PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Krystian Cierpka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dale La Grande (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying La Grande's choice of entrance music: What are you waiting FOR!. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Cierpka
vs
La Grande

175 cm
22
145 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

170 cm
30
143 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Good elbows
Good gas tank

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 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Krystian Cierpka!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dale La Grande!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cierpka drives through with a takedown into guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if La Grande can do anything to dispel that myth.
Cierpka working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Cierpka slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Cierpka working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Cierpka trying to control the action but La Grande is working from the bottom.
Cierpka advances nicely into full mount.
La Grande holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Cierpka tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Cierpka tries to control but La Grande wriggling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Grande stops Cierpka from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Cierpka controlling his opponent.
Cierpka tries to control but La Grande wriggling away.
Cierpka pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Cierpka is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but La Grande is surviving well by controlling Cierpka's body position as best he can.
La Grande is trying to stand.
Cierpka lands a heavy elbow.
La Grande in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

La Grande is rocked!

Cierpka is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Cierpka extends the arm and La Grande is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Krystian Cierpka!
Krystian Cierpka is the new bantamweight champion!
Krystian Cierpka decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
The defeated Dale La Grande had this to say: 'Life's a BITCH!!!I mean a Beach...ohh and I will be back for the Title!'.