PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tomasz Drwal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stefan Franzelius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Franzelius has chosen Madball - Infiltrate the System as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Drwal
vs
Franzelius

190 cm
20
198 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

198 cm
24
197 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tomasz Drwal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stefan Franzelius!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Aafke Stam and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drwal misses with a double jab
and Franzelius connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Drwal closes the distance but Franzelius moves to the side
and Franzelius connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Franzelius throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Drwal counter with a right hand.

It looks like Stefan Franzelius has been cut.
Drwal scores with the left hand. Franzelius knows he should have avoided that one.

Franzelius clinches up against the cage.
Franzelius is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Drwal pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Franzelius tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Drwal just stands there and leans against the cage.

Franzelius breaks from the clinch.
Drwal misses with a wild combination.
Drwal tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Franzelius counters with a nice kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Drwal shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Drwal wants to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Franzelius shoots in but no luck this time.
Tomasz Drwal has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stefan Franzelius.
Franzelius slips a jab and a cross from Drwal.
Franzelius takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Drwal closes the distance but Franzelius moves to the side

and Franzelius counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Franzelius.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franzelius passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Franzelius prevents Drwal from escaping the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Franzelius landing strikes.
Drwal is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Drwal is breathing heavily.
Franzelius just content to control the position.

Drwal bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Drwal misses the shot to the body.
Drwal throws a right and a left that Franzelius avoids nicely.
Drwal takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Franzelius closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Drwal did well to prevent Franzelius getting side control.

Franzelius is looking for a kimura but Drwal is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Franzelius to get the leverage.
Franzelius is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Drwal taking some punishment here, with Franzelius in his half guard.
Franzelius scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Drwal is not content to let Franzelius control the position.
Franzelius stops Drwal from getting back to his feet.
Franzelius works his foot free and advances to mount.
Drwal taking shots to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Franzelius raining down hammerfists from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Franzelius.
You get the feeling that Drwal really doesn't like being in this position too much.

Franzelius is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Franzelius!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Stefan Franzelius!