PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chris Bacon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Janek Kochanowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kochanowski is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Sting Of The Bumblebee. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Bacon
vs
Kochanowski

172 cm
32
152 lbs
29 - 10 - 2

178 cm
33
165 lbs
17 - 22 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Chris Bacon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Janek Kochanowski!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Eliza Hachem and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bacon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bacon takes a swing at Kochanowski's ribcage but misses.
Bacon lands with a cross.
Bacon sizes up Kochanowski with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bacon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kochanowski moves away.
Kochanowski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bacon throws a series of punches but Kochanowski avoids them all with ease.
Kochanowski uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bacon.
Bacon misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bacon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bacon looks to land a combination but Kochanowski avoids it well.
Bacon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bacon throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Bacon scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bacon misses with the combination.
Kochanowski dodges the punch combination from Bacon.
Kochanowski fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bacon misses with a wild combination.
Bacon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kochanowski connects with a single shot there.
Bacon lands with a nice combination. Kochanowski backs away looking to recover.
A combination from Bacon does no damage.
Bacon swinging wildly here.
A combination from Bacon does no damage.

Kochanowski pushes Bacon up against the cage in a clinch.
Kochanowski landing knees to the body.

Kochanowski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kochanowski throws a good cross that connects.
Bacon keeps the fight on the outside.
Bacon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bacon throws a jab when Kochanowski was well out of range.
Bacon circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bacon fails to land with a series of punches.
Bacon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jab from Bacon.
Bacon looks to land a right hand but Kochanowski moved out of range.
Bacon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bacon throws a shot from downtown. Kochanowski moves away and avoids it.
Kochanowski lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Some wild striking there from Bacon.
Bacon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bacon is breathing heavily.
Bacon throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kochanowski counters with a series of strikes. Bacon will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Bacon crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kochanowski - the referee stops the clock and Bacon gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kochanowski. Bacon manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Bacon throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Kochanowski counter with a right hand.
Bacon throws a right and a left that Kochanowski avoids nicely.
Kochanowski has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bacon finds it's way round the side to connect with Kochanowski's head.
Kochanowski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bacon.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bacon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kochanowski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kochanowski moves in looking to clinch but Bacon pushes him off.
Kochanowski throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bacon.
Bacon swinging wildly here.
Bacon misses with a double jab
and Kochanowski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bacon misses with a double jab.
Chris Bacon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kochanowski scores with a jab to the head.
Kochanowski throws a series of strikes that have Bacon backpedaling.
Bacon lands a glancing blow to the side of Kochanowski's head.
Kochanowski thumps Bacon with a low kick.
Bacon falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kochanowski counters with a big head kick but Bacon shrugs it off.
Bacon falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kochanowski counters with a big head kick but Bacon shrugs it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kochanowski lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kochanowski, right into the meat.
No joy there for Bacon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kochanowski ducks under a wild hook from Bacon.
Bacon misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bacon throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bacon misses with a series of wild punches.
Kochanowski is looking to clinch.
Bacon misses with a double jab.
Bacon misses with a body shot.
Bacon throws a jab when Kochanowski was well out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bacon throws a right and a left that Kochanowski avoids nicely.
Bacon rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kochanowski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bacon misses with a few strikes there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bacon. Kochanowski does a little dance to reset his feet.
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 Chris Bacon will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Kochanowski with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kochanowski doesn't manage to clinch there - Bacon circles away.
Kochanowski moves in looking to clinch but Bacon pushes him off.
Kochanowski throws out a loose jab but Bacon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kochanowski throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Bacon misses with a jab, cross combination.
A combination from Bacon does no damage.
Kochanowski misses with a wild body shot.
Kochanowski misses with a body kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kochanowski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Chris Bacon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kochanowski lands with an overhand left.
Bacon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kochanowski slips a jab and a cross from Bacon.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kochanowski.
Kochanowski slips under a jab.
Bacon falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kochanowski makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bacon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bacon takes a swing at Kochanowski's ribcage but misses.
Kochanowski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bacon.
A punch combination from Kochanowski misses.
Kochanowski tries to clinch there but Bacon circles away.
Kochanowski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kochanowski misses the jab.
Kochanowski dodges the punch combination from Bacon.
Bacon misses the shot to the body.
Bacon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bacon ducks under a wild hook from Kochanowski.
Kochanowski jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bacon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kochanowski.
Kochanowski dodges the punch combination from Bacon.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bacon misses with a combination

