PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fada Maka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lukasz Niewinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Niewinski is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Pokój Z Widokiem Na Wojne - Droga Wojownika. 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.

Maka
vs
Niewinski

190 cm
25
260 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
23
213 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Fada Maka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lukasz Niewinski!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Albert Achterberg and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Niewinski takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Maka changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Niewinski looks winded!
Maka throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Maka fails to land with a series of punches.
Maka lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Niewinski circles away quickly and effectively.
Maka tries to bum rush Niewinski with a series of wild strikes but Niewinski uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Some wild striking there from Maka.
Maka swinging wildly here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Niewinski moves to clinch but Maka breaks away
and Maka counters with a left and a right that stings Niewinski.
Maka throws a series of punches but Niewinski moves out of range.
Maka tries to bum rush Niewinski with a series of wild strikes but Niewinski uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maka throws a shot to the body.
A combination from Maka does no damage.
Maka could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Maka throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Niewinski.
Niewinski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Maka.
A right-left combo lands from Maka.
Maka throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Niewinski counters with a nice kick to the body.
Maka lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Niewinski is rocked!
Maka misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maka misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niewinski slips a jab and a cross from Maka.
Maka throws a series of punches but Niewinski moves out of range.
Maka swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Maka looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Maka tries to bum rush Niewinski with a series of wild strikes but Niewinski uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Maka throws a right and a left that both miss.
Maka misses with a double jab
and Niewinski counters with a left and a right that stings Maka.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Maka.
Maka lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Niewinski circles away quickly and effectively.
Maka fails to land with a series of punches.
Maka lands the left hand.
Niewinski throws a series of punches but Maka avoids them all with ease.
Niewinski on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Niewinski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Maka fails to land with a series of punches.
Maka lands with a good body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maka throws a series of punches but Niewinski moves out of range.
Niewinski takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Maka throws a series of punches but Niewinski moves out of range.
Maka throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Maka misses.
Maka misses with a series of wild punches.
Niewinski dodges the punch combination from Maka.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Niewinski plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fada Maka dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Maka digs a good hook to Niewinski's body.
Maka misses with the combination.
Niewinski misses with a body kick.
Maka tries to bum rush Niewinski with a series of wild strikes but Niewinski uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Maka looks to land a combination but Niewinski avoids it well.
Maka misses with a wild combination.
Maka throws a right and a left that both miss.
Maka rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Niewinski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fada Maka is winning the standup battle so far.
Maka throws a series of punches but Niewinski avoids them all with ease.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maka misses the shot to the body.
Maka misses with a two punch combination.
A combination from Maka does no damage.
Maka swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Niewinski makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Maka really felt that one!
Fada Maka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maka dodges the punch combination from Niewinski.
Maka throws a combination that misses
and Niewinski counters with a left and a right that stings Maka.
Niewinski tries to clinch but Maka moves out of range.
Niewinski misses with a two punch combination.
Maka misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maka swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Maka waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Niewinski.
Niewinski will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Niewinski wants to clinch but Maka slips to the side
and Maka counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Maka misses with a two punch combination.
Maka misses with a body shot.
Maka misses with a wild combination.
Maka fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Niewinski is looking to clinch but Maka is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maka misses with a double jab
and Niewinski counters with a left and a right that stings Maka.
Maka is looking to wear down Niewinski with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Maka misses with a combination
and Niewinski counters with a three punch combo that has Maka backing up. Maka nods at Niewinski to acknowledge the strikes.
Niewinski throws a right hand that Maka ducks under and follows up with a left that Maka also avoids with ease.
Niewinski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Maka misses with a wild combination.
Niewinski throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maka tries to bum rush Niewinski with a series of wild strikes but Niewinski uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A left and a right from Maka both land. Nice combination.
Maka falls off balance throwing a combination
and Niewinski counters with a three punch combo that has Maka backing up. Maka nods at Niewinski to acknowledge the strikes.
Niewinski throws a right and a left that both miss.
Maka looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Maka lands a two punch combo.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maka scores with a three punch combo!
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!
Maka misses with the combination.
Niewinski tries to close the distance and clinch but Maka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fada Maka dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Maka misses with a wild combination.
Maka feints a jab promting Niewinski to slip. Maka then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Niewinski slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Maka throws a left and a right that both miss
and Niewinski counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Maka is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Niewinski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Maka.
Niewinski lands a high kick!
Some wild striking there from Niewinski.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Niewinski tries to move into range but Maka moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Niewinski takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Niewinski is still on wobbly legs! Can Maka finish him?
Maka looks to land a combination but Niewinski avoids it well.
Maka throws a series of punches but Niewinski avoids them all with ease.
Niewinski seems to have recovered his senses.
A punch combination from Maka misses.
Maka misses with a few strikes there.
Niewinski dodges the punch combination from Maka.
Maka fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Niewinski throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niewinski tries to close the distance and clinch but Maka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Maka looks to land a combination but Niewinski avoids it well.
Niewinski takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Maka goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Niewinski works over Maka's head and body with a nice combination.
Niewinski falls off balance throwing a combination
and Maka counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Maka closes the distance and lands a one-two.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A combination from Maka does no damage.
Niewinski throws a head kick that Maka semi-blocks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maka throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Niewinski dodges the punch combination from Maka.
Niewinski swinging wildly here.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Niewinski might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Maka has got the better of the exchanges.
Maka throws a combination. Niewinski tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Maka lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Niewinski circles away quickly and effectively.
Maka misses with a few strikes there.
Maka connects with a jab.
Fada Maka is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maka lands a two punch combo.
Niewinski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Niewinski looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Fada Maka is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Maka looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Maka swinging wildly here.
Maka misses with a wild combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sloppy strikes from Maka. Those never looked like landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fada Maka showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Maka 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fada Maka!