PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikos Schortsanitis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Bartos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Schortsanitis comes to the cage accompanied by Ipoxthonios - Kane Ntou. Bartos has chosen Die Roboter as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Nikos Schortsanitis had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Schortsanitis
vs
Bartos

192 cm
25
270 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

193 cm
22
260 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nikos Schortsanitis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Karl Bartos!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Russell Pearce and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Schortsanitis clinches up against the cage.
Schortsanitis is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bartos dodges an elbow strike from Schortsanitis.
A nice left hand lands by Bartos.
Schortsanitis looking to stall.
Bartos lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bartos lands with a short shot to the head.
Schortsanitis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bartos leaning against his opponent.
Schortsanitis misses with some punches.
Schortsanitis tries to work over Bartos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bartos cracks Schortsanitis with a nice body shot.
Schortsanitis misses with the head strike.
Schortsanitis misses with some punches.
Bartos avoids a wild elbow strike from Schortsanitis.
Bartos scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schortsanitis wants to stall.
With the fighters up against the cage, Schortsanitis throws an elbow but misses.
Bartos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bartos stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bartos's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Bartos.
Bartos lands a shoulder strike.
Bartos pressing his opponent against the cage.
Schortsanitis working aggressively here.
Schortsanitis blocking some punches.
Bartos effectively controlling the action here.
Schortsanitis trying to stall but Bartos improves his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bartos misses with some punches.
Bartos stalling.
Bartos lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Schortsanitis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Schortsanitis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bartos misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bartos.
Bartos lands with a light punch inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Bartos.
Bartos lands a hook that snaps the head of Schortsanitis backwards.
Schortsanitis throws a head punch that misses.
Bartos lands a nice uppercut.
Bartos can't find room to land a body shot as Schortsanitis controls the action.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bartos as Schortsanitis tries to tie him up.
Bartos lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Schortsanitis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bartos backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schortsanitis throws an elbow that misses.
Schortsanitis throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bartos works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Schortsanitis scores with a shot to the side of Bartos's head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bartos lands a nice uppercut.
Bartos blocking some punches.
Schortsanitis takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Schortsanitis.

It looks like Karl Bartos has been cut.
Schortsanitis is trying to stall.
Bartos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Schortsanitis misses with an elbow strike.
Bartos scores with a nice hook to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bartos tries to land knees in the clinch but Schortsanitis avoids the damage to the body.
Schortsanitis misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bartos softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bartos is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Bartos lands a left hand that snaps the head of Schortsanitis backwards.
Schortsanitis throws an elbow that misses.
Schortsanitis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Schortsanitis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Schortsanitis letting Bartos take a breather here.
Bartos is working Schortsanitis over against the cage.
Bartos blocks an elbow strike from Schortsanitis.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bartos pushes Schortsanitis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bartos lands a hook that snaps the head of Schortsanitis backwards.
Bartos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bartos gets through Schortsanitis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl Bartos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Karl Bartos's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Schortsanitis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Schortsanitis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Schortsanitis swats away the attempt to clinch by Bartos.

Schortsanitis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bartos throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Schortsanitiss head.
Schortsanitis's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bartos softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Schortsanitis is rocked!
Schortsanitis leaning his opponent against the cage.
Oh Schortsanitis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bartos throws a big uppercut that drops Schortsanitis! More strikes from Bartos and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Schortsanitis lies dazed against the cage as Bartos celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Karl Bartos!