PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antoni Koscielski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kostas Karelis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Koscielski comes into the arena with Bone Thugs n Harmony - Thuggish Ruggish Bone blaring out of the sound system. Karelis has chosen Sail - AwolNation as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Koscielski
vs
Karelis

182 cm
23
212 lbs
8 - 0 - 1

182 cm
21
222 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System

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 8 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Antoni Koscielski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kostas Karelis!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karelis lands a jab to Koscielski's midsection.
Karelis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Koscielski went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Koscielski shoots in but Karelis avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Koscielski dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Koscielski. Karelis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Karelis looks to throw the jab but Koscielski is out of range.
Karelis fails in his attempt to clinch.

Koscielski gets a takedown into half guard.
Koscielski scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Karelis on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Koscielski wants to take a breather but Karelis is having none of it.
Karelis is trying to control but can't.
We've been hearing that Koscielski has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Karelis works his way to full guard. Good work.
Koscielski is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Koscielski 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.
Koscielski's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Karelis throws his legs up looking for a submission but Koscielski uses it to pass to side control.
Koscielski is staying tight to Karelis's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Karelis is trying to control Koscielski's posture but Koscielski avoids it.
Karelis is looking for a sweep.
Karelis is trying to control Koscielski's posture but Koscielski avoids it.
Karelis tries to bench press Koscielski off him but Koscielski keeps the position.
Koscielski scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Karelis to see if he's OK.
Karelis is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Koscielski's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koscielski lands with a punch from half guard.
Koscielski lands strikes from half guard.

Karelis looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Koscielski working over Karelis with some ground and pound. Karelis looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Karelis is not content to let Koscielski control the position.
Karelis tries to get to full guard but Koscielski has control of the leg.
Koscielski wants to control but Karelis is keeping him busy.
Koscielski drops an elbow to the side of Karelis's head.
Koscielski scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Karelis trying to control here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koscielski missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Koscielski takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Karelis is trying to control but can't.
Koscielski content to control rather than advance.
Karelis is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Koscielski scores with a couple of nice shots.
Koscielski sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Karelis defending well though.
Koscielski lands with a punch from half guard.
Koscielski is thwarting Karelis's attempts to control the position.
Karelis taking some punishment here, with Koscielski in his half guard.
Still in half guard, Koscielski seems content to control.
Karelis trying to hold on to Koscielski's head to control him but Koscielski postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koscielski slips a nice elbow through Karelis's hands, connecting with Karelis's forehead.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Koscielski looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Karelis with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Koscielski wants to lay and pray for a moment but Karelis keeps working.
Koscielski missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Koscielski is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Karelis sees it coming and defends easily.
Karelis trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Koscielski punishing his opponent with strikes.
Koscielski is landing with some decent strikes but Karelis is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Koscielski avoids the attempt from Karelis to control.
Karelis might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Koscielski haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antoni Koscielski dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Koscielski throws a hook but Karelis avoids it easily.
Karelis walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Koscielski throws a hook but Karelis blocks it.
Karelis now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Karelis cracks Koscielski with an open hand slap.
Karelis throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Koscielski on the side of the head.
Kostas Karelis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karelis throws a shot from downtown. Koscielski moves away and avoids it.
Karelis tries to clinch up.
Karelis misses with a double jab
and Karelis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice straight punches there by Karelis. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Karelis.
Karelis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Koscielski throws an overhand right that lands on Karelis's shoulder, as Karelis tries to avoid the shot.
Nice defenses there by Karelis.
A head kick misses from Karelis.

Karelis clinches up against the cage.
Karelis prevents the takedown attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Koscielski breaks from the clinch.
A head kick misses from Koscielski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karelis throws a body shot but no joy.
Koscielski needs to keep his hands up - Karelis had a free shot at his head there.

It looks like Antoni Koscielski has been cut.
Karelis tries to clinch up but Koscielski circles away and keeps his distance.
Koscielski changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
A looping hook to the body misses from Koscielski. Karelis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Karelis is looking to clinch.
Koscielski swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Karelis wants to clinch up but Koscielski keeps it at a distance.
Koscielski lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Karelis backs up against the cage.
Koscielski jabs at Karelis's body.
Kostas Karelis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Karelis throws a body shot but no joy.

