PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sandro Poletto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kamil Klinczerski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Poletto
vs
Klinczerski

188 cm
28
260 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

182 cm
25
265 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Solid chin

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 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sandro Poletto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kamil Klinczerski!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Alexandre Firmino and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klinczerski tries to clinch up but Poletto circles away and keeps his distance.
A head kick from Poletto lands but Klinczerski takes it in his stride.

It looks like Kamil Klinczerski has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Klinczerski moves to clinch but Poletto breaks away
and Poletto counters with a slapping leg kick.
Klinczerski has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Poletto.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Poletto, right into the meat.
Poletto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Poletto keeps the fight on the outside.
Poletto tries a head kick but it misses.
Klinczerski tries to clinch but Poletto is having none of it.
Poletto throws a push kick but Klinczerski slaps the foot to one side.

Poletto rushes Klinczerski and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Poletto wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Klinczerski avoiding damage as Poletto throws knees to the body.
Klinczerski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Poletto misses with a knee strike.
Poletto letting Klinczerski take a breather here.
Poletto working hard to break the clinch.
Poletto is trying to maintain a safe position but Klinczerski gets an underhook and turns Poletto into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Klinczerski.
Poletto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Klinczerski controlling the action here for a moment.
Klinczerski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Poletto manages to break the clinch.
Poletto keeps the fight on the outside.
Sandro Poletto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Klinczerski takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Poletto clinches with his opponent.
Poletto's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Poletto landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Klinczerski looks winded!
Poletto is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Klinczerski is keeping busy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Poletto blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poletto looking to slow down the pace here.
Poletto lands a knee to the body.
Poletto lands an elbow inside.
Poletto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Poletto blocking some punches.
Poletto tries to land a knee to the head but Klinczerski blocks with his arms.
Poletto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Klinczerski keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Poletto's efforts to push away.
Klinczerski working aggressively here.
Poletto trying to stall but Klinczerski improves his position.
Klinczerski looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Klinczerski scores with a shoulder strike.
Klinczerski misses with the head strike.
Poletto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Poletto breaks from the clinch.
Klinczerski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Poletto paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Poletto. Klinczerski shrugs it off though.

Klinczerski tries to keep at a distance but Poletto has taken the fight into the clinch.

Poletto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Poletto drives through and clinches with Klinczerski against the cage.
Poletto misses with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Klinczerski just misses with a elbow thrown towards Poletto's brow.
Poletto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Poletto tries to land a knee to the head but Klinczerski blocks with his arms.
Klinczerski trying to land knees to the body.
Poletto lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Poletto leaning against his opponent.
Poletto is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Poletto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Klinczerski blocks an elbow strike from Poletto.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poletto missing with knees to the body.
Poletto lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Poletto is looking to control Klinczerski's arms but Klinczerski gets an underhook and turns him. Now Poletto has his back to the cage.
Poletto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Klinczerski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Poletto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Poletto is struggling to control the position.
Klinczerski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Poletto.
Poletto is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Klinczerski is keeping busy.
Poletto seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Klinczerski is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Klinczerski throws a head punch that misses.
Poletto blocking some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Poletto wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Poletto landing knees to the body.
Poletto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Klinczerski avoids it.

Poletto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sandro Poletto dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kamil Klinczerski's cut.
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.

Poletto clinches up with Klinczerski and pushes him back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Poletto.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Poletto.
Klinczerski throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Poletto manages to break the clinch.

Poletto moves into the clinch successfully.
Klinczerski managing to block the knees to the body from Poletto.
Poletto misses with an elbow strike.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Klinczerski in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Klinczerski lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Poletto blocks an uppercut.
Klinczerski throws a head punch that misses.
Poletto pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Poletto lands an elbow just above Klinczerski 's eye.
Klinczerski working aggressively here.
Klinczerski stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Klinczerski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poletto blocks an elbow strike.
Sandro Poletto has scored more points in the clinch so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Klinczerski.
Poletto misses with a knee to the head.
Poletto throws a knee to the head but misses.
Klinczerski is stalling here.

Poletto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Poletto goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Klinczerski tries to clinch there but Poletto circles away.
Klinczerski is looking to clinch but Poletto is avoiding it.
Poletto looks to throw the jab but Klinczerski is out of range.
Klinczerski moves in looking to clinch but Poletto pushes him off.
Poletto throws a sloppy head kick and Klinczerski moves out of range easily.
Poletto throws out a leg kick but Klinczerski moves out of range and Poletto only half commits.
Klinczerski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Klinczerski wants to clinch up but Poletto keeps it at a distance.
A leg kick checked by Klinczerski.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klinczerski wants to clinch up but Poletto keeps it at a distance.
Poletto swats away the attempt to clinch by Klinczerski.

Poletto closes the distance and clinches.
Poletto blocking some punches.
Klinczerski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Klinczerski struggles to land a body shot inside as Poletto controls his hands.
With the fighters up against the cage, Klinczerski throws an elbow but misses.

Poletto manages to break the clinch.
Poletto looks to score with a jab to the body but Klinczerski is just out of range.

Poletto has closed the distance and engaged Klinczerski in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Poletto looking to throw knees to the head but Klinczerski is blocking nicely.
Poletto putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Klinczerski in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Klinczerski is breathing heavily.
Poletto looking to throw knees to the head but Klinczerski is blocking nicely.
Klinczerski trying to land knees to the body.
Klinczerski misses with a hook to the ribs.
Poletto misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Poletto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Poletto throws a head kick but Klinczerski moves out of range.
Klinczerski takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

Poletto has managed to clinch.
Poletto tries a knee to the head but Klinczerski blocks it.
Poletto lands an elbow just above Klinczerski 's eye.

That has opened up Kamil Klinczerski's cut even more.
Klinczerski keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Poletto's efforts to push away.
Poletto is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Klinczerski can do to turn this around?
Poletto tries to break the clinch but Klinczerski is controlling the position.
Klinczerski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Poletto is trying to push Klinczerski away but Klinczerski has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Klinczerski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Klinczerski blocks an elbow strike.
Poletto prevents a body shot from Klinczerski.
Poletto stalling in the clinch but Klinczerski improves position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Poletto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Poletto misses with a knee to the head.
Poletto is trying to break the clinch but Klinczerski is controlling him.
Poletto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Klinczerski.
Poletto connects with a nasty looking knee right to Klinczerski's face.
Poletto blocks an uppercut.
Poletto is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Klinczerski looking to stall.
Poletto is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Klinczerski pushes off an throws an elbow but Poletto leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Poletto.
Poletto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sandro Poletto dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kamil Klinczerski's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Poletto turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Poletto throws a head kick that misses.

Poletto drives through and clinches with Klinczerski against the cage.
Poletto misses with a knee to the head.
Poletto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Klinczerski misses with some punches.
Klinczerski working aggressively here.
Klinczerski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Poletto looking to slow down the pace here.
Klinczerski swings wildly with an uppercut but Poletto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Klinczerski blocks the elbow strike.
Klinczerski misses with some punches.

Poletto breaks the clinch.
Klinczerski tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Poletto counters with a perfectly timed head kick, knocking Klinczerski out cold! Wow, that took some serious skill and not a little luck! Poletto is taking it in his stride though, strolling around like it's no big deal. What a guy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Sandro Poletto!
Sandro Poletto seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.