PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adam Koniecki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marko Baron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Koniecki's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Rakim - Guess Who's Back . Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Koniecki
vs
Baron

190 cm
18
204 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
20
210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Hell's Balls Recovery
Fight Club Clothing™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Adam Koniecki!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marko Baron!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Saam Ante and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koniecki misses with a two punch combination.
Baron throws a lazy uppercut
and Koniecki counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Baron throws a lazy uppercut
and Koniecki counters with a left to the body.
Marko Baron seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Koniecki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Baron lands with a good body shot.
Baron misses with an attempted mid kick.
Baron cracks a nice hook into Koniecki's ribs.
Baron takes one to the chin there.
Jab by Baron.
Baron misses with a body shot.
Koniecki takes a swing at Baron's ribcage but misses.
Baron misses with a body punch
letting Koniecki counter with a right hand.
Baron misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Koniecki.
Baron throws a sloppy body shot
and Koniecki counters with a stiff right hand.
Baron moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Koniecki checks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baron tries to bum rush Koniecki with a series of wild strikes but Koniecki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Baron jabs Koniecki right on the nose. Koniecki blinks but takes it well.
Baron misses with a combination
and Koniecki cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Koniecki throws a lazy uppercut
and Baron counters with a right hand to the body.
Baron lands with an uppercut that bounces Koniecki off the cage and back into rage.
Baron throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Koniecki stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Koniecki is breathing heavily.
Baron comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nice body punch from Baron.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Koniecki walks into a left hand.
Baron fails to land with a series of punches.
Baron dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Baron digs a good body shot into Koniecki's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baron lands a lovely overhand right.
Baron lands with an overhand left.
Baron connects with a body shot.
A left lands for Baron.
Baron lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Koniecki circles away quickly and effectively.
Baron scores with a jab to the jaw.
Baron scores with a sloppy right hand. Koniecki should have avoided that one.
Baron connects with a jab.
Baron misses with a double jab.
Baron swings for the body but Koniecki moves out of range.
Koniecki takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Baron lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Baron.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baron fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Koniecki.
Baron stuns Koniecki with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Baron is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Koniecki had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Baron lands a jab to the head.
A nice combination there by Baron.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Baron misses with a few strikes there.
Sloppy strikes from Baron. Those never looked like landing.
Baron cracks Koniecki with a good jab.
Baron will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Baron slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Baron feints and then cracks Koniecki's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Koniecki down.
Koniecki takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Koniecki on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koniecki has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Baron.
Baron lands a nice looking body shot.
Koniecki walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nice straight punches there by Baron. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Baron.
Baron thuds his shin into the meat of Koniecki's side.
Baron works over Koniecki's head and body with a nice combination.
Koniecki walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Koniecki walks into a stiff left hand from Baron.

Baron bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Koniecki! He dives into his guard looking to finish!

Koniecki is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Baron working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Koniecki can't keep his opponent in guard - Baron advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marko Baron dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Nice shot by Baron.
Baron scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Koniecki doesn't seem bothered though.
Baron moves into range and connects with a jab.
Baron throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That kick from Baron tenderised Koniecki's leg. Koniecki is trying to keep his angry face on.
Adam Koniecki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baron lands with a nice body punch.
Baron lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Baron cracks Koniecki with a big right hand and Koniecki goes down!
Oh Koniecki is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Baron pushing down on Koniecki's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Koniecki seems to have got his legs back now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Let's hope that Baron 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 one minute gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Koniecki knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Baron on the ground.

Marko Baron has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Baron shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Koniecki eats them both and turns towards Baron to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Marko Baron seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Baron ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Koniecki looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Some wild striking there from Baron.
Decent striking displayed by Baron there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koniecki throws a looping overhand right but Baron ducks down to avoid it.
Baron swings for the body but Koniecki moves out of range.
Marko Baron is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Baron will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Baron misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baron scores with a crisp jab that stopped Koniecki in his tracks.
Baron feints and then cracks Koniecki's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Koniecki down.
Baron has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Baron connects with a body shot that sends Koniecki's belly button to the back.
Baron with a hook.
Nice shot lands for Baron.
Koniecki takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Baron lunges at Koniecki with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Koniecki's hand.
Baron chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Baron connects with a single shot there.

Oooh a lovely combination from Baron sends Koniecki down but not out. Baron dives into side control looking to finish.
Baron looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Koniecki is avoiding damage well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Marko Baron!
Marko Baron is the new light heavyweight champion!