PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Junior Piekny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Maiden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Piekny comes to the cage accompanied by Dead Fish - Autonomia. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Piekny
vs
Maiden

182 cm
23
170 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

185 cm
19
170 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

Liquid Damage

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Junior Piekny!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eddie Maiden!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Damien Edna and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Piekny lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Piekny throws a head kick but Maiden moves out of range.
Piekny misses with a double jab.
Piekny leaves Maiden with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Piekny. No joy for Maiden on that attempt.

Maiden has Piekny up against the cage in a clinch.
Maiden misses with a knee to the head.
Maiden is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Piekny is defending well for now.
Maiden looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Maiden lands a right hand that snaps the head of Piekny backwards.
Maiden stalling in the clinch but Piekny improves position.
Maiden trying to land knees to the body.
Maiden prevents Piekny from breaking the clinch.

Piekny breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Maiden is trying hard to land a takedown here. Piekny sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Junior Piekny has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eddie Maiden.
Piekny tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Maiden takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Maiden scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Maiden throwing shots but missing, from side control.

Piekny sneaks out the side door and pushes Maiden away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Piekny fails to land with a series of punches.
Piekny misses with a few strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Maiden fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Piekny, pushing him back against the cage.
Maiden dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Maiden lands an elbow that stopped Piekny in his tracks for a moment.

Maiden escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice takedown defense from Piekny. No joy for Maiden on that attempt.
Piekny lands a front kick.
Maiden fails to land the takedown.
Piekny goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Piekny tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Piekny stuffs the takedown attempt from Maiden. Maiden gets slowly back to his feet.

Maiden closes the distance and clinches.

Piekny breaks from the clinch.
Maiden tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Maiden is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Piekny.
Piekny throws a head kick that misses.
Piekny tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Maiden has taken the fight to the clinch.

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

Piekny has gone for a leg lock! Maiden slips out almost immediately though and dives into Piekny's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maiden trying to control but Piekny is working from the bottom.
Piekny has momentary wrist control but Maiden slips an elbow through the middle.
Maiden looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maiden trying to control but Piekny is working from the bottom.
Maiden postures up and lands a big shot to Piekny's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maiden trying to control the position from guard on top but Piekny is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Piekny wants to stand up but Maiden is controlling him.
Maiden with a nice head shot there.
Maiden forces his way into half guard.
Maiden wants to take a breather but Piekny is having none of it.

That's four 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.
Maiden moves into full mount! Piekny won't be happy about that!
Piekny is breathing heavily.
Maiden lands a big shot there that rocks Piekny but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
BOOM! Maiden connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Maiden landing shots from mount.
Maiden fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice elbow there by Maiden.
Maiden takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Maiden goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Piekny turns into him and now he's in Maiden's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie Maiden dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Maiden misses with a head kick.

Maiden clinches with his opponent.

Maiden escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Maiden is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Piekny's half guard.
Maiden controlling the action here.
Piekny is not content to let Maiden control the position.

Maiden is working for a kimura but Piekny is defending it quite comfortably.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maiden controlling the action here.
Maiden stops Piekny from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Maiden working over Piekny with some ground and pound. Piekny looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Maiden is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Maiden sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Piekny defending well though.
Maiden is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Let's hope that Maiden has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Maiden stands up from half guard.
Piekny looks for the body kick but Maiden saw that one coming.
Piekny will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Junior Piekny is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Maiden fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Maiden looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A head kick misses from Piekny.
Piekny defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Maiden.
Piekny throws a low kick, looking for Maiden's leg but Maiden calmly moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Piekny.

That's four 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.
Piekny avoids the head kick by Maiden.
Junior Piekny is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Piekny avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Maiden takes the fight into the clinch.
Maiden has Piekny pushed against the cage.
Maiden gets through Piekny's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Maiden presses Piekny against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Maiden is stalling here.

Maiden decides to pull guard.
Maiden wants to stand and escape but Piekny is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Maiden scrambles and gets back to his feet.

Maiden changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Piekny looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Maiden decides to stand up, so the ref orders Piekny to his feet.
Maiden looks for a takedown but Piekny sprawls well.
Piekny scores with a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie Maiden showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Maiden dodges the punch combination from Piekny.
Piekny is looking to land body kicks.

Maiden drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Maiden swings around for an armbar but Piekny sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Maiden's guard.
Maiden keeping full guard, as Piekny tries to pass.

Piekny postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Maiden is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Piekny, into his guard.
Maiden controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maiden landing with the ground and pound.
Maiden must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Maiden working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Piekny's head.
Maiden is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

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.
Maiden stops Piekny from standing up.
Maiden advances position into side control!
Eddie Maiden has got the better of the ground game so far.
Maiden controls the position.
Maiden scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Piekny to see if he's OK.
Maiden working the ground and pound from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Maiden working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Piekny is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Maiden controls the position.
Maiden advances nicely into full mount.
Maiden looking to control and managing it successfully.
Eddie Maiden is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Maiden has isolated one of Piekny's arms. Piekny looking to fight him off but Maiden twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Eddie Maiden!