PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Holden Bottoms (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Niedzwiedzki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bottoms comes to the cage accompanied by Insane In The Brain - Cypress Hill. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Bruno Niedzwiedzki was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Bottoms
vs
Niedzwiedzki

189 cm
20
195 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
199 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Powerful

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Holden Bottoms!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bruno Niedzwiedzki!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bottoms drives through with a takedown into Niedzwiedzki's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Bottoms forces his way into half guard.
Niedzwiedzki wants to control but Bottoms is keeping busy.
Bottoms is trying to control the action in half guard but Niedzwiedzki is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Niedzwiedzki keeping hold of Bottoms's head, controlling as best he can.

Niedzwiedzki looking for submissions off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bottoms is thwarting Niedzwiedzki's attempts to control the position.
Bottoms passes to full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bottoms is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Niedzwiedzki can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Niedzwiedzki tries to lock up and control but Bottoms gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Bottoms can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Niedzwiedzki is looking to escape.
Bottoms controlling from the full mount.
Bottoms trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Niedzwiedzki told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Bottoms goes for an armbar but Niedzwiedzki turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Niedzwiedzki.
Niedzwiedzki scoring with some ground and pound.
Niedzwiedzki throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bottoms wants to sweep here but Niedzwiedzki controlling him for the moment.

Bottoms is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bottoms is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Niedzwiedzki postures up in Bottoms's guard and throws a big left but Bottoms blocks it.
Niedzwiedzki trying to control but Bottoms is working from the bottom.
Niedzwiedzki throwing strikes from guard but Bottoms blocks nicely.

Bottoms isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Niedzwiedzki stacks Bottoms on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Niedzwiedzki!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Niedzwiedzki cracks Bottoms with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Bottoms is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Niedzwiedzki throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Bottoms works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.

Niedzwiedzki is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Bottoms sees it coming and defends easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bottoms is refusing to be controlled, as Niedzwiedzki sits in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Holden Bottoms will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bottoms throws a leg kick that misses.
Niedzwiedzki has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bottoms finds it's way round the side to connect with Niedzwiedzki's head.
Niedzwiedzki shoots for a double leg takedown but Bottoms sprawls well. He's pushed Niedzwiedzki's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nice takedown defense from Niedzwiedzki. No joy for Bottoms on that attempt.
Niedzwiedzki shoots in for a takedown but Bottoms shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Niedzwiedzki gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Niedzwiedzki controls Bottoms momentarily but Bottoms frees himself.
Niedzwiedzki has his hands on Bottoms's head, controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bottoms looking to pass the guard.
Bottoms is fighting to break Niedzwiedzki's control of his arms but Niedzwiedzki is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bottoms passes into half guard.
Niedzwiedzki pushes Bottoms off but Bottoms dives into side control.
Niedzwiedzki is trying to control Bottoms's posture but Bottoms avoids it.
Holden Bottoms overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Niedzwiedzki is looking to regain half guard here but Bottoms keeps moving and retains side control.

Bottoms tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Bottoms has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Bottoms is looking to take a break and control but Niedzwiedzki is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niedzwiedzki is pushing Bottoms's head away, looking to escape. Bottoms manages to hold on to the position though.
Bottoms wants to control but Niedzwiedzki is keeping him busy.

Bottoms tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Niedzwiedzki is not content to let Bottoms control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Niedzwiedzki tries to escape but Bottoms is in control.
Niedzwiedzki is looking for a sweep.
Niedzwiedzki seems a little lost for a moment, as Bottoms dominates the positioning.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Bottoms is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Niedzwiedzki is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Niedzwiedzki being controlled for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Niedzwiedzki stops Bottoms from passing to mount.

Bottoms working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Niedzwiedzki is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Bottoms has just dragged him back down to the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Holden Bottoms dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Niedzwiedzki closes the distance and clinches.

Niedzwiedzki has picked Bottoms up - he's going for a ride! Niedzwiedzki dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.

Niedzwiedzki is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Bottoms wants to get back to full guard.
Bottoms is working hard here to advance position.
Niedzwiedzki missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bottoms gets back to full guard.
Niedzwiedzki loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Niedzwiedzki trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Bottoms is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Niedzwiedzki is aware though and is defending well.
Bottoms is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Bottoms looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Niedzwiedzki passes into half guard.
Niedzwiedzki working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bottoms is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Niedzwiedzki jumps into side control!
Niedzwiedzki misses with the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bottoms regains half guard, as Niedzwiedzki was trying to land strikes.
Niedzwiedzki looks to land a strike but Bottoms avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Niedzwiedzki is working Bottoms over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Niedzwiedzki looking to sit in guard and control but Bottoms gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Niedzwiedzki pushes Bottoms off and gets back to his feet.
Bottoms throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bottoms throws a nice looking combination but Niedzwiedzki bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bottoms moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromNiedzwiedzki.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bottoms throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Bottoms throws a push kick but Niedzwiedzki slaps the foot to one side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bottoms shoots in and drives through. Niedzwiedzki sprawls well.
Bottoms keeps the fight on the outside.
Bottoms tries for a takedown but Niedzwiedzki sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice sprawl there from Niedzwiedzki as Bottoms shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Holden Bottoms. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Niedzwiedzki scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Niedzwiedzki thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bottoms's head.
Bottoms on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bottoms slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Niedzwiedzki sitting in guard here, content to control.
Niedzwiedzki throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Niedzwiedzki passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Niedzwiedzki throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

Niedzwiedzki goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Bottoms has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Niedzwiedzki but great work by Bottoms.
Niedzwiedzki is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bottoms wants to control but Niedzwiedzki is keeping him busy.
Niedzwiedzki tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruno Niedzwiedzki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bottoms 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:29
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a draw!