PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Faustino Joyner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joanna Piechocka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Joyner
vs
Piechocka

198 cm
24
140 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

174 cm
25
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Faustino Joyner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joanna Piechocka!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Seu Braga and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Piechocka misses with a head kick.
Piechocka tries to clinch but Joyner moves away
and Piechocka takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Joyner swats away the attempt to clinch by Piechocka.

Piechocka looking to score a takedown here. Joyner is defending well but Piechocka drives through and ends up in Joyner's guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Joyner throws a couple of heel strikes.
Piechocka wants to control from the top but Joyner keeps moving.

Joyner had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Piechocka defends it easily.
Piechocka wants to pass the guard but Joyner is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Piechocka landing with the ground and pound.
Joyner can't keep his opponent in guard - Piechocka advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Joyner looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Piechocka content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Joyner is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Piechocka pulls his head out easily.
Joyner really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Joyner is in trouble now - Piechocka has advanced to mount!
Piechocka looking to finish with strikes here!
Piechocka controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Piechocka thowing shots but they're missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Piechocka wants to control the pace but Joyner is squirming around nicely.
Joyner is controlling an arm, preventing Piechocka from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Piechocka misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Piechocka raining down hammerfists from mount.
Joyner is trying to escape the mount.
Piechocka trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joanna Piechocka dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Piechocka fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Joyner sprawls well initially but Piechocka persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Piechocka is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Joyner defends it well.

Joyner looking for submissions off his back.
Piechocka with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Piechocka is trying to work for a kimura but Joyner is defending well.
Piechocka trying to control from half guard but Joyner is working away.

Piechocka is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Joyner still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Joyner has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Piechocka tries to buck Joyner off but Joyner is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Piechocka can't do much from the bottom here.
Joyner tries to stand but Piechocka is controlling his head.
Piechocka is trying to get back to half guard.
Piechocka struggling a bit here.
Joyner tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.

Joyner looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Piechocka is trying to control Joyner's posture but Joyner avoids it.
Piechocka is breathing heavily.
Joyner controlling from side mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Joyner decides to stand up, so the ref orders Piechocka to his feet.
Piechocka tries to close the distance and clinch but Joyner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Piechocka decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Joyner looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Joyner actively working from the bottom here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Piechocka passes to side control.
Joyner is looking to reverse the position.
Joyner is trying to get back to his feet.

Piechocka stands up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Joyner tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joanna Piechocka showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. And we move into the final round!

Joyner swats away the attempt to clinch by Piechocka.
Joanna Piechocka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joyner throws a low kick, looking for Piechocka's leg but Piechocka calmly moves out of range.
Piechocka darts in trying to clinch
and Joyner counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Piechocka decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Joyner actively working from the bottom here.
Piechocka trying to control from half guard but Joyner is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Piechocka seems to be looking for submissions.
Piechocka passes the guard and advances to mount!
Piechocka landing punches.
Joyner keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Piechocka tries to control but Joyner wriggling away.
Joyner in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Joyner is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Piechocka looking to control and managing it successfully.
Oh Joyner is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Piechocka has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Joyner's face.
Joyner takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Piechocka's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joanna Piechocka!
A very excited looking Joanna Piechocka made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.