PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Aleksander Kowalczyk (ranked 4547 p4p, 4491 weight class) and Casey Dawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Kowalczyk
vs
Dawkins

168 cm
18
148
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
18
155
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aleksander Kowalczyk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Casey Dawkins!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kowalczyk swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dawkins wants to counter with a clinch but Kowalczyk pushes him away.
Dawkins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kowalczyk swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dawkins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kowalczyk seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Some wild striking there from Kowalczyk.
Aleksander Kowalczyk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Dawkins moves into range and clinches up with Kowalczyk.
Dawkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Kowalczyk.
Dawkins pressing his opponent against the cage.
Dawkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kowalczyk is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dawkins.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawkins slowing the pace effectively.
Dawkins manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Dawkins receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Dawkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Kowalczyk.
Dawkins tries to stall but Kowalczyk uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dawkins leaning his opponent against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kowalczyk.
Dawkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dawkins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kowalczyk avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Dawkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dawkins has a couple of punches blocked by Kowalczyk.
Dawkins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dawkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dawkins misses with a punch on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Dawkins - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Kowalczyk wants to get back to striking at distance but Dawkins won't allow it.
Kowalczyk has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch on the inside from Dawkins fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Dawkins fails to land.
Dawkins leaning against his opponent.
A head punch on the inside from Dawkins fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins misses with some punches.
Kowalczyk blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Dawkins fails to land.
Dawkins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dawkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dawkins is trying to stall.
Dawkins is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Dawkins seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Kowalczyk can't break the clinch.
Kowalczyk blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Dawkins takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Dawkins wants to stall.
Dawkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kowalczyk.
Dawkins trying to control the position but instead, Kowalczyk has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dawkins into the cage.
Kowalczyk tries to break free but Dawkins pushes him back against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dawkins working aggressively here.
Dawkins effectively controlling the action here.
Kowalczyk blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Casey Dawkins dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Dawkins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kowalczyk paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dawkins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Dawkins gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Dawkins has a couple of punches blocked by Kowalczyk.
Dawkins content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Dawkins is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kowalczyk is defending well for now.
Dawkins misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dawkins misses with the head strike.
Kowalczyk has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch on the inside from Dawkins fails to land.
Kowalczyk blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawkins misses with the head strike.
Dawkins missing with knees to the body.
Dawkins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dawkins.
Kowalczyk can't break the clinch.
Dawkins keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kowalczyk's efforts to push away.
Kowalczyk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dawkins throws a head punch that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Kowalczyk's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dawkins is pushing Kowalczyk up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Casey Dawkins seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dawkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kowalczyk blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dawkins wants to stall.
Dawkins dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Dawkins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kowalczyk managing to block the knees to the body from Dawkins.
Dawkins is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kowalczyk is keeping busy.
Dawkins misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dawkins.
Dawkins is trying to maintain a safe position but Kowalczyk gets an underhook and turns Dawkins into the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dawkins.
The referee calls for Dawkins to work.
Dawkins trying to stall but Kowalczyk improves his position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Casey Dawkins.

Kowalczyk gets tackled into the cage by Dawkins. Dawkins maintains the clinch.
Kowalczyk is looking to break free of the clinch but Dawkins has double underhooks.
Kowalczyk blocks an uppercut.
Kowalczyk has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Dawkins misses with a punch on the inside.
Kowalczyk blocks a body shot from Dawkins.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kowalczyk can't break the clinch.
Dawkins leaning his opponent against the cage.
Dawkins is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kowalczyk is keeping busy.
Kowalczyk blocking some punches.
Dawkins holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Dawkins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kowalczyk blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A bit of stalling here from Dawkins.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Casey Dawkins showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Kowalczyk throws a head kick but Dawkins moves out of range.
Kowalczyk moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Dawkins takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kowalczyk misses with an uppercut.
Dawkins steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Kowalczyk.
Kowalczyk misses with a jab, cross combination.

Kowalczyk fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dawkins, pushing him back against the cage.
Kowalczyk blocks a body shot from Dawkins.
Dawkins misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Dawkins has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dawkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Kowalczyk.
Dawkins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dawkins is trying to maintain a safe position but Kowalczyk gets an underhook and turns Dawkins into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawkins slows down the pace here.
Dawkins misses with the head strike.
Dawkins controlling the action here for a moment.
Kowalczyk has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kowalczyk blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dawkins prevents Kowalczyk from breaking the clinch.
Dawkins effectively controlling the action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kowalczyk.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Kowalczyk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The referee calls for Dawkins to work.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dawkins just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kowalczyk's brow.
Dawkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Dawkins takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Kowalczyk prevents a body shot from Dawkins.
Dawkins misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dawkins has Kowalczyk pressed against the cage, preventing Kowalczyk from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Kowalczyk.
Dawkins stalling the fight.
Dawkins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kowalczyk as Dawkins tries to tie him up.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Casey Dawkins.

Kowalczyk takes the fight into the clinch.
Dawkins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dawkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kowalczyk.
Dawkins working aggressively here.
A frustrated look appears on Kowalczyk's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Casey Dawkins is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kowalczyk is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kowalczyk is trying to push Dawkins away but Dawkins has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kowalczyk blocks an uppercut.
Dawkins working aggressively here.
Dawkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dawkins throws a head punch that misses.
Kowalczyk blocks an uppercut.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dawkins prevents Kowalczyk from breaking the clinch.
Aleksander Kowalczyk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dawkins trying to stall but Kowalczyk improves his position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Casey Dawkins comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Dawkins winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 26:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 26:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Casey Dawkins!