PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gronk Kowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Warren Worthington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kowski comes to the cage accompanied by Skillet - Monster. Gronk Kowski has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kowski
vs
Worthington

201 cm
24
287 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

185 cm
25
255 lbs
8 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gronk Kowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Warren Worthington!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Dean Styles and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kowski looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Kowski is defended easily by Worthington.
Worthington missing with a left hand there. Kowski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Worthington scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kowski shoots for a double leg takedown but Worthington sprawls well. He's pushed Kowski's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gronk Kowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice sprawl there from Worthington as Kowski shoots in.
Nice uppercut there from Worthington.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kowski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kowski misses with a takedown attempt - Worthington sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Worthington connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kowski's hands.
Kowski closes the distance and clinches up with Worthington, looking for a takedown. Kowski pushes Worthington against the cage but Worthington circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Worthington lands with a nice body punch.
Worthington slaps away a takedown attempt from Kowski, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Worthington fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kowski slips a jab from Worthington.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Kowski.
Worthington throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Worthington throws the left hand but Kowski avoids the punch easily.
Worthington cracks Kowski with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Worthington takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Worthington lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kowski at a distance.
Kowski fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Worthington lands a nice hook to Kowski's body. Kowski takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Worthington moves out of range of the strikes.
Warren Worthington is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Worthington misses with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kowski looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Kowski throwing shots but Worthington is blocking nicely.
Kowski 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.
Worthington regains full guard. Nicely done.
Worthington looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Worthington bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kowski's guard.
Kowski striking off his back but it's not causing Worthington any problems.
Kowski is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Worthington is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Kowski's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Kowski's back!
Worthington throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Kowski!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Worthington.
Can Kowski hold on?! Worthington is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Kowski is trying to break free.

Worthington looking for the RNC.
Kowski takes a big shot to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kowski tries to break free.
Kowski turns into Worthington and is now in his guard.
Worthington working a defensive guard here.
Kowski loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kowski throwing strikes but missing.
Kowski is looking to work some ground and pound but Worthington has wrist control.
Worthington keeping moving, preventing Kowski from controlling successfully.
Worthington is trying to control the position but Kowski postures up.
Kowski working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kowski trying to control the position from guard on top but Worthington is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Worthington trying to keep a closed guard but Kowski is proving a slippery customer.
Kowski trying to control but Worthington is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Worthington throws a poor cross that misses
letting Kowski counter with a right hand.
Kowski has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Worthington finds it's way round the side to connect with Kowski's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kowski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Worthington moves away.
Kowski closes this distance looking for a takedown but Worthington circles away.
Kowski shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Worthington as he jumps to the side.
A jab from Worthington finds it's way through Kowski's defenses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Worthington's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kowski under the eye.
Worthington wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kowski misses with a hook
and Worthington counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Warren Worthington dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Kowski misses with an uppercut.
Kowski takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Kowski misses with a takedown attempt - Worthington sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Worthington thuds a left hand into Kowski's body.
Kowski walks into a jab.
Worthington fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kowski on the side of the head.
Worthington dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kowski fails with the takedown.
Worthington swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Worthington changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kowski shoots for a takedown but Worthington saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gronk Kowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Kowski.
Worthington's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kowski under the eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kowski's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Worthington connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kowski scrambles back to his feet.
Worthington lands a nice hook to Kowski's body. Kowski takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kowski takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Worthington will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Worthington ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fighters circling - Worthington throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kowski throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Worthington's waist but Worthington gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kowski off to one side.
Worthington stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Worthington wants it to stay on the feet.
Worthington listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Worthington punishes Kowski's body with a nice straight punch.
Worthington drops Kowski with a huge uppercut! Kowski drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Worthington is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Warren Worthington!
After winning the bout, Warren Worthington thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.