PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marko Polo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikolaj Rej (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Polo
vs
Rej

184 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marko Polo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mikolaj Rej!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Saam Ante and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rej thumps Polo with a low kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rej.
Polo looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Rej feints and then cracks Polo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Polo down.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rej. That's going to slow Polo down.
Rej connects with a solid leg kick.
Rej wants to clinch.
Rej fails in his attempt to clinch.

Rej drives through and clinches with Polo against the cage.
Rej scores a nice knee to the body.
Rej with a knee to the head.

It looks like Marko Polo has been cut.
Polo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rej creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Polo's defenses.
Polo fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rej lands an elbow that stopped Polo in his tracks for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Polo wants to stall.
Rej lands a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Rej breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rej moves in looking to clinch but Polo pushes him off.
That kick from Rej tenderised Polo's leg. Polo is trying to keep his angry face on.
Polo is breathing heavily.
Rej moves to clinch but Polo breaks away

and Polo decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Rej's guard.
Polo stopping the sweep attempt from Rej.
Polo has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Rej is proving hard to escape from.
Rej trying to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rej is looking to sweep but instead, Polo has passed into half guard.
Rej is looking to control Polo's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Rej avoid being mounted?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Rej looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Rej has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Polo is working away from the top position though.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rej can do anything to dispel that myth.
Rej keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Polo working Rej over with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Polo passes to side control.
Polo creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Rej is looking for a sweep.
Rej tries to escape but Polo is in control.
Polo working the head and body with strikes.
Polo working away.
Check out the look on Polo's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Marko Polo!