PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Szymon Kowalski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and dic cheddars (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that dic cheddars was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Kowalski
vs
cheddars

223 cm
18
182 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

200 cm
19
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Szymon Kowalski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, dic cheddars!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Atkins and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

cheddars looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Kowalski!
Kowalski really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Kowalski looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Kowalski is squirming around, avoiding cheddars's attempts to control the action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
cheddars misses with a head shot.
cheddars landing strikes from the mount.
cheddars thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
cheddars throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Kowalski because cheddars loaded up on that one.
Kowalski is in a horrible position here. cheddars smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
cheddars trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cheddars lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
cheddars is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Kowalski can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
cheddars throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
cheddars looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
cheddars tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
cheddars throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Kowalski avoids a series of strikes thrown by cheddars.
cheddars scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Kowalski?
cheddars working Kowalski over with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
cheddars content just to control the position here.
cheddars landing strikes from the mount and Kowalski is in trouble!
cheddars tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
cheddars putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
cheddars cracks Kowalski with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

cheddars with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
cheddars looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
cheddars sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
cheddars trying to control but Kowalski is having none of it.
cheddars throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
cheddars can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kowalski is looking to escape.
cheddars lands with some strikes.
cheddars with the ground and pound from mount.
cheddars controlling from mount.
BOOM! cheddars connects with a massive shot to the dome!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
cheddars is landing with some decent strikes but Kowalski is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

dic cheddars dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

cheddars misses with the combination.
cheddars throws a right and a left that Kowalski avoids nicely.
cheddars throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
cheddars will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
cheddars fails to land with a series of punches.

cheddars drops Kowalski with a beautiful combination! Kowalski stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - cheddars is looking for the KO!

Kowalski is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

cheddars looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Oh Kowalski is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
dic cheddars has got the better of the ground game so far.
cheddars tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Kowalski.
Kowalski seems to have got his legs back now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
cheddars throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cheddars is trying to control the action in half guard but Kowalski is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
cheddars is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Kowalski!
cheddars lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
cheddars sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

cheddars looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
cheddars working the ground and pound effectively.
cheddars tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
cheddars has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kowalski's face.
cheddars punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
cheddars working the ground and pound effectively.
Kowalski is bucking up trying to escape but cheddars cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
BOOM! cheddars connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Kowalski is in a horrible position here. cheddars smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
cheddars lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
cheddars unloading with bombs!

cheddars jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Kowalski manages to avoid the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
cheddars remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
cheddars scores with a couple of short elbows.

cheddars tries for a kimura but Kowalski is defending well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
cheddars landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

dic cheddars showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

cheddars closes the distance and pushes Kowalski back into the cage.
Kowalski jumps guard but cheddars stands there with Kowalski around his waist. Kowalski gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Kowalski with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kowalski tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. cheddars smiles and moves away.
Kowalski blocks a head kick by cheddars.

Excellent takedown into side control there by cheddars.

cheddars thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
cheddars cracks Kowalski with a big elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cheddars lands a decent elbow from side control.
Kowalski is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

cheddars is trying to get an arm triangle but Kowalski is defending well.
cheddars creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Check out the look on cheddars's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Kowalski on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
cheddars trying to control the position but Kowalski is working away.

cheddars tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no cheddars has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
cheddars scoring with punches and elbows.
Kowalski struggling a bit here.
cheddars lands a nice forearm strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
cheddars grinds an elbow into Kowalski's temple.
Kowalski takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
cheddars throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Kowalski is letting cheddars control him for a moment.
A control attempt from Kowalski but he's now mounted!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
cheddars scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Kowalski?
Kowalski is looking to improve his position but cheddars isn't that keen on the idea.
cheddars has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
cheddars looking to control but Kowalski is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, cheddars cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Szymon Kowalski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
dic cheddars is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
cheddars sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
dic cheddars comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well cheddars has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 24:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 24:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... dic cheddars!