PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Lester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Artur Sowinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sowinski has chosen Totentanz-Swiatlo Dnia as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lester
vs
Sowinski

185 cm
20
165 lbs
5 - 9 - 0

177 cm
23
164 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bryan Lester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Artur Sowinski!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Skip Squint and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sowinski scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

It looks like Bryan Lester has been cut.
No luck for Lester with that takedown attempt.
Lester dives in and grabs Sowinski's left leg, looking for a takedown. Sowinski pushes down on Lester's head and hops out.
Lester changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sowinski tries to avoid it but Lester manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sowinski to the ground. Sowinski escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bryan Lester. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lester shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Sowinski defends it nicely.

Lester ducks straight into an uppercut from Sowinski and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Lester manages to regain guard straight away.

Lester is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Sowinski postures up.
Oh Lester is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Sowinski drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Sowinski seems to have locked his on tight now - Lester screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Sowinski, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Artur Sowinski!
Our winner, Artur Sowinski, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.