PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Patryk Jaworski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Box (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Patryk Jaworski has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Jaworski
vs
Box

184 cm
24
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

179 cm
21
190 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Dragon

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Patryk Jaworski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, John Box!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Chris Saunders and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Box fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Jaworski to the ground. Box is now in Jaworski's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Jaworski throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Jaworski scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Box shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Jaworski counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Box looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Box avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jaworski.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jaworski tries to stand but his arm is trapped.

Jaworski decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Jaworski keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jaworski stuffs the takedown.
Patryk Jaworski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Box.
Box with a poor takedown

and Jaworski counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Jaworski.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jaworski gets to his feet - Box follows without any prompting.

Jaworski decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Box actively working from the bottom here.
Box looks winded!

Jaworski stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Box misses with a takedown attempt

and Jaworski counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Jaworski.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jaworski tries to stand but Box is controlling from the bottom.
Jaworski scoring with punches to the head and body.
Box wants to sweep here but Jaworski controlling him for the moment.

Jaworski gets to his feet - Box follows without any prompting.
Box looks for a takedown but Jaworski sprawls well.
Box misses with a takedown

and Jaworski counters with a shoot takedown. Box fights it but they end up in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaworski sitting in guard here, content to control.

Jaworski stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Box shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

so Jaworski counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Jaworski stands up from Box's guard - Jaworski perhaps looking for a knockout.
John Box seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Box gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Jaworski to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Box throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Jaworski gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jaworski shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Box napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Jaworski decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Box shoots in looking for a takedown. Jaworski tries to sprawl out of it but Box keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jaworski manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Jaworski looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Box!
Jaworski controls the position from side control.
Box gets back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaworski moves into full mount! Box won't be happy about that!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Box working to try and regain half guard.

Jaworski stands up from mount. Strange move.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Box enables Jaworski to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Box manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Jaworski has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Box is proving hard to escape from.

Box working for a triangle but Jaworski defends it easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Box has an active guard here but Jaworski has managed to pass into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patryk Jaworski dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Jaworski closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Box's guard.
Jaworski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Box can do to turn this around?

Box looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Jaworski is defending well. Box quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Jaworski has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Box celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). John Box!