PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Victor Darwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Janek Kochanowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Darwin comes to the cage accompanied by Show Me What You've Got - Powerman 5000. Janek Kochanowski will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Darwin
vs
Kochanowski

164 cm
22
164 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

178 cm
23
165 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Victor Darwin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Janek Kochanowski!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Donatello Bradman and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kochanowski throws a right and a left that Darwin avoids nicely.
Darwin drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Darwin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kochanowski moves away.
Darwin wants to clinch.
Darwin takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Darwin misses with an uppercut. Kochanowski saw that one coming.
Kochanowski slips a straight right by Darwin.
Janek Kochanowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kochanowski misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kochanowski swinging wildly here.

Darwin instigates a clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Darwin.
Darwin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kochanowski backwards.
Still in the clinch, Darwin scores with a nice short uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Darwin.
Kochanowski working hard to break the clinch.
Kochanowski misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Darwin.
Kochanowski lands with a right to the head.
Darwin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kochanowski looks gassed!
Darwin leaning against his opponent.
Darwin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kochanowski or not.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Darwin is working Kochanowski over against the cage.
Darwin pushes Kochanowski back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Darwin lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darwin manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Darwin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Darwin digs a right hand into Kochanowski's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kochanowski's gas tank.
Darwin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Darwin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kochanowski backwards.
Darwin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kochanowski backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Darwin.
Darwin dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Darwin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Darwin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Darwin lands a nice uppercut.
Darwin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Darwin digs a right hand into Kochanowski's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kochanowski's gas tank.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Darwin lands with a right to the head.
Darwin wants a takedown.
A short uppercut from Darwin.

Kochanowski is rocked!
Darwin lands an uppercut.
Darwin lands a nice uppercut.
Kochanowski is still on wobbly legs! Can Darwin finish him?
Darwin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kochanowski seems to have recovered his senses.
Darwin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Darwin presses Kochanowski against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darwin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kochanowskis head.
Darwin lands a nice shot to the body.
Darwin lands a body shot.
Darwin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kochanowski backwards.
A shot in the inside from Darwin.
Darwin scores with a shoulder strike.
Darwin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kochanowski tries to work over Darwin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Still in the clinch, Darwin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Darwin lands a body punch.
Darwin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Darwin taking a breather.
Darwin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kochanowski or not.
Darwin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Darwin scores with a nice short uppercut.
A body shot lands from Darwin.
Darwin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kochanowski backwards.
Kochanowski being controlled against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Darwin.
Darwin cracks Kochanowski with a nice body shot.
Darwin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Darwin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Darwin lands a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darwin looking for a takedown.
Darwin lands with a short shot to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Darwin.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kochanowski.
Darwin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Good body shot from Darwin.
Darwin lands with a light punch inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Darwin.
Darwin scores with a shoulder strike.
Darwin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Darwin stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Darwin lands a shoulder strike.
Darwin has Kochanowski pressed against the cage, preventing Kochanowski from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Darwin lands with a light punch inside.
Darwin gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Kochanowski.
Darwin scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short uppercut from Darwin.
Darwin pushes Kochanowski back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short left from Darwin.
A short left from Darwin.
Darwin lands with a light punch inside.
A bit of stalling here from Darwin.
A short right from Darwin on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darwin lands with a left to the head.
Kochanowski can't break the clinch.
Darwin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right from Darwin.
Darwin leaning his opponent against the cage.
Darwin lands an uppercut.
Darwin pushes Kochanowski back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Darwin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Darwin lands with a left to the head.
Darwin lands a hook that snaps the head of Kochanowski backwards.
Kochanowski wants to break the clinch but can't.
A right hand to the body from Darwin.
Darwin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Darwin scores with a shoulder strike.
Darwin lands with a right to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Darwin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kochanowski backwards.
Darwin is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice right hand lands inside from Darwin.
Darwin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Darwin lands a nice uppercut.
Darwin lands with a light punch inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Darwin dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Darwin throws a right hand that Kochanowski ducks under and follows up with a left that Kochanowski also avoids with ease.
Kochanowski throws a series of punches but Darwin avoids them all with ease.
Kochanowski scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Darwin misses with a body shot.

Darwin pushes Kochanowski up against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Darwin on the inside.
Darwin lands a shot to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Darwin.
Darwin gets through Kochanowski's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Darwin.
Kochanowski takes a shot to the head.
Victor Darwin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Darwin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Darwin presses Kochanowski against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Darwin lands a body shot.

Darwin has picked Kochanowski up - he's going for a ride! Darwin dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Darwin is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Kochanowski wants to get back to full guard.

Darwin decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Darwin misses with an uppercut. Kochanowski saw that one coming.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A slow jab from Darwin misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darwin looks to land a left hand but Kochanowski moved out of range nicely.
Kochanowski lands with a nice combination. Darwin backs away looking to recover.
Nice defenses there by Kochanowski.

Darwin clinches.
Darwin has Kochanowski pushed against the cage.
Darwin keeps control of Kochanowski as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kochanowski working hard to break the clinch.
The referee calls for Darwin to work.
Darwin wants a takedown.
Kochanowski is trying to break the clinch but Darwin has him pressed against the cage.
Kochanowski is trying to break the clinch but Darwin has him pressed against the cage.
Darwin lands a body shot.
Darwin works on Kochanowski's body with a couple of short punches.
A short right from Darwin.
Darwin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kochanowski can do to turn this around?

