PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tyson Haye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lukasz Niewinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Niewinski has chosen Pokój Z Widokiem Na Wojne - Droga Wojownika as his entrance music. Tyson Haye has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Haye
vs
Niewinski

225 cm
19
248 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

183 cm
20
213 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Solid boxing
Granite chin

Counter striker
Determined

Polskie Odżywki/ Polish Nutrition [PL]
Hilo Clothing Co

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tyson Haye!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lukasz Niewinski!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Saam Ante and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haye throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Niewinski finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Niewinski fails to land with a series of punches.
Haye chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Haye swinging wildly here.
Niewinski moves in looking to clinch but Haye pushes him off.
Niewinski swats away the attempt to clinch by Haye.
Niewinski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Haye is breathing heavily.
Niewinski throws a body kick that misses.
Niewinski tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Haye manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Haye rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Niewinski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Niewinski tries to clinch but Haye moves out of range.
Niewinski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Haye throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Niewinski counters with a three punch combo that has Haye backing up. Haye nods at Niewinski to acknowledge the strikes.
Niewinski throws a push kick but Haye slaps the foot to one side.
Haye fails in his attempt to clinch.
Haye fails to land with a series of punches.

Niewinski clinches with his opponent.
Haye wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Niewinski throws an elbow but misses.
Niewinski keeps control of Haye as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haye on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Haye blocks an elbow strike from Niewinski.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Niewinski.
Niewinski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Haye avoids it.
Niewinski tries to land knees in the clinch but Haye avoids the damage to the body.
Niewinski prevents Haye from breaking the clinch.

Haye's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haye swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Haye looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Haye tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Niewinski.
Niewinski with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Niewinski lands a two punch combo.
Niewinski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Niewinski throws a leg kick but Haye checks it.
Haye misses with the combination.
Haye misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Niewinski throws a left and a right that both miss
and Haye counters with a thumping low kick.
Niewinski looks to land a body kick but Haye moved away.
Niewinski tries to clinch up but Haye circles away and keeps his distance.
Haye misses with a few strikes there.
Haye really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Niewinski instigates a clinch.
Niewinski has Haye pressed against the ropes, preventing Haye from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Niewinski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Haye avoids it.
Niewinski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Haye avoids it.
Niewinski stalling the fight.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Haye breaks from the clinch.
Haye is looking to clinch.
Haye misses with a leg kick
and Niewinski counters with an outside leg kick.
Niewinski throws a one two combo.
A good leg kick by Haye.
Niewinski fails to land with a series of punches.
Haye rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Niewinski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Niewinski throws a sloppy head kick and Haye moves out of range easily.
Niewinski throws a hook to the side of Haye's head but Haye sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Niewinski misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Haye misses with a few strikes there.
Haye dodges the punch combination from Niewinski.
Haye swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Niewinski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Haye closes the distance and pushes Niewinski back into the ropes.
Niewinski using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Haye has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Niewinski keeps control of Haye as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Niewinski landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Niewinski tries to break free but Haye pushes him back against the ropes.
Niewinski controlling the action here for a moment.
Niewinski trying to control the position but instead, Haye has worked for underhooks and has pushed Niewinski into the ropes.
Haye looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's eight 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.

Haye breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Haye lands a two punch combo.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Niewinski.
Niewinski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A punch combination from Niewinski misses.
Niewinski is looking to clinch.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Haye is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Niewinski.
Tyson Haye seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Haye has managed to clinch.

Haye's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Haye misses with a series of wild punches.
Niewinski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sloppy strikes from Haye. Those never looked like landing.
Niewinski tries to clinch but Haye is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Lukasz Niewinski will probably get the nod.
That's time! Haye's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Niewinski throws a head kick that misses.
Niewinski throws a head kick that misses.
A lazy body kick from Niewinski

and Haye counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Haye.
Niewinski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Haye is defending well for now.
Haye is looking to break free of the clinch but Niewinski has double underhooks.
Haye is trying to break free.
Niewinski tries to land knees in the clinch but Haye avoids the damage to the body.
Haye is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Niewinski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Haye avoids it.
Niewinski wants to break free but Haye has control.
Niewinski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Haye.
Niewinski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Haye is defending well for now.
Haye tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Niewinski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Haye avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haye tries to break the clinch but Niewinski is controlling the position.
Niewinski keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Haye's efforts to push away.

Haye breaks the clinch.

Haye gets a clinch.

