PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luis Gendozo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Niedzwiedzki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gendozo comes to the cage accompanied by Bill Withers - Lean On Me. Bruno Niedzwiedzki is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Gendozo
vs
Niedzwiedzki

185 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
199 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Luis Gendozo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bruno Niedzwiedzki!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shirou Masuda and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gendozo shoots for a double leg takedown but Niedzwiedzki sprawls well. He's pushed Gendozo's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Niedzwiedzki closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Niedzwiedzki decides to stand up, so the ref orders Gendozo to his feet.
Gendozo misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Gendozo misses with a takedown attempt
and Niedzwiedzki counters with a left and a right that stings Gendozo.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luis Gendozo. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Niedzwiedzki fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gendozo, pushing him back against the cage.

Niedzwiedzki ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Niedzwiedzki no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Niedzwiedzki keeping moving, preventing Gendozo from controlling successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Niedzwiedzki is on top in guard.

Niedzwiedzki showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Niedzwiedzki gets to his feet - Gendozo follows without any prompting.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Niedzwiedzki lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Gendozo sprawling to the canvas. Niedzwiedzki follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Gendozo hang on?

Gendozo is rocked!
Niedzwiedzki lands a big elbow - Gendozo is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Niedzwiedzki!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruno Niedzwiedzki!
Bruno Niedzwiedzki seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.