PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jorma Katkeroinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bogdan Petrycki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Petrycki has chosen Wild Thing as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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?

Katkeroinen
vs
Petrycki

167 cm
23
142 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

167 cm
23
142 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jorma Katkeroinen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bogdan Petrycki!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Katkeroinen moves out of range of the body kick.
Bogdan Petrycki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petrycki misses with a low kick.
Katkeroinen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Petrycki scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Katkeroinen misses with a hook.
Petrycki swings away with a body shot that misses
and Katkeroinen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Katkeroinen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Katkeroinen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Katkeroinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Katkeroinen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Katkeroinen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Petrycki checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Katkeroinen checks a low kick from Petrycki.
Katkeroinen moves away from the strike by Petrycki.
Petrycki is looking to chop away at Katkeroinen's legs.
Petrycki looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Katkeroinen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Katkeroinen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Katkeroinen throws a half hearted mid kick.
A clash of legs there as Petrycki blocks the low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrycki takes one to the chin there.
Petrycki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Katkeroinen manages to avoid it.
A jab from Katkeroinen misses.

Petrycki moves into the clinch.
Petrycki stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Petrycki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Petrycki struggles to land a body shot inside as Katkeroinen controls his hands.
Petrycki lands with a light punch inside.
Katkeroinen misses with a punch to the body.
A right hand to the body from Katkeroinen.
A head punch on the inside from Petrycki fails to land.
Petrycki tries a knee to the head but Katkeroinen blocks it.
Petrycki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Petrycki lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Katkeroinen backwards.
Katkeroinen tries to throw a body punch but Petrycki avoids it by throwing Katkeroinen back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Stalling in the clinch from Katkeroinen.
Katkeroinen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrycki trying to control the position but instead, Katkeroinen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Petrycki into the cage.
Petrycki throws a head punch that misses.
Petrycki lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Katkeroinen.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Petrycki.
Petrycki throws a punch but it's blocked by Katkeroinen.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Petrycki.
Katkeroinen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Petrycki - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Petrycki with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Petrycki lands a body shot.
Petrycki pressing his opponent against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Petrycki swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katkeroinen tries a knee to the head but Petrycki blocks it.
Petrycki taking a breather.
Petrycki missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Petrycki throws an elbow but misses.
Petrycki lands a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Petrycki.
Katkeroinen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Petrycki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Petrycki blocks an uppercut.
Katkeroinen working aggressively here.
Katkeroinen looking to slow down the pace here.
Petrycki looking to stall.
Petrycki trying to land knees to the body.
Katkeroinen lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petrycki blocks a body shot from Katkeroinen.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Petrycki obliges.
Petrycki tries to land knees in the clinch but Katkeroinen avoids the damage to the body.
Petrycki slows down the pace here.
Katkeroinen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Petrycki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Petrycki manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Petrycki lands a body punch in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Katkeroinen throws a head punch that misses.
Katkeroinen crunches a lovely knee into Petrycki's ribcage.
Stalling in the clinch from Petrycki.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Katkeroinen tries to land a knee to the head but Petrycki blocks with his arms.
Katkeroinen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Petrycki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Petrycki blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bogdan Petrycki will probably get the nod.
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.

Katkeroinen looks to land a right hand but Petrycki moved out of range.
Katkeroinen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Petrycki works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Petrycki lands a jab to the head.
Katkeroinen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Petrycki connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Petrycki defending well as Katkeroinen loads up on a big left hand.
Katkeroinen walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Petrycki swats away the attempt to clinch by Katkeroinen.
Petrycki fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Katkeroinen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jab by Petrycki.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Katkeroinen misses with a low kick as Petrycki jumps back.
Petrycki connects with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Petrycki jabs at Katkeroinen's body.
Petrycki moves away from the strike by Katkeroinen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Katkeroinen crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Petrycki - the referee stops the clock and Katkeroinen gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Petrycki. Katkeroinen manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Petrycki lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Petrycki lunges at Katkeroinen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Katkeroinen's hand.
Petrycki jabs at Katkeroinen's body.
Petrycki connects with a right hand. Katkeroinen shakes it off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Katkeroinen. Petrycki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Katkeroinen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bogdan Petrycki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Petrycki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Petrycki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Katkeroinen misses with a straight left.
Katkeroinen tries to land a leg kick but Petrycki saw it coming and moves away.
Petrycki thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Katkeroinen if he has to take too many more of those.
Petrycki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Katkeroinen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Katkeroinen moves out of range of the body kick from Petrycki.
Petrycki lands a front kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Petrycki scoring well with a low kick there.
Katkeroinen misses with a straight right.
Katkeroinen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Katkeroinen takes one to the chin there.
Katkeroinen misses the body punch

