PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Denis Frolov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Piotr Szulc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Szulc has chosen The Teenagers - Love No (33Hz remix) as his entrance music. The key to victory for Denis Frolov has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Frolov
vs
Szulc

190 cm
18
247 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

200 cm
21
259 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Denis Frolov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Piotr Szulc!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Szulc shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Frolov manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Szulc works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Szulc throwing shots but Frolov is blocking nicely.
Szulc wants to pass to mount but Frolov is defending the position.
Frolov is staying active underneath Szulc, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Szulc is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Szulc working over Frolov with some ground and pound. Frolov looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Szulc is keen to just control but Frolov is a slippery customer.
Frolov knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Szulc on the ground.
Szulc 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Szulc is nestled in close to Frolov, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Szulc uses his free foot to push down on Frolov's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Frolov.
Frolov is squirming around, avoiding Szulc's attempts to control the action.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Szulc cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

It looks like Denis Frolov has been cut.
Szulc fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Denis Frolov's cut is getting worse.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Szulc looking to finish with strikes here!
Szulc dominating with strikes here.
Szulc postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Frolov looks a forlorn figure.

Szulc is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Frolov is surviving well by controlling Szulc's body position as best he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Szulc punching from mount but Frolov doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Szulc landing shots from mount.
Szulc throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Szulc looking to finish Frolov with some ground and pound. This is bad for Frolov!
Szulc lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Frolov hang on?
Frolov in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Frolov is rocked!
A nice elbow there by Szulc.
Oh Frolov is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Szulc postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Frolov in real trouble here! The ref calls for Frolov to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Piotr Szulc!
Piotr Szulc bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.