PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Adrian Kaczjarg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Masterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kaczjarg's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, BMTH - Alligator Blood. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kaczjarg
vs
Masterson

178 cm
26
183 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

184 cm
26
195 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

[IMMA] DTK Designs (Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Adrian Kaczjarg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rocky Masterson!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Dean Styles and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kaczjarg tries to clinch up but Masterson circles away and keeps his distance.
Kaczjarg throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kaczjarg smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kaczjarg misses with a head kick.
Kaczjarg takes a swing at Masterson's ribcage but misses.
Kaczjarg doesn't manage to clinch there - Masterson circles away.
Kaczjarg tries to close the distance and clinch but Masterson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Kaczjarg pushes Masterson up against the cage in a clinch.
Kaczjarg throws an elbow that misses.
Kaczjarg tries a knee to the head but Masterson blocks it.
Masterson takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Rocky Masterson has been cut.
Masterson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kaczjarg scores a nice knee to the body.
Masterson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Masterson avoids a wild elbow strike from Kaczjarg.
Kaczjarg lands an elbow inside that Masterson shrugs off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kaczjarg unloads a knee to the mid-section. Masterson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kaczjarg scores with a knee to the head.

That has opened up Rocky Masterson's cut even more.
Kaczjarg misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaczjarg crunches a lovely knee into Masterson's ribcage.
Masterson managing to block the knees to the body from Kaczjarg.
Kaczjarg landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kaczjarg lands a knee to the head.
Kaczjarg taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Masterson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kaczjarg dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Nice elbow from Kaczjarg.
Kaczjarg lands a knee to the head.
Masterson takes a knee to the side of the body.
A knee to the head by Kaczjarg.
Kaczjarg throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Masterson blocks it with crossed arms.
Kaczjarg putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Masterson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Kaczjarg jumps guard and drags Masterson to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Masterson wants to control from the top but Kaczjarg keeps moving.
Kaczjarg wants to stand up but Masterson is controlling him.
Masterson stands and throws Kaczjarg's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Kaczjarg tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Masterson working away.
Masterson throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Kaczjarg can't do much from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaczjarg is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.

Masterson is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Kaczjarg is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kaczjarg is not content to let Masterson control the position.
Kaczjarg is trying to control Masterson's posture but Masterson avoids it.
Kaczjarg is looking to reverse the position.

Masterson tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Kaczjarg pushes Masterson away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Masterson gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaczjarg is trying to get back to half guard.
Masterson trying to control the action but Kaczjarg is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kaczjarg tries to improve position but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adrian Kaczjarg dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rocky Masterson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Kaczjarg moves out of range of the strikes.

Masterson clinches up against the cage.
Masterson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kaczjarg.
Kaczjarg blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kaczjarg unloads a knee to the mid-section. Masterson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kaczjarg tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Masterson trying to stall but Kaczjarg improves his position.
Masterson misses with an elbow strike.
Masterson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kaczjarg tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Masterson smiles and moves away.
Masterson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kaczjarg tries to clinch up but Masterson circles away and keeps his distance.
Masterson misses with an uppercut.
A head kick from Kaczjarg lands but Masterson takes it in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kaczjarg clinches.
Masterson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Masterson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kaczjarg missing with knees to the body.
A short right from Masterson on the inside.
Masterson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Kaczjarg just stands there and leans against the cage.
Kaczjarg trying to land knees to the body.
Masterson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kaczjarg throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Masterson blocks it with crossed arms.
Kaczjarg missing with knees to the body.
Kaczjarg lands with a short shot to the head.
Masterson fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Masterson pulls guard.

Masterson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Kaczjarg trying to stand up but can't free himself from Masterson's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Masterson has his foot on Kaczjarg's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Kaczjarg works his way back into a safe position though.
Masterson trying to keep a closed guard but Kaczjarg is proving a slippery customer.
Masterson seems keen to control Kaczjarg's posture.

Masterson looking for a guillotine here but Kaczjarg defends easily.
Kaczjarg trying to control the position from guard on top but Masterson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kaczjarg throws a big elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Masterson has his foot on Kaczjarg's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Kaczjarg works his way back into a safe position though.

