PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tomasz Dabrowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zag Luis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dabrowski's entrance music is Adema - Planets. A fine choice. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Dabrowski
vs
Luis

180 cm
22
195 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
190 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tomasz Dabrowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zag Luis!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Daniel Blasius and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Luis scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Luis sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dabrowski defending well though.
Dabrowski makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Dabrowski.
Dabrowski not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Dabrowski lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Luis!
Dabrowski landing strikes, looking to finish!

It looks like Zag Luis has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Luis prevents any damage by holding on tight.
Luis really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Dabrowski. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Dabrowski trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Dabrowski pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dabrowski misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

Luis bucks up and throws Dabrowski to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Luis stuffs the takedown.

Luis bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dabrowski struggling a bit here.
Luis controlling the position from side mount.
Dabrowski is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dabrowski can't do much from the bottom here.
Luis wants to control but Dabrowski is keeping him busy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The strikes coming from Luis are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Luis controls the position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dabrowski keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Dabrowski.

Luis scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Luis scoring with punches and elbows.
Dabrowski taking punishment in the form of punches.
Luis avoids the strikes from the bottom by Dabrowski.
Dabrowski gets back to half guard.
Luis wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dabrowski keeps working.
Dabrowski pushes Luis off looking to stand but Luis dives back in and keeps control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luis thows a huge punch but Dabrowski dodges it nicely.
Luis lands with a punch from half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dabrowski wants to control but Luis is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Dabrowski taking some punishment here, with Luis in his half guard.
Dabrowski wants to control but Luis is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Luis working the head and body with strikes.
Luis is stalling here. Dabrowski is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Luis seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Dabrowski has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Luis tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Luis wants to control but Dabrowski postures up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Dabrowski has hold of Luis's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Luis seems comfortable defending it but Dabrowski has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Luis is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Luis is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Dabrowski couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tomasz Dabrowski!
An out of breath Tomasz Dabrowski thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.