PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jakub Kochanowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kochanowski kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Midgard. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kochanowski
vs
James

193 cm
30
200 lbs
11 - 15 - 0

185 cm
21
212 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 11 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jakub Kochanowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alex James!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Winston Howard and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kochanowski doesn't manage to clinch there - James circles away.
Kochanowski will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kochanowski misses with a left hand
and James counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Kochanowski throws a right and a left that James avoids nicely.
Kochanowski misses with a straight right.
James looks for a takedown but Kochanowski sprawls well.
Kochanowski misses with a looping left.
Kochanowski tries to close the distance and clinch up but James swats him away and circles back towards the center.

James drives through with a takedown into guard.
James in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
James scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
James throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kochanowski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
James keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kochanowski's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kochanowski's head.
Kochanowski working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from James.

Kochanowski is looking for a triangle but James pushes his legs off easily.
James must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
James loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kochanowski preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

James drops back looking for a leg! Kochanowski is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Kochanowski manages to kick James off! James jumps back into Kochanowski's guard.
James content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Kochanowski has momentary wrist control but James slips an elbow through the middle.

Kochanowski is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and James defends well.

Kochanowski has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. James doesn't defend quickly enough and Kochanowski has managed to lock this one up! Can James escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Kochanowski on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Jakub Kochanowski!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Jakub Kochanowski waved his t-shirt featuring Happy Pills 's logo in front of the cameras.