PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nemanja Tancev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maciej Dobrzynski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dobrzynski comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Sabaton - Uprising kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Tancev
vs
Dobrzynski

190 cm
27
190 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

183 cm
29
201 lbs
15 - 9 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nemanja Tancev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Maciej Dobrzynski!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Dobrzynski. No joy for Tancev on that attempt.
Dobrzynski ducks under a wild hook from Tancev.

Dobrzynski drives through with a takedown into Tancev's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Dobrzynski is fighting to break Tancev's control of his arms but Tancev is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Tancev working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dobrzynski doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dobrzynski manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Dobrzynski working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Tancev's head.
Dobrzynski missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tancev wants to sweep but no luck.
Dobrzynski tries to free his leg and advance position but Tancev is retaining full guard.
Dobrzynski working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dobrzynski throws a big elbow that misses.
Dobrzynski distracts Tancev with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dobrzynski trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dobrzynski is sitting in close to Tancev's body. Tancev has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Dobrzynski is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Dobrzynski is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Tancev.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Nemanja Tancev!