PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mite Byeson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorjo Kozacz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Jorjo Kozacz enters the cage!

Byeson
vs
Kozacz

186 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
23
170 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 St Petersburg, Mite Byeson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jorjo Kozacz!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Byeson scores with a nice right hand.
Byeson cracks Kozacz with a good jab.
Byeson lands a head shot.
Good exchange - Byeson coming out on top.
Byeson misses with a right hand

and Kozacz counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Kozacz drops back looking for a leg! Byeson is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Byeson manages to kick Kozacz off! Kozacz jumps back into Byeson's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Kozacz is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Kozacz drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Kozacz seems to have locked his on tight now - Byeson screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Kozacz, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Jorjo Kozacz!