wojtyla lands with a good body shot.
Wojtyla lands a glancing blow to the side of Prodna 's head.
Wojtyla swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Prodna .
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wojtyla lands a jab to the head.
Wojtyla misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wojtyla connects with a jab.
Prodna 's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Wojtyla connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Prodna scrambles back to his feet.
Karol Wojtyla seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice cross by Wojtyla.
Wojtyla connects with a body shot that sends Prodna 's belly button to the back.
Prodna ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Prodna shoots in and bounces Wojtyla off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Wojtyla has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Prodna is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wojtyla stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Prodna goes for a takedown attempt but Wojtyla pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Karol Wojtyla has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Delone Prodna .

Prodna clinches up with Wojtyla and pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wojtyla is defending well against a takedown attempt.
A bit of stalling here from Wojtyla.
Wojtyla has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Prodna pulls Wojtyla into guard.
Wojtyla is fighting to break Prodna 's control of his arms but Prodna is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Wojtyla's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Prodna pulls Wojtyla in to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wojtyla wants to control from the top but Prodna keeps moving.
Wojtyla has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Prodna is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Prodna keeping moving, preventing Wojtyla from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Wojtyla avoids the body shot from Prodna .
A lazy left from Wojtyla finds it's target.
Prodna on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wojtyla is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

Prodna throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Wojtyla tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Prodna is in Wojtyla's guard.
Wojtyla wants to stand up but Prodna is controlling him.
Wojtyla wants to control the position but Prodna says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prodna looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Wojtyla with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Wojtyla tries to roll over but Prodna keeps him under control.
Wojtyla has hold of Prodna 's hands but Prodna slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wojtyla tries to roll over but Prodna keeps him under control.
Well, if Prodna is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Wojtyla wants to get back to full guard but Prodna has mounted him!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Prodna closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Wojtyla quickly recovers to half guard.

Wojtyla has one foot on Prodna 's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Wojtyla bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Prodna 's head.
Prodna wants to clinch up but Wojtyla keeps it at a distance.
Prodna tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Prodna has a takedown stuffed.
Wojtyla throws an overhand right that lands on Prodna 's shoulder, as Prodna tries to avoid the shot.
Wojtyla sets himself, and Prodna steps forward looking for the clinch! Wojtyla avoids it this time.
Wojtyla lands a glancing blow to the side of Prodna 's head.
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!
Prodna throws a sloppy head kick and Wojtyla moves out of range easily.
Wojtyla lands a jab-cross combination.
Wojtyla misses the jab.
Wojtyla lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A combination from Prodna does no damage.
Wojtyla throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wojtyla moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Wojtyla throws a right hand that Prodna ducks under and follows up with a left that Prodna also avoids with ease.
Prodna looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Wojtyla throws a series of punches but Prodna avoids them all with ease.
Prodna misses with a double jab.
Some wild striking there from Wojtyla.
Karol Wojtyla is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wojtyla jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wojtyla lands a jab to Prodna 's midsection.
Wojtyla throws a right and a left that Prodna avoids nicely.
Prodna lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Nice uppercut lands for Wojtyla. That snapped Prodna 's head back.
Prodna drops his hands momentarily and Wojtyla takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Prodna misses with a looping left.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Prodna shoots for a takedown but Wojtyla saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wojtyla misses with an uppercut. Prodna saw that one coming.
Prodna on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wojtyla throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Despite the aggression on Prodna 's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Wojtyla is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Prodna can do to turn this around?
Wojtyla changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Prodna closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Wojtyla lands with a right hand.

Prodna has closed the distance and engaged Wojtyla in a clinch.
Prodna has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Wojtyla as Prodna tries to tie him up.
Prodna prevents Wojtyla from breaking the clinch.

Prodna jumps guard.
Wojtyla trying to control but Prodna is working from the bottom.

Prodna is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Wojtyla defends well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prodna trying to control the position.
Wojtyla wants to control from the top but Prodna keeps moving.
Prodna bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Wojtyla's guard.

Wojtyla pulls Prodna in to control the position.

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.
Wojtyla looking to hit a scissor sweep but Prodna is one step ahead there.

Prodna stands and steps away. Wojtyla gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Prodna gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A shot in the inside from Wojtyla.
Wojtyla lands a right hand.
Wojtyla is leaning against Prodna and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Prodna ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Prodna no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Prodna tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Prodna working a defensive guard here.
Wojtyla wants to stand and escape but instead Prodna has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Karol Wojtyla dominated that second round.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Wojtyla lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Wojtyla moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Prodna takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Prodna avoids a punch combination nicely.
Prodna needs to keep his hands up - Wojtyla had a free shot at his head there.
Prodna defending well as Wojtyla loads up on a big left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wojtyla looks to land a left hand but Prodna moved out of range nicely.
Wojtyla cracks a nice hook into Prodna 's ribs.
Prodna misses with a takedown attempt - Wojtyla sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Wojtyla swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prodna shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Danga de danga de dang - Wojtyla scores with a four punch combination!
Prodna steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wojtyla.
Wojtyla lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Prodna circles away quickly and effectively.

Prodna closes the distance and clinches.
Wojtyla misses with a hook from the clinch.

Prodna jumps guard and drags Wojtyla to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Wojtyla trying to control the position from guard on top but Prodna is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Prodna is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Wojtyla has his hands clasped together but Prodna extends and breaks Wojtyla's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Prodna .

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Delone Prodna !