PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rigels Rouge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karol Antczak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Rouge
vs
Antczak

173 cm
21
181 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rigels Rouge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Karol Antczak!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Hirohito Nitta and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Antczak closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rouge is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Rouge taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Antczak changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Rouge fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Rouge throws a series of punches but Antczak moves out of range.
Rouge throws a series of punches but Antczak avoids them all with ease.
Rouge scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Antczak misses with a body punch
and Rouge counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Rigels Rouge seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Antczak misses with a head kick.
Rouge falls off balance throwing a combination

and Antczak counters with a single leg into guard. Rouge didn't expect that.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Antczak controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Antczak throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rouge is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Antczak controlling from the top position.
Let's hope that Antczak has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Karol Antczak hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Rouge enables Antczak to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Rouge manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Antczak is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Antczak postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Antczak trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Antczak wanted to stand there but Rouge had control of the position.
Antczak missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Antczak stands and throws Rouge's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Rouge on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Rouge tries to get out of the position.
Antczak wants to stand but Rouge is controlling his arm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Antczak in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Rouge is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Karol Antczak!