PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rogan Botch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jakub Ostruzik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ostruzik has chosen Immediate Music - Imperitum as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Botch
vs
Ostruzik

169 cm
20
135 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

169 cm
20
140 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rogan Botch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jakub Ostruzik!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Botch walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ostruzik shoots in for a double leg but Botch sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ostruzik checks a low kick from Botch.
Ostruzik throws a right hand that Botch ducks under and follows up with a left that Botch also avoids with ease.

Botch has Ostruzik up against the cage in a clinch.

Ostruzik pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Botch clinches.

Botch is trying to trip Ostruzik. He has hold of a leg but Ostruzik is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Botch persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Botch throws a strike but Ostruzik rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Botch throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Ostruzik missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ostruzik with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ostruzik really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Botch. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Botch is pulling down on Ostruzik's head to control his posture.
Botch keeping moving, preventing Ostruzik from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Botch is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Ostruzik wants to improve his position but Botch is controlling well.
Botch perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Ostruzik manages to get to full guard.
Botch 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.
Ostruzik throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Botch wants to control from the top but Ostruzik keeps moving.
Botch is standing up over Ostruzik. Ostruzik looks to escape but Botch dives into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Botch wants to control but Ostruzik is keeping him busy.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ostruzik can do anything to dispel that myth.

Botch stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Ostruzik throws a right and a left that Botch avoids nicely.
Botch ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Botch instigates a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ostruzik has Botch pressed against the cage, preventing Botch from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ostruzik is trying to push Botch away but Botch has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Ostruzik breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ostruzik avoids the head kick by Botch.
Ostruzik tries to bum rush Botch with a series of wild strikes but Botch uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ostruzik looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Botch gets a takedown into half guard.
Ostruzik is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Botch not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Botch is thwarting Ostruzik's attempts to control the position.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Botch not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Botch is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Ostruzik has managed to free his arm - good work.
Ostruzik tries to roll over but Botch keeps him under control.
Botch trying to control the action but Ostruzik is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Botch missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rogan Botch dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Botch dodges the punch combination from Ostruzik.
Ostruzik looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ostruzik misses with a combination
and Botch counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Botch manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Ostruzik on his heels. He'll look to pass Ostruzik's guard now, I'm sure.
Rogan Botch overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Botch wants to get up but he can't break Ostruzik's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Ostruzik controls Botch momentarily but Botch frees himself.
Ostruzik has a closed guard, preventing Botch from standing up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Botch accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Botch looking to pass the guard.
Ostruzik keeping moving, preventing Botch from controlling successfully.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Botch has taken the fight to the clinch.

Botch gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Botch performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ostruzik tries to get to full guard but Botch has control of the leg.
Ostruzik is not content to let Botch control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Botch is really struggling to control Ostruzik but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Ostruzik tries to roll over but Botch keeps him under control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Rogan Botch.
A big left from Ostruzik misses.

Botch drives through with a takedown into Ostruzik's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Botch is fighting to break Ostruzik's control of his arms but Ostruzik is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Botch wants to stand but Ostruzik has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Botch trying to control but Ostruzik is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Botch looking to pass the guard.
Ostruzik tries to land a sweep but no joy.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Botch accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ostruzik keeping full guard, as Botch tries to pass.
Ostruzik working a defensive guard here.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Botch uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ostruzik.

Ostruzik gets caught napping as Botch dives in and scores a takedown. Ostruzik manages to retain guard.
Botch advances position into side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ostruzik pushes Botch away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Botch gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Ostruzik is breathing heavily.
A control attempt from Ostruzik but he's now mounted!
Botch controlling the pace for now.
Botch avoids the attempt from Ostruzik to control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Botch misses with a head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rogan Botch dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Botch closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Ostruzik's guard.
Ostruzik avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ostruzik managing to control the position.
Botch stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ostruzik swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Botch drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Ostruzik dives on top into guard.
Ostruzik looking to pass the guard.
Botch keeping moving, preventing Ostruzik from controlling successfully.
Botch pulls Ostruzik in close to prevent any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ostruzik trying to control the position from guard on top but Botch is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ostruzik postures up and lands a big shot to Botch's brow.
Ostruzik working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ostruzik is looking to work some ground and pound but Botch has wrist control.
Ostruzik throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Botch works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ostruzik postures up in Botch's guard and throws a big left but Botch blocks it.
Botch seems keen to control Ostruzik's posture.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Ostruzik stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Botch swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Botch looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Botch avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ostruzik throwing strikes but missing.
Botch is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Rogan Botch just wasn't active enough.
Botch throws a series of punches but Ostruzik moves out of range.
No joy there for Ostruzik, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Botch has Ostruzik up against the cage in a clinch.
Ostruzik gets through Botch's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Botch has Ostruzik pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Botch pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Ostruzik tumbling to the mat - Botch dives into Ostruzik's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ostruzik keeping moving, preventing Botch from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ostruzik wants to improve his position but instead Botch has moved into half guard.
Botch missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ostruzik is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Botch is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Ostruzik sees it coming and defends easily.
Ostruzik wants to sweep but Botch has passed to side control!
Ostruzik parries the strikes from Botch easily there. Botch is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Ostruzik to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ostruzik wants to control but Botch postures up.
Ostruzik is not content to let Botch control the position.
Ostruzik is trying to get back to half guard.
Jakub Ostruzik has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ostruzik takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ostruzik tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Botch presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ostruzik avoids a series of strikes thrown by Botch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rogan Botch showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Botch has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight for Rogan Botch!
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight for Rogan Botch!
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight for Rogan Botch!

Rogan Botch wins by unanimous decision!