PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Krystian Cierpka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Misha Collins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Krystian Cierpka has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Krystian Cierpka seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Cierpka
vs
Collins

175 cm
21
145 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

167 cm
19
148 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Krystian Cierpka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Misha Collins!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Edson Gomes and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cierpka swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cierpka connects with an inside leg kick.
Cierpka throws a low kick, looking for Collins's leg but Collins calmly moves out of range.

Collins scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Cierpka slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Cierpka keeping moving, preventing Collins from controlling successfully.
Collins pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cierpka is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Collins pushes down on Cierpka's leg and manages to get into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Collins is trying to control the action in half guard but Cierpka is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Collins thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Collins looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Collins is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Cierpka has managed to free his arm - good work.
Cierpka works his way to full guard. Good work.
Collins trying to control the position from guard on top but Cierpka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cierpka avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Cierpka trying to keep a closed guard but Collins is proving a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collins trying to control the position from guard on top but Cierpka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Collins advances position into side control!
Collins has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Collins trying to control the position but Cierpka is working away.
Cierpka sneaks back into half guard.
Collins trying to advance position but Cierpka counters by regaining guard.
Collins working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cierpka keeping full guard, as Collins tries to pass.
Collins scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Collins trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Collins throwing strikes but missing.
Cierpka preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Collins wants to pass the guard but Cierpka is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Cierpka throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Collins postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Cierpka seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Collins makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Collins lands a couple of digs.

Cierpka is rocked!
Cierpka keeping moving, preventing Collins from controlling successfully.
Oh Cierpka is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Collins is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Collins postures up and lands a big shot to Cierpka's brow.
Collins showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Misha Collins dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Cierpka fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cierpka stalks Collins and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Collins's face. Collins staggers backwards, shaken.
Cierpka misses with a looping right.

Collins feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Collins scoring with some ground and pound.
Collins lands a couple of elbows.
Misha Collins has got the better of the ground game so far.
Collins throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Collins keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cierpka's head.
Collins has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Collins arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Cierpka's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Misha Collins!