PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricco Torres (ranked 1771 p4p, 178 weight class) and Jakub Trabowski (ranked 3219 p4p, 288 weight class). Jakub Trabowski has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ricco Torres's chin.

Torres
vs
Trabowski

196 cm
24
275 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

189 cm
26
252 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ricco Torres!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jakub Trabowski!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torres lands a nice hook to Trabowski's body. Trabowski takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Torres scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Trabowski has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Torres ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Trabowski moves away.
Torres thows a left - swing and a miss!
Trabowski walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Trabowski moves out of range of the body kick.
Torres slips a straight right by Trabowski.
Trabowski shoots in for a double leg but Torres sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Trabowski scores with a decent looking hook.
Torres with a nice cross.
Torres misses with a straight right.
Torres moves out of range of the body kick.
Trabowski moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Torres misses with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Trabowski drives through and clinches with Torres against the cage.
Torres tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Torres tightens his grip and picks Trabowski up, before dumping him to the ground. Trabowski manages to land in guard.
Torres is fighting to break Trabowski's control of his arms but Trabowski is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Torres trying to control but Trabowski is working from the bottom.
Torres content to stall in guard here.
Torres looking to pass the guard.
Torres wants to control from the top but Trabowski keeps moving.
Torres passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Torres thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Torres is trying to get an arm triangle but Trabowski is defending well.
You can see the frustration on Trabowski's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Trabowski is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
We've been hearing good reports from Torres's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trabowski can't do much from the bottom here.
Torres working the head and body with strikes.
Torres lands an elbow.
Torres grinds an elbow into Trabowski's temple.
Trabowski is looking to regain half guard here but Torres keeps moving and retains side control.
Torres wants to lay and pray for a moment but Trabowski keeps working.
Torres 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.
Torres landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Torres landing a few strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trabowski struggling a bit here.
Torres trying to control the action but Trabowski is working from the bottom.
Torres cracks Trabowski with an elbow. That is naaassty.

Torres decides to stand back up.
Trabowski darts in trying to clinch
and Torres counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricco Torres dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Trabowski takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Torres fails with the takedown.
Jakub Trabowski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Torres lands a head shot.
Torres with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Torres avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Torres connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Trabowski moves forwards but Torres connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Trabowski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trabowski misses with a few strikes there.

Trabowski gets a clinch.
Torres is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Trabowski gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Trabowski is pressed up against the cage. Torres has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Trabowski down to the mat. Trabowski avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricco Torres. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trabowski walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Trabowski tries to clinch up but Torres circles away and keeps his distance.

Trabowski closes the distance and clinches.
Trabowski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Torres gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Torres 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.
Torres stalling.
Torres not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Torres is trying to control the action in half guard but Trabowski is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Trabowski trying to control from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres works his way into full mount!
Torres pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Trabowski is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Torres content just to control the position here.
Trabowski tries to reverse the position but Torres maintains control.
Torres putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Torres lands a nice shot to the head.
Torres lands a big shot there that rocks Trabowski but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Torres looking to control but Trabowski is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres cracks Trabowski with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Torres lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Trabowski is rocked!

Torres jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Trabowski manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Trabowski is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Torres cracks Trabowski with a big elbow.
Torres wants to lay and pray for a moment but Trabowski keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torres scores with a couple of short elbows.
Torres scores with punches from side control.

Torres tries for a kimura but Trabowski is defending well.

Torres is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Trabowski is trying to escape and Torres transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Trabowski is forced to tap! Nice work there by Torres! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ricco Torres!
The defeated Jakub Trabowski had this to say: 'i want re-match'.