PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jakob Trabik (ranked 3347 p4p, 377 weight class) and Leonardo Konate (ranked 2823 p4p, 320 weight class). Konate is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: We will rock you. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Trabik
vs
Konate

189 cm
21
200 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

188 cm
21
193 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200)

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jakob Trabik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leonardo Konate!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Chad Campbell and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trabik takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Konate misses with a body kick.
Trabik changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Konate throws a body punch but Trabik moves out of range.
Konate lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Jakob Trabik has been cut.
Trabik misses with a wild body shot.
Trabik throws the left hand but Konate avoids the punch easily.
Konate fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A looping hook to the body misses from Konate. Trabik does a little dance to reset his feet.
Trabik scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Konate throws a head kick that misses
and Trabik counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Konate looks to land a combination. Trabik sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Trabik has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trabik lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Trabik misses with a low kick.
Konate misses with an uppercut.
Konate wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trabik ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Konate moves away.
Leonardo Konate seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Trabik lands with an uppercut that bounces Konate off the cage and back into range.
Trabik scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Trabik throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Konate tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Konate throws a series of punches but Trabik moves out of range.
Trabik throws a lazy right hand but Konate sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Trabik misses with a series of wild punches.
Konate misses with a series of wild punches.
A counter left hand to the body from Trabik misses its target.
Konate takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Konate tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Konate misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Konate tries a head kick but it misses.
Trabik jabs at Konate's body.
Trabik uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Konate.
Konate throws a leg kick which misses Trabik's front leg but catches the back leg as Trabik tries to avoid it.
Konate misses with a series of wild punches.
Trabik will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A looping hook to the body misses from Trabik. Konate does a little dance to reset his feet.
A punch combination from Konate misses.
Trabik avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Trabik connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Konate's hands.
Konate misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Trabik throws a lazy uppercut
and Konate counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Trabik dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trabik fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Konate manages to avoid it.
Trabik throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Konate takes one to the chin there.
Konate takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Konate throws a series of punches but Trabik avoids them all with ease.
Konate fails to land with a series of punches.
Trabik dodges the punch combination from Konate.
Trabik was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Trabik connects with a body shot.
Konate looks to land a right hand but Trabik moved out of range.
Konate takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Trabik misses with a wild combination.
A jab from Trabik finds it's way through Konate's defenses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Konate misses with a low kick.
Konate takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Konate is rocked!
Trabik fakes the body blow, causing Konate to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Konate goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jakob Trabik!
A victorious Jakob Trabik thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
The defeated Leonardo Konate had this to say: 'I am thankful of those who supported me going into this fight, my parents back home in monaco, manager, coaches in the gym and my sparring partners at touch of death combat academy.'.