PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jan Zagloba Herbu Wczele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saint Matthias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zagloba Herbu Wczele
vs
Matthias

170 cm
25
145 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
135 lbs
0 - 10 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jan Zagloba Herbu Wczele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Saint Matthias!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Daniel Cesar and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Zagloba Herbu Wczele throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Matthias tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Zagloba Herbu Wczele is in Matthias's guard.
Zagloba Herbu Wczele controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Zagloba Herbu Wczele seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Matthias for as long as he can get away with.
Zagloba Herbu Wczele with a nice head shot there.
Zagloba Herbu Wczele controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Matthias working a defensive guard here.
Zagloba Herbu Wczele controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Zagloba Herbu Wczele drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Zagloba Herbu Wczele jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matthias is trying to keep Zagloba Herbu Wczele in close.
Zagloba Herbu Wczele throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthias is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Zagloba Herbu Wczele stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Saint Matthias is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Zagloba Herbu Wczele scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Matthias can't do much from the bottom here.
Matthias tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Zagloba Herbu Wczele wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
You can see the frustration on Matthias's face as Zagloba Herbu Wczele controls the position.
Zagloba Herbu Wczele is putting a hurting on Matthias here, landing some big shots from side control.
Zagloba Herbu Wczele happy to just control the position for now.
Matthias is trying to improve his position.
Matthias struggling a bit here.
Matthias looks winded!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zagloba Herbu Wczele staying calm.
Matthias is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Zagloba Herbu Wczele stands up and beckons Matthias to his feet.

Zagloba Herbu Wczele shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Matthias manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Zagloba Herbu Wczele showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Zagloba Herbu Wczele works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Zagloba Herbu Wczele seems to be working for a kimura but Matthias defends the submission attempt.
Zagloba Herbu Wczele controlling the action here.

Zagloba Herbu Wczele is working for a submission of some sort.
Zagloba Herbu Wczele passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Matthias!

Zagloba Herbu Wczele looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matthias reaches up to try and control the position but Zagloba Herbu Wczele seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Matthias rolls and tries to escape and now Zagloba Herbu Wczele has his back!
Matthias trying to get back to his feet but Zagloba Herbu Wczele is in full control for now.
Zagloba Herbu Wczele scores with strikes from the back.
Zagloba Herbu Wczele connects with a big shot to the side of Matthias's head.

Zagloba Herbu Wczele has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.

Zagloba Herbu Wczele has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Matthias grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zagloba Herbu Wczele trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Matthias doesn't escape.
Zagloba Herbu Wczele's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan Zagloba Herbu Wczele dominated that round.
That's time! Zagloba Herbu Wczele's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Zagloba Herbu Wczele connects with a high kick.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Zagloba Herbu Wczele.
Matthias prevents Zagloba Herbu Wczele from moving into mount.
The referee asks Zagloba Herbu Wczele politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Zagloba Herbu Wczele prefers to stall for the moment though.
Jan Zagloba Herbu Wczele overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Matthias tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Zagloba Herbu Wczele presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zagloba Herbu Wczele looking to control and managing it successfully.

Zagloba Herbu Wczele working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Matthias is in all sorts of trouble here.
Matthias is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthias keeps trying to improve his position.
Matthias taking shots to the head.
Zagloba Herbu Wczele controlling the pace for now.
Zagloba Herbu Wczele landing punches.

Zagloba Herbu Wczele working for a submission but Matthias is keeping him at bay.
Zagloba Herbu Wczele controlling the position easily from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Matthias tries to hold on but Zagloba Herbu Wczele pushes him away.

Zagloba Herbu Wczele is working for a guillotine from mount but Matthias frees his head quite easily.

Zagloba Herbu Wczele looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zagloba Herbu Wczele looking to control and managing it successfully.
Zagloba Herbu Wczele is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Matthias can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Zagloba Herbu Wczele landing strikes, looking to finish!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zagloba Herbu Wczele controlling his opponent.
Matthias is in a horrible position here. Zagloba Herbu Wczele smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Matthias is rocked!
Zagloba Herbu Wczele lands a big elbow - Matthias is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Matthias is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Jan Zagloba Herbu Wczele!
A victorious Jan Zagloba Herbu Wczele thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.