PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Czesio Niemen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mitch Rapp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Niemen
vs
Rapp

196 cm
30
270 lbs
20 - 16 - 0

194 cm
32
270 lbs
19 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

LOD: Affordable Quality

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Czesio Niemen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mitch Rapp!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Russell Pearce and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Niemen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rapp takes a jab right on the kisser.
Niemen throws a body kick that misses.
Niemen looks to score with a jab to the body but Rapp is just out of range.
Rapp keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Niemen connects with a nice looking jab.

It looks like Mitch Rapp has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A telegraphed right hand from Niemen misses the target.
A big right from Rapp misses.
Niemen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rapp.
Niemen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Niemen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rapp to score with a decent uppercut.
Rapp paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Niemen misses.
Rapp swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rapp lands a lovely overhand right.
Niemen looks for the body kick but Rapp saw that one coming.
Niemen connects with a body shot.
Niemen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Niemen throws a hook but Rapp avoids it easily.
Rapp pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Niemen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Niemen takes a swing at Rapp's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niemen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Niemen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rapp sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rapp looks to land a right hand but Niemen moved out of range.
Rapp thows a body shot but no joy.
Niemen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Rapp lands a big right hand that sends Niemen crashing to the mat! Rapp stays standing though and waves Niemen back to his feet!

Niemen is rocked!
Rapp looks to land a right hand but Niemen moved out of range.
Oh Niemen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Niemen looks to land a left hand but Rapp moved out of range nicely.
Rapp misses with a lunging right hand
and Niemen counters with a stiff right hand.
Rapp misses with a lunging right hand
and Niemen counters with a left to the body.
Niemen misses with a head kick.
Niemen seems to have got his legs back now.
Rapp throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Niemen lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rapp blocks a head kick by Niemen.
Niemen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Niemen lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Rapp blocks a head kick by Niemen.
Rapp on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Rapp is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rapp throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Niemen counters with a big left hand that crumples Rapp! He was out before he hit the floor! Brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Czesio Niemen!
During a confident post fight interview, Czesio Niemen thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.