PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sebastian Kowalski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Summer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andrew Summer has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kowalski
vs
Summer

173 cm
24
135 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

155 cm
30
140 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
KO power

TWGC Champion
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sebastian Kowalski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrew Summer!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kowalski rushes Summer and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kowalski tries a knee to the head but Summer blocks it.
Kowalski throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Summer blocks it with crossed arms.
Kowalski misses with a punch to the body.
Summer is trying to pull guard but Kowalski turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Kowalski misses with the head strike.
Summer takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kowalski blocking some punches.
Kowalski trying to land knees to the body.
Summer tries to land knees in the clinch but Kowalski avoids the damage to the body.
Kowalski missing with knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Summer is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Kowalski has denied him.
Kowalski taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Summer stalling in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Kowalski.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kowalski as Summer tries to tie him up.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Andrew Summer.

Summer instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kowalski using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kowalski tries to land knees in the clinch but Summer avoids the damage to the body.
Kowalski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Summer is defending well for now.
Kowalski missing with knees to the body.
Kowalski tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kowalski misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kowalski misses with a knee strike.
Summer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kowalski avoiding damage as Summer throws knees to the body.
Summer stalling in the clinch but Kowalski improves position.
Summer misses with a body punch.
A bit of stalling here from Summer.
Summer swings wildly with an uppercut but Kowalski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Summer blocks a body shot from Kowalski.
A nice left hand lands by Summer.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kowalski creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kowalski missing with knees to the body.
Kowalski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Summer.
Kowalski lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kowalski blocks a body shot from Summer.
Summer managing to block the knees to the body from Kowalski.
Summer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kowalski using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Summer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Summer pulls Kowalski into guard.
Kowalski will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Summer throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Summer has a closed guard, preventing Kowalski from standing up.
Summer looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Summer looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Summer working for a triangle but Kowalski defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Summer has a closed guard, preventing Kowalski from standing up.
Summer looking for a sweep. Not yet Summer, not yet.

Summer pushes a forearm under Kowalski's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Kowalski is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Andrew Summer!
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