PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jacinto Koutras (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mieszko Grzmotojad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Koutras
vs
Grzmotojad

180 cm
22
210 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

191 cm
27
200 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jacinto Koutras!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mieszko Grzmotojad!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Grzmotojad shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Grzmotojad showed some decent athleticism there.
Koutras tries to get to full guard but Grzmotojad has control of the leg.
Koutras could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Grzmotojad looks to land a strike but Koutras avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Grzmotojad with a nice head shot there.
Grzmotojad content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Koutras is looking for a triangle but Grzmotojad pushes his legs off easily.
Grzmotojad scoring with some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Koutras keeping moving, preventing Grzmotojad from controlling successfully.
Koutras working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Grzmotojad.
Grzmotojad passes into half guard.
Grzmotojad lands with a punch from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koutras is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Grzmotojad scores with a couple of nice shots.
Grzmotojad takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Grzmotojad slips a nice elbow through Koutras's hands, connecting with Koutras's forehead.
Grzmotojad lands with a punch from half guard.
Grzmotojad seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Koutras on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Koutras tries to get out of the position.
Grzmotojad working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

It looks like Jacinto Koutras has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koutras keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Grzmotojad lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Grzmotojad lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Grzmotojad throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Grzmotojad throwing shots but Koutras is blocking nicely.
Koutras knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Grzmotojad on the ground.
Grzmotojad thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Grzmotojad looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Koutras with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grzmotojad thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Koutras wants to control but Grzmotojad is keeping busy.
Grzmotojad working Koutras over with strikes.
Koutras is trying to get back to full guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Grzmotojad lands a nice short elbow.
Grzmotojad scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Grzmotojad connects with a nice short shot to Koutras's temple.
Grzmotojad is thwarting Koutras's attempts to control the position.
Grzmotojad scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Grzmotojad looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Koutras with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Koutras is rocked!

Jacinto Koutras's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Grzmotojad is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Koutras is hurt! He's hurt bad - Grzmotojad fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Koutras from any more punishment! Congratulations to Grzmotojad! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mieszko Grzmotojad!
A relieved looking Mieszko Grzmotojad thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.