PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Michal Karpecny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brown Eye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown Eye told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Karpecny
vs
Eye

180 cm
22
175 lbs
3 - 7 - 0

180 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
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 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michal Karpecny!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brown Eye!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Lou da Vinci and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Eye gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Karpecny gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Eye regains guard.
Eye is looking to stand up but Karpecny isn't so interested in that idea.
Eye being controlled here, momentarily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Eye wants to get back to his feet but Karpecny is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Karpecny knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Eye on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Michal Karpecny.
Karpecny lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Eye backs up against the cage.
Eye shoots in for a double leg but Karpecny sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Brown Eye seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karpecny throws a leg kick which misses Eye's front leg but catches the back leg as Eye tries to avoid it.

Karpecny moves into the clinch.

Eye wants the takedown. Karpecny is fighting it off but Eye persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Karpecny's guard against the cage.
Eye is looking to work some ground and pound but Karpecny has wrist control.
Eye passes Karpecny's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Eye tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Karpecny.
Eye performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karpecny pushes Eye off looking to stand but Eye dives back in and keeps control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Eye slips a nice elbow through Karpecny's hands, connecting with Karpecny's forehead.
Eye sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Karpecny defending well though.
Eye missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ground and pound from Eye.
Karpecny is breathing heavily.

Eye decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Karpecny misses with a double jab.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Eye.
Eye happy to just control the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Karpecny is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Eye connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Karpecny some visible discomfort.
Karpecny is working to avoid the ground and pound but Eye connects with a decent elbow.
Eye connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Karpecny some visible discomfort.
Karpecny is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Eye scores with a couple of short elbows.
Eye lands a few punches from side control.
Eye scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Karpecny to see if he's OK.
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!
Eye connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Karpecny some visible discomfort.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karpecny taking punishment in the form of punches.
Eye scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Karpecny to see if he's OK.
Eye cracks Karpecny with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Eye controlling the position.
Karpecny on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Eye grinds an elbow into Karpecny's temple.
Eye lands a nice forearm strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Eye lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Eye lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Check out the look on Eye's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brown Eye dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Eye clinches up with Karpecny and pushes him back against the cage.
Eye is pushing Karpecny up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Karpecny tries to circle away but Eye has him pinned against the cage.

Eye has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Karpecny clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Eye punches Karpecny on the ear.
Eye controls the position.
Eye is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Eye gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Eye gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Eye apologises and we restart here on the feet.

Eye drives through with a takedown into guard.
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!
Eye stands up over Karpecny, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Eye is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eye stops Karpecny from standing up.
Eye working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Eye is working Karpecny over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Eye with a nice head shot there.
Eye is stalling in the full guard.
Eye is working Karpecny over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Eye is working Karpecny over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Eye's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Eye connects with a couple of short punches.
Eye trying to stand up but can't free himself from Karpecny's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eye stands up over Karpecny, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Eye passes Karpecny's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Eye is controlling the pace.
Eye seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Eye with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Eye has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Brown Eye has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eye looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Eye working over Karpecny with some ground and pound. Karpecny looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Still in half guard, Eye seems content to control.
Karpecny taking some punishment here, with Eye in his half guard.
Eye slows the pace down in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eye lands with a punch from half guard.
Eye looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Karpecny with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Eye scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Eye landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Eye lands with a punch from half guard.
Nice strikes from Eye there.
Eye lands strikes from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brown Eye showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Eye fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Eye shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Karpecny napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Eye working the ground and pound.
Eye working the head and body with strikes.
Eye scores with punches from side control.
Karpecny takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Eye advances to mount.
Eye working the ground and pound effectively.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Eye connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Eye lands a nice shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eye lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Karpecny hang on?
Karpecny in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Eye landing strikes, looking to finish!
Eye raining down shots from the mount!
Karpecny on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Karpecny tries to get out of the position.
Eye fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Eye lands a nice shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Eye landing strikes from the mount.

Karpecny is rocked!
Eye with shots to the head and body - Karpecny looks very uncomfortable down there.
Oh Karpecny is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Karpecny taking shots to the head.
Eye with good strikes from the mount here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eye lands a big shot to the head and Karpecny winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Brown Eye!
A less than humble Brown Eye misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
The defeated Michal Karpecny had this to say: 'I get you next time!'.