PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Juanito Cottenfifther (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomasz Szczerek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Szczerek comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Sobota feat. chór Montu - Do góry łeb kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Cottenfifther
vs
Szczerek

177 cm
23
185 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

190 cm
24
185 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Black Hand Fight Gear & Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juanito Cottenfifther!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tomasz Szczerek!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Szczerek ducks under a wild hook from Cottenfifther.

Cottenfifther shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Cottenfifther is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Szczerek wants to control but Cottenfifther is keeping busy.
Szczerek blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cottenfifther.
Szczerek works his way to full guard. Good work.
Cottenfifther postures up.
Cottenfifther wants to control from the top but Szczerek keeps moving.
Szczerek is trying to control the position but Cottenfifther postures up.
Szczerek keeping moving, preventing Cottenfifther from controlling successfully.
Cottenfifther loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Szczerek keeping moving, preventing Cottenfifther from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Juanito Cottenfifther.
Szczerek bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Szczerek feints and then cracks Cottenfifther's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cottenfifther down.
Cottenfifther throws a low kick but it's checked well by Szczerek.
Cottenfifther shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Szczerek pinned against the ropes. Szczerek gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Szczerek takes the fight into the clinch.

Szczerek manages to break the clinch.

Szczerek moves into the clinch successfully.

Szczerek breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Szczerek connects with an inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Szczerek rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cottenfifther moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Szczerek displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Cottenfifther moves out of range of the leg kick from Szczerek.
Cottenfifther misses with a looping left.

Szczerek dives in and scores a takedown into Cottenfifther's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Szczerek stopping the sweep attempt from Cottenfifther.
Cottenfifther pulls Szczerek in close to his closed guard and prevents Szczerek from doing any damage or advancing position.
Cottenfifther working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Szczerek.
Szczerek trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Szczerek preventing the sweep.
Cottenfifther is working hard here to advance position.
Szczerek engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Szczerek trying to control the position from guard on top but Cottenfifther is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Cottenfifther looking to control.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Cottenfifther connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cottenfifther misses with a low kick.

Szczerek fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Cottenfifther sprawls well initially but Szczerek persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Szczerek is trying to control. Cottenfifther wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Cottenfifther trying to control here.
Cottenfifther manages to get to full guard.
Szczerek trying to control but Cottenfifther is working from the bottom.
Cottenfifther might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Szczerek advances position into side control!
Cottenfifther is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Szczerek off and has taken his back!
Szczerek tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Szczerek is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Cottenfifther with shots to the head and body - Szczerek looks very uncomfortable down there.
Cottenfifther lands a heavy elbow.
Cottenfifther lands a big elbow.
Cottenfifther lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Cottenfifther lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Szczerek hang on?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cottenfifther landing strikes from the mount and Szczerek is in trouble!
Cottenfifther landing strikes, looking to finish!
Cottenfifther lands a nice shot to the head.

Szczerek is rocked!
Szczerek can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juanito Cottenfifther dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Szczerek throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A punch combination from Szczerek misses.
Cottenfifther finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Szczerek steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cottenfifther.
Szczerek throws a nice looking combination but Cottenfifther bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cottenfifther just misses with a punch to the body.
Tomasz Szczerek is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Szczerek keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Szczerek lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Cottenfifther has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Cottenfifther and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Cottenfifther shoots in for a takedown but Szczerek shows good takedown defense.
Szczerek throws a series of strikes that have Cottenfifther backpedaling.
Cottenfifther throws a leg kick but Szczerek sees it coming and checks it nicely.

Szczerek rushes Cottenfifther and presses him up against the ropes.
Cottenfifther doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Szczerek has clasped his hands together around Cottenfifther's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Szczerek is working Cottenfifther over with some ground and pound from side control.
Cottenfifther is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Cottenfifther gets back to half guard.
Szczerek thows a huge punch but Cottenfifther dodges it nicely.

Szczerek is looking for a kimura but Cottenfifther is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Szczerek to get the leverage.
Szczerek is trying to control. Cottenfifther wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Szczerek passes the guard and advances to mount!
Cottenfifther is in a horrible position here. Szczerek smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cottenfifther tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Szczerek looking to control but Cottenfifther is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Szczerek lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Cottenfifther is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Szczerek.
Szczerek manages to capitalize on a mistake by Cottenfifther to take his back!
Szczerek scores with punches from the back.
Cottenfifther is really stuck here.
Szczerek struggling to keep hold of the position.

Cottenfifther defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Szczerek's arms.
Well, with Szczerek on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Cottenfifther is tapping out... Can he escape the position?

Szczerek is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. Cottenfifther has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but Szczerek has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! Cottenfifther taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. Szczerek doesn't care though - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Tomasz Szczerek!
A relieved looking Tomasz Szczerek thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.