PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Piotr Kopacz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bret Jeffries (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.

Kopacz
vs
Jeffries

182 cm
21
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
21
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Piotr Kopacz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bret Jeffries!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Richard Clark and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Kopacz.

Jeffries clinches with his opponent.
Kopacz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kopacz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jeffries backwards.
Jeffries prevents Kopacz from breaking the clinch.
Jeffries landing knees to the head.
Kopacz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kopacz digs a right hand into Jeffries's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jeffries's gas tank.
Kopacz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jeffries scores a nice knee to the body.
Kopacz has had enough of the clinch but Jeffries keeps him there for the moment.

Jeffries's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kopacz punishes Jeffries's body with a nice straight punch.
Jeffries tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kopacz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kopacz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A nice combination there by Kopacz.

It looks like Bret Jeffries has been cut.
Jeffries looks gassed!
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!
Jeffries tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kopacz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kopacz bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jeffries's head backwards.
Kopacz closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Kopacz looks to land a combination but Jeffries avoids it well.
Kopacz throws a series of punches but Jeffries avoids them all with ease.
Kopacz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kopacz moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jeffries avoids the head kick by Kopacz.
Kopacz lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Jeffries fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jeffries throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kopacz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jeffries slips a jab and a cross from Kopacz.
Piotr Kopacz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jeffries takes one on the button.
Kopacz misses with a two punch combination.
Kopacz throws a series of punches but Jeffries avoids them all with ease.
Jeffries lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jeffries cracks the inside of Kopacz's front leg.
Kopacz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jeffries moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jeffries throws a sloppy head kick and Kopacz moves out of range easily.
Kopacz looks to land a combination but Jeffries avoids it well.
Jeffries scores with a leg kick.
Jeffries connects with a high kick.
Kopacz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jeffries tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kopacz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kopacz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kopacz misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jeffries doesn't manage to clinch there - Kopacz circles away.

Jeffries moves into the clinch.

Jeffries breaks the clinch.
Kopacz scores with a jab.
Kopacz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kopacz throws a hook but Jeffries avoids it easily.
Kopacz throws a looping overhand right but Jeffries ducks down to avoid it.
Jeffries digs a good hook to Kopacz's body.
Jeffries plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A left lands for Kopacz.
A jab lands there for Kopacz.

Jeffries clinches up against the cage.
Jeffries lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kopacz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jeffries connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kopacz's face.
Jeffries lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jeffries tries to land knees in the clinch but Kopacz avoids the damage to the body.
Kopacz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kopacz can't break the clinch.
Kopacz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kopacz changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Jeffries fights it off and pushes away nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jeffries looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kopacz swinging wilding here.
Jeffries wants to clinch up but Kopacz keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kopacz throws a nice looking combination but Jeffries bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jeffries is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jeffries tries to clinch up.
Jeffries showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kopacz.

Jeffries moves into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Jeffries.
Jeffries landing knees to the head.
Kopacz jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Jeffries walks away with a smile on his face. Kopacz gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Jeffries throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jeffries tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kopacz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Some wild striking there from Kopacz.
Kopacz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jeffries.
Jeffries misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jeffries takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jeffries throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kopacz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kopacz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jeffries.
Jeffries tries to close the distance and clinch but Kopacz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Kopacz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jeffries circles away quickly and effectively.
Kopacz is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A slow jab from Kopacz misses its intended target.

Jeffries forces Kopacz back against the cage and clinches.
Jeffries landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jeffries with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Jeffries.
Kopacz wants to get back to striking at distance but Jeffries won't allow it.
Jeffries lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jeffries.
Kopacz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jeffries unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kopacz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kopacz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jeffries scores a nice knee to the body.
Jeffries using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kopacz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jeffries crunches a lovely knee into Kopacz's ribcage.
Kopacz wants to break the clinch but can't.

Jeffries manages to break the clinch.
Jeffries tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kopacz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kopacz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jeffries.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kopacz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jeffries lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kopacz wants to get back to striking at distance but Jeffries won't allow it.
Jeffries landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Piotr Kopacz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bret Jeffries's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Jeffries takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jeffries tries to clinch there but Kopacz circles away.
A combination from Kopacz does no damage.
A head kick misses from Jeffries.

