HEROES Fight Night 2 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jan Zawistowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frodo Baggins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baggins has chosen Moves Like Jagger as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Zawistowski
vs
Baggins

171 cm
19
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
20
163 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

Zentrope Fighting Universe

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jan Zawistowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Frodo Baggins!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Andrew Berry and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zawistowski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zawistowski misses with a head kick.
Baggins wants to clinch up but Zawistowski keeps it at a distance.
Zawistowski lands with a kick to the ribs.
Zawistowski throws a leg kick

and Baggins counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Baggins lands an elbow that stopped Zawistowski in his tracks for a moment.
Zawistowski lands a left hand.
Come on Zawistowski - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Zawistowski looking to slow down the pace here.
Baggins tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Baggins throws an elbow but it misses.
Baggins looking to throw knees to the head but Zawistowski is blocking nicely.
Zawistowski pushes Baggins back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Baggins looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Zawistowski wants to stall.
Zawistowski blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Baggins misses with the head strike.
Baggins using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Zawistowski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Baggins pushes off an throws an elbow but Zawistowski leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Baggins dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Baggins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zawistowski lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Zawistowski lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Baggins tries a knee to the head but Zawistowski blocks it.
Baggins with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Zawistowski.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Baggins is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Baggins connects with a knee to the head.
Baggins misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baggins creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Baggins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zawistowski avoids it.
Zawistowski dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Baggins with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zawistowski.
Zawistowski wants to break free but Baggins has control.
Zawistowski stalling in the clinch but Baggins improves position.
Zawistowski avoids a wild elbow strike from Baggins.
A short right from Baggins.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zawistowski has Baggins pushed against the cage.
Zawistowski taking a breather.
Baggins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zawistowski avoids it.
Zawistowski looking to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jan Zawistowski.
Zawistowski pushes Baggins away with a front kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zawistowski connects with an inside leg kick.
Zawistowski fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Zawistowski cracks Baggins with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Zawistowski uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Baggins has time to react.
Baggins on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

Baggins moves into the clinch.
Zawistowski trying to control the position but instead, Baggins has worked for underhooks and has pushed Zawistowski into the cage.
Baggins tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zawistowski lands a right hand.
Baggins trying to land knees to the body.
Zawistowski taking a breather.
Zawistowski lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zawistowski lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Baggins backwards.
Zawistowski stalling against the cage.
Baggins tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Baggins.

Zawistowski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Zawistowski scoring well with a low kick there.
Baggins is looking to clinch but Zawistowski is avoiding it.
A big left from Zawistowski misses.
Decent striking displayed by Zawistowski there.
Baggins avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Baggins darts in and clinches Zawistowski up against the cage.
Zawistowski misses with a punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Baggins.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan Zawistowski dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Baggins tries to clinch up.
Zawistowski throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Baggins's head.
Baggins moves out of range of the body kick from Zawistowski.
A good leg kick by Zawistowski.
Zawistowski scores with a jab.
Baggins moves to clinch but Zawistowski breaks away
and Zawistowski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Baggins is rocked!
Zawistowski throws a quick inside leg kick.
Baggins is still on wobbly legs! Can Zawistowski finish him?

Zawistowski gets a clinch.
Zawistowski scores with a shot to the side of Baggins's head.
Baggins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zawistowski avoids it.
Zawistowski content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Baggins tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Zawistowski has Baggins pushed against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Zawistowski lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Baggins to his knees! Zawistowski keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jan Zawistowski!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Adrian Matuszczak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Radar Salter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matuszczak comes to the cage accompanied by Fear of the Dark. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Matuszczak
vs
Salter

174 cm
20
162 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
20
160 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Adrian Matuszczak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Radar Salter!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Phil Schofield and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Salter.
Matuszczak on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Salter swings widly with a right hand
and Matuszczak cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Salter lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Matuszczak circles away quickly and effectively.
Salter avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Salter defending well as Matuszczak loads up on a big left hand.
Salter listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Salter falls off balance throwing a combination

and Matuszczak counters with a single leg into guard. Salter didn't expect that.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Matuszczak won't allow Salter to get back to his feet.
Salter keeping moving, preventing Matuszczak from controlling successfully.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Matuszczak working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Salter has Matuszczak pulled in close to control his posture.

Salter kicks Matuszczak off and gets to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salter misses with an uppercut. Matuszczak saw that one coming.
Salter thows a left - swing and a miss!
Salter throws a series of punches but Matuszczak moves out of range.
Salter misses with a body shot.
Salter with a jab.
Matuszczak throws a body punch but Salter moves out of range.
Matuszczak fails to land with a series of punches.
Salter lands an overhand right.
Matuszczak throws out a loose jab but Salter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Salter lands with a shot to the body.
Matuszczak on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Salter scores with a nice right hand.
Salter cracks Matuszczak with a good jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Matuszczak looks to score with a jab to the body but Salter is just out of range.
Matuszczak moves forwards but Salter connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Decent striking displayed by Salter there.

Matuszczak is rocked!
Salter throws a hook but Matuszczak avoids it easily.
Good shot there by Matuszczak.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matuszczak seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Salter shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! Matuszczak is backing up but Salter catches him with a final right hook that drops him! Matuszczak covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Salter Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Radar Salter!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
85%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kinfe Kidane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mamba Muamba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kinfe Kidane has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Kidane
vs
Muamba

196 cm
19
261 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

210 cm
25
280 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kinfe Kidane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Mamba Muamba!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Andrew Berry and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muamba misses with a double jab.
Muamba throws a shot from downtown. Kidane moves away and avoids it.
Muamba scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Muamba lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kidane moves in looking to clinch but Muamba pushes him off.
Muamba tests Kidane's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Muamba tries to keep at a distance but Kidane has taken the fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Muamba is trying to break the clinch but Kidane is controlling him.
Kidane tries to land knees in the clinch but Muamba avoids the damage to the body.

