PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jordan Statham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomasz Kacprzak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kacprzak has chosen Middle Class Rut - New Low as his entrance music. Jordan Statham looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Statham
vs
Kacprzak

196 cm
25
196 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

181 cm
20
190 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Untouchable Fight Gear

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jordan Statham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tomasz Kacprzak!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Saam Ante and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kacprzak throws a head kick that Statham semi-blocks.
Kacprzak misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kacprzak connects with a body shot.
Kacprzak swinging wildly here.

Kacprzak lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Statham sprawling to the canvas. Kacprzak follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Statham hang on?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Statham wants to get back to full guard.
Statham regains full guard. Nicely done.
Statham will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Statham is breathing heavily.
Statham is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Kacprzak scoring with some ground and pound.
Kacprzak throws a big elbow that misses.
Statham avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Statham is controlling Kacprzak's posture.
Kacprzak throws a strike but Statham rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Statham throws a big right hand that misses.
Statham preventing the sweep.
Kacprzak working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Statham.
Statham has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Kacprzak is proving hard to escape from.
Statham engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Statham is looking to work some ground and pound but Kacprzak has wrist control.
Statham is looking to work some ground and pound but Kacprzak has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Statham works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Statham prevents Kacprzak from standing back up.
Kacprzak tries to get to full guard but Statham has control of the leg.
Kacprzak wants to control but Statham is keeping busy.
Statham landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Statham scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Statham throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Kacprzak to regain full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Kacprzak is looking for a triangle but Statham pushes his legs off easily.
Statham with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Statham lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Kacprzak holds on and takes a little breather.
Statham looking to pass the guard.

Kacprzak is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Statham prevents a takedown attempt there.
Kacprzak is working for takedown but Statham is calmly controlling the position for now.
Statham wants a takedown but no success here.
Statham prevents the takedown attempt.
Jordan Statham has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tomasz Kacprzak.
Statham wants to get back to striking at distance but Kacprzak won't allow it.
Kacprzak throws a head punch that misses.
Kacprzak is looking for a takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Statham looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Statham drags the fight down to the ground.
Statham avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Kacprzak avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kacprzak wants to stand but Statham is controlling his posture from full guard.
Kacprzak postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Statham pulls Kacprzak in close to prevent any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tomasz Kacprzak dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Kacprzak throws a right and a left that Statham avoids nicely.
Kacprzak throws a right and a left that Statham avoids nicely.

Statham scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Statham tries to pass to full mount but Kacprzak defends it.
Kacprzak looks like he's trying to stand up.
Statham tries to pass to full mount but Kacprzak defends it.
Statham 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.
Statham scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Kacprzak wants to get back to his feet.
Statham looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kacprzak with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Kacprzak is breathing heavily.
Kacprzak is trying to stand up here but Statham is controlling him well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kacprzak is in trouble now - Statham has advanced to mount!
Statham lands with some strikes.
Statham looking to control and managing it successfully.
Statham postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Kacprzak looks a forlorn figure.

Kacprzak is rocked!
Kacprzak takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Statham's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jordan Statham!
Jordan Statham spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.