PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brad Ronald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcin Kozajowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brad Ronald has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ronald
vs
Kozajowski

200 cm
34
230 lbs
17 - 21 - 0

197 cm
25
279 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 17 - 21 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brad Ronald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marcin Kozajowski!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Chad Campbell and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kozajowski wants to clinch
and Ronald counters with a nice kick to the body.

Ronald fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kozajowski, pushing him back against the cage.
Ronald is trying to push Kozajowski away but Kozajowski has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ronald lands an elbow that stopped Kozajowski in his tracks for a moment.
Ronald tries to land knees in the clinch but Kozajowski avoids the damage to the body.
Ronald stalling the fight.

Ronald breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kozajowski takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Marcin Kozajowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kozajowski tries to clinch but Ronald moves out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Kozajowski 's head but he takes it in his stride.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Ronald rushes Kozajowski and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ronald misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kozajowski.
Ronald gets through Kozajowski's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kozajowski taking a breather.
Ronald trying to land knees to the body.
Kozajowski is looking to control Ronald's arms but Ronald gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kozajowski has his back to the cage.
Kozajowski taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kozajowski looking to stall.
Ronald working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kozajowski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kozajowski slowing the pace effectively.
Ronald misses with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ronald.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ronald lands an elbow that stopped Kozajowski in his tracks for a moment.
Ronald stalling against the cage.
Ronald tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ronald looking to throw knees to the head but Kozajowski is blocking nicely.
Ronald dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Kozajowski dodges an elbow strike from Ronald.
Kozajowski avoiding damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ronald.
Ronald throws an elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Ronald's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ronald has a couple of punches blocked by Kozajowski.
Ronald is pushing Kozajowski up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ronald lands with a left to the head.
Ronald throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kozajowski prevents a body shot from Ronald.
Ronald stalling in the clinch but Kozajowski improves position.
Ronald content to slow the pace in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kozajowski creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ronald lands a nice elbow.
Ronald working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kozajowski managing to block the knees to the body from Ronald.
Ronald misses with a knee to the head.
Kozajowski trying to stall but Ronald improves his position.

Ronald breaks from the clinch.

Ronald shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ronald showed some decent athleticism there.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Kozajowski won't allow Ronald to pass to mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Ronald decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brad Ronald dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Kozajowski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kozajowski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kozajowski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ronald scores with a one two! Kozajowski had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A combination from Kozajowski does no damage.
Ronald tries to clinch up but Kozajowski circles away and keeps his distance.
Ronald circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ronald counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Kozajowski is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Kozajowski tries to clinch but Ronald is having none of it.
Kozajowski is looking to clinch.

Ronald has managed to clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ronald comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ronald throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kozajowski blocks it with crossed arms.
Kozajowski stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ronald is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Kozajowski to keep the fight standing.
Ronald lands a nice knee to the body.
Ronald has Kozajowski pressed against the cage, preventing Kozajowski from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ronald displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kozajowski up against the cage.
Kozajowski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ronald misses with a hook to the ribs.

Ronald breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Ronald gets a clinch.
Ronald drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Kozajowski gets the underhooks and prevents it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ronald can't find room to land a body shot as Kozajowski controls the action.
Kozajowski manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ronald leaning his opponent against the cage.
Kozajowski lands an uppercut.
Kozajowski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kozajowski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ronald tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kozajowski avoids it.
Ronald is looking to control Kozajowski's arms but Kozajowski gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ronald has his back to the cage.
Ronald tries to throw a body punch but Kozajowski avoids it by throwing Ronald back against the cage.
Ronald lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kozajowski.
Kozajowski trying to stall but Ronald improves his position.
Ronald misses with a body punch.
Brad Ronald has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ronald misses with an elbow strike.
Ronald comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kozajowski keeps control of Ronald as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ronald tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brad Ronald. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ronald manages to break the clinch.
Ronald swats away the attempt to clinch by Kozajowski.

Ronald clinches up with Kozajowski and pushes him back against the cage.
Ronald lands a right hand.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ronald lands a good knee to the midsection. Kozajowski won't want to take too many of those.
Ronald changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Kozajowski fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Kozajowski misses with a series of wild punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ronald keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brad Ronald dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Kozajowski looks to clinch

and Ronald holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A right hand to the body from Ronald.

Ronald escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ronald throws a nice head kick!
Ronald doesn't manage to clinch there - Kozajowski circles away.
Kozajowski looks to land a combination but Ronald avoids it well.
Ronald is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kozajowski can do to turn this around?

Ronald has taken the fight to the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ronald - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Ronald throws an elbow that misses.
Ronald lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Kozajowski fails to land.
Ronald tries to work over Kozajowski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ronald throws an elbow but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ronald's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brad Ronald is winning the standup battle so far.
Kozajowski swats away the attempt to clinch by Ronald.

Ronald darts in and clinches Kozajowski up against the cage.
Ronald tries to land knees in the clinch but Kozajowski avoids the damage to the body.
Kozajowski has Ronald pressed against the cage.
Ronald can't break the clinch.
Kozajowski managing to block the knees to the body from Ronald.
Ronald wants a takedown.

Ronald escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A combination from Kozajowski does no damage.
Kozajowski circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ronald is looking to clinch.
Ronald swats away the attempt to clinch by Kozajowski.
Ronald steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kozajowski.
Kozajowski keeps the fight on the outside.

Ronald has closed the distance and engaged Kozajowski in a clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ronald as Kozajowski tries to tie him up.
Ronald lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kozajowski backwards.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

Ronald manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ronald closes the distance and clinches.
Ronald throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Ronald breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kozajowski throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kozajowski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ronald lands with a cross.

Ronald has Kozajowski up against the cage in a clinch.
Ronald swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brad Ronald is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ronald looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ronald is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kozajowski is defending well for now.
Kozajowski avoiding damage as Ronald throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ronald's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Marcin Kozajowski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kozajowski tries to clinch up.
Kozajowski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ronald tries to clinch but Kozajowski is having none of it.
Kozajowski is looking to clinch.

Ronald darts in and clinches Kozajowski up against the cage.
Kozajowski misses with some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A frustrated look appears on Kozajowski's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kozajowski keeps control of Ronald as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ronald misses with a punch to the body.
Ronald throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ronald stalling in the clinch but Kozajowski improves position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brad Ronald showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ronald 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 John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brad Ronald!
An out of breath and clearly excited Brad Ronald thanked BioPharm Nutrition for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).