PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cave Men (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stefan Burczymucha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Men
vs
Burczymucha

189 cm
23
192 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
22
175 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cave Men!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Stefan Burczymucha!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Hirohito Nitta and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Burczymucha throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Men was covering up waiting for the punch and Burczymucha finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Men throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Burczymucha escapes and throws Men's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Burczymucha creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Men knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Burczymucha on the ground.
Burczymucha lands a decent elbow from side control.

Burczymucha decides to stand back up.

Men instigates a clinch.
Men wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Burczymucha has him pressed against the cage.
Men is trying to break the clinch but Burczymucha is controlling him.
Men taking a breather.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Burczymucha.
Men is looking to break free of the clinch but Burczymucha has double underhooks.
Burczymucha keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Men's efforts to push away.
Men fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Men controlling the action here for a moment.
Burczymucha misses with the head strike.

Burczymucha tightens his grip and picks Men up, before dumping him to the ground. Men manages to land in guard.
Burczymucha trying to control but Men is working from the bottom.

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

Burczymucha closes the distance and pushes Men back into the cage.
Burczymucha can't get the takedown.
Men takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Cave Men has been cut.
Burczymucha looking to slow down the pace here.
Burczymucha stops a takedown attempt from Men.
Burczymucha gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Men.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cave Men. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Burczymucha lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burczymucha misses with a punch to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Men's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Men tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Men is trying to maintain a safe position but Burczymucha gets an underhook and turns Men into the cage.
Men is trying to break the clinch but Burczymucha has him pressed against the cage.
Men stalls.
Men fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Burczymucha looking to throw knees to the head but Men is blocking nicely.
Men tries to circle away but Burczymucha has him pinned against the cage.

Burczymucha pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Burczymucha clinches with his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burczymucha effectively controlling the action here.
Burczymucha throws an elbow but it misses.
Burczymucha goes for a takedown in the clinch but Men prevents it.
Men keeps control of Burczymucha as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Men is trying to force a seperation but Burczymucha has the dominant position.

Men breaks from the clinch.

Men has Burczymucha up against the cage in a clinch.
Men works on Burczymucha's body with a couple of short punches.
Men is trying to drag Burczymucha to the mat but Burczymucha just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Men tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Burczymucha's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burczymucha prevents Men from breaking the clinch.
Men fails to pull guard.
Burczymucha lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Men tries to pull guard but Burczymucha holds him up against the cage and eventually Men drops back down to his feet.
Burczymucha wants a takedown but no success here.
Men is trying to break the clinch but Burczymucha has him pressed against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Men creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Men stalls.
Burczymucha taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stefan Burczymucha dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cave Men's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Men tries to clinch up.
Men is looking to clinch but Burczymucha is avoiding it.
Men wants to clinch up but Burczymucha keeps it at a distance.
Men with a poor takedown
and Burczymucha counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Burczymucha circles away from the clinch attempt.
Men shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Burczymucha counters with a nice kick to the body.

Burczymucha has managed to clinch.
Burczymucha taking a breather.
Men looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cave Men. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Burczymucha gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Burczymucha. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.

Burczymucha manages to break the clinch.
No joy there for Burczymucha, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Burczymucha shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burczymucha looking to control but Men is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Men tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Burczymucha cracks Men with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Men taking shots to the head.
Burczymucha looking to control but Men is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Men is wriggling around trying to escape.
Burczymucha trying to control but Men is having none of it.
Men is in a horrible position here. Burczymucha smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Burczymucha raining down shots from the mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burczymucha with a couple of short strikes.
Burczymucha connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Burczymucha with good strikes from the mount here!
Men is looking to improve his position but Burczymucha isn't that keen on the idea.
Burczymucha tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Burczymucha raining down shots from the mount!
Men really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burczymucha lands a heavy elbow.
A nice elbow there by Burczymucha.
Burczymucha trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Burczymucha lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Men hang on?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Burczymucha pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Burczymucha tries to control but Men wriggling away.
Stefan Burczymucha has got the better of the ground game so far.
Burczymucha lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Burczymucha is breathing heavily.
Burczymucha landing punches.
Men keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Burczymucha can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Men is looking to escape.

Burczymucha working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Men looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Burczymucha! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Stefan Burczymucha!