Masterson looking for a guillotine here but Kaczjarg defends easily.
Masterson looking for a sweep. Not yet Masterson, not yet.

Kaczjarg gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Kaczjarg gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Masterson.

Kaczjarg moves into the clinch successfully.
Masterson scores with a shoulder strike.
Kaczjarg with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kaczjarg lands a knee to the body.
Adrian Kaczjarg has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Masterson is breathing heavily.
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!
Kaczjarg lands an elbow that stopped Masterson in his tracks for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaczjarg landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kaczjarg lands a nice elbow.
Kaczjarg slowing the pace effectively.
Masterson looking to stall.
Kaczjarg lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

The cut above Rocky Masterson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Nice elbow from Kaczjarg.
Masterson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kaczjarg walks away with a smile on his face. Masterson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Adrian Kaczjarg has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rocky Masterson.
Masterson swats away the attempt to clinch by Kaczjarg.
Adrian Kaczjarg seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Kaczjarg gets a clinch.
Kaczjarg landing knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kaczjarg effectively controlling the action here.
Masterson tries to pull guard but Kaczjarg won't allow it.
Kaczjarg tries to land knees in the clinch but Masterson avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Adrian Kaczjarg will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rocky Masterson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Nice body kick there by Kaczjarg.

Kaczjarg moves into the clinch successfully.
Kaczjarg lands an elbow inside.
Kaczjarg trying to land knees to the body.
Kaczjarg tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Masterson avoids it.
Kaczjarg slowing the pace effectively.
Masterson has had enough of the clinch but Kaczjarg keeps him there for the moment.
Kaczjarg crunches a lovely knee into Masterson's ribcage.
Kaczjarg tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Masterson throws a punch but it's blocked by Kaczjarg.
Kaczjarg using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kaczjarg working Masterson over with knees to the body.
Kaczjarg unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kaczjarg landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Masterson jumps guard but Kaczjarg stands there with Masterson around his waist. Masterson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Masterson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Masterson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaczjarg is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Masterson managing to block the knees to the body from Kaczjarg.
Masterson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kaczjarg smiles and moves away.
Kaczjarg defending well as Masterson loads up on a big left hand.
Kaczjarg avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Kaczjarg rushes Masterson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kaczjarg tries to land a knee to the head but Masterson blocks with his arms.
Kaczjarg lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Masterson working aggressively here.
Kaczjarg lands a nice knee to the body.
Kaczjarg missing with knees to the body.
Rocky Masterson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaczjarg manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Masterson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Masterson misses with a punch on the inside.
Kaczjarg is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kaczjarg landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
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!
Kaczjarg landing knees to the head.
Kaczjarg connects with a knee to the head.
Kaczjarg lands a damaging elbow.
Kaczjarg scores a nice knee to the body.
Kaczjarg scores with a knee to the head.
Kaczjarg lands a knee to the head.
Kaczjarg landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Masterson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kaczjarg utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masterson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kaczjarg scores a nice knee to the body.
Masterson tries to pull guard but Kaczjarg forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Adrian Kaczjarg has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rocky Masterson.
Kaczjarg is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Masterson is defending well for now.
Kaczjarg lands an elbow inside.
Kaczjarg missing with knees to the body.

Masterson drags the fight down to the ground.

Kaczjarg got a little sloppy there for a moment and Masterson has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Kaczjarg has managed to get both his arms back between Masterson's legs - danger averted.
Kaczjarg wants to control from the top but Masterson keeps moving.
Kaczjarg throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Masterson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Masterson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaczjarg wanted to stand there but Masterson had control of the position.
Kaczjarg trying to control but Masterson is working from the bottom.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Masterson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Adrian Kaczjarg is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Masterson keeping moving, preventing Kaczjarg from controlling successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Masterson can't keep his opponent in guard - Kaczjarg advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Adrian Kaczjarg showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kaczjarg, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adrian Kaczjarg!
After the big win, Adrian Kaczjarg made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors [IMMA] DTK Designs (Laundry) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.