PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andrzej Grzesiuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grzesiuk comes to the cage accompanied by PSY - Gangnam Style. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Grzesiuk
vs
Souza

185 cm
42
208 lbs
18 - 25 - 0

185 cm
23
217 lbs
6 - 8 - 0

Decent wrestler
Good knees
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andrzej Grzesiuk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gabriel Souza!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Grzesiuk counters with a takedown into side control.
Souza is working to avoid the ground and pound but Grzesiuk connects with a decent elbow.
Souza is trying to improve his position.

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

Grzesiuk looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Souza is trying to control Grzesiuk's posture but Grzesiuk avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Souza tries to bench press Grzesiuk off him but Grzesiuk keeps the position.
Souza manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Souza tries to get to full guard but Grzesiuk has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza has hold of Grzesiuk's hands but Grzesiuk slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Grzesiuk slips a nice elbow through Souza's hands, connecting with Souza's forehead.
Grzesiuk landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Souza looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Grzesiuk is working for a submission of some sort.
We've been hearing that Grzesiuk has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.

Grzesiuk is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Souza sees it coming and defends easily.
Grzesiuk scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Grzesiuk is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Grzesiuk is thwarting Souza's attempts to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grzesiuk seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Souza is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Grzesiuk scores with a couple of nice shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Grzesiuk is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Grzesiuk is looking to advance position but Souza won't allow it.

Grzesiuk is working for a submission of some sort.

Souza actively working from the bottom here.
Grzesiuk looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Souza with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Grzesiuk lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

It looks like Gabriel Souza has been cut.
Grzesiuk prevents Souza from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Grzesiuk is looking for a kimura here.

Grzesiuk is looking for a kimura here.
Grzesiuk scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Grzesiuk is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Souza sees it coming and defends easily.

Souza is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Grzesiuk pulls his head out easily.
Grzesiuk is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza has hold of Grzesiuk's hands but Grzesiuk slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Grzesiuk tries to pass to full mount but Souza defends it.
Grzesiuk seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Grzesiuk is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Souza is just riding it out for now. Grzesiuk eventually gives up the hold.

Souza is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Grzesiuk pulls his head out easily.

Grzesiuk is working for a submission of some sort.
Grzesiuk tries to pass to full mount but Souza defends it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Souza is defending against the submission attempts here by Grzesiuk.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrzej Grzesiuk dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gabriel Souza's cut.
That's time! Grzesiuk's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Grzesiuk shoots in and bounces Souza off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Grzesiuk throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Souza is looking for a triangle but Grzesiuk pushes his legs off easily.
Grzesiuk knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Souza on the ground.
Grzesiuk cracks Souza with a solid left hand.

Grzesiuk is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Souza working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Grzesiuk doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Grzesiuk manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Grzesiuk working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Souza working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Grzesiuk doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Grzesiuk manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Souza has momentary wrist control but Grzesiuk slips an elbow through the middle.
Grzesiuk working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Souza's head.

That has opened up Gabriel Souza's cut even more.
Grzesiuk postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Souza looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Grzesiuk distracts Souza with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Souza is rocked!
Grzesiuk is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Souza can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Grzesiuk is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Souza is working an open guard so Grzesiuk takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Grzesiuk rushes Souza and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Grzesiuk lands a big knee from the Thai clinch and Souza goes down hard! The ref takes a good look at him but he's still defending himself. Grzesiuk in side control.
Souza is still in real trouble! Can Grzesiuk finish him?

Gabriel Souza's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grzesiuk working away.

Grzesiuk tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Grzesiuk lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Souza tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Souza seems to have recovered his senses.

Grzesiuk tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Souza is trying to control Grzesiuk's posture but Grzesiuk avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza tries to bench press Grzesiuk off him but Grzesiuk keeps the position.
Souza struggling a bit here.

Grzesiuk wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Souza, who protects the arm well.

Grzesiuk swings around for an armbar but Souza sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Grzesiuk's guard.

Souza drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Grzesiuk manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Souza has Grzesiuk in his guard.

Grzesiuk with a nice head shot there.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Gabriel Souza's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Andrzej Grzesiuk!
A relieved looking Andrzej Grzesiuk thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.