PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arkadiusz Klepaczka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brick House (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arkadiusz Klepaczka had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 171.5lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Arkadiusz Klepaczka looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Klepaczka
vs
House

185 cm
23
183 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

185 cm
24
185 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Bad Man Clothing

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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arkadiusz Klepaczka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brick House!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Leandro Rodrigues and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klepaczka shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as House sprawls well. House wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Klepaczka gets slowly back to his feet.
House throws a sloppy body shot
and Klepaczka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Klepaczka looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? House is fending him off so far but Klepaczka persists. Nope, House circles away and we're back to standing.
Klepaczka darts in looking for a takedown but House gets double underhooks and turns Klepaczka into the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arkadiusz Klepaczka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
House prevents a takedown attempt there.

House escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Klepaczka shoots in for a takedown but House shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
House connects with a body shot that sends Klepaczka's belly button to the back.
Klepaczka is breathing heavily.
House is looking to clinch.
House tries to clinch up.
Klepaczka chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before House can pounce on him.
Klepaczka tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but House defends well and Klepaczka ends up having to push House into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
House is pressed up against the cage. Klepaczka has hold of a leg and is looking to drag House down to the mat. House avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

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

It looks like Arkadiusz Klepaczka has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fight stays on the outside here - House looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
House doesn't manage to clinch there - Klepaczka circles away.

House lands a big uppercut and Klepaczka crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Klepaczka looks OK. House waves Klepaczka back to his feet!

Klepaczka is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klepaczka shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as House sprawls well. House wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Klepaczka gets slowly back to his feet.
Oh Klepaczka is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
House leaves Klepaczka with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
House cracks Klepaczka with a left hook right on the temple and Klepaczka goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! House lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Klepaczka is OK!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Brick House!
After the fight, Brick House was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.