PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Karol Robotnik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Bzdunek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robotnik kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Condemned 84 - Face the Aggression. Bzdunek is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Kilka ostatnich krokow. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Robotnik
vs
Bzdunek

163 cm
25
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

166 cm
25
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Karol Robotnik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Bzdunek!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Mauricio Rocha and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bzdunek gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Robotnik holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Robotnik just leaning against Bzdunek, taking a breather.

Robotnik breaks the clinch.

Robotnik shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Bzdunek's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

Bzdunek escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Robotnik gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Robotnik lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Robotnik postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Robotnik scoring with punches to the head and body.

Bzdunek is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Robotnik defends well.
Robotnik content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bzdunek will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Robotnik makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bzdunek keeping full guard, as Robotnik tries to pass.
Robotnik lands a couple of elbows.
Robotnik postures up and lands a big shot to Bzdunek's brow.
Robotnik is working Bzdunek over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Robotnik is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Robotnik stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bzdunek swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Robotnik is working hard here to advance position.
Robotnik postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Robotnik lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Robotnik keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bzdunek's head.
Robotnik is pushing down on Bzdunek's leg trying to pass to half guard. Bzdunek is fighting to maintain full guard but Robotnik has managed to sneak the leg through.
Robotnik 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.
Robotnik working Bzdunek over with strikes.
Robotnik looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
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. Robotnik connects with a nice short shot to Bzdunek's temple.
Bzdunek moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robotnik wants to control from the top but Bzdunek keeps moving.
Robotnik distracts Bzdunek with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Bzdunek has his foot on Robotnik's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Robotnik works his way back into a safe position though.
Robotnik is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Robotnik trying to control but Bzdunek is working from the bottom.

Bzdunek throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Robotnik is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Bzdunek is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Robotnik cracks Bzdunek with a solid left hand.
Robotnik working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bzdunek's head.
Robotnik chips away with some ground and pound.
Robotnik working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bzdunek's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bzdunek has momentary wrist control but Robotnik slips an elbow through the middle.
Robotnik advances position into side control!
You can see the frustration on Bzdunek's face as Robotnik controls the position.
Robotnik's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Robotnik working the ground and pound.
Robotnik scoring with punches from side control.
Robotnik cracks Bzdunek with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Robotnik lands a decent elbow from side control.
Bzdunek gets back to half guard.

Bzdunek looking for submissions off his back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Robotnik 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.
Robotnik lands with a punch from half guard.
Bzdunek tries to get to full guard but Robotnik has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robotnik lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Bzdunek is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Robotnik pulls his head out easily.
Robotnik 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.

Bzdunek actively working from the bottom here.
Robotnik scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Robotnik wants to take a breather but Bzdunek is having none of it.
Robotnik is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Robotnik looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bzdunek wants to sweep but Robotnik has passed to side control!
Bzdunek is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Robotnik is putting a hurting on Bzdunek here, landing some big shots from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Bzdunek scores with a three punch combo!
Bzdunek gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Robotnik counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Bzdunek letting Robotnik take a breather here.

Robotnik breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
John Bzdunek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bzdunek doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Robotnik counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Robotnik seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Karol Robotnik overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Robotnik is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Bzdunek defends it well.
Robotnik lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Robotnik looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robotnik lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Bzdunek actively working from the bottom here.

Bzdunek looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Robotnik 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.

Bzdunek is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Robotnik pulls his head out easily.
Robotnik lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Nice strikes from Robotnik there.
Robotnik passes the guard and advances to mount!
Robotnik lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robotnik cracks Bzdunek with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Robotnik landing strikes from the mount and Bzdunek is in trouble!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Robotnik fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Robotnik lands a big elbow.

Bzdunek is rocked!
Robotnik lands a nice shot to the head.
Bzdunek is still in real trouble! Can Robotnik finish him?
Bzdunek is looking to get to half guard.
Robotnik lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Bzdunek is working to get back to half guard.
Robotnik unloading with bombs!
Bzdunek tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Robotnik scoring with strikes but Bzdunek is staying in there.
Robotnik fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Bzdunek is trying desperately to improve position.
Robotnik lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robotnik connects with a bit shot that sees Bzdunek covering up! More strikes from Robotnik and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Robotnik is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Karol Robotnik!
Our winner, Karol Robotnik, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.