PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Costel Rusu (ranked 3668 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bielik Blaszczak (ranked 4630 p4p, 0 weight class). Rusu comes to the cage accompanied by "Deșteaptă-te, române!" by Anton Pann. Costel Rusu has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Rusu
vs
Blaszczak

200 cm
27
190 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

184 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Costel Rusu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bielik Blaszczak!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Viktor Lagutenko and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Blaszczak moves into the clinch.
Blaszczak lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Blaszczak pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Blaszczak pushes Rusu up against the cage in a clinch.
Blaszczak struggles to land a body shot inside as Rusu controls his hands.
Blaszczak gets through Rusu's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Rusu pulls guard.
Blaszczak with a flurry of punches that miss.
Blaszczak must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Rusu can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Blaszczak controls the pace.
Rusu looking for a sweep. Not yet Rusu, not yet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blaszczak looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rusu trying to keep a closed guard but Blaszczak is proving a slippery customer.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Rusu had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Blaszczak defends it easily.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Blaszczak clinches with his opponent.
Blaszczak misses with some punches.
A right hook to the body lands for Blaszczak.
Blaszczak lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaszczak makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rusu is looking for a takedown.
Blaszczak lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rusu or not.
Our sources have told us that Rusu has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Rusu is breathing heavily.
Blaszczak pushes Rusu back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Blaszczak.
Blaszczak lands a left hand.
A short right from Blaszczak.
Blaszczak misses with a body punch.
Blaszczak blocks an uppercut.
Blaszczak throws a head punch that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Blaszczak.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Blaszczak.
Rusu really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
A nice right hand lands inside from Blaszczak.
Nice body punch from Blaszczak - that landed with a thud.
Blaszczak lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rusu blocks a body shot from Blaszczak.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Blaszczak.
Blaszczak lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Blaszczak lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Blaszczak.
Blaszczak stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Blaszczak makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Blaszczak scores with a hook to the body.
Blaszczak lands with a right to the head.
Blaszczak makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Rusu is rocked!
Blaszczak misses with the head strike.
Oh Rusu is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Blaszczak misses with a punch on the inside.
Rusu blocking some punches.
Blaszczak swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rusu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rusu.
Blaszczak misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rusu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Blaszczak fails to land.
Blaszczak misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rusu blocking some punches.
Blaszczak tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Blaszczak misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaszczak misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rusu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rusu.
Blaszczak misses with some punches.
Blaszczak working aggressively here.
Blaszczak throws a punch but it's blocked by Rusu.
Blaszczak misses with a punch on the inside.
Blaszczak fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blaszczak.
Rusu seems to have got his legs back now.
Blaszczak lands a body punch in the clinch.
Blaszczak lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Blaszczak lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rusu tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Blaszczak just stands there and leans against the cage.
Blaszczak scores with a hook to the body.
Blaszczak lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Blaszczak dips a shoulder and cracks Rusu with a mighty uppercut! Rusu falls back against the cage and Blaszczak unloads with a barrage of strikes! Rusu is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Blaszczak screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bielik Blaszczak!