Karelis instigates a clinch.
Nice body punch from Karelis - that landed with a thud.
Karelis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Karelis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from Karelis.
Karelis lands a right hand that snaps the head of Koscielski backwards.
Koscielski is working for takedown but Karelis is calmly controlling the position for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koscielski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Karelis blocks a body shot from Koscielski.
Karelis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Koscielski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Koscielski.
Koscielski scores with a nice hook to the head.
Koscielski is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Antoni Koscielski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Karelis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Karelis tries a body shot but Koscielski blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Karelis fails to land.
Karelis tries to work over Koscielski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Karelis with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Karelis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Karelis throws a head punch that misses.
Koscielski avoiding damage as Karelis throws knees to the body.

Koscielski turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Koscielski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Karelis can do to turn this around?
Koscielski has control of an arm but Karelis manages to advance to Koscielski's back!
Koscielski tries to roll but Karelis sticks to his back.
Karelis is trying to stick to Koscielski's back but Koscielski is turning into Karelis. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Karelis's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Koscielski.
Karelis has momentary wrist control but Koscielski slips an elbow through the middle.
Karelis is trying to keep Koscielski in close.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koscielski in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Koscielski lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Karelis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Koscielski wants to control from the top but Karelis keeps moving.
Koscielski stands and throws Karelis's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Karelis is throwing a few token shots, despite Koscielski being in side control.
Koscielski wants to lay and pray for a moment but Karelis keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karelis struggling a bit here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Koscielski working the head with strikes.
Karelis is trying to get back to his feet.
Koscielski is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Karelis wants to control but Koscielski postures up.
Koscielski trying to control the position but Karelis is working away.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Karelis tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Koscielski wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Koscielski tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Koscielski has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Antoni Koscielski will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Antoni Koscielski's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Karelis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Karelis wants to clinch.
Nice body punch from Koscielski.
Koscielski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Karelis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Karelis connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Koscielski ducks under a wild hook from Karelis.

Karelis moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karelis stops a takedown attempt from Koscielski.

Karelis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Koscielski loads up on a big right hand but Karelis slips the punch.
Karelis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Koscielski.
Karelis tries a head kick but it misses.
Koscielski scores with a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koscielski jabs Karelis to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Koscielski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Koscielski looks to score with a jab to the body but Karelis is just out of range.

Karelis fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Koscielski, pushing him back against the cage.
Karelis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kostas Karelis seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Karelis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Koscielski is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Karelis is defending well.
Koscielski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Koscielski.
Koscielski is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Karelis is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Antoni Koscielski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Koscielski tries to work over Karelis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Karelis throws a head punch that misses.
Karelis pushes Koscielski back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Karelis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Karelis is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Karelis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Koscielski's elbow.
Karelis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Good body shot from Karelis.
Koscielski misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koscielski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Koscielski misses with a hook to the ribs.
Karelis lands a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karelis working aggressively here.
Koscielski managing to block the knees to the body from Karelis.

Koscielski has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Karelis regains guard immediately.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Koscielski being controlled here momentarily.
Koscielski postures up.
Karelis wants to sweep but no luck.
Koscielski wants to control from the top but Karelis keeps moving.
Karelis looking to control.
Koscielski scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koscielski's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Karelis is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Antoni Koscielski overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Koscielski looking to sit in guard and control but Karelis gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Koscielski looking for a guillotine here but Karelis defends easily.
Karelis must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Koscielski is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Karelis is aware though and is defending well.
Karelis trying to control the position from guard on top but Koscielski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Karelis stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Koscielski swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Karelis got a little sloppy there for a moment and Koscielski has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Karelis has managed to get both his arms back between Koscielski's legs - danger averted.
Antoni Koscielski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Karelis loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Koscielski can't keep his opponent in guard - Karelis advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Koscielski keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Karelis seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Koscielski is controlling Karelis's trapped leg to prevent Karelis from advancing to side control.
Kostas Karelis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Karelis is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kostas Karelis.
I think Koscielski has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!