PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pawel Tokarczuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and VinniJay Acunia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tokarczuk
vs
Acunia

179 cm
28
182 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

180 cm
30
181 lbs
23 - 8 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Pawel Tokarczuk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, VinniJay Acunia!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Phil Schofield and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tokarczuk does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Acunia moves out of range of the strikes.
Acunia moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Acunia misses with a leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Acunia.
Tokarczuk takes a swing at Acunia's ribcage but misses.
Tokarczuk tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tokarczuk scores with a nice right hand.
Acunia listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Acunia takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Acunia misses with a hook.
Good shot there by Acunia.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tokarczuk slips a straight right by Acunia.
Tokarczuk throws out a loose jab but Acunia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tokarczuk misses with a looping right.
Acunia connects with a right hand. Tokarczuk shakes it off.
Tokarczuk goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A cross from Tokarczuk lands.
Tokarczuk connects with an inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Acunia throws a shot to the body.
Tokarczuk checks the leg kick.
Acunia gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tokarczuk.
Acunia thumps Tokarczuk with a low kick.
Acunia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
VinniJay Acunia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tokarczuk tries to clinch but Acunia moves out of range.
Acunia staying out of range there.
Tokarczuk throws out a leg kick but Acunia moves out of range and Tokarczuk only half commits.
A clash of legs there as Acunia blocks the low kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Acunia darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

It looks like Pawel Tokarczuk has been cut.
Tokarczuk takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tokarczuk jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
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!
Tokarczuk takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Tokarczuk throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Tokarczuk clinches.
Acunia lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tokarczuk backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Acunia managing to block the knees to the body from Tokarczuk.
Tokarczuk misses with a knee to the head.
Tokarczuk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Acunia has Tokarczuk pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Acunia pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Tokarczuk tumbling to the mat - Acunia dives into Tokarczuk's guard.
Acunia stopping the sweep attempt from Tokarczuk.
Acunia keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Tokarczuk's head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Tokarczuk is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Acunia defends well.
Acunia landing some decent shots from guard.
Acunia working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Tokarczuk's head.
Acunia wants to control from the top but Tokarczuk keeps moving.
Acunia with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tokarczuk looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Acunia stopping the sweep attempt from Tokarczuk.
Acunia pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tokarczuk is keeping the position for now.
Acunia chips away with some ground and pound.
Tokarczuk lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Acunia!
Tokarczuk with a couple of short strikes.
Tokarczuk prevents Acunia from getting the reversal.
Tokarczuk with the ground and pound from mount.
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!
Tokarczuk throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Acunia because Tokarczuk loaded up on that one.
Tokarczuk with good strikes from the mount here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Tokarczuk cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Acunia holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Tokarczuk tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
BOOM! Tokarczuk connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Tokarczuk is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Acunia can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Acunia is looking to get to half guard.
Tokarczuk with the ground and pound from mount.
Acunia sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice strikes from Tokarczuk there.
Acunia wants to improve his position but Tokarczuk is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Pawel Tokarczuk will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Pawel Tokarczuk's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A head kick misses from Tokarczuk.
Tokarczuk takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tokarczuk lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like VinniJay Acunia has been cut.
Nice defenses there by Tokarczuk.
Tokarczuk tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Acunia paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Acunia scores with a leg kick.
Acunia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tokarczuk manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Acunia misses its intended target.
Tokarczuk slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Acunia throws a leg kick but Tokarczuk sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Tokarczuk. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tokarczuk.
Tokarczuk misses with a hook. Acunia ducked under it nicely.
Tokarczuk checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A slow jab from Acunia misses its intended target.
Acunia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tokarczuk was well out of range. Poor timing from Acunia.
A swing and a miss from Tokarczuk.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Acunia throws a shot from downtown. Tokarczuk moves away and avoids it.
A big right from Acunia misses.
A jab from Tokarczuk finds it's way through Acunia's defenses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tokarczuk lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Acunia has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Acunia and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Acunia lands a nice shot that snaps Tokarczuk's head back.
Acunia tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tokarczuk is able to avoid easily.
Acunia throws a low kick but it's checked well by Tokarczuk.
Tokarczuk misses with an attempted mid kick.
Acunia dips to his left and cracks Tokarczuk with an uppercut!
Acunia fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Acunia misses with a leg kick
and Tokarczuk makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Acunia misses with a hook.
Acunia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Good shot there by Tokarczuk.
Acunia scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters circling - Acunia throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Acunia lands a head shot.
Acunia misses with a shot to the body
and Acunia takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Acunia throws a low kick but it's checked well by Tokarczuk.
Tokarczuk tries a head kick but it misses.
A low kick from Acunia misses
and Tokarczuk counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tokarczuk lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Acunia throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tokarczuk sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Acunia throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Acunia misses with a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Tokarczuk.
Acunia scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Acunia, as that shot connected.
Acunia misses with a body shot.
Acunia takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nice defenses there by Acunia.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tokarczuk checks a low kick from Acunia.
Tokarczuk swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tokarczuk.
Tokarczuk tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tokarczuk looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Acunia scores with a body shot.
Tokarczuk throws a leg kick but Acunia checks it.
Tokarczuk tries to land a leg kick but Acunia saw it coming and moves away.
Acunia lands a head shot.
Acunia buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Acunia throws an overhand right that lands on Tokarczuk's shoulder, as Tokarczuk tries to avoid the shot.
Acunia connects with a solid leg kick.
Acunia fails to land with a series of punches.
Tokarczuk uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Acunia.
VinniJay Acunia seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Acunia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tokarczuk.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Acunia throws a shot from downtown. Tokarczuk moves away and avoids it.
Tokarczuk tries to close the distance and clinch but Acunia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
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!
Acunia misses the jab.
Acunia misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Tokarczuk counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Tokarczuk drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Acunia swings for the body but Tokarczuk moves out of range.
Tokarczuk misses with a head kick.
A big left from Acunia misses.
Acunia misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Acunia takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Tokarczuk moves into range and clinches up with Acunia.
Tokarczuk working aggressively here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Acunia.
Tokarczuk is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Acunia trying to control the position but instead, Tokarczuk has worked for underhooks and has pushed Acunia into the cage.
Acunia leaning his opponent against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but VinniJay Acunia will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Tokarczuk's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Tokarczuk tries to close the distance and clinch up but Acunia swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Acunia wants to slow Tokarczuk down by chopping away at his legs.
An inside leg kick lands from Tokarczuk.
Acunia connects with an inside leg kick.
Acunia misses with a looping left.
Acunia scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Acunia throws a low kick but it's checked well by Tokarczuk.
Tokarczuk waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Acunia.
Acunia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tokarczuk delivers a nice body kick.
A swing and a miss from Acunia.
Acunia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tokarczuk avoids the head kick by Acunia.
Tokarczuk misses with an uppercut. Acunia saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tokarczuk tries a head kick but it misses.
Acunia scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Acunia swings away with a body shot that misses

