PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jakub Kochanowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Haral Dir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haral Dir told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Kochanowski
vs
Dir

193 cm
25
200 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

181 cm
26
205 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jakub Kochanowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Haral Dir!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Damien Edna and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dir misses with a low kick.
Kochanowski tries to close the distance and clinch but Dir swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dir misses with a low kick as Kochanowski jumps back.
Dir looks to land a body kick but Kochanowski moved away.

Dir moves into range and clinches up with Kochanowski.
Dir tries to work over Kochanowski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dir controlling the action here for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Dir lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Dir prevents Kochanowski from improving his position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Kochanowski manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Dir has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Kochanowski to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Dir is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Kochanowski pulls down on the head and he's put Dir to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Jakub Kochanowski!