PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Boryenka Karolek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ghoul Ghotha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ghoul Ghotha will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Karolek
vs
Ghotha

189 cm
19
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

207 cm
29
272 lbs
15 - 13 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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 Rio de Janeiro, Boryenka Karolek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ghoul Ghotha!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Matheus Silva and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Karolek gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Ghotha to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Karolek avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Karolek knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ghotha on the ground.
Ghotha prevents Karolek from getting back to his feet.
Ghotha has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Karolek keeping moving, preventing Ghotha from controlling successfully.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ghotha's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ghotha thows a big elbow that misses.
Ghotha pushes down on Karolek's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ghotha missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ghotha sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghotha thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Karolek's head.

Ghotha is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Ghotha throwing shots but Karolek is blocking nicely.
Karolek keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ghotha sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Karolek defending well though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ghotha looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Ghotha wants to pass to mount but Karolek is defending the position.
Ghotha is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Karolek blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ghotha.
Ghotha not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ghotha throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Karolek blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ghotha.
Ghotha is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ghotha prevents Karolek from standing back up.
Ghotha passes the guard and advances to mount!
Karolek taking shots to the head.
Karolek in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

It looks like Boryenka Karolek has been cut.
Ghotha with the ground and pound from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ghotha has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Karolek's face.
Karolek is breathing heavily.
Ghotha sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ghotha cracks Karolek with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ghoul Ghotha!