PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ariel Piechocki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Santos
vs
Piechocki

185 cm
20
184 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

176 cm
18
184 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pedro Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ariel Piechocki!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping leg kick lands for Piechocki.
Santos looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Piechocki has managed to clinch.

Piechocki drags the fight down to the ground.

Santos is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Piechocki looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Piechocki manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Piechocki connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Piechocki has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Santos's face.
Santos takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Santos takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Piechocki landing strikes from the mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Piechocki fails to advance to Santos's back.
Piechocki looking to control but Santos is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Piechocki scoring with strikes but Santos is staying in there.
Piechocki fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Piechocki looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

Piechocki looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

Piechocki looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Piechocki has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Santos's face.
Piechocki looking to finish Santos with some ground and pound. This is bad for Santos!
Piechocki has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Santos's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos is in all sorts of trouble here.
Santos wants to hold on but Piechocki pushes him away.
Piechocki working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Santos is in a horrible position here. Piechocki smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Piechocki looking for a guillotine from mount but Santos is having none of it.
Piechocki lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Piechocki tries to control but Santos wriggling away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santos is looking to improve his position but Piechocki isn't that keen on the idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Santos that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Piechocki wants to control the pace but Santos is squirming around nicely.
Santos tries to hold on but Piechocki pushes him away.
Piechocki is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Santos can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Piechocki with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Piechocki cracks Santos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Piechocki looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Santos is in a horrible position here. Piechocki smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Piechocki looking to control but Santos is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Santos wants to hold on but Piechocki pushes him away.
Piechocki raining down hammerfists from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Piechocki cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Santos takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Piechocki scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Piechocki lands a heavy elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Piechocki connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Piechocki pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Santos defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Piechocki.
Piechocki avoids the attempt from Santos to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ariel Piechocki dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A left lands for Piechocki.
Nice sprawl there from Santos as Piechocki shoots in.
Piechocki will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Piechocki lands with a slapping head kick.

Santos is rocked!
Piechocki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Oh Santos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Piechocki tries to score a power double leg takedown but Santos sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Piechocki somewhat.
Pedro Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ariel Piechocki.
Piechocki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Piechocki tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Santos seems to have got his legs back now.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Santos.
Piechocki fails to land the takedown.
Piechocki is trying hard to land a takedown here. Santos sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Piechocki misses with a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Santos wants it to stay on the feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Piechocki gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Santos holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Santos tries to score a body lock takedown but Piechocki shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Piechocki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Piechocki is trying to break the clinch but Santos has him pressed against the cage.
Santos fails to pull guard.
Piechocki managing to block the knees to the body from Santos.
Santos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Piechocki's efforts to push away.
Piechocki looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.

Piechocki gets control of Santos's arms and successfully pulls guard. Piechocki will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Piechocki manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Santos manages to get himself to full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Piechocki accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Santos is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ariel Piechocki has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Santos working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Piechocki doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Piechocki manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Piechocki has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Santos is proving hard to escape from.
Piechocki postures up.
Piechocki lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Piechocki pushing down on Santos's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Piechocki landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Piechocki seems to be working for a kimura but Santos defends the submission attempt.
Piechocki stops Santos from getting back to his feet.

Piechocki wants to work for an arm triangle but Santos is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Santos has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Piechocki is working away from the top position though.
Piechocki thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Santos's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Piechocki prevents Santos from standing back up.
Piechocki working Santos over with strikes.
Piechocki not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Piechocki thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Piechocki not doing much here.

Piechocki is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Santos sees it coming and defends easily.
Piechocki is looking to take a break and control but Santos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Santos scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Piechocki manages to mount him!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ariel Piechocki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Santos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Piechocki closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Piechocki lands some shots froms side control.
Piechocki landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Santos is not content to let Piechocki control the position.

Piechocki looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Piechocki is looking to take a break and control but Santos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Santos tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Piechocki wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Piechocki lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Santos is looking for a sweep.
Piechocki wants to stand but Santos has his arm trapped.
Santos is looking to regain half guard here but Piechocki keeps moving and retains side control.
Piechocki wants to lay and pray for a moment but Santos keeps working.
Santos prevents Piechocki from improving position.
Piechocki tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Santos tries to improve position but can't.

Piechocki has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Pedro Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Piechocki throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

Piechocki bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Piechocki postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Santos is looking to reverse the position.
Piechocki has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Santos is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Santos can't do much from the bottom here.
Santos is looking to regain half guard here but Piechocki keeps moving and retains side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos is trying to control Piechocki's posture but Piechocki avoids it.
Santos takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Piechocki is trying to get an arm triangle but Santos is defending well.

Piechocki has an Americana. Santos didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Piechocki is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Piechocki hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Ariel Piechocki!