Muamba breaks from the clinch.
Kidane tries to close the distance and clinch up but Muamba swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A combination from Muamba does no damage.
Kidane wants to clinch.
Kidane tries to clinch up
and Muamba counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kidane looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kidane wants to clinch.
Mamba Muamba is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Muamba lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A jab from Muamba misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kidane looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Muamba throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kidane moves to clinch but Muamba breaks away
and Muamba counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kidane tries to clinch up but Muamba circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muamba throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Muamba lands a glancing blow to the side of Kidane's head.
Kidane ducks under a wild hook from Muamba.
Kidane avoids a punch combination nicely.

Kidane moves into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Muamba looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Muamba takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Mamba Muamba has been cut.
Kidane is struggling to control the position.
Muamba tries to break the clinch but Kidane is controlling the position.
Kidane tries to land a knee to the head but Muamba blocks with his arms.
Kidane is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Muamba is defending well for now.
Kidane misses with a knee strike.
Kidane tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kidane connects with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kidane looking to stall.
Kidane scores a nice knee to the body.
Muamba looks gassed!
Kidane misses with a knee to the head.
Kidane missing with knees to the body.
Kidane misses with a knee to the head.
Muamba is trying to break the clinch but Kidane has him pressed against the cage.
Muamba has had enough of the clinch but Kidane keeps him there for the moment.
Muamba looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kidane taking a breather.
Muamba tries to circle away but Kidane has him pinned against the cage.
Muamba is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kidane works on Muamba's body with a couple of short punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Muamba has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kidane keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Muamba's efforts to push away.
Kidane with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A hook to the body from Kidane.
Kidane has Muamba pressed against the cage.
Kidane throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kidane connects with a knee to the head.
Kidane throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kidane looking to throw knees to the head but Muamba is blocking nicely.
Kidane taking a breather.
Muamba can't break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Muamba wants to break free but Kidane has control.
Kidane with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kidane with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Kinfe Kidane will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mamba Muamba's cut.
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.

Muamba swinging wildly here.
Kidane moves in looking to clinch but Muamba pushes him off.

Kidane gets a takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Kidane works his way into side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Muamba can do anything to dispel that myth.
Kidane trying to control the position but Muamba is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kidane works to advance to full mount. Muamba defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Muamba holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Kidane tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Kidane postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Muamba looks a forlorn figure.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Muamba wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Kidane.
Kidane working Muamba over with strikes here.

The cut above Mamba Muamba's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kidane raining down hammerfists from mount.

Mamba Muamba's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mamba Muamba's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kinfe Kidane!
In his post fight interview, Kinfe Kidane started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
75%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Wade Porter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zbynek Taticzek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taticzek has chosen Bang Bang as his entrance music. Wade Porter could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Zbynek Taticzek's chin.

Porter
vs
Taticzek

175 cm
21
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

183 cm
19
184 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Wade Porter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zbynek Taticzek!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Colin Fotheringham and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Porter swinging wildly here.

Porter clinches up against the cage.
Taticzek lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Wade Porter has been cut.
Porter takes a knee right on the jaw!
Taticzek works on Porter's body with a couple of short punches.
Taticzek stalling in the clinch.
Taticzek unloads a knee to the mid-section. Porter lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Porter is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Taticzek stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Porter takes a knee right on the jaw!
Taticzek connects with a knee to the head.
Taticzek lands with a light punch inside.

Porter is rocked!
Taticzek lands a knee to the head.
Oh Porter is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Taticzek lands a knee to the body.
Taticzek dips a shoulder and cracks Porter with a mighty uppercut! Porter falls back against the cage and Taticzek unloads with a barrage of strikes! Porter is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Taticzek screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zbynek Taticzek!
Zbynek Taticzek really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Skin-Clothes Designing logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bowser Stormcrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Warburton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Stormcrow
vs
Warburton

180 cm
19
176 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

178 cm
21
174 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Steel Terror-Trition: Video Proven 160Q

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bowser Stormcrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Patrick Warburton!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Stormcrow gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Stormcrow softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Stormcrow manages to break the clinch.
Stormcrow showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Warburton.
Warburton falls off balance throwing a combination
and Stormcrow counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Warburton throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Stormcrow moves into range and connects with a jab.
Stormcrow's jab looks to have found its range, popping Warburton under the eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Stormcrow gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Warburton tries to pull guard but Stormcrow forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Stormcrow breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Stormcrow closes the distance and pushes Warburton back into the cage.
Stormcrow lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Warburton backwards.
Warburton wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stormcrow has him pressed against the cage.
Warburton is trying to force a seperation but Stormcrow has the dominant position.

Stormcrow escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Stormcrow moves into the clinch.
Warburton tries to break the clinch but Stormcrow is controlling the position.
Stormcrow scores with a shoulder strike.
Stormcrow lands a body punch.

Stormcrow's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stormcrow tests Warburton's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Warburton is rocked!
Warburton misses with a double jab
and Stormcrow counters with a nice body shot.
Warburton is still on wobbly legs! Can Stormcrow finish him?
Warburton looks gassed!
Stormcrow throws a looping overhand right but Warburton ducks down to avoid it.
Warburton seems to have recovered his senses.
Warburton throws a left and a right that both miss
and Stormcrow counters with a crisp right that sends Warburton to the canvas! Stormcrow follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bowser Stormcrow!
Bowser Stormcrow spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.