PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between John Pinaglabanan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Szczęsny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Victor Szczęsny will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Pinaglabanan
vs
Szczęsny

171 cm
34
144 lbs
22 - 10 - 0

225 cm
34
135 lbs
30 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Arcticus University: London

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 22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, John Pinaglabanan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Victor Szczęsny!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Daniel Bishop and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pinaglabanan 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.

Szczęsny is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Pinaglabanan presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Pinaglabanan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pinaglabanan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pinaglabanan has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Szczęsny after a bit of a struggle.
Pinaglabanan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Szczęsny struggles to land a body shot inside as Pinaglabanan controls his hands.
Pinaglabanan wants to take the fight to the mat but Szczęsny manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Pinaglabanan is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Pinaglabanan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pinaglabanan throws a head punch that misses.
Pinaglabanan working aggressively here.
Szczęsny lands a damaging elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pinaglabanan wants a takedown.
Pinaglabanan drops down looking for an ankle pick but Szczęsny pulls his leg out and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pinaglabanan fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Szczęsny sprawls well initially but Pinaglabanan persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Pinaglabanan working the head and body with strikes.
Szczęsny wants to get back to his feet.
Pinaglabanan looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Szczęsny with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Szczęsny is looking to improve his position.
Pinaglabanan sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Szczęsny defending well though.
Szczęsny is trying to maintain the position but Pinaglabanan is very close to passing his half guard.
Pinaglabanan lands with a punch from half guard.
Szczęsny is trying to control but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinaglabanan thows a huge punch but Szczęsny dodges it nicely.
Szczęsny controlling the position well.
Pinaglabanan looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Szczęsny with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Szczęsny wants to get back to his feet.
Szczęsny is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Szczęsny wants to get back to full guard but Pinaglabanan has passed into side control.
Pinaglabanan is putting a hurting on Szczęsny here, landing some big shots from side control.
Pinaglabanan working the head with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinaglabanan trying to control the position but Szczęsny is working away.
You can see the frustration on Szczęsny's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Pinaglabanan trying to control the position but Szczęsny is working away.
Pinaglabanan is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Szczęsny is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
You can see the frustration on Szczęsny's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Szczęsny is trying to get back to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pinaglabanan prevents Szczęsny from escaping the position.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Szczęsny tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Pinaglabanan easily slips into full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Szczęsny lands a body shot.
Szczęsny misses with a straight left.
Pinaglabanan ducks under a wild hook from Szczęsny.
Pinaglabanan throws a jab but it's blocked by Szczęsny.
Szczęsny flicks out a counter leg kick but Pinaglabanan steps away.
Szczęsny scores with a hook.

Pinaglabanan shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Szczęsny controlling the position well.
Pinaglabanan slips a nice elbow through Szczęsny's hands, connecting with Szczęsny's forehead.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pinaglabanan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Pinaglabanan 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Szczęsny is staying active underneath Pinaglabanan, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Pinaglabanan perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Szczęsny taking some punishment here, with Pinaglabanan in his half guard.
Pinaglabanan lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Szczęsny is rocked!
Ground and pound from Pinaglabanan.
Szczęsny is still in real trouble! Can Pinaglabanan finish him?
Pinaglabanan scores with a big shot! Szczęsny's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Szczęsny! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Pinaglabanan!
After the fight, John Pinaglabanan was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
Victor Szczęsny spoke after the fight, saying 'I really wanted to Win but it didn't work out. I'm looking to win back this title, I'll come back'.