PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Julius Biacolo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marek Legierski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Legierski has chosen Within Temptation - Mother Earth as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Biacolo
vs
Legierski

175 cm
19
182 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
178 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Julius Biacolo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Marek Legierski!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Andrew Berry and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Biacolo feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Legierskis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
No joy there for Biacolo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Biacolo shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Biacolo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Legierski defending well though.
Biacolo not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Biacolo 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.
Biacolo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Biacolo thows a huge punch but Legierski dodges it nicely.
Biacolo lands strikes from half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Biacolo tries to pass to full mount but Legierski defends it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Biacolo seems to be looking for submissions.
Legierski really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Biacolo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Biacolo is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Legierski is trying to stand.
Legierski looks winded!
Biacolo seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Legierski blocking the ground and pound attempt from Biacolo.
Biacolo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Biacolo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Biacolo throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Biacolo lands a nice short elbow.
Legierski avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Biacolo.
Biacolo 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.
Biacolo lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Biacolo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Biacolo slips a nice elbow through Legierski's hands, connecting with Legierski's forehead.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Legierski keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Biacolo is looking for a kimura here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Biacolo landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Biacolo not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ground and pound from Biacolo.
Biacolo lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Legierski has hold of Biacolo's hands but Biacolo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Biacolo there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Legierski has hold of Biacolo's hands but Biacolo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ground and pound from Biacolo.
Biacolo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Legierski's head.

Biacolo has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Legierski defend it? Biacolo steps over the head and cranks it - Legierski is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Biacolo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Julius Biacolo!