PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Piotr Jeleniuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kacper Strzelba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jeleniuk
vs
Strzelba

175 cm
19
163 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

185 cm
19
165 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

V-Mask Clothing (10%)

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Piotr Jeleniuk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kacper Strzelba!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Albert Achterberg and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Strzelba gets tackled into the ropes by Jeleniuk. Jeleniuk maintains the clinch.
Strzelba dodges an elbow strike from Jeleniuk.
Jeleniuk working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jeleniuk scores a nice knee to the body.
Jeleniuk pushes off an throws an elbow but Strzelba leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jeleniuk.

It looks like Kacper Strzelba has been cut.
Strzelba fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jeleniuk is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Strzelba avoiding damage as Jeleniuk throws knees to the body.
Strzelba wants to break free but Jeleniuk has control.
I was talking to Jeleniuk's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Strzelba throws a head punch that misses.
Jeleniuk scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Strzelba slowing the pace effectively.
Jeleniuk lands an elbow just above Strzelba 's eye.
Jeleniuk lands an elbow just above Strzelba 's eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Strzelba is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jeleniuk is keeping busy.
Jeleniuk lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Strzelba takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jeleniuk working Strzelba over with knees to the body.
Strzelba looks winded!
Jeleniuk using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Strzelba has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jeleniuk lands a knee to the body.
Strzelba takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jeleniuk lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jeleniuk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Strzelba lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jeleniuk using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jeleniuk landing knees to the head.
Jeleniuk lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That has opened up Kacper Strzelba's cut even more.
Strzelba takes a knee to the side of the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jeleniuk lands an elbow inside that Strzelba shrugs off.
Jeleniuk crunches a lovely knee into Strzelba's ribcage.
Jeleniuk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Strzelba lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jeleniuk landing knees to the body.
Jeleniuk landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jeleniuk connects with a knee to the head.
Strzelba takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jeleniuk tries a knee to the head but Strzelba blocks it.
Strzelba lands with a left to the head.
Jeleniuk lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A short left from Strzelba.
Strzelba scores with a shot to the side of Jeleniuk's head.
Strzelba swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jeleniuk obliges.
Strzelba on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jeleniuk missing with knees to the body.
Jeleniuk keeps control of Strzelba as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Strzelba is trying to push Jeleniuk away but Jeleniuk has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Strzelba managing to block the knees to the body from Jeleniuk.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strzelba lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jeleniuk utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Strzelba lands a left hand.
Jeleniuk misses with an elbow over the top.
Strzelba misses with the head strike.
Strzelba is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jeleniuk using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Strzelba has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Strzelba is trying to force a seperation but Jeleniuk has the dominant position.
Jeleniuk lands an elbow that stopped Strzelba in his tracks for a moment.
Jeleniuk keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Strzelba's efforts to push away.
Jeleniuk prevents Strzelba from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strzelba blocks an elbow strike from Jeleniuk.
Jeleniuk tries to land knees in the clinch but Strzelba avoids the damage to the body.
Strzelba has thrown a lot of knees so far in this fight and we're lead to believe that's something he's been working on the gym prior to this fight.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Jeleniuk creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Jeleniuk throws an elbow but misses.
Jeleniuk tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Strzelba avoids it.
Still in the clinch, Strzelba scores with a nice short uppercut.
Strzelba managing to block the knees to the body from Jeleniuk.
Jeleniuk misses with a knee strike.
Strzelba avoids the elbow strike from Jeleniuk, against the ropes.
Jeleniuk has Strzelba pressed against the ropes, preventing Strzelba from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Strzelba is trying to push Jeleniuk away but Jeleniuk has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Jeleniuk comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Strzelba on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jeleniuk as Strzelba tries to tie him up.
Jeleniuk misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Piotr Jeleniuk dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kacper Strzelba's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Jeleniuk fails in his attempt to clinch.

Jeleniuk clinches up with Strzelba and pushes him back against the ropes.
Jeleniuk tries to land a knee to the head but Strzelba blocks with his arms.
Strzelba is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jeleniuk swings wildly with an uppercut but Strzelba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jeleniuk lands an elbow inside.
Jeleniuk throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Strzelbas head.
A frustrated look appears on Strzelba's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jeleniuk has Strzelba pressed against the ropes, preventing Strzelba from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jeleniuk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Strzelba blocks it with crossed arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Strzelba wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jeleniuk lands a good knee to the midsection. Strzelba won't want to take too many of those.
Jeleniuk working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jeleniuk lands with a left to the head.
Piotr Jeleniuk has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jeleniuk pushes off an throws an elbow but Strzelba leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strzelba trying to control the position but instead, Jeleniuk has worked for underhooks and has pushed Strzelba into the ropes.
Jeleniuk lands a nice knee to the body.

