PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Felipe Frulani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ksawery Koltun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frulani comes to the cage accompanied by In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 by Coheed and Cambria. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Frulani
vs
Koltun

172 cm
30
130 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

170 cm
23
143 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Felipe Frulani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Ksawery Koltun!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paulsen Ambrosius and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the liver by Koltun. Beautiful body shot.
Frulani has his takedown stuffed
and Koltun counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Frulani doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Koltun cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Frulani gets the takedown into side control.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Koltun sneaks back into half guard.
Koltun moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Frulani looking to pass the guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Frulani is looking to work some ground and pound but Koltun has wrist control.
Koltun manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Frulani manages to get himself to full guard.
Koltun scoring with some ground and pound.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Koltun working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Frulani looking to control.
Frulani can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Koltun controls the pace.

Frulani is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Koltun is aware though and is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koltun looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Koltun scoring with punches to the head and body.
Koltun's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Koltun pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Frulani is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Koltun stays in close to Frulani's body and controls the position.
Koltun passes Frulani's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Koltun is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Frulani doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Koltun.

Koltun is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koltun is keen to just control but Frulani is a slippery customer.
Frulani trying to control from the bottom.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Koltun winds up and cracks Frulani with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Koltun not doing much here.

Frulani looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Koltun is controlling the pace.
Koltun lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Koltun is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koltun works his way into full mount!
Frulani is desperately trying to improve his position but Koltun has a good base and remains in mount.
Koltun raining down shots from the mount!
Frulani is in a horrible position here. Koltun smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Koltun is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Frulani can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Koltun is working for a guillotine from mount but Frulani frees his head quite easily.
Frulani is looking to get to half guard.
Koltun controlling his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frulani is looking to improve his position but Koltun isn't that keen on the idea.
Koltun trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee warns Frulani that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Koltun looking to finish Frulani with some ground and pound. This is bad for Frulani!
Koltun has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Koltun is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Frulani can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Koltun avoids the attempt from Frulani to control.
Koltun working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Koltun scoring with strikes but Frulani is staying in there.
Frulani regains half guard.
Koltun moves into full mount! Frulani won't be happy about that!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ksawery Koltun dominated that round.
That's time! Frulani's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Frulani fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Frulani tries to clinch
and Koltun counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Koltun throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Frulani's head.
Horrible takedown by Frulani or perhaps it was just good defense by Koltun which made him look bad.
Frulani misses with a takedown

and Koltun counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Felipe Frulani. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Frulani looking for a sweep. Not yet Frulani, not yet.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koltun trying to control but Frulani is working from the bottom.
Koltun pushes down on Frulani's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Frulani gets full guard.
Koltun tries to free his leg and advance position but Frulani is retaining full guard.
Koltun wants to control from the top but Frulani keeps moving.
Koltun advances to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frulani is trying to stand back up but Koltun is controlling him
Koltun uses his free foot to push down on Frulani's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Frulani.
Frulani is desperately trying to improve his position but Koltun has a good base and remains in mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Frulani in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Koltun cracks Frulani with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Koltun raining down shots from the mount!
Frulani working to try and regain half guard.
Koltun controlling from mount.
Frulani is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Ksawery Koltun has got the better of the ground game so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Frulani takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koltun wants to control the pace but Frulani is squirming around nicely.
Koltun dominating with strikes here.
Frulani is in a horrible position here. Koltun smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Frulani is rocked!
Koltun looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Frulani covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ksawery Koltun!