and Kochanowski holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bacon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bacon avoiding damage as Kochanowski throws knees to the body.
Bacon is trying to force a seperation but Kochanowski has the dominant position.
Kochanowski missing with knees to the body.
Kochanowski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bacon avoids it.
Kochanowski tries a body shot but Bacon blocks it.
Kochanowski prevents Bacon from breaking the clinch.
Bacon tries to break free but Kochanowski pushes him back against the cage.
Kochanowski putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bacon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bacon is trying to break free.
Bacon is trying to force a seperation but Kochanowski has the dominant position.
Bacon tries to break free but Kochanowski pushes him back against the cage.
Kochanowski scores with a knee to the head.
Kochanowski tries a knee to the head but Bacon blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kochanowski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bacon misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bacon tries to bum rush Kochanowski with a series of wild strikes but Kochanowski uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bacon fails to land with a series of punches.
Kochanowski doesn't manage to clinch there - Bacon circles away.
Kochanowski connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bacon's hands.
Kochanowski jabs at Bacon's body.
Bacon throws a series of punches but Kochanowski avoids them all with ease.
Bacon swings for the body but Kochanowski moves out of range.
Kochanowski moves out of range as Bacon strikes.
Bacon misses with a two punch combination.
Bacon throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kochanowski stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kochanowski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kochanowski lands with a nice body punch.
A big left from Bacon misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kochanowski tries a head kick but it misses.
Kochanowski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bacon throws a series of punches but Kochanowski avoids them all with ease.
Bacon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bacon lands with a good body shot.
Bacon misses with a looping left.
Bacon takes a swing at Kochanowski's ribcage but misses.
Kochanowski throws the left hand but Bacon avoids the punch easily.
Bacon misses with a body shot.
Bacon misses with a wild body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bacon throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kochanowski counters with a head kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kochanowski fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kochanowski looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kochanowski scores with a head kick. Bacon tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Kochanowski moves in looking to clinch but Bacon pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Janek Kochanowski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

A big right from Bacon misses.
Bacon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bacon tries to bum rush Kochanowski with a series of wild strikes but Kochanowski uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kochanowski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bacon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bacon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kochanowski throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kochanowski lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Kochanowski tries to clinch there but Bacon circles away.
Kochanowski walks into a stiff left hand from Bacon.
Bacon uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kochanowski has time to react.
Kochanowski on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bacon throws a shot from downtown. Kochanowski moves away and avoids it.
Kochanowski throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kochanowski moves out of range of the strikes.
Bacon circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bacon tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Chris Bacon is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bacon misses with a double jab
and Kochanowski counters with a thumping low kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bacon misses with a right hand
and Kochanowski counters with a body kick.
Bacon throws a right hand that Kochanowski ducks under and follows up with a left that Kochanowski also avoids with ease.
Bacon thows a body shot but no joy.
Kochanowski misses the shot to the body.
Bacon throws a right hand that Kochanowski ducks under and follows up with a left that Kochanowski also avoids with ease.
Bacon throws a body punch but Kochanowski moves out of range.
Bacon throws a one two combo.
No joy there for Bacon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kochanowski misses with a two punch combination.
Kochanowski scores with a head kick. Bacon tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Bacon throws a jab but it's blocked by Kochanowski.
Bacon throws a body punch but Kochanowski moves out of range.
Bacon jabs Kochanowski to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bacon throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kochanowski counters with a good low kick that Bacon was not able to check.
Bacon moves out of range of the strikes.
Kochanowski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kochanowski scores with a nice body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kochanowski lands a head shot.
Bacon misses with a hook
and Kochanowski counters with a big head kick but Bacon shrugs it off.
Bacon misses with a series of wild punches.
Kochanowski lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kochanowski tries to clinch there but Bacon circles away.
Kochanowski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kochanowski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kochanowski chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bacon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bacon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kochanowski.
Bacon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bacon misses with the combination.
Kochanowski dodges the punch combination from Bacon.
Kochanowski looks to land a combination but Bacon avoids it well.
Kochanowski takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kochanowski takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kochanowski is looking to slow Bacon down with leg kicks.
Kochanowski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bacon.
Kochanowski works over Bacon's head and body with a nice combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bacon throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kochanowski counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A solid body kick from Kochanowski.
Kochanowski tries to clinch up.
Kochanowski lands a nice looking kick to the body. Bacon takes a step back to recover.
Kochanowski smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kochanowski fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bacon scores with a hook to the body. Kochanowski takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bacon swinging wildly here.
Bacon looks to land a left hand but Kochanowski moved out of range nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bacon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kochanowski was well out of range. Poor timing from Bacon.
Kochanowski avoids the body shot from Bacon.
Bacon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bacon is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bacon throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kochanowski counters with a big head kick but Bacon shrugs it off.

And that's the end of the fight!
Janek Kochanowski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kochanowski has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Janek Kochanowski!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Janek Kochanowski made sure he mentioned Xtreme Merchandise, along with how happy he was to win his fight.