and Petrycki counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Katkeroinen!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Petrycki tries for a kimura but Katkeroinen is defending well.
Katkeroinen wants to control but Petrycki postures up.
Petrycki works to advance to full mount. Katkeroinen defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Katkeroinen is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Katkeroinen is working hard here to advance position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrycki takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Katkeroinen is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Petrycki raining down hammerfists from mount.
Katkeroinen takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Katkeroinen tries to hold on but Petrycki pushes him away.
Petrycki controlling from the full mount.
Katkeroinen tries to hold on but Petrycki pushes him away.
Katkeroinen takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Katkeroinen tries to lock up and control but Petrycki gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Petrycki controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bogdan Petrycki has got the better of the ground game so far.
Petrycki wants to control the pace but Katkeroinen is squirming around nicely.
Poor strikes thrown by Petrycki there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Petrycki controlling from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Petrycki wants to control the pace but Katkeroinen is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bogdan Petrycki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Petrycki lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A left lands for Katkeroinen.
Katkeroinen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Petrycki thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Katkeroinen if he has to take too many more of those.
Katkeroinen throws a low kick but Petrycki avoids it.
Petrycki looks to score with a jab to the body but Katkeroinen is just out of range.
A low kick from Katkeroinen is predictable there
and Petrycki counters with a left to the body.
Petrycki connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Petrycki thumps Katkeroinen with a low kick.
Petrycki throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Petrycki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Katkeroinen.

Katkeroinen clinches with his opponent.
Petrycki stalling against the cage.
Petrycki lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrycki throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bogdan Petrycki seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Katkeroinen lands a body shot.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Petrycki can't find room to land a body shot as Katkeroinen controls the action.
Katkeroinen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Petrycki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Katkeroinen has a couple of punches blocked by Petrycki.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Petrycki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Katkeroinen avoids it.
Petrycki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Petrycki misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Petrycki.
Katkeroinen misses with the head strike.
Katkeroinen lands a nice uppercut.
Katkeroinen scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Katkeroinen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katkeroinen taking a breather.
Katkeroinen tries to work over Petrycki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Katkeroinen looking to throw knees to the head but Petrycki is blocking nicely.
Petrycki stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Katkeroinen blocks a body shot from Petrycki.
Katkeroinen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Petrycki is defending well for now.
Katkeroinen blocking some punches.
Petrycki lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Katkeroinen managing to block the knees to the body from Petrycki.
Petrycki lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Petrycki breaks from the clinch.
Katkeroinen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Petrycki shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Petrycki blocks the leg kick.
Good leg kick by Katkeroinen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Katkeroinen throws a right hand that Petrycki ducks under and follows up with a left that Petrycki also avoids with ease.
Katkeroinen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Petrycki. Petrycki obviously looking to wear him down.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Katkeroinen looks to land a left hand but Petrycki moved out of range nicely.
Petrycki throws a nice outside leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Petrycki.
Nice jab there from Katkeroinen.
Nice shot lands for Petrycki.
Katkeroinen tries to clinch there but Petrycki circles away.
Katkeroinen throws a series of strikes that have Petrycki backpedaling.
Petrycki slips a jab from Katkeroinen.
Katkeroinen slips a jab and a cross from Petrycki.
Katkeroinen throws a low kick but it's checked well by Petrycki.
Petrycki attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Katkeroinen jabs Petrycki to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Katkeroinen missing with a left hand there. Petrycki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Katkeroinen misses the jab.
Petrycki scores with a nice head shot.
Katkeroinen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Petrycki has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Katkeroinen finds it's way round the side to connect with Petrycki's head.
Katkeroinen attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Katkeroinen takes a swing at Petrycki's ribcage but misses.
Petrycki scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Katkeroinen attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Katkeroinen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Petrycki keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Petrycki comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Petrycki moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Petrycki fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Bogdan Petrycki just about did enough to take it.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Petrycki lands with a nice body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Katkeroinen. Petrycki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice uppercut lands for Petrycki. That snapped Katkeroinen's head back.
Petrycki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Petrycki fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Katkeroinen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A jab from Katkeroinen misses.

Petrycki drives through and clinches with Katkeroinen against the cage.
Katkeroinen takes a shot to the head.
Katkeroinen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Petrycki.
Katkeroinen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Katkeroinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Petrycki controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Petrycki fails to land.
Katkeroinen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Petrycki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Petrycki lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Katkeroinen backwards.
Katkeroinen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Petrycki backwards.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Katkeroinen missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrycki missing with knees to the body.
Petrycki is looking to control Katkeroinen's arms but Katkeroinen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Petrycki has his back to the cage.
Petrycki has Katkeroinen pushed against the cage.
Katkeroinen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Petryckis head.
Katkeroinen throws a punch but it's blocked by Petrycki.
Petrycki lands with a right to the head.
Katkeroinen missing with knees to the body.
Petrycki lands a left hand.

