PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Grzegorz Rundowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Fuego (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rundowski comes to the ring accompanied by A$AP Rocky - Goldie. The crowd seem to be enjoying Fuego's choice of entrance music: País Tropical. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rundowski
vs
Fuego

186 cm
21
203 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

183 cm
29
185 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Brawler
Knockout power

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Grzegorz Rundowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Fuego!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Seu Braga and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rundowski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rundowski appears to be looking for a counter takedown.

Rundowski moves into the clinch successfully.

Rundowski tightens his grip and picks Fuego up, before dumping him to the ground. Fuego manages to land in guard.
Rundowski content to stall in guard here.

Rundowski thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Rundowski trying to control but Fuego is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rundowski stands and throws Fuego's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Rundowski is trying to get an arm triangle but Fuego is defending well.

Rundowski is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Fuego knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuego is trying to get back to half guard.
You can see the frustration on Fuego's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Rundowski tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Rundowski thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Fuego tries to buck Rundowski off but Rundowski is having none of it.
Fuego looks winded!
Fuego on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Rundowski works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Rundowski working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Rundowski in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Rundowski working the head with strikes.

Fuego is rocked!
Rundowski lands a strong strike to the head of Fuego. That's dazed him! Rundowski looking to finish here. Fuego is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Rundowski lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Grzegorz Rundowski!
Grzegorz Rundowski decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.