PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pawel Niewiadomski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Moraes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Pawel Niewiadomski has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Niewiadomski
vs
Moraes

194 cm
25
210 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
212 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Pawel Niewiadomski!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ivan Moraes!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Micheangelo Fripello and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moraes is looking to clinch.
Moraes has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Niewiadomski is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Moraes slips a jab and a cross from Niewiadomski.
Niewiadomski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pawel Niewiadomski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Niewiadomski throws a right and a left that Moraes avoids nicely.

Moraes gets a takedown into half guard.
Moraes thows a huge punch but Niewiadomski dodges it nicely.
Moraes trying to mount his opponent but Niewiadomski defends it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Moraes is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Moraes is looking for a kimura but Niewiadomski is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Moraes to get the leverage.

Moraes is trying to work for a kimura but Niewiadomski is defending well.
Moraes is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moraes wants to control the pace but Niewiadomski is squirming around nicely.
Niewiadomski's coaches at Cozad MMA Hilo have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Niewiadomski is trying to stand up.

Moraes has control of Niewiadomski's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Niewiadomski regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Moraes tries to control but Niewiadomski wriggling away.
Niewiadomski is trying to stand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Moraes working for a guillotine from mount but Niewiadomski is in no mood to give up.
Niewiadomski is trying to stand.
Moraes trying to control but Niewiadomski is having none of it.
You get the feeling that Niewiadomski really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Moraes landing strikes from the mount.
Moraes lands a big elbow.
Niewiadomski is bucking up trying to escape but Moraes cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Moraes thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

Moraes looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Moraes takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moraes wants to control the pace but Niewiadomski is squirming around nicely.
Moraes wants to control but instead Niewiadomski manages to regain half guard.

Niewiadomski makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Niewiadomski fails to land with a series of punches.
Niewiadomski misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Niewiadomski misses with the combination.
Moraes only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Niewiadomski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Niewiadomski throws a right and a left that Moraes avoids nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Niewiadomski, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Moraes throws a leg kick but Niewiadomski sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Moraes throws a sloppy head kick and Niewiadomski moves out of range easily.
Niewiadomski is looking for a counter combo.
Niewiadomski swats away the attempt to clinch by Moraes.
Niewiadomski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Niewiadomski throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Moraes tries to clinch there but Niewiadomski circles away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Niewiadomski misses with a two punch combination.
Niewiadomski misses with a jab, cross combination.
Niewiadomski is breathing heavily.
Moraes shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Niewiadomski as he avoids it easily.
Niewiadomski throws a series of punches but Moraes moves out of range.
Niewiadomski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Moraes shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Moraes showed some decent athleticism there.
Moraes prevents Niewiadomski from standing back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ivan Moraes will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Moraes gets a double leg takedown into Niewiadomski's guard.

Niewiadomski wants to stand and escape. He's got his foot on Moraes's hips, looking to push off. But Moraes grabs a hold of the leg and drops back for an ankle lock! It's hard to tell if he's got it. Both fighters look composed - OH, not anymore they don't! Niewiadomski screams like a kid who's trapped his fingers in the car door and taps out! Yikes, that must have hurt - hopefully it's not snapped anything!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Heel Hook). Ivan Moraes!
Ivan Moraes is the new light heavyweight champion!