PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Czar Jack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Czech (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Jack
vs
Czech

190 cm
24
205 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

192 cm
24
215 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Czar Jack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Peter Czech!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Luis Engracia and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Czech.
Czech throws a lazy right hand but Jack sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jack throws a hook to the side of Czech's head but Czech sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Czech avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice uppercut there from Czech.
Czech throws a lazy right hand but Jack sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jack misses with a body shot.
Czech throws a sloppy body shot
and Jack counters with a nice uppercut.
Jack slips a jab from Czech.
Jack scores with a sloppy right hand. Czech should have avoided that one.
Czech scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Czar Jack has been cut.
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!
Czech is looking to clinch.
Czech cracks Jack with a right hand to the side of the head.
Czech throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Jack counter with a right hand.
Czech on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack misses with a shot to the body
and Czech makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jack lands a head shot.
Czech lands with a hook. Jack tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jab from Czech.
Czech throws a body punch but Jack moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Jack misses the target.
Czech throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jack stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Czech misses with a double jab
and Jack counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Czech throws an overhand right that lands on Jack's shoulder, as Jack tries to avoid the shot.
Jack tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Czech was well out of range. Poor timing from Jack.
Jack changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Donk. Jack catches Czech right on the button with a cross.
Jack slips under a jab.
Czech misses the shot to the body.
A shot to the body from Jack misses
and Czech counters with a straight right hand.
Czech tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jack was well out of range. Poor timing from Czech.
Czech digs a good body shot into Jack's ribs.
Czech tries to clinch there but Jack circles away.
Jack uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Czech.
Czech misses the jab.
Czech misses with a jab, cross combination.
Czech misses with an uppercut.
Czech throws a jab but it's blocked by Jack.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Czech misses the target.
Czech throws a hook but Jack avoids it easily.
Czech scores with a jab to the head.
Czech fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jack manages to avoid it.
Czech fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jack throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A slow jab from Czech misses its intended target.
Jack throws a jab when Czech was well out of range.
Jack circles away from the clinch attempt
and Jack makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Czech blocks a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Czech misses with the combination.
Jack looks to score with a jab to the body but Czech is just out of range.
Jack misses with a looping right.
Jack dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jack swings for the body but Czech moves out of range.
Czech throws a hook to the side of Jack's head but Jack sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jack throws a shot from downtown. Czech moves away and avoids it.
Czech dodges the punch combination from Jack.
Jack misses with a hook. Czech ducked under it nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Czech swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Jack counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jack throws a good cross that connects.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Czar Jack will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Czar Jack's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Jack throws a series of punches but Czech avoids them all with ease.
Czech lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Czech closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Czech tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jack's elbow.
Czech stalling in the clinch.
Czech working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Czech.
Jack blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Czech working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Czech fails to land.
Nice body punch from Jack - that landed with a thud.
Jack wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jack working hard to break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Czech.
Still in the clinch, Czech scores with a nice short uppercut.
Czech working aggressively here.
Czech has Jack pressed against the cage.
Czech tries to throw a body punch but Jack avoids it by throwing Czech back against the cage.
Czech misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Czech tries to work over Jack's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jack working hard to break the clinch.

Jack manages to break the clinch.
Czech throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Czech tries to clinch up
and Jack counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jack takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Czech is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jack misses with a straight right.
Jack misses with a body shot.
Czech fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jack manages to avoid it.
Czech jabs at Jack's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Czech waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jack.
Czech swings for the body but Jack moves out of range.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Czech in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Czech ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Czech throws a shot to the body.
Czech throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The fight stays on the outside here - Czech looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Czech misses with an uppercut. Jack saw that one coming.
Czech swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jack throws a sloppy body shot
and Czech counters with a right hand to the body.
Jack uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Czech.
Czech connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Czech throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jack takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jack looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jack throws a jab but it's blocked by Czech.
Czech lands a nice shot to the body.
Jack jabs Czech to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Czech ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jack throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Czech stuns Jack with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Peter Czech seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Czech closes the distance but Jack moves to the side
and Jack counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Czech moves in looking to clinch but Jack pushes him off.
Jack misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Czech counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jack throws out a loose jab but Czech uses good head movement to avoid it.
Czech throws the left hand but Jack avoids the punch easily.
Czech is looking to clinch.
Jack lunges at Czech with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Czech's hand.
Czech throws a right and a left that Jack avoids nicely.
Jack getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Czech tries to clinch but Jack moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jack misses with a straight right.
Jack avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Czech showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Czar Jack's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Jack just misses with a punch to the body.
Czech misses with a straight left.
Jack uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Czech.
Czech lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Czech wants to clinch
and Jack counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice body punch from Jack.
A big left from Czech misses.
Jack on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jack avoids the body shot from Czech.
Czech on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A slow jab from Jack misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jack staying out of range there.
A telegraphed right hand from Czech misses the target.
Jack ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Czech moves away.
Czech bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jack connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Czech pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Czech pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jack throws a jab but it's blocked by Czech.
Jack thows a left - swing and a miss!
Czech tries to clinch there but Jack circles away.
Jack connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Czech missing with a left hand there. Jack was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A slow jab from Czech misses its intended target.
A shot to the liver by Jack. Beautiful body shot.
Jack throws the left hand but Czech avoids the punch easily.
Czech moves out of range of the strikes.
Jack ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Czech moves away.
Czech moves away from the strike by Jack.
Czech catches Jack with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Czech ducks under a wild hook from Jack.
Czech missing with a left hand there. Jack was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jack misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Czech lands a jab.
Czech misses with a looping left.
Czech waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jack.
A big left from Czech misses.
Jack ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Czech moves away.
Jack misses with a body shot.
Czech lands a jab to Jack's midsection.
Jack keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Czech.
Czech misses with a hook to the body
and Jack counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jack swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Czech throws out a loose jab but Jack uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jack waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Czech.
Jack jabs at Czech's body.
Czech tries to clinch up.
Jack circles away from the clinch attempt
and Jack counters with a right hand to the body.
Czech takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jack misses with a body punch
and Czech counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jack throws a hook but Czech blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jack tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Czech was well out of range. Poor timing from Jack.
Czech scores with a jab to the head.
Jack fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

And that's the end of the fight!
Czar Jack showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jack has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Czar Jack!