PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arkadiusz Klepaczka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Banner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Klepaczka
vs
Banner

185 cm
22
183 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

180 cm
32
175 lbs
15 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Knockout power

Tokyo United Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arkadiusz Klepaczka!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bruce Banner!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Felipe Paraventi and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banner scores with a jab to the body.

Banner gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Klepaczka to score an easy takedown into full guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Klepaczka wants to get up but he can't break Banner's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Banner manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Klepaczka is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Klepaczka is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Klepaczka is in all sorts of trouble here.
Banner cracks Klepaczka with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Banner pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Klepaczka squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Klepaczka is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Academia Ipanema, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Klepaczka is trying to escape the mount.
Banner lands a couple of good shots and Klepaczka has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Well, with Banner on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Klepaczka is tapping out... Can he escape the position?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Banner tries to keep control of the position but Klepaczka is staying busy.
Banner is not going to allow Klepaczka to sit and survive in this position.
Klepaczka covers up after that shot from Banner.

It looks like Arkadiusz Klepaczka has been cut.
Klepaczka is keeping busy.

Banner tightening his grip on Klepaczka, looking for the choke.
Banner lands a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
I really don't envy Klepaczka right now.
Banner trying to control.
Banner has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Banner has the hooks in. Klepaczka is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banner lands strikes to the head.
Klepaczka can't escape the position.
Klepaczka has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Banner not allowing Klepaczka to control his hands.
Klepaczka controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.

Banner is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Klepaczka has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Can Klepaczka hold on?! Banner is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Banner is landing with strikes. Klepaczka can't take much more of this.
Klepaczka tries to break free.
Banner lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Klepaczka.

Arkadiusz Klepaczka's cut is getting worse.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klepaczka tries to escape the position.
Banner lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Banner.
Banner gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Klepaczka rolls, trying to escape but Banner keeps control of the position.
Banner avoiding Klepaczka 's attempts to control his hands.
Banner lands shots from the back.
Banner landing with strikes.

Arkadiusz Klepaczka's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Banner punishes Klepaczka with strikes from the back mount.

Banner is working for the choke. I would put my money on him to finish from this position. He's rolled onto his back and has dragged Klepaczka with him. Klepaczka is trying to defend but Banner has an arm under the chin now! Klepaczka grimaces and is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Bruce Banner!
Bruce Banner is the new welterweight champion!