PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Philipp Kostyrko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abel Trujillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kostyrko comes into the arena with Fuck Them All blaring out of the sound system. Trujillo has chosen 2Pac - Hit Em Up as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kostyrko
vs
Trujillo

155 cm
22
155 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

172 cm
21
162 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Philipp Kostyrko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Abel Trujillo!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kostyrko defending well as Trujillo loads up on a big left hand.

Kostyrko clinches up with Trujillo and pushes him back against the cage.
Kostyrko scores a nice knee to the body.
Trujillo is working for takedown but Kostyrko is calmly controlling the position for now.
Trujillo managing to block the knees to the body from Kostyrko.
Kostyrko misses with a knee to the head.
Kostyrko takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kostyrko missing with knees to the body.
Trujillo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kostyrko.
Kostyrko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Trujillo is defending well for now.
Kostyrko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Trujillo.
Trujillo managing to block the knees to the body from Kostyrko.
A nice right hand lands inside from Trujillo.
Kostyrko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kostyrko trying to land knees to the body.
Trujillo is trying to stall.
Kostyrko missing with knees to the body.
Kostyrko landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Trujillo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kostyrko utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Trujillo is a very stocky fighter. Infact he's such a weird shape that he's almost like some sort of comedy character - it's hard to believe he's real.
Trujillo avoiding damage as Kostyrko throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kostyrko tries to land knees in the clinch but Trujillo avoids the damage to the body.
Trujillo tries to land knees in the clinch but Kostyrko avoids the damage to the body.
Kostyrko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kostyrko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Trujillo tries to land knees in the clinch but Kostyrko avoids the damage to the body.
Trujillo missing with knees to the body.
Kostyrko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Trujillo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kostyrko misses with a knee strike.
Trujillo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kostyrko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kostyrko keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Trujillo's efforts to push away.
Trujillo lands a nice uppercut.
Trujillo blocks the elbow strike.
Kostyrko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Trujillo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kostyrko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Trujillo.
I was talking to Kostyrko's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Kostyrko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kostyrko landing knees to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Trujillo ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Trujillo no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Trujillo has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Kostyrko has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Trujillo swings wildly with an uppercut but Kostyrko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trujillo missing with knees to the body.
Kostyrko unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kostyrko missing with knees to the body.
Trujillo missing with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Kostyrko.
Kostyrko lands a nice elbow.
Trujillo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kostyrko is defending well for now.
Kostyrko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Trujillo avoids it.
Kostyrko managing to block the knees to the body from Trujillo.
Trujillo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Trujillo tries to stall but Kostyrko uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kostyrko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Trujillo blocks it with crossed arms.
Trujillo blocks an elbow strike from Kostyrko.
Trujillo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kostyrko is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Trujillo managing to block the knees to the body from Kostyrko.
Trujillo stalling against the cage.
Trujillo tries to land knees in the clinch but Kostyrko avoids the damage to the body.
Trujillo landing knees to the body.
Trujillo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Trujillo trying to stall but Kostyrko improves his position.
Kostyrko throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Trujillo swings wildly with an uppercut but Kostyrko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kostyrko missing with knees to the body.
Trujillo fails to pull guard.
Trujillo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Philipp Kostyrko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Abel Trujillo.
Kostyrko tries to land a knee to the head but Trujillo blocks with his arms.
Trujillo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Trujillo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kostyrko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Trujillo.
Kostyrko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kostyrko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Trujillo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kostyrko is defending well for now.
Kostyrko missing with knees to the body.
Kostyrko trying to land knees to the body.
Kostyrko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kostyrko throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trujillo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kostyrko smiles and moves away.
Kostyrko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Trujillo. Kostyrko does a little dance to reset his feet.

