PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between charlie brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jakub Blaszczykowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jakub Blaszczykowski will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

brown
vs
Blaszczykowski

195 cm
19
170 lbs
1 - 11 - 0

175 cm
18
176 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, charlie brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jakub Blaszczykowski!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
brown throws a series of punches but Blaszczykowski avoids them all with ease.
brown looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Blaszczykowski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blaszczykowski fails with a takedown attempt.
brown really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Blaszczykowski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but brown moves away.
brown throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
brown keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Nice takedown defense from brown. No joy for Blaszczykowski on that attempt.
charlie brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jakub Blaszczykowski.
brown tries to bum rush Blaszczykowski with a series of wild strikes but Blaszczykowski uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
brown swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blaszczykowski misses with a head kick.
brown slaps away a takedown attempt from Blaszczykowski, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Blaszczykowski shoots in for a double leg but brown sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
brown keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaszczykowski moves in looking to clinch but brown pushes him off.

Blaszczykowski moves into the clinch.
brown fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Blaszczykowski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Blaszczykowski prevents a body shot from brown.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Blaszczykowski.

brown pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice takedown defense from brown. No joy for Blaszczykowski on that attempt.
brown stuffs the takedown.

Blaszczykowski clinches up with brown and pushes him back against the cage.
Blaszczykowski is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Blaszczykowski goes for a takedown attempt but brown pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
brown stuffs the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Blaszczykowski darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Blaszczykowski is looking to advance position but brown won't allow it.
Blaszczykowski wants to take a breather but brown is having none of it.
Blaszczykowski is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Blaszczykowski is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaszczykowski throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Blaszczykowski thows a huge punch but brown dodges it nicely.
Blaszczykowski missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Blaszczykowski not doing much here.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
brown stuffs the takedown attempt from Blaszczykowski. Blaszczykowski gets slowly back to his feet.
Blaszczykowski tries to clinch up but brown circles away and keeps his distance.
Blaszczykowski wants to clinch up but brown keeps it at a distance.
Blaszczykowski doesn't manage to clinch there - brown circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Blaszczykowski tries for a takedown but brown sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Blaszczykowski changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. brown looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Blaszczykowski in side control, throwing shots but brown defends.
brown on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
brown is trying to escape the position but Blaszczykowski is controlling the position.
Blaszczykowski fails to land a wild elbow strike.
brown parries the strikes from Blaszczykowski easily there. Blaszczykowski is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable brown to escape.
Blaszczykowski takes a little break here. brown wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jakub Blaszczykowski dominated that round.
That's time! brown's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Blaszczykowski tries to close the distance and clinch but brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blaszczykowski shoots in but no luck this time.

Blaszczykowski forces brown back against the cage and clinches.
Blaszczykowski wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but brown has him pressed against the cage.
Blaszczykowski fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Blaszczykowski is trying to force a seperation but brown has the dominant position.
Blaszczykowski is trying to maintain a safe position but brown gets an underhook and turns Blaszczykowski into the cage.
brown prevents a takedown attempt there.
charlie brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jakub Blaszczykowski.
Blaszczykowski tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. brown just stands there and leans against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Blaszczykowski gets control of brown's arms and successfully pulls guard. Blaszczykowski will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Blaszczykowski pushes brown off and gets back to his feet.
Blaszczykowski shoots in looking for a takedown. brown tries to sprawl out of it but Blaszczykowski keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. brown manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

brown instigates a clinch.

Blaszczykowski has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics brown uses from the top position.
brown stops Blaszczykowski from standing up.
brown postures up.
brown prevents Blaszczykowski from getting back to his feet.
brown wants to get up but he can't break Blaszczykowski's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Blaszczykowski is on top in guard.
brown keeping moving, preventing Blaszczykowski from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
brown looking for a sweep. Not yet brown, not yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blaszczykowski trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Blaszczykowski trying to control but brown is working from the bottom.
Blaszczykowski has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of brown is proving hard to escape from.

brown is working an open guard so Blaszczykowski takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
charlie brown is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
brown fails with a takedown attempt.
Blaszczykowski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but brown paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
brown gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Blaszczykowski shoots in for a takedown but brown shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Blaszczykowski goes for a takedown attempt but brown pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Nice takedown defense from brown. No joy for Blaszczykowski on that attempt.
Blaszczykowski motions for brown to come forward. Blaszczykowski throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Blaszczykowski shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. brown defends it nicely.
Blaszczykowski tries to clinch but brown is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Blaszczykowski closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Blaszczykowski lands in his opponent's guard.
Blaszczykowski wants to control from the top but brown keeps moving.
Blaszczykowski won't allow brown to sweep him here.
Blaszczykowski wants to control from the top but brown keeps moving.
Blaszczykowski pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. brown is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jakub Blaszczykowski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Blaszczykowski fails with a takedown attempt.
Blaszczykowski wants to clinch but brown slips to the side

and brown holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Blaszczykowski is trying to drag brown to the mat but brown just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Blaszczykowski looking to stall.
Blaszczykowski has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. brown is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
charlie brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jakub Blaszczykowski.
brown jumps guard but Blaszczykowski stands there with brown around his waist. brown gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Blaszczykowski is trying to break the clinch but brown has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blaszczykowski jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as brown walks away with a smile on his face. Blaszczykowski gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
brown checks a low kick from Blaszczykowski.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Blaszczykowski tries to score with a low kick but brown moves his leg out of the way.
Blaszczykowski throws a leg kick but brown checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Blaszczykowski scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Blaszczykowski happy to just control the position for now.
Blaszczykowski has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Blaszczykowski lands some shots froms side control.
Blaszczykowski wants to lay and pray for a moment but brown keeps working.

Blaszczykowski decides to stand back up.
Blaszczykowski tries to close the distance and clinch but brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blaszczykowski is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaszczykowski shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has brown pinned against the cage. brown gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
brown slaps away a takedown attempt from Blaszczykowski, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Blaszczykowski shoots in and drives through. brown sprawls well.
brown lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Blaszczykowski circles away quickly and effectively.
Blaszczykowski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blaszczykowski misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Blaszczykowski doesn't succeed with the takedown

and brown counters by moving into the clinch.
Blaszczykowski tries to score a body lock takedown but brown shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Blaszczykowski has picked brown up - he's going for a ride! Blaszczykowski dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
brown is trying to get back to full guard.
Blaszczykowski missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
brown has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Blaszczykowski is working away from the top position though.
Blaszczykowski is looking to advance position but brown won't allow it.
brown is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Blaszczykowski passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for brown!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaszczykowski lands a big shot there that rocks brown but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Blaszczykowski looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Blaszczykowski wants to control the pace but brown is squirming around nicely.
Blaszczykowski looking to ground and pound but brown is blocking nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jakub Blaszczykowski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Blaszczykowski winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jakub Blaszczykowski!