Katkeroinen is rocked!
Petrycki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Katkeroinen is defending well for now.
Oh Katkeroinen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Petrycki pushes Katkeroinen back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Petrycki is leaning against Katkeroinen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Katkeroinen seems to have got his legs back now.
Katkeroinen misses with a punch to the body.
Petrycki misses with a punch to the body.
Petrycki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Petrycki scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Petrycki slowing the pace effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katkeroinen lands a shoulder strike.
Katkeroinen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Petrycki is defending well for now.
Katkeroinen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Petrycki backwards.
Petrycki landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Petrycki has Katkeroinen pressed against the cage.
Katkeroinen trying to stall but Petrycki improves his position.
Petrycki blocks an uppercut.
Petrycki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Katkeroinen avoiding damage as Petrycki throws knees to the body.
Katkeroinen taking a breather.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Katkeroinen.
Petrycki looking to slow down the pace here.
Katkeroinen tries to land knees in the clinch but Petrycki avoids the damage to the body.
Katkeroinen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Petrycki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Petrycki has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Katkeroinen uses from the top position.
Katkeroinen content to stall in guard here.
Katkeroinen trying to control the position from guard on top but Petrycki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Petrycki looking for a guillotine here but Katkeroinen defends easily.

Petrycki working for a triangle but Katkeroinen defends it easily.
Katkeroinen wants to control from the top but Petrycki keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bogdan Petrycki dominated that fourth round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Katkeroinen takes a swing at Petrycki's ribcage but misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Katkeroinen.
Petrycki throws a low kick but it's checked well by Katkeroinen.
Petrycki connects with a solid leg kick.
Katkeroinen connects with a single shot there.
Katkeroinen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Katkeroinen misses with a straight right.
Petrycki throws a leg kick which misses Katkeroinen's front leg but catches the back leg as Katkeroinen tries to avoid it.
Petrycki throws a body punch but Katkeroinen moves out of range.
Petrycki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Katkeroinen.
Petrycki lands a leg kick that knocks Katkeroinen off balance momentarily.
Katkeroinen blocks the body kick.
Katkeroinen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Katkeroinen throws a leg kick
enabling Petrycki to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katkeroinen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Petrycki counters with a leg kick.
Katkeroinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Katkeroinen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Katkeroinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Petrycki was well out of range. Poor timing from Katkeroinen.
Katkeroinen misses with a hook to the body
and Petrycki counters with a leg kick.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Petrycki misses the shot to the body.
Petrycki connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Petrycki dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Katkeroinen. That did some damage!
A combination from Katkeroinen does no damage.
Katkeroinen lands a jab to Petrycki's midsection.

Petrycki moves into range and clinches up with Katkeroinen.
Petrycki misses with a body punch.
Katkeroinen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrycki lands a nice uppercut.
Katkeroinen prevents a body shot from Petrycki.
Katkeroinen tries to land a knee to the head but Petrycki blocks with his arms.
Katkeroinen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Petrycki tries to stall but Katkeroinen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Petrycki tries to work over Katkeroinen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Katkeroinen working aggressively here.
Petrycki wants to stall.
Katkeroinen looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Petrycki lands a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katkeroinen misses with a punch on the inside.
Petrycki blocking some punches.
Petrycki scores with a shot to the side of Katkeroinen's head.
Katkeroinen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Katkeroinen tries to throw a body punch but Petrycki avoids it by throwing Katkeroinen back against the cage.
Petrycki lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch on the inside from Katkeroinen fails to land.
Petrycki scores with a shot to the side of Katkeroinen's head.
Petrycki lands a knee to the body.
Petrycki leaning his opponent against the cage.
Petrycki missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petrycki missing with knees to the body.
Petrycki lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Katkeroinen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Katkeroinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Katkeroinen can't find room to land a body shot as Petrycki controls the action.
Petrycki misses with a punch to the body.
Katkeroinen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Petrycki's elbow.
Petrycki fails to pull guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Katkeroinen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Katkeroinen displaying some good clinch control by pressing Petrycki up against the cage.

Petrycki jumps guard and drags Katkeroinen to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Katkeroinen wants to control from the top but Petrycki keeps moving.
Jorma Katkeroinen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Katkeroinen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bogdan Petrycki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Petrycki has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 45:50
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 46:50
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bogdan Petrycki!
Bogdan Petrycki is the new bantamweight champion!
Bogdan Petrycki was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.