PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Garret Becker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sebastian Krakowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sebastian Krakowski has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Garret Becker's chin.

Becker
vs
Krakowski

204 cm
24
194 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Can Moonwalk

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Garret Becker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sebastian Krakowski!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Becker instigates a clinch.
Krakowski lands an elbow inside that Becker shrugs off.

Krakowski decides to pull guard.
Becker really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Becker's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Becker drops back looking for a leg! Krakowski is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Krakowski manages to kick Becker off! Becker jumps back into Krakowski's guard.
Becker content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Krakowski looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Becker makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Becker stands and steps away. Krakowski gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Krakowski drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Becker has a closed guard, preventing Krakowski from standing up.
Becker looking for a sweep. Not yet Becker, not yet.
Krakowski has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Becker is proving hard to escape from.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Becker wants to sweep but no luck.
Becker is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Becker scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Krakowski looking for submissions off his back.
Becker is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

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

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Krakowski is defending against the submission attempts here by Becker.
Krakowski is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Becker gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Becker tries to close the distance and clinch but Krakowski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Krakowski closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Becker wants to improve his position but Krakowski is controlling well.
Becker is positioning himself well to prevent Krakowski advancing to mount.
Becker has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krakowski is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Krakowski is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Becker keeping hold of Krakowski's head, controlling as best he can.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Krakowski moves into range and clinches up with Becker.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Krakowski pushes off an throws an elbow but Becker leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Krakowski tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Becker goes for a takedown in the clinch but Krakowski prevents it.
A knee to the head by Krakowski.

Krakowski manages to break the clinch.
Krakowski rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Becker moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Becker misses the target.
Krakowski misses with a two punch combination.

Becker looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Krakowski!
Becker has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Krakowski is trying to get back to half guard.
Krakowski is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Becker has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Krakowski looks winded!
Becker is putting a hurting on Krakowski here, landing some big shots from side control.
Krakowski is trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Garret Becker will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Krakowski misses with a double jab.
Krakowski tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Becker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Becker is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Krakowski.
Garret Becker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Krakowski misses with a combination

and Becker counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Becker in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Krakowski tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Becker!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Garret Becker!