Strzelba manages to break the clinch.
Jeleniuk takes a swing at Strzelba's ribcage but misses.
Jeleniuk tries to clinch up.
Strzelba dives in for a single leg takedown but Jeleniuk sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the ropes.
Strzelba just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromJeleniuk.
Strzelba takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Jeleniuk takes the fight into the clinch.
Jeleniuk connects with a knee to the head.
Jeleniuk tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Jeleniuk.
Strzelba tries to circle away but Jeleniuk has him pinned against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jeleniuk using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Strzelba avoiding damage as Jeleniuk throws knees to the body.
Strzelba lands with a left to the head.
Strzelba tries to circle away but Jeleniuk has him pinned against the ropes.
Jeleniuk has Strzelba pressed against the ropes, preventing Strzelba from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A knee to the head by Jeleniuk.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Strzelba blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Strzelba wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jeleniuk has him pressed against the ropes.
Strzelba lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jeleniuk backwards.
Strzelba wants to stall.
Strzelba tries to break free but Jeleniuk pushes him back against the ropes.
Jeleniuk is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Strzelba can do to turn this around?
Jeleniuk blocking some punches.
Strzelba is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Jeleniuk is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Strzelba is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strzelba on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Strzelba is trying to force a seperation but Jeleniuk has the dominant position.
Strzelba lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jeleniuk has a couple of punches blocked by Strzelba.
Jeleniuk misses with a knee strike.
Strzelba can't break the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jeleniuk as Strzelba tries to tie him up.
Jeleniuk misses with some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jeleniuk as Strzelba tries to tie him up.
Strzelba swings wildly with an uppercut but Jeleniuk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Strzelba has had enough of the clinch but Jeleniuk keeps him there for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jeleniuk landing knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Strzelba tries to circle away but Jeleniuk has him pinned against the ropes.
Strzelba misses with a hook from the clinch.
Strzelba working hard to break the clinch.
Nice elbow from Jeleniuk.
Jeleniuk has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Jeleniuk with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jeleniuk misses with a knee strike.
Strzelba lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jeleniuk backwards.
Strzelba is looking to break free of the clinch but Jeleniuk has double underhooks.
Strzelba lands with a short shot to the head.
Strzelba trying to control the position but instead, Jeleniuk has worked for underhooks and has pushed Strzelba into the ropes.
Strzelba is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Piotr Jeleniuk dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kacper Strzelba's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Strzelba avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Jeleniuk clinches up with Strzelba and pushes him back against the ropes.
Jeleniuk throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jeleniuk landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jeleniuk using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Strzelba has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Strzelba looking to slow down the pace here.
Jeleniuk using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Strzelba has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jeleniuk lands an elbow that stopped Strzelba in his tracks for a moment.
Strzelba on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jeleniuk prevents Strzelba from breaking the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Strzelba stalling in the clinch but Jeleniuk improves position.
Jeleniuk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Strzelba avoiding damage as Jeleniuk throws knees to the body.

Strzelba breaks from the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Strzelba looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jeleniuk tries to close the distance and clinch but Strzelba swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Strzelba keeps the fight on the outside.
Jeleniuk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jeleniuk throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Strzelba misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jeleniuk doesn't manage to clinch there - Strzelba circles away.
Jeleniuk tries to clinch up but Strzelba circles away and keeps his distance.
Strzelba misses with a few strikes there.
Jeleniuk displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Strzelba.
Strzelba avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kacper Strzelba is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jeleniuk fails in his attempt to clinch.
Strzelba keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jeleniuk tries to clinch up.
Jeleniuk throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Strzelba throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Jeleniuk was covering up waiting for the punch and Strzelba finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Strzelba stops Jeleniuk from standing up.

Strzelba stands up from Jeleniuk's guard - Strzelba perhaps looking for a knockout.
Strzelba jabs Jeleniuk right on the nose. Jeleniuk blinks but takes it well.
Strzelba goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jeleniuk throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Jeleniuk throws a lazy body kick
and Strzelba counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jeleniuk is looking to clinch but Strzelba is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strzelba fails with the takedown.
Piotr Jeleniuk has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kacper Strzelba.

Jeleniuk closes the distance and clinches.
Knees to the body from Jeleniuk.
Strzelba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jeleniuk prevents Strzelba from breaking the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jeleniuk obliges.
Jeleniuk using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Strzelba has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Strzelba lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jeleniuk tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Strzelba avoids it.
Strzelba lands a left hand.
Jeleniuk pushes off an throws an elbow but Strzelba leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.

Strzelba breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jeleniuk stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jeleniuk wants it to stay on the feet.
Jeleniuk displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Strzelba.

Jeleniuk rushes Strzelba and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jeleniuk obliges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jeleniuk keeps control of Strzelba as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jeleniuk lands a knee to the body.
Jeleniuk lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jeleniuk lands an elbow inside.
Jeleniuk landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Strzelba is looking to break free of the clinch but Jeleniuk has double underhooks.
Piotr Jeleniuk is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jeleniuk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Strzelba blocks it with crossed arms.
Kacper Strzelba has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jeleniuk's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jeleniuk misses with an elbow strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Piotr Jeleniuk showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jeleniuk, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight for Piotr Jeleniuk!
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight for Piotr Jeleniuk!
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight for Piotr Jeleniuk!

Piotr Jeleniuk wins by unanimous decision!