Jeffries gets a clinch.
Kopacz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jeffries misses with a knee to the head.
Jeffries lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Jeffries.
Kopacz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kopacz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jeffries has him pressed against the cage.
Kopacz can't break the clinch.
Kopacz is looking to break free of the clinch but Jeffries has double underhooks.

Jeffries pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jeffries tries to move into range but Kopacz moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kopacz tries to bum rush Jeffries with a series of wild strikes but Jeffries uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A punch combination from Kopacz misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jeffries wants to clinch.
Kopacz fails to land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Jeffries closes the distance and pushes Kopacz back into the cage.
Jeffries with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jeffries scores with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kopacz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kopacz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Kopacz breaks from the clinch.
Piotr Kopacz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kopacz takes a kick to the side of the head.
Kopacz throws a right hand that Jeffries ducks under and follows up with a left that Jeffries also avoids with ease.
Jeffries throws a sloppy head kick and Kopacz moves out of range easily.
Kopacz scores with a jab.
Jeffries throws a push kick but Kopacz slaps the foot to one side.
Jeffries on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jeffries avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jeffries, right into the meat.
Kopacz blocks a head kick by Jeffries.
Kopacz tries to bum rush Jeffries with a series of wild strikes but Jeffries uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kopacz!
Jeffries wants to clinch.

Jeffries rushes Kopacz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jeffries pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kopacz lands a jab to the head.
Kopacz fails to land with a series of punches.
Jeffries takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Jeffries clinches up with Kopacz and pushes him back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jeffries.
Kopacz can't break the clinch.
Kopacz wants to get back to striking at distance but Jeffries won't allow it.
Jeffries with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Jeffries breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jeffries needs to keep his hands up - Kopacz had a free shot at his head there.
Kopacz lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jeffries tries to clinch but Kopacz is having none of it.

Jeffries moves into the clinch successfully.
Kopacz drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Jeffries gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Jeffries gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kopacz wants to get back to striking at distance but Jeffries won't allow it.
Kopacz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jeffries has him pressed against the cage.
Jeffries lands a nice knee to the body.
Jeffries with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kopacz has had enough of the clinch but Jeffries keeps him there for the moment.
Jeffries connects with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kopacz looking to slow down the pace here.
Kopacz digs a right hand underneath Jeffries's ribcage. Jeffries let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kopacz wants to get back to striking at distance but Jeffries won't allow it.
Jeffries connects with a knee to the head.
Kopacz wants to break free but Jeffries has control.
Jeffries landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jeffries keeps control of Kopacz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jeffries connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kopacz's face.

Jeffries escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jeffries tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kopacz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jeffries takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jeffries tries to clinch but Kopacz moves out of range.
Jeffries is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jeffries misses with a series of wild punches.
Kopacz throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Jeffries darts in and clinches Kopacz up against the cage.
Jeffries has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kopacz is trying to break free.
Jeffries lands a knee to the body.
Jeffries prevents Kopacz from breaking the clinch.
Jeffries unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kopacz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kopacz tries to break the clinch but Jeffries is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Kopacz can't break the clinch.
Jeffries landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jeffries lands a knee to the body.
Kopacz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kopacz works on Jeffries's body with a couple of short punches.
Jeffries prevents Kopacz from breaking the clinch.
Kopacz is trying to break free.
Jeffries lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kopacz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kopacz wants to get back to striking at distance but Jeffries won't allow it.
Kopacz can't break the clinch.
Jeffries with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jeffries using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Kopacz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kopacz punishes Jeffries's body with a nice straight punch.
Jeffries fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jeffries tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kopacz tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Jeffries counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Jeffries.
Knees to the body from Jeffries.
Jeffries keeps control of Kopacz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A knee to the head by Jeffries.
Jeffries lands a knee to the body.
Kopacz wants to break free but Jeffries has control.
Kopacz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jeffries connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kopacz's face.
Jeffries landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bret Jeffries showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bret Jeffries's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Kopacz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kopacz misses with the combination.
Kopacz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jeffries wants to clinch.
Jeffries throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kopacz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kopacz tries to bum rush Jeffries with a series of wild strikes but Jeffries uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jeffries tries to clinch there but Kopacz circles away.
Kopacz loads up on a big right hand but Jeffries slips the punch.
Kopacz takes a kick to the side of the head.

