PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Natan Grygiel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Krzesimir Ciupaga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grygiel comes to the cage accompanied by Sobota- Rusz dupsko na marsz. The crowd seem to be enjoying Ciupaga's choice of entrance music: Polak potrafi. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Grygiel
vs
Ciupaga

194 cm
33
205 lbs
13 - 19 - 1

185 cm
28
218 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 13 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Natan Grygiel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Krzesimir Ciupaga!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Radbod Blank and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ciupaga looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Grygiel lands with a shot to the body.
Ciupaga throws a half hearted mid kick.
Grygiel tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ciupaga manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Grygiel!
The fight stays on the outside here - Grygiel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Grygiel tries to clinch up.
Ciupaga scores with a leg kick.
Grygiel is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ciupaga sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Grygiel misses with a combination
and Ciupaga counters with a nice body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grygiel connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Ciupaga forces Grygiel back against the cage and clinches.

Grygiel pulls guard successfully.
Ciupaga is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Grygiel throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Ciupaga throwing strikes from guard but Grygiel blocks nicely.
Ciupaga controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ciupaga throwing strikes but missing.
Ciupaga throws a big right hand that misses.
Grygiel is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ciupaga is controlling him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Grygiel working a defensive guard here.
Ciupaga postures up in Grygiel's guard and throws a big left but Grygiel blocks it.
Ciupaga wants to control from the top but Grygiel keeps moving.
Ciupaga seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ciupaga.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ciupaga displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Grygiel.
Ciupaga throws a wild body kick that Grygiel sees coming a mile off.
Grygiel looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Ciupaga misses with a low kick.

Ciupaga pushes Grygiel up against the cage in a clinch.
Ciupaga with a knee to the head.

It looks like Natan Grygiel has been cut.
Ciupaga lands an uppercut.
Ciupaga tries to land a knee to the head but Grygiel blocks with his arms.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ciupaga using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ciupaga working Grygiel over with knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Ciupaga scores with a nice short uppercut.
Grygiel is trying to force a seperation but Ciupaga has the dominant position.
Ciupaga comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grygiel has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Ciupaga after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Natan Grygiel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ciupaga lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ciupaga lands an uppercut.
Grygiel goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ciupaga prevents it.
Ciupaga misses with the head strike.
Knees to the body from Ciupaga.
A knee to the head by Ciupaga.
Grygiel is breathing heavily.
Ciupaga lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ciupaga tries a knee to the head but Grygiel blocks it.
Ciupaga lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Grygiel backwards.
Ciupaga creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Grygiel's defenses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ciupaga tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Grygiel misses with the head strike.
Ciupaga with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Grygiel lands a shoulder strike.
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!
Grygiel is trying to force a seperation but Ciupaga has the dominant position.
Ciupaga lands a nice uppercut.
Ciupaga lands an elbow inside.
Grygiel is looking to break free of the clinch but Ciupaga has double underhooks.
Ciupaga lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ciupaga misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grygiel.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ciupaga connects with a knee to the head.

Grygiel is rocked!
Ciupaga has Grygiel pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Grygiel is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Ciupaga - that's hurt Grygiel badly! Oh, another knee lands and Grygiel is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Grygiel doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Krzesimir Ciupaga!
Krzesimir Ciupaga seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.