PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Prince (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damian Kubieniec (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Prince comes into the arena with Flava in ya Ear blaring out of the sound system. Tommy Prince has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Prince
vs
Kubieniec

200 cm
21
261 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

198 cm
18
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tommy Prince!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Damian Kubieniec!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Jonathan Paton and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kubieniec tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kubieniec takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kubieniec moves to clinch but Prince breaks away
letting Prince counter with a right hand.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kubieniec doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knees to the body from Prince.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kubieniec tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Prince manages to break the clinch.

Prince forces Kubieniec back against the cage and clinches.

Prince escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kubieniec takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kubieniec takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kubieniec looks gassed!
Kubieniec closes the distance but Prince moves to the side
and Prince makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Prince thumps Kubieniec with a low kick.

A head kick lands from Prince that sends Kubieniec to the canvas. Kubieniec tries to scramble back to his feet but Prince brings him back down into side control.

Kubieniec is rocked!

It looks like Damian Kubieniec has been cut.

Prince is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Kubieniec is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Kubieniec is still in real trouble! Can Prince finish him?
Kubieniec on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Kubieniec seems to have recovered his senses.
Prince controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prince cracks Kubieniec with a big elbow.
Prince controlling the position from side mount.
Prince cracks Kubieniec with an elbow. That is naaassty.
A lull in the action here as Prince stalls from top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kubieniec takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Prince controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prince is putting a hurting on Kubieniec here, landing some big shots from side control.

Prince decides to stand back up. Prince steps back and let's Kubieniec get back to his feet.
Prince scores with a shot to the body.

Prince is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Kubieniec's half guard.
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!
Prince performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Prince looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kubieniec with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Prince has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Prince lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Well, if Prince is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Prince looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kubieniec with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prince controlling the pace.
Prince has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Kubieniec is in trouble now - Prince has advanced to mount!
Prince in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Prince with shots to the head and body - Kubieniec looks very uncomfortable down there.
Prince landing shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prince sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Prince is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Kubieniec can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Prince landing strikes, looking to finish!
Prince controlling his opponent.
Prince is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Kubieniec can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Prince lands a big elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Prince has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kubieniec's face.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Prince controlling the pace for now.
Prince's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Prince dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Prince buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Prince throws a sloppy head kick and Kubieniec moves out of range easily.
Prince fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kubieniec tries to clinch but Prince moves away

and Prince moves into the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Prince.
Prince landing knees to the head.
Prince with a knee to the head.
Prince keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kubieniec's efforts to push away.

Prince escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tommy Prince is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Prince ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Prince lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A nice inside leg kick there by Prince. That's going to slow Kubieniec down.
Kubieniec closes the distance but Prince moves to the side

and Prince counters by clinching up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Prince escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kubieniec tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Prince is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kubieniec can do to turn this around?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kubieniec misses with an uppercut

so Prince counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Tommy Prince overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Prince lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prince is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Prince passes into half guard.
Prince controlling the pace.
Prince seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Kubieniec for as long as he can get away with.
Prince blocks the strikes from Kubieniec.

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.
Prince controlling the action here.
Kubieniec is trying to get back to full guard.

We're going to have a standup here because Tommy Prince wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Prince scores a takedown into full mount!
Prince controlling from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Prince cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Prince landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Prince cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Prince scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prince takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Kubieniec tries to hold on but Prince pushes him away.

Prince looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Prince controlling from the full mount.
Kubieniec is looking to improve his position but Prince isn't that keen on the idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prince breaks from Kubieniec's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Prince sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Kubieniec working to try and regain half guard.
Prince postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Kubieniec looks a forlorn figure.
Prince is landing with some decent strikes but Kubieniec is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kubieniec working to try and regain half guard.
Prince sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Prince dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Prince's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Prince throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Kubieniec's head.
Kubieniec rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Prince counters with an outside leg kick.

Prince closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Kubieniec tries to improve position but can't.
Kubieniec is being controlled here.
Prince lands a few punches from side control.
A lull in the action here.
Kubieniec throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Prince controlling the position from side mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prince lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Kubieniec down.
Prince scores with a couple of short elbows.
Kubieniec is being controlled here.
Prince working the ground and pound.
Kubieniec is trying to improve his position.
Prince just content to control the position.
Prince scores with punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prince is putting a hurting on Kubieniec here, landing some big shots from side control.
Kubieniec is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Prince has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Kubieniec!
Prince sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Kubieniec takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Prince content just to control the position here.
Prince raining down hammerfists from mount.
Prince lands a big shot there that rocks Kubieniec but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prince controlling from the full mount.
Prince landing strikes from the mount and Kubieniec is in trouble!
Prince content just to control the position here.
Tommy Prince is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Prince working Kubieniec over with strikes here.
The referee warns Kubieniec that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Prince sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Prince lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prince lands a heavy elbow.
Prince content just to control the position here.

Prince looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Prince working the ground and pound effectively.
Damian Kubieniec has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Prince takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy Prince showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Prince has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:24
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:24
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy Prince!