Jeffries has Kopacz up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jeffries landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kopacz is looking to break free of the clinch but Jeffries has double underhooks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jeffries connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kopacz's face.
Jeffries landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kopacz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jeffries has him pressed against the cage.
Jeffries landing knees to the body.
Kopacz wants to get back to striking at distance but Jeffries won't allow it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jeffries.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Jeffries.
Jeffries lands a nice elbow.
Jeffries using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kopacz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jeffries using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jeffries keeps control of Kopacz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kopacz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jeffries landing knees to the head.
Jeffries unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kopacz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kopacz is looking to break free of the clinch but Jeffries has double underhooks.

Jeffries manages to break the clinch.

Jeffries moves into the clinch successfully.
Bret Jeffries seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Knees to the body from Jeffries.
Kopacz works on Jeffries's body with a couple of short punches.
Jeffries creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kopacz's defenses.

Jeffries escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kopacz displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Kopacz thuds his right hand into Jeffries's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jeffries throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Kopacz.
Kopacz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jeffries chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jeffries doesn't manage to clinch there - Kopacz circles away.
Kopacz is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kopacz.
Kopacz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jeffries tries to clinch but Kopacz is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kopacz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kopacz lands a nice shot that snaps Jeffries's head back.

Jeffries closes the distance and pushes Kopacz back into the cage.
Kopacz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jeffries unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kopacz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jeffries gets underhooks to prevent Kopacz's takedown attempt.
Kopacz takes a knee right on the jaw!

Kopacz breaks the clinch.
Jeffries fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jeffries wants to clinch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Kopacz.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kopacz!

Jeffries gets a clinch.
Kopacz is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jeffries gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Kopacz wants to break free but Jeffries has control.
Jeffries landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jeffries.
Jeffries with a knee to the head.
Kopacz cracks Jeffries with a nice body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jeffries.
Jeffries lands a nice knee to the body.
Kopacz wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kopacz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jeffries unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kopacz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Jeffries manages to break the clinch.
Kopacz throws a combination. Jeffries tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Jeffries scores with a push kick.
Kopacz checks a low kick from Jeffries.
Kopacz avoids the head kick by Jeffries.
Kopacz throws a series of punches but Jeffries avoids them all with ease.
Some wild striking there from Jeffries.
Jeffries tries to clinch up.
Kopacz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jeffries moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jeffries wants to clinch up but Kopacz keeps it at a distance.
Jeffries slips a jab and a cross from Kopacz.

Jeffries pushes Kopacz up against the cage in a clinch.
Kopacz is trying to break free.

Jeffries breaks the clinch.
Kopacz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kopacz goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Jeffries wants to clinch up but Kopacz keeps it at a distance.
Kopacz lands a nice hook to Jeffries's body. Jeffries takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jeffries has taken the fight to the clinch.

Kopacz breaks from the clinch.
Kopacz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jeffries circles away quickly and effectively.
Jeffries wants to clinch up but Kopacz keeps it at a distance.
Jeffries is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jeffries tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kopacz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kopacz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jeffries feints and then cracks Kopacz's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kopacz down.
Piotr Kopacz is winning the standup battle so far.
Kopacz scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Kopacz throws a big shot that misses.
Jeffries fails to land with a series of punches.
Jeffries throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kopacz lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kopacz.

Kopacz clinches up with Jeffries and pushes him back against the cage.
Jeffries connects with a knee to the head.
Kopacz wants to get back to striking at distance but Jeffries won't allow it.
A knee to the head by Jeffries.
Jeffries lands a knee to the body.
Kopacz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jeffries lands a knee to the head.

Jeffries pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kopacz scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bret Jeffries comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jeffries has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bret Jeffries!