Kochanowski breaks from the clinch.
Kochanowski misses with a series of wild punches.
Darwin is looking to clinch but Kochanowski is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Darwin misses.
Darwin misses the shot to the body.
Darwin fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Janek Kochanowski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kochanowski wants to clinch up but Darwin keeps it at a distance.
Darwin keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Darwin closes the distance and pushes Kochanowski back into the cage.
Darwin misses with a punch on the inside.
Darwin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kochanowski or not.
Darwin lands a body punch.
Darwin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short body shot lands from Darwin as the two fighters clinch.
Darwin looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Victor Darwin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Darwin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kochanowski's elbow.
Darwin slows down the pace here.
Kochanowski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Darwin lands with a short shot to the head.
Darwin digs a right hand into Kochanowski's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kochanowski's gas tank.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kochanowski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Darwin wants a takedown but no success here.

Kochanowski breaks the clinch.
No luck for Kochanowski with that takedown attempt.
Darwin lands a nice looking body shot.
Kochanowski lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kochanowski scores with a one two! Darwin had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Darwin clinches with his opponent.
Darwin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kochanowski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nice body punch from Darwin - that landed with a thud.
Darwin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kochanowski backwards.
Darwin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kochanowski.
Darwin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kochanowski is trying to break free.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Darwin.
Darwin lands a left hand.
Kochanowski tries to break free but Darwin pushes him back against the cage.
Darwin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Darwin lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kochanowski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Darwin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Darwin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kochanowski or not.
Darwin digs a right hand into Kochanowski's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kochanowski's gas tank.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Darwin.
Kochanowski is trying to break the clinch but Darwin is controlling him.

Darwin gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Darwin takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Kochanowski wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Darwin decides to stand and escape the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kochanowski falls off balance throwing a combination

and Darwin counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Darwin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kochanowski drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Darwin gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Darwin lands a nice shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Darwin dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Darwin moves into the clinch.
Kochanowski wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Darwin lands a hook that snaps the head of Kochanowski backwards.
Darwin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kochanowski backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Darwin.
Darwin pushes Kochanowski back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Kochanowski fails to land.
Darwin works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Darwin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Darwin.
Darwin cracks Kochanowski with a nice body shot.
A short body shot lands from Darwin as the two fighters clinch.
Nice body punch from Darwin.
Darwin lands a body shot in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Darwin.
Kochanowski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Darwin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kochanowski backwards.
Kochanowski takes a shot to the head.
Darwin lands an uppercut.
Darwin digs a right hand into Kochanowski's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kochanowski's gas tank.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Darwin pushes Kochanowski back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short uppercut from Darwin.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Darwin.
Darwin is trying to drag Kochanowski to the mat but Kochanowski just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Kochanowski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kochanowski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Darwin effectively controlling the action here.
Darwin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A hook to the body from Darwin.
Still in the clinch, Darwin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Darwin is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Kochanowski's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Kochanowski tries to break the clinch but Darwin is controlling the position.
Darwin scores with a shot to the side of Kochanowski's head.
Darwin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Darwin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kochanowski tries to break free but Darwin pushes him back against the cage.
Darwin works on Kochanowski's body with a couple of short punches.
Darwin goes for a takedown attempt but Kochanowski pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Kochanowski lands an overhand right.

Darwin gets a clinch.
Darwin lands a body shot in the clinch.
Darwin misses with some punches.
Darwin trying to stall but Kochanowski improves his position.
Darwin lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kochanowski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Darwin.
Darwin drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Victor Darwin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Darwin keeps control of Kochanowski as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Darwin works on Kochanowski's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch on the inside from Darwin fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Darwin scores with a nice short uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Darwin.
Kochanowski is looking to break free of the clinch but Darwin has double underhooks.
Kochanowski lands a nice shot to the body.
A short uppercut from Darwin.
Kochanowski tries to pull guard but Darwin won't allow it.
Darwin stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Darwin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kochanowski backwards.
Kochanowski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Darwin stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Darwin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Darwin is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Darwin prevents Kochanowski from breaking the clinch.
Kochanowski has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Darwin is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darwin stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Darwin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Darwin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Darwin can't get the takedown.
Kochanowski can't break the clinch.
Darwin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kochanowski backwards.
Darwin is pushing Kochanowski up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kochanowski gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Darwin.
Darwin tries to throw a body punch but Kochanowski avoids it by throwing Darwin back against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Darwin takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Darwin prevents Kochanowski from breaking the clinch.
Darwin holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Darwin lands a hook that snaps the head of Kochanowski backwards.
Kochanowski is trying to force a seperation but Darwin has the dominant position.

Darwin is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Kochanowski can't fight it off and eventually Darwin manages to take the fight to the floor. Kochanowski looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Kochanowski is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darwin stops Kochanowski from standing up.
Darwin controls from within his opponent's guard.
Darwin is pushing down on Kochanowski's leg trying to pass to half guard. Kochanowski is fighting to maintain full guard but Darwin has managed to sneak the leg through.
Darwin performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Victor Darwin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kochanowski pushes Darwin off looking to stand but Darwin dives back in and keeps control.

Darwin escapes and gets back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Darwin drives through and clinches with Kochanowski against the cage.
Darwin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kochanowski backwards.
Kochanowski is trying to break free.
Janek Kochanowski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kochanowski has had enough of the clinch but Darwin keeps him there for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Victor Darwin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Darwin, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 30:26
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:26
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Victor Darwin!