Haye manages to break the clinch.
Niewinski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Haye.
Niewinski tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Haye manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Niewinski throws a wild body kick that Haye sees coming a mile off.
Niewinski throws a half hearted mid kick.
Niewinski avoids a punch combination nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Niewinski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tyson Haye is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Niewinski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Haye.
Niewinski works Haye's body with a nice hook.
Haye dodges the punch combination from Niewinski.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haye wants to clinch.
Niewinski throws a sloppy head kick and Haye moves out of range easily.
Niewinski circles away from the clinch attempt.
Haye falls off balance throwing a combination
and Niewinski counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Niewinski moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Haye avoids a punch combination nicely.
Niewinski throws a head kick but Haye moves out of range.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Niewinski misses with a low kick as Haye jumps back.
Niewinski tries to clinch up.
Haye misses with a combination
and Niewinski counters with a big head kick but Haye shrugs it off.
Niewinski throws a right hand that Haye ducks under and follows up with a left that Haye also avoids with ease.
Niewinski is looking to clinch.
Niewinski jabs Haye to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Some wild striking there from Niewinski.
Haye misses with a two punch combination.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Niewinski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Haye looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Niewinski tries to clinch but Haye is having none of it.
Niewinski throws a head kick that misses.
A combination from Haye does no damage.
Niewinski lands with a slapping head kick.
Niewinski wants to clinch up but Haye keeps it at a distance.
Niewinski throws a quick inside leg kick.
Niewinski circles away from the clinch attempt.
Haye misses with a wild combination.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Niewinski throws a sloppy head kick and Haye moves out of range easily.
Haye misses with a combination
and Niewinski counters with a head kick. That will keep Haye thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
A combination from Haye does no damage.
Haye has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Niewinski.
Niewinski tries to close the distance and clinch but Haye swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Niewinski is looking to clinch but Haye is avoiding it.
Niewinski tries to clinch up but Haye circles away and keeps his distance.
Haye throws a right hand that Niewinski ducks under and follows up with a left that Niewinski also avoids with ease.
Haye takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Niewinski throws a head kick but Haye moves out of range.
Haye throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Niewinski lands with a slapping head kick.
Haye finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Niewinski looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Haye circles away from the clinch attempt.
Haye misses with a two punch combination.
Niewinski throws a leg kick but Haye moved away.
Haye misses with a wild combination.
Niewinski pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Niewinski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Haye throws a right hand that Niewinski ducks under and follows up with a left that Niewinski also avoids with ease.
Haye throws a series of punches but Niewinski moves out of range.
Niewinski lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Niewinski throws the kick towards the body but Haye avoids it.
Niewinski is looking to clinch but Haye is avoiding it.
Niewinski fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Haye looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Niewinski dodges the punch combination from Haye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lukasz Niewinski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Niewinski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Haye tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Niewinski tries to clinch up.
Niewinski misses with a double jab.
No joy there for Niewinski, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Niewinski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Niewinski pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Niewinski on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Haye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Niewinski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Haye throws a head kick that misses.
Both fighters circling a little - Niewinski finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Haye tries to clinch up.
Niewinski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Haye.
Haye throws a series of punches but Niewinski moves out of range.
Niewinski throws a push kick but Haye slaps the foot to one side.
No joy there for Haye, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Niewinski moves in looking to clinch but Haye pushes him off.
Niewinski lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Haye backs up against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niewinski pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Niewinski doesn't manage to clinch there - Haye circles away.
Niewinski tries to clinch but Haye is having none of it.
Niewinski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Haye throws a one two combo.
Haye swinging wildly here.
Niewinski tries to clinch there but Haye circles away.
Lukasz Niewinski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Haye takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
No joy there for Haye, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Niewinski throws a head kick that misses.
Niewinski throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Haye avoids the body shot from Niewinski.
Haye tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Niewinski counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Niewinski.

Haye manages to break the clinch.
Haye will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Haye misses with a combination
and Niewinski finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Haye, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Haye swats away the attempt to clinch by Niewinski.
Niewinski looks to land a combination but Haye avoids it well.
Haye misses with a series of wild punches.
Haye falls off balance throwing a combination
and Niewinski counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Niewinski throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Haye. Those never looked like landing.
Niewinski tries to clinch up but Haye circles away and keeps his distance.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Niewinski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Haye wants to clinch up but Niewinski keeps it at a distance.
Niewinski is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Haye rather than just go for the knockout.
Niewinski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Niewinski dodges the punch combination from Haye.
Niewinski tries a head kick but it misses.

Haye instigates a clinch.
Haye managing to block the knees to the body from Niewinski.
Haye managing to block the knees to the body from Niewinski.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Haye on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Haye managing to block the knees to the body from Niewinski.

Haye breaks from the clinch.
Haye throws a series of punches but Niewinski avoids them all with ease.
Haye fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Haye throws a right hand that Niewinski ducks under and follows up with a left that Niewinski also avoids with ease.
Haye circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Haye throws a series of punches but Niewinski moves out of range.
Haye takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Haye crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Niewinski - the referee stops the clock and Haye gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Niewinski. Haye manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Haye lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Niewinski circles away quickly and effectively.
Niewinski throws a head kick but Haye moves out of range.
Niewinski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Niewinski connects with a leg kick. Haye looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A combination from Haye does no damage.
Haye misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Niewinski thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Niewinski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A combination from Haye does no damage.
Haye throws a leg kick but Niewinski checks it.
Haye tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Niewinski clinches up with Haye and pushes him back against the ropes.
Niewinski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Haye is defending well for now.
Niewinski tries to land knees in the clinch but Haye avoids the damage to the body.
Haye avoiding damage as Niewinski throws knees to the body.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Niewinski tries to land knees in the clinch but Haye avoids the damage to the body.
Tyson Haye has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Niewinski trying to land knees to the body.

Haye breaks the clinch.
Haye scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Haye throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Haye keeps the fight on the outside.
Lukasz Niewinski is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Niewinski throws a head kick that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Lukasz Niewinski.
Well Niewinski 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lukasz Niewinski!
Lukasz Niewinski managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Polskie Odżywki/ Polish Nutrition [PL], into his post fight interview.