Trujillo moves into the clinch.
Kostyrko misses with a knee to the head.
Kostyrko tries a knee to the head but Trujillo blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Trujillo missing with knees to the body.
Kostyrko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Trujillo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Trujillo looks winded!
Kostyrko with a knee to the head.
Trujillo blocks the elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Philipp Kostyrko dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Trujillo tries to keep at a distance but Kostyrko has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kostyrko tries a knee to the head but Trujillo blocks it.
Knees to the body from Trujillo.
Kostyrko misses with a knee to the head.
Trujillo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kostyrko.
Kostyrko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Trujillo avoids it.
Kostyrko looking to throw knees to the head but Trujillo is blocking nicely.
Trujillo lands a good knee to the midsection. Kostyrko won't want to take too many of those.
Trujillo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Trujillo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kostyrko avoids it.
Kostyrko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Trujillo wants to stall.
Trujillo lands with a left to the head.
Trujillo managing to block the knees to the body from Kostyrko.
Kostyrko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kostyrko misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kostyrko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Trujillo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kostyrko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Trujillo missing with knees to the body.
Kostyrko takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kostyrko misses with a knee strike.
Trujillo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Trujillo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Trujillo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kostyrko trying to land knees to the body.
Kostyrko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Trujillo is defending well for now.
Trujillo working hard to break the clinch.
Kostyrko tries a knee to the head but Trujillo blocks it.
Kostyrko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Trujillo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Trujillo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Trujillo blocks the elbow strike.
Trujillo trying to land knees to the body.
Trujillo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kostyrko avoiding damage as Trujillo throws knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kostyrko just misses with a elbow thrown towards Trujillo's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo tries for a takedown but Kostyrko manages to get underhooks.
Kostyrko looking to throw knees to the head but Trujillo is blocking nicely.
Kostyrko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kostyrko using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Trujillo lands a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trujillo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kostyrko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Trujillo's face.
Trujillo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kostyrko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kostyrko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Trujillo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kostyrko putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Trujillo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Trujillo.
Trujillo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kostyrko in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kostyrko throws an elbow that misses.
Kostyrko missing with knees to the body.
Kostyrko scores with a knee to the head.
Kostyrko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Trujillo blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kostyrko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Trujillo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Trujillo digs a right hand into Kostyrko's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kostyrko's gas tank.
Trujillo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kostyrko backwards.
Kostyrko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kostyrko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Trujillo.
Trujillo landing knees to the body.
Trujillo tries to break free but Kostyrko pushes him back against the cage.
Trujillo lands a good knee to the midsection. Kostyrko won't want to take too many of those.
Trujillo lands a nice knee to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Trujillo.
Kostyrko takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kostyrko misses with a knee to the head.
Kostyrko tries to land knees in the clinch but Trujillo avoids the damage to the body.
Trujillo avoiding damage as Kostyrko throws knees to the body.
Trujillo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kostyrko.
Trujillo misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kostyrko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kostyrko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Trujillo.
Kostyrko misses with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kostyrko managing to block the knees to the body from Trujillo.
Trujillo lands a nice uppercut.
Trujillo managing to block the knees to the body from Kostyrko.
Kostyrko landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kostyrko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Trujillo tries to land knees in the clinch but Kostyrko avoids the damage to the body.
Trujillo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Trujillo avoids a wild elbow strike from Kostyrko.
A knee to the head by Kostyrko.
Kostyrko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Trujillo blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Trujillo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kostyrko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Trujillo blocks it with crossed arms.
Kostyrko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Trujillo jumps into guard, dragging Kostyrko to the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Abel Trujillo will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Kostyrko fails with an attempt to clinch.

Trujillo clinches with his opponent.
Kostyrko trying to land knees to the body.
Kostyrko managing to block the knees to the body from Trujillo.
Trujillo tries to break the clinch but Kostyrko is controlling the position.
Trujillo tries to land knees in the clinch but Kostyrko avoids the damage to the body.
Kostyrko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Trujillo is defending well for now.
Trujillo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kostyrko is defending well for now.
Philipp Kostyrko has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Trujillo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kostyrko trying to land knees to the body.
Kostyrko scores with a knee to the head.
Trujillo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kostyrko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Trujillo fails to land.
Kostyrko scores a nice knee to the body.
Kostyrko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kostyrko unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kostyrko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Trujillo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kostyrko trying to land knees to the body.
Kostyrko misses with a knee strike.
Trujillo avoiding damage as Kostyrko throws knees to the body.
Trujillo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kostyrko in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Trujillo breaks from the clinch.

Kostyrko closes the distance and pushes Trujillo back into the cage.
Trujillo landing knees to the body.
Kostyrko keeps control of Trujillo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Trujillo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kostyrko is defending well for now.
Trujillo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Trujillo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Trujillo misses with a knee strike.
Trujillo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kostyrko obliges.
Trujillo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kostyrko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kostyrko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kostyrko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kostyrko pushes off an throws an elbow but Trujillo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Trujillo misses with a punch to the body.
Kostyrko trying to land knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Trujillo.
Kostyrko avoiding damage as Trujillo throws knees to the body.
Kostyrko misses with a knee strike.
Trujillo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kostyrko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kostyrko trying to land knees to the body.
Kostyrko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Trujillo is defending well for now.
Kostyrko pushes off an throws an elbow but Trujillo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Trujillo avoiding damage as Kostyrko throws knees to the body.
Kostyrko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Trujillo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kostyrko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Trujillo.
Kostyrko takes a shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kostyrko trying to land knees to the body.
Trujillo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kostyrko just misses with a elbow thrown towards Trujillo's brow.
Trujillo lands a left hand.
Kostyrko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Trujillo tries to land knees in the clinch but Kostyrko avoids the damage to the body.
Kostyrko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Trujillo blocks it with crossed arms.
Trujillo avoiding damage as Kostyrko throws knees to the body.
Trujillo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kostyrko is defending well for now.
Trujillo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Trujillo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kostyrko.
Kostyrko blocking some punches.
Kostyrko trying to land knees to the body.
Kostyrko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Trujillo.
Kostyrko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kostyrko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Trujillo avoiding damage as Kostyrko throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kostyrko is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Kostyrko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kostyrko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Trujillo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kostyrko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kostyrko tries a knee to the head but Trujillo blocks it.
Trujillo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kostyrko backwards.
Kostyrko tries to land knees in the clinch but Trujillo avoids the damage to the body.
A short left from Trujillo.
Trujillo landing knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kostyrko pushes off an throws an elbow but Trujillo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kostyrko pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kostyrko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Trujillo avoids it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kostyrko missing with knees to the body.
Trujillo has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Kostyrko avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Trujillo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kostyrko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Trujillo.
Kostyrko misses with a knee strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Philipp Kostyrko showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kostyrko has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Philipp Kostyrko!
Philipp Kostyrko seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.