and Tokarczuk counters by clinching up.
A shot in the inside from Tokarczuk.
Tokarczuk lands with a light punch inside.
Tokarczuk lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tokarczuk tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Acunia misses with some punches.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Acunia can't find room to land a body shot as Tokarczuk controls the action.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Tokarczuk misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Acunia.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Acunia takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Acunia misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Acunia.

Tokarczuk jumps guard.
Tokarczuk looking for a sweep. Not yet Tokarczuk, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Acunia postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
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!
Acunia with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tokarczuk trying to keep a closed guard but Acunia is proving a slippery customer.
Tokarczuk has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Acunia's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Tokarczuk looking to hit a scissor sweep but Acunia is one step ahead there.
Pawel Tokarczuk overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Acunia distracts Tokarczuk with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Acunia postures up in Tokarczuk's guard and throws a big left but Tokarczuk blocks it.

Acunia avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Acunia looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Acunia trying to control but Tokarczuk is working from the bottom.
Acunia forces his way into half guard.
Tokarczuk is looking to get back to full guard here but Acunia has managed to pass to side control instead.
Tokarczuk taking a bit of punishment here - Acunia scoring with strikes.
Tokarczuk manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Acunia sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tokarczuk defending well though.
Acunia thows a huge punch but Tokarczuk dodges it nicely.
Tokarczuk is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Acunia's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Acunia's back!
Tokarczuk is punishing Acunia with strikes - can he finish him?!
Acunia rolls, trying to escape but Tokarczuk keeps control of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tokarczuk misses with an elbow to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tokarczuk looking to hold on to the position here but Acunia rolls and ends up regaining guard.
Acunia working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tokarczuk.

Acunia working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Tokarczuk doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Tokarczuk manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Acunia takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tokarczuk wants to stand and escape but instead Acunia has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Tokarczuk looking for a guillotine here but Acunia defends easily.
Acunia postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Acunia lands a couple of elbows.

Tokarczuk throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to VinniJay Acunia.
I think Acunia has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... VinniJay Acunia!
During a confident post fight interview, VinniJay Acunia thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.