PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Leon Czolgosz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Seaborne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Seaborne has chosen Success as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Czolgosz
vs
Seaborne

176 cm
25
170 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

190 cm
27
180 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

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 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Leon Czolgosz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sam Seaborne!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Czolgosz shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Seaborne as he jumps to the side.
Czolgosz misses with a wild body shot.
Czolgosz with a poor takedown
and Seaborne counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Czolgosz closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Seaborne to the mat! Seaborne manages to get full guard.
Czolgosz pushes down on Seaborne's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Czolgosz is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Czolgosz is working for a submission of some sort.

Seaborne actively working from the bottom here.
Czolgosz working over Seaborne with some ground and pound. Seaborne looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Czolgosz is controlling the pace.

Seaborne is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Czolgosz pulls his head out easily.
Czolgosz slows the pace down in half guard.
Czolgosz trying to control from half guard but Seaborne is working away.

Czolgosz seems to be looking for submissions.
Seaborne is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Czolgosz looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seaborne wants to get back to his feet.

Czolgosz is trying to work for a kimura but Seaborne is defending well.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Czolgosz is working for a kimura but Seaborne is defending it quite comfortably.
Seaborne wants to get back to his feet.
Czolgosz is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Seaborne is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Czolgosz pulls his head out easily.
Czolgosz drops an elbow to the side of Seaborne's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Czolgosz trying to control from half guard but Seaborne is working away.
Czolgosz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Seaborne with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Czolgosz lands strikes from half guard.
Czolgosz takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Czolgosz is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Seaborne sees it coming and defends easily.
Czolgosz wants to control but Seaborne is keeping him busy.

Seaborne looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Czolgosz is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Czolgosz landing strikes, looking to finish!
Seaborne tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Czolgosz tries to control but Seaborne wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seaborne is wriggling around trying to escape.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Czolgosz lands with some strikes.
Czolgosz landing punches.
Czolgosz fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Czolgosz blocks Seaborne's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Seaborne is working to get back to half guard.
Czolgosz with a couple of short strikes.
Seaborne is squirming around, avoiding Czolgosz's attempts to control the action.
Seaborne keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Seaborne is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Czolgosz takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leon Czolgosz dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Seaborne gets caught napping as Czolgosz dives in and scores a takedown. Seaborne manages to retain guard.
Czolgosz slips nicely into half guard.

Seaborne is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Czolgosz pulls his head out easily.
Seaborne is trying to stand back up but Czolgosz is controlling him
Czolgosz blocks the strikes from Seaborne.
Czolgosz controlling the action here.

Czolgosz is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Seaborne looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Czolgosz is looking to take a break and control but Seaborne is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Czolgosz trying to mount his opponent but Seaborne defends it.
Czolgosz takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Czolgosz is nestled in close to Seaborne, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Czolgosz lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Seaborne tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Czolgosz is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Czolgosz is nestled in close to Seaborne, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Czolgosz lands a nice short elbow.
Czolgosz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Czolgosz takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Czolgosz working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Seaborne is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Czolgosz is looking for a kimura but Seaborne is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Czolgosz to get the leverage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Czolgosz lands with a punch from half guard.
Seaborne is still in real trouble! Can Czolgosz finish him?
Czolgosz working the head and body with strikes.
Czolgosz working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Czolgosz scores with a big shot! Seaborne's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Seaborne! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leon Czolgosz!