PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Riley Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sylwester Karwowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karwowski has chosen Metallica - Enter Sandman as his entrance music. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Lewis
vs
Karwowski

191 cm
21
212 lbs
7 - 0 - 1

188 cm
23
212 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

$50

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Riley Lewis!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sylwester Karwowski!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, William Peck and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lewis throws a body punch but Karwowski moves out of range.
Karwowski with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A jab from Karwowski misses.
Lewis scores with a leg kick.
Karwowski lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Karwowski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lewis moves away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Karwowski. That's going to slow Lewis down.
Lewis looks to throw the jab but Karwowski is out of range.
Karwowski cracks Lewis with a good jab.
Lewis takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lewis takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karwowski looks to throw the jab but Lewis is out of range.
Karwowski lands a right hook to the body.

Karwowski closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Lewis's guard.
Karwowski throws a big elbow that misses.
Karwowski tries to free his leg and advance position but Lewis is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Karwowski in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lewis seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Karwowski pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lewis is keeping the position for now.
Lewis keeping moving, preventing Karwowski from controlling successfully.
Karwowski advances position into side control!
Lewis is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Lewis takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karwowski tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Lewis isn't going anywhere.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Karwowski fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karwowski is looking to take a break and control but Lewis is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ground and pound from Karwowski seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Karwowski moves into full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karwowski can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lewis is looking to escape.
Karwowski with good strikes from the mount here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karwowski tries to control but Lewis wriggling away.
Lewis is trying to escape the mount.
Karwowski throws some wild stikes that Lewis manages to avoid easily.
Karwowski has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Karwowski throws some wild stikes that Lewis manages to avoid easily.
Lewis working to try and regain half guard.
Lewis is working hard here to advance position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewis is squirming around, avoiding Karwowski's attempts to control the action.
Karwowski connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Karwowski scores with a couple of good head shots there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lewis in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Lewis is rocked!
Karwowski unloading with bombs!
Oh Lewis is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lewis takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
A big strike lands for Karwowski! That's really hurt Lewis and he's turned his back - Karwowski keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Karwowski jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sylwester Karwowski! Sylwester Karwowski retains his light heavyweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Sylwester Karwowski thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.