PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Angus Bartholomew (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ariel Piechocki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Piechocki has chosen Thunder as his entrance music. Bartholomew has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Ariel Piechocki will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Bartholomew
vs
Piechocki

175 cm
18
178 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

174 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Angus Bartholomew!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ariel Piechocki!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Edson Gomes and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bartholomew gets a double leg takedown into Piechocki's guard.
Bartholomew looking to pass the guard.
Piechocki looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bartholomew is one step ahead there.
Bartholomew postures up and lands a big shot to Piechocki's brow.
Piechocki bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bartholomew's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Bartholomew holds on and takes a little breather.
Piechocki preventing the sweep.
Piechocki looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bartholomew pulls Piechocki in to control the position.
Bartholomew wants to stand and escape but Piechocki is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bartholomew looking to hit a scissor sweep but Piechocki is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Angus Bartholomew just wasn't active enough.
Bartholomew fails with the takedown.
Bartholomew looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bartholomew changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Piechocki tries to avoid it but Bartholomew manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Piechocki to the ground. Piechocki escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bartholomew is breathing heavily.
Bartholomew has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Piechocki.
Bartholomew shoots for a double leg takedown but Piechocki sprawls well. He's pushed Bartholomew's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Angus Bartholomew. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Piechocki plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Bartholomew tries to sprawl but Piechocki drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Bartholomew is looking for a sweep. Piechocki is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bartholomew trying to control but Piechocki postures up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Piechocki wants to stand but Bartholomew has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Piechocki prevents Bartholomew from improving his position.
Bartholomew is looking to escape.
Piechocki is looking to advance position but Bartholomew won't allow it.
Piechocki not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bartholomew makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Bartholomew.
Bartholomew manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Piechocki really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bartholomew lands a big elbow.
Piechocki taking shots to the head.
Bartholomew raining down hammerfists from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bartholomew tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Piechocki is in a horrible position here. Bartholomew smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bartholomew sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Bartholomew working the ground and pound effectively.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bartholomew looking to control and managing it successfully.
Bartholomew putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Angus Bartholomew dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Piechocki keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bartholomew stuffs the takedown attempt from Piechocki. Piechocki gets slowly back to his feet.
Bartholomew shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Piechocki as he jumps to the side.

Bartholomew fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Piechocki sprawls well initially but Bartholomew persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Still in half guard, Bartholomew seems content to control.
Piechocki trying to control but Bartholomew postures up.
Bartholomew not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Still in half guard, Bartholomew seems content to control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bartholomew wants to lay and pray for a moment but Piechocki keeps working.

We're going to have a standup here because Angus Bartholomew wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Both fighters circling a little - Piechocki finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Bartholomew shoots in looking for a takedown but Piechocki manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Bartholomew's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Angus Bartholomew. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Piechocki fails with a takedown attempt.

Bartholomew gets a double leg takedown into Piechocki's guard.
Piechocki is trying to control the position but Bartholomew postures up.
Bartholomew passes Piechocki's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Bartholomew content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Piechocki has hold of Bartholomew's hands but Bartholomew slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bartholomew is taking a breather. Piechocki says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Nice strikes from Bartholomew there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bartholomew lands a nice short elbow.
Still in half guard, Bartholomew seems content to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bartholomew landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bartholomew working Piechocki over with strikes.
Bartholomew is controlling the pace.
Bartholomew lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bartholomew sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Piechocki defending well though.
Bartholomew performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Bartholomew tries to pass the half guard into mount. Piechocki knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Still in half guard, Bartholomew seems content to control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Piechocki is refusing to be controlled, as Bartholomew sits in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Angus Bartholomew dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Piechocki lands with a slapping head kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bartholomew checks a leg kick.

Bartholomew looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Piechocki is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bartholomew looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Piechocki with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Piechocki has hold of Bartholomew's hands but Bartholomew slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bartholomew perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Piechocki wants to control but Bartholomew is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Bartholomew 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.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bartholomew controlling the action here.
Bartholomew tries to pass to full mount but Piechocki defends it.
Bartholomew is figuring out what he wants to do next.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Bartholomew 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.
Bartholomew stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Piechocki on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bartholomew passes to side control.
Piechocki tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Piechocki is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Bartholomew lands an elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Piechocki is trying to get back to half guard.
Bartholomew cracks Piechocki with a big right hand but Piechocki just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Angus Bartholomew overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bartholomew landing strikes.

Piechocki is rocked!
Bartholomew is working Piechocki over with some ground and pound from side control.
Piechocki is still in real trouble! Can Bartholomew finish him?
Bartholomew content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Bartholomew connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Piechocki some visible discomfort.
Bartholomew slows the pace down.
Bartholomew works to advance to full mount. Piechocki defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Bartholomew is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Piechocki can do to turn this around?
Piechocki wants to hold on but Bartholomew pushes him away.
Piechocki taking shots to the head.
Bartholomew connects with a bit shot that sees Piechocki covering up! More strikes from Bartholomew and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Bartholomew is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Angus Bartholomew!
Angus Bartholomew made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Thank you god for the victory and for the lessons I learnt in the cage.'.