PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marijo Palavra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrzej Rostowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rostowski has chosen VITER - Marichka as his entrance music. Andrzej Rostowski told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Palavra
vs
Rostowski

170 cm
37
140 lbs
26 - 31 - 1

162 cm
34
137 lbs
23 - 24 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 31 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marijo Palavra!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andrzej Rostowski!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rostowski drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Palavra is pulling down on Rostowski's head to control his posture.
Rostowski won't allow Palavra to sweep him here.
Rostowski throwing strikes but missing.
Rostowski working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rostowski missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rostowski stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Palavra swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Palavra working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rostowski.
Rostowski postures up.
Palavra has Rostowski pulled in close to control his posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Palavra had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Rostowski defends it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rostowski in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Palavra pulls Rostowski in close to prevent any damage.

Palavra throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Palavra manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Rostowski manages to get himself to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palavra cracks Rostowski with a solid left hand.
Palavra is fighting to break Rostowski's control of his arms but Rostowski is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Rostowski wants to sweep here but Palavra controlling him for the moment.
Palavra throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Palavra scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Rostowski keeping moving, preventing Palavra from controlling successfully.
Palavra works over Rostowski with some ground and pound from guard.
Rostowski lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Rostowski stands up over Palavra, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Palavra trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Palavra bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rostowski's guard.

Rostowski looking to hit a scissor sweep but Palavra is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rostowski lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Palavra managing to control the position.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Palavra 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.
Rostowski missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Palavra had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Rostowski defends it easily.
Palavra trying to control the position.
Rostowski lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rostowski wants to pass the guard but Palavra is keeping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rostowski slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Rostowski working away.
Rostowski landing strikes.
Palavra is looking to regain half guard here but Rostowski keeps moving and retains side control.
Palavra prevents Rostowski from moving into mount.
Palavra tries to bench press Rostowski off him but Rostowski keeps the position.

Rostowski thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Palavra struggling a bit here.

Rostowski working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Palavra tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Rostowski easily slips into full mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rostowski looking to secure an arm triangle but Palavra defends it well.
Rostowski breaks from Palavra's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Rostowski is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Palavra can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Palavra tries to hold on but Rostowski pushes him away.
Palavra sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Palavra controlling the position for now.
Palavra misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Palavra manages to get to full guard.
Rostowski loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrzej Rostowski dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Palavra looks for a takedown but Rostowski sprawls well.

Rostowski closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Rostowski scoring with punches from side control.
Palavra is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Rostowski's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Palavra is looking to improve his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palavra moves into full guard.
Palavra avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Palavra lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Rostowski pushing down on Palavra's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rostowski looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Palavra is controlling Rostowski's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Palavra keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Palavra is looking for a sweep. Rostowski is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Palavra actively working from the bottom here.
Palavra slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Palavra is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Andrzej Rostowski has got the better of the ground game so far.

Palavra is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Rostowski throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rostowski drops back looking for a leg! Palavra is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Palavra manages to kick Rostowski off! Rostowski jumps back into Palavra's guard.
Palavra wants to sweep but no luck.
Palavra working a defensive guard here.

Palavra is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Rostowski distracts Palavra with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Palavra has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Rostowski has passed into side control.
Rostowski looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Palavra is avoiding damage well.

Rostowski is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Palavra has escaped the position, nice work there.
Rostowski working the head with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rostowski working away.

Rostowski has hold of Palavra's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Palavra tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Rostowski cranks the arm and Palavra screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Palavra, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Andrzej Rostowski! Andrzej Rostowski retains his bantamweight title!
Andrzej Rostowski 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.