PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lou Cifer Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcin Kozajowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cifer Jr
vs
Kozajowski

200 cm
31
264 lbs
22 - 28 - 0

197 cm
25
279 lbs
3 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 22 - 28 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lou Cifer Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marcin Kozajowski!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paul Aken and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cifer Jr lands a really nice looking cross but Kozajowski seems unphased.
Cifer Jr with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kozajowski has his takedown stuffed
and Cifer Jr counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kozajowski takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kozajowski takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Kozajowski looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kozajowski fails with the takedown
and Cifer Jr counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kozajowski thinking.
Kozajowski looks gassed!
Cifer Jr scores with a shot to the body.
Cifer Jr lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kozajowski fails with the takedown
and Cifer Jr counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Lou Cifer Jr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcin Kozajowski.
Cifer Jr jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Marcin Kozajowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cifer Jr throws out a powerful jab.

Kozajowski is rocked!
Kozajowski takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cifer Jr fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kozajowski looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cifer Jr catches Kozajowski napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Kozajowski to the canvas!
Kozajowski is still in real trouble! Can Cifer Jr finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kozajowski being controlled here, momentarily.
Cifer Jr advances to half guard.
Kozajowski seems to have recovered his senses.
Kozajowski keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kozajowski really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cifer Jr. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Cifer Jr scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Cifer Jr misses with a head shot. Kozajowski uses the momentum to regain guard.
Kozajowski keeping moving, preventing Cifer Jr from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cifer Jr passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Cifer Jr in side control, throwing shots but Kozajowski defends.
Cifer Jr fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Sloppy strikes there by Cifer Jr.
Kozajowski is trying to buck Cifer Jr off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cifer Jr lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Kozajowski down.
Cifer Jr working the ground and pound.
Cifer Jr connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Kozajowski some visible discomfort.

Cifer Jr tries for a kimura but Kozajowski is defending well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cifer Jr lands a nice forearm strike.
Cifer Jr has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Cifer Jr seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Check out the look on Cifer Jr's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Cifer Jr looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cifer Jr cracks Kozajowski with a big elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kozajowski gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Cifer Jr looking to control but Kozajowski is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lou Cifer Jr dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Kozajowski takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cifer Jr lands a jab to the head.
Cifer Jr scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kozajowski in his tracks.
Marcin Kozajowski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kozajowski with a poor takedown
and Cifer Jr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crack! Cifer Jr connects with the perfect overhand right and Kozajowski falls face first to the canvas. Timbeeeeeeeer! Beautiful knockout for Cifer Jr!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lou Cifer Jr!