Quick Fight Championship PBP Commentary

Main event

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jacek Kaniecki (ranked 2782 p4p, 380 weight class) and Zabit Samedov (ranked 2808 p4p, 388 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Kaniecki
vs
Samedov

195 cm
20
220 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

182 cm
27
209 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jacek Kaniecki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zabit Samedov!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, John Mangel and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Samedov drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kaniecki pivots, looking for a leg kick but Samedov is out of range and Kaniecki settles back down.
Samedov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kaniecki misses with a looping right.
Kaniecki swinging wildly here.

Samedov moves into the clinch successfully.
Kaniecki is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Samedov is keeping busy.
Samedov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Jacek Kaniecki has been cut.
Samedov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Samedov throws a head punch that misses.
Samedov has a couple of punches blocked by Kaniecki.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kaniecki is struggling to control the position.
Samedov lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kaniecki backwards.
Kaniecki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Samedov has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Kaniecki looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Samedov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Samedov is leaning against Kaniecki and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Samedov lands with a right to the head.
Samedov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kaniecki is stalling here.
Kaniecki managing to block the knees to the body from Samedov.
Kaniecki is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Samedov misses with some punches.
Samedov presses Kaniecki against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Samedov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kaniecki avoids it.
A shot in the inside from Samedov.
Kaniecki is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samedov struggles to land a body shot inside as Kaniecki controls his hands.
Samedov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Samedov misses with a punch on the inside.
Kaniecki blocks a body shot from Samedov.
Kaniecki stalling.
Samedov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Samedov lands a body punch in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Samedov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kaniecki is defending well for now.
Samedov lands an elbow inside.
Samedov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kaniecki's elbow.
Samedov crunches a lovely knee into Kaniecki's ribcage.
Kaniecki is breathing heavily.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kaniecki.
Kaniecki looking to slow down the pace here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samedov lands an elbow just above Kaniecki 's eye.
Good body shot from Samedov.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Samedov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kanieckis head.
A short left from Samedov.
Samedov missing with knees to the body.
Kaniecki managing to block the knees to the body from Samedov.
Samedov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kaniecki takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Samedov lands with a light punch inside.
Kaniecki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kaniecki takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Samedov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Samedov swings wildly with an uppercut but Kaniecki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kaniecki is looking to control Samedov's arms but Samedov gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kaniecki has his back to the cage.
Kaniecki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Samedov lands an elbow that stopped Kaniecki in his tracks for a moment.
Samedov working aggressively here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Samedov throws a punch but it's blocked by Kaniecki.
Samedov misses with the head strike.
Samedov misses with a body punch.
Samedov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Samedov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kaniecki's elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Samedov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kaniecki's brow.
Samedov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Samedov pushes off an throws an elbow but Kaniecki leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Samedov tries to land knees in the clinch but Kaniecki avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zabit Samedov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jacek Kaniecki's cut.
That's time! Kaniecki's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Samedov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kaniecki throws out the jab.
Samedov tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Kaniecki to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Zabit Samedov has been cut.
Samedov wants to clinch.
Kaniecki avoids the head kick by Samedov.
Samedov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zabit Samedov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kaniecki scores with a jab. Samedov acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kaniecki thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kaniecki is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Kaniecki misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kaniecki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Samedov.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Samedov throws a push kick but Kaniecki slaps the foot to one side.
Samedov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Samedov lands with a cross.
Kaniecki dodges the punch combination from Samedov.
Samedov throws a push kick but Kaniecki slaps the foot to one side.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kaniecki rushes Samedov and presses him up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Samedov - that landed with a thud.
A nice right hand lands inside from Samedov.
Kaniecki blocks an uppercut.
Kaniecki stalling in the clinch but Samedov improves position.
Kaniecki manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Samedov presses Kaniecki against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Samedov lands a left hand.
Samedov works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Samedov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kaniecki's elbow.
Samedov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Samedov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kaniecki managing to block the knees to the body from Samedov.
Samedov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaniecki taking a breather.
Kaniecki blocks an elbow strike.
Samedov pushes Kaniecki back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Kaniecki is rocked!
Samedov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Oh Kaniecki is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kaniecki managing to block the knees to the body from Samedov.
Samedov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zabit Samedov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Samedov lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Kaniecki to his knees! Samedov keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zabit Samedov!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Zabit Samedov waved his t-shirt featuring Phantom Fightwear's logo in front of the cameras.