PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Costel Rohozeanu (ranked 7274 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomasz Soszynski (ranked 4375 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Costel Rohozeanu has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Costel Rohozeanu seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Rohozeanu
vs
Soszynski

176 cm
22
150 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
25
155 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Costel Rohozeanu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tomasz Soszynski!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Winston Alpacca and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A decent looking cross lands there for Rohozeanu.
An inside leg kick lands from Rohozeanu.
A slow jab from Rohozeanu misses its intended target.
Costel Rohozeanu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rohozeanu fakes the leg kick and cracks Soszynski in the body.
Rohozeanu lunges at Soszynski with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Soszynski's hand.
Rohozeanu scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Rohozeanu seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
The fighters circling - Rohozeanu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rohozeanu fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rohozeanu pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rohozeanu misses with a body kick.
Soszynski was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Rohozeanu throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Soszynski shoots in for a takedown but Rohozeanu shows good takedown defense.
Rohozeanu misses with a series of wild punches.
Soszynski feints the counter takedown.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Soszynski shoots in looking for a takedown but Rohozeanu manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Soszynski's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

Rohozeanu throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Soszynski was covering up waiting for the punch and Rohozeanu finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Soszynski manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Rohozeanu manages to get himself to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rohozeanu is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Soszynski trying to control the position from guard on top but Rohozeanu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rohozeanu knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Soszynski on the ground.
Soszynski throwing strikes from guard but Rohozeanu blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Soszynski preventing the sweep.
Rohozeanu lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Rohozeanu is stalling in the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rohozeanu lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rohozeanu working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rohozeanu controls from within his opponent's guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Soszynski working a defensive guard here.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Some wild striking there from Rohozeanu.
Rohozeanu tries a head kick but it misses.
Rohozeanu moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Rohozeanu tries to land a front kick but Soszynski steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Soszynski checks a leg kick nicely.
Rohozeanu circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rohozeanu moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Nice defenses there by Rohozeanu.
Rohozeanu pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rohozeanu keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Rohozeanu just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Costel Rohozeanu dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Soszynski is looking to clinch but Rohozeanu is avoiding it.
Rohozeanu's corner calls for a 1-2. Rohozeanu obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Soszynski closes the distance looking to clinch

and Rohozeanu counters with a nice double leg into side control. Soszynski won't be happy with that.
Soszynski being controlled for a moment.
Rohozeanu has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rohozeanu working away.
Soszynski manages to get back to half guard.
Soszynski tries to roll over but Rohozeanu keeps him under control.
Rohozeanu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Soszynski can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soszynski slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Rohozeanu has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Soszynski wants to stand and escape but Rohozeanu is having none of it.
Soszynski being controlled here, momentarily.
Rohozeanu working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Soszynski can't keep his opponent in guard - Rohozeanu advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Soszynski has hold of Rohozeanu's hands but Rohozeanu slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Soszynski is looking for a sweep. Rohozeanu is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Rohozeanu working Soszynski over with strikes.
Rohozeanu not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rohozeanu with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Rohozeanu seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Rohozeanu works his way into full mount!
Soszynski can't escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rohozeanu scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Costel Rohozeanu overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rohozeanu tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Rohozeanu breaks from Soszynski's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Rohozeanu controlling his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rohozeanu postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Soszynski looks a forlorn figure.
Rohozeanu controlling his opponent.
Rohozeanu scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rohozeanu working Soszynski over with strikes here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rohozeanu is landing with some decent strikes but Soszynski is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Costel Rohozeanu dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Rohozeanu misses with a two punch combination.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Soszynski is defended easily by Rohozeanu.
Soszynski tries to clinch but Rohozeanu moves away

and Rohozeanu counters with a takedown into side control.
Rohozeanu controlling the position.
Rohozeanu scoring with punches from side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soszynski struggling a bit here.
Rohozeanu controls the position.
Soszynski manages to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rohozeanu scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Rohozeanu performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Rohozeanu tries to pass the half guard into mount. Soszynski knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Rohozeanu seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Soszynski blocking the ground and pound attempt from Rohozeanu.

That's two 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.
Rohozeanu looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Soszynski with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rohozeanu drops an elbow to the side of Soszynski's head.
Rohozeanu throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rohozeanu performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Ground and pound from Rohozeanu.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Rohozeanu lands a nice short elbow.
Rohozeanu sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Rohozeanu working Soszynski over with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rohozeanu is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Rohozeanu with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Rohozeanu winds up and cracks Soszynski with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Soszynski is trying to maintain the position but Rohozeanu is very close to passing his half guard.
Rohozeanu is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Soszynski moves out of range of the body kick.
Soszynski on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Soszynski throws a wild body kick that Rohozeanu sees coming a mile off.
Rohozeanu comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rohozeanu connects with the punch.
Soszynski takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rohozeanu looks to land a combination but Soszynski avoids it well.
Rohozeanu throws a good cross that connects.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Soszynski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rohozeanu.
Soszynski shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tomasz Soszynski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Soszynski throws a jab but it's blocked by Rohozeanu.

And that's the end of the fight!
Costel Rohozeanu showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rohozeanu has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 David Hoff scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Costel Rohozeanu!
A victorious Costel Rohozeanu thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.