PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damian Maya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wojciech Sakrucki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maya comes to the cage accompanied by Spitfire. Sakrucki comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Kochana Polsko kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Maya
vs
Sakrucki

190 cm
34
226 lbs
15 - 14 - 0

191 cm
27
217 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter fighter
Insanely flexible

TWGC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

$300

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Damian Maya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Wojciech Sakrucki!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Aafke Stam and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maya doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Sakrucki counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sakrucki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maya moves away.

Sakrucki shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
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.
Maya is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Maya looking for a sweep. Not yet Maya, not yet.

Maya is looking for a triangle but Sakrucki pushes his legs off easily.
Sakrucki pushes down on Maya's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Maya avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sakrucki.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maya wants to get back to full guard.
Maya has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sakrucki is working away from the top position though.
Maya wants to improve his position but Sakrucki is controlling well.
Maya is looking to control Sakrucki's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Maya avoid being mounted?
Sakrucki missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sakrucki sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Maya defending well though.
Sakrucki is looking to take a break and control but Maya is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sakrucki wants to free his trapped foot but Maya is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Maya wants to improve his position but Sakrucki is controlling well.
Maya wants to control but Sakrucki is keeping busy.
Sakrucki passes into side control, despite Maya's attempt to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maya tries to bench press Sakrucki off him but Sakrucki keeps the position.
Sakrucki wants to control but Maya is keeping him busy.
The ground and pound from Sakrucki seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Maya manages to work his way to half guard, despite Sakrucki's best efforts.
Maya wants to control but Sakrucki is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sakrucki wants to take a breather but Maya is having none of it.
Maya wants to get back to full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sakrucki lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Maya actively working from the bottom here.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Sakrucki wants to lay and pray for a moment but Maya keeps working.
Sakrucki seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maya is looking to improve his position.
Maya is refusing to be controlled, as Sakrucki sits in half guard.
Maya is looking to control Sakrucki's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Maya avoid being mounted?
Sakrucki wants to lay and pray for a moment but Maya keeps working.
Sakrucki content to control rather than advance.
Sakrucki uses his free foot to push down on Maya's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Maya.
Sakrucki tries to control but Maya wriggling away.
Sakrucki avoids the attempt from Maya to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakrucki prevents Maya from getting the reversal.
Sakrucki lands a heavy elbow.
Sakrucki cracks Maya with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sakrucki lands a big elbow.

Maya is rocked!
Sakrucki can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Maya is looking to escape.
Oh Maya is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sakrucki looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Maya covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wojciech Sakrucki!
After winning the bout, Wojciech Sakrucki thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.