PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eugenio Caporale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mscibor Olszewicz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mscibor Olszewicz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Caporale
vs
Olszewicz

178 cm
20
188 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

187 cm
20
185 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
Granite chin

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eugenio Caporale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mscibor Olszewicz!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Albert Achterberg and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch lands to the side of Olszewicz 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Olszewicz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Caporale.
Caporale tries to land a leg kick but Olszewicz saw it coming and moves away.
Caporale avoids the head kick by Olszewicz.
Olszewicz throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Nice jab there from Caporale.
Olszewicz on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Caporale swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Olszewicz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
An inside leg kick from Caporale misses.
Caporale throws an overhand right that lands on Olszewicz's shoulder, as Olszewicz tries to avoid the shot.
Olszewicz looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Olszewicz takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Caporale throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Olszewicz throws a head kick but Caporale moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Olszewicz.
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!
Olszewicz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mscibor Olszewicz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caporale works Olszewicz's body with a nice hook.
A head kick misses from Olszewicz.
Olszewicz tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Caporale counter with a right hand.
Caporale connects with a crisp jab.
Olszewicz throws a sloppy head kick and Caporale moves out of range easily.
Olszewicz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A shot to the liver by Caporale. Beautiful body shot.
Caporale lands a body shot.
Olszewicz walks into a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Olszewicz blocks a low kick nicely.
Olszewicz moves to clinch but Caporale breaks away
and Olszewicz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Olszewicz tries to close the distance and clinch but Caporale swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Olszewicz takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Olszewicz lands a head kick. Caporale smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caporale uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Olszewicz.
Caporale wants to slow Olszewicz down by chopping away at his legs.
Olszewicz takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Caporale misses with a series of wild punches.
Caporale throws out a loose jab but Olszewicz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Caporale lands with a cross.
Olszewicz tries to clinch up but Caporale circles away and keeps his distance.
Caporale throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Olszewicz wants to clinch

and Caporale holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Olszewicz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Olszewicz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Caporale is defending well for now.
Olszewicz is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Olszewicz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caporale is trying to pull guard but Olszewicz has him pressed against the cage.
Caporale displaying some good clinch control by pressing Olszewicz up against the cage.
Caporale tries to work over Olszewicz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Caporale misses with a punch to the body.
Olszewicz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Eugenio Caporale has been cut.
Olszewicz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Caporale is defending well for now.
Olszewicz missing with knees to the body.
Olszewicz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Olszewicz tries to land knees in the clinch but Caporale avoids the damage to the body.
Olszewicz unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A frustrated look appears on Caporale's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Caporale lands a takedown into guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Olszewicz wants to sweep but no luck.
Caporale's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Caporale throwing strikes from guard but Olszewicz blocks nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Caporale landing with the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olszewicz being controlled here, momentarily.
Olszewicz is trying to keep Caporale in close.
Caporale's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Eugenio Caporale has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Olszewicz avoids the body shot from Caporale.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Caporale fails to land with a series of punches.
Olszewicz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Caporale was well out of range. Poor timing from Olszewicz.
A cross from Caporale lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Olszewicz misses with a head kick.
Olszewicz misses with a head kick.
Caporale scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Olszewicz throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Caporale is looking to score with low kicks.
Olszewicz moves forwards but Caporale connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Olszewicz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Caporale paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Olszewicz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Olszewicz walks into a left hand.
Olszewicz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Olszewicz throws a head kick but Caporale moves out of range.
Olszewicz tries to clinch up but Caporale circles away and keeps his distance.

Caporale moves into the clinch successfully.
Olszewicz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Caporale.
A short right from Caporale.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caporale tries for a takedown. No joy.
A short body shot lands from Caporale as the two fighters clinch.
Olszewicz prevents Caporale from breaking the clinch.

Caporale pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Olszewicz has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Olszewicz there as he acknowledges the shot.
Olszewicz tries to clinch but Caporale moves out of range.
Caporale shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A punch combination from Caporale misses.

Olszewicz gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Caporale to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Caporale slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Olszewicz is trying to keep Caporale in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olszewicz is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Caporale lands a nice looking body shot.
A jab from Olszewicz misses.
Caporale moves out of range of the body kick from Olszewicz.
Caporale slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Olszewicz drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Caporale throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Olszewicz on the side of the head.
Caporale scores with a jab to the jaw.
Olszewicz ducks right into an uppercut from Caporale.

Olszewicz is rocked!
Caporale cracks Olszewicz on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Olszewicz falls backwards against the cage. Caporale follows up with more strikes that drop Olszewicz to his knees. Caporale keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Olszewicz! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eugenio Caporale!
During a confident post fight interview, Eugenio Caporale thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.