PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kirk Karwoski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Douglas Quaid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Quaid comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Total Recall kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! On his way into the cage it seems that Kirk Karwoski has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Kirk Karwoski seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Karwoski
vs
Quaid

210 cm
26
287 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

186 cm
26
260 lbs
17 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 160

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 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kirk Karwoski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Douglas Quaid!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Konstantin Menshow and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karwoski throws a head kick but Quaid moves out of range.
Karwoski scores with a head kick. Quaid tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Quaid misses with a jab to the body
and Karwoski makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Karwoski jabs at Quaid's body.
Karwoski avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Karwoski seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Quaid ducks under a wild hook from Karwoski.
Quaid throws a jab when Karwoski was well out of range.
Karwoski loads up on a big right hand but Quaid slips the punch.
Quaid scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Quaid scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Karwoski doesn't seem bothered though.
Quaid misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Karwoski counters with a good low kick that Quaid was not able to check.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karwoski throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Douglas Quaid seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A shot to the liver by Quaid. Beautiful body shot.
Karwoski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Quaid.
Quaid drops his hands momentarily and Karwoski takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Karwoski cracks Quaid with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Quaid throws a jab but it's blocked by Karwoski.
A slow jab from Karwoski misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quaid misses with a hook. Karwoski ducked under it nicely.
The fighters circling - Quaid throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Karwoski throws out a powerful jab.
Quaid throws a poor cross that misses
and Karwoski counters with a leg kick.
Karwoski just misses with a punch to the body.
Karwoski takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Karwoski throws a looping overhand right but Quaid ducks down to avoid it.
Quaid shoots in and drives through. Karwoski sprawls well.
Karwoski avoids the body shot from Quaid.
Quaid has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Karwoski finds it's way round the side to connect with Quaid's head.
A jab from Karwoski does it's job there.
Karwoski looks to land a left hand but Quaid moved out of range nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karwoski wants to land a leg kick but Quaid is out of range.
Kirk Karwoski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Quaid on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Quaid jabs Karwoski to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Quaid has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Karwoski throws out a loose jab but Quaid uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quaid is looking to clinch but Karwoski is avoiding it.
Karwoski throws a hook but Quaid blocks it.
Karwoski is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Karwoski misses with a head kick.
Quaid misses with a straight right.
Quaid looks to throw the jab but Karwoski is out of range.
Quaid sizes up Karwoski with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Quaid connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Quaid scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Quaid working the strikes but Karwoski uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Quaid has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Quaid keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Quaid missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Quaid is trying to control the action in half guard but Karwoski is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Quaid might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Karwoski haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Karwoski is looking for a sweep. Quaid is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quaid seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Karwoski does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Quaid lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Quaid missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Quaid scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Quaid not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nice strikes from Quaid there.
Quaid working the head and body with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karwoski is looking for a sweep. Quaid is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Karwoski is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Quaid scores with a couple of nice shots.
Quaid working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karwoski is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Quaid not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Karwoski is not content to let Quaid control the position.
Karwoski avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Quaid.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Quaid trying to control the pace.
Quaid with the ground and pound but Karwoski uses the opportunity to regain guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Karwoski preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Karwoski looking to control.
Quaid stopping the sweep attempt from Karwoski.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Douglas Quaid dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Quaid fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Karwoski doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Quaid takes a swing at Karwoski's ribcage but misses.
Quaid's corner calls for a 1-2. Quaid obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

It looks like Kirk Karwoski has been cut.
Jab by Karwoski.
Douglas Quaid seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Karwoski lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Quaid circles away quickly and effectively.
Karwoski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Quaid.
A combination from Karwoski does no damage.
Quaid throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Quaid feints and as Karwoski raises his hands in defense, Quaid changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Douglas Quaid has got the better of the ground game so far.
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!
Quaid stopping the sweep attempt from Karwoski.
Quaid throws a big elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quaid wants to control from the top but Karwoski keeps moving.
Quaid in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Quaid trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Quaid showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Quaid preventing the sweep.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Quaid throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Quaid wants to pass the guard but Karwoski is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karwoski looking to hit a scissor sweep but Quaid is one step ahead there.
Karwoski keeping moving, preventing Quaid from controlling successfully.
Karwoski tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Quaid wants to control from the top but Karwoski keeps moving.
Karwoski is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Quaid tests Karwoski's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quaid looks to land a right hand but Karwoski moved out of range.
Quaid scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Quaid throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Karwoski stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Quaid tests Karwoski's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Karwoski looks to score with a jab to the body but Quaid is just out of range.
Quaid just misses with a punch to the body.
Quaid lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Quaid misses with an uppercut.
Quaid throws a series of strikes that have Karwoski backpedaling.
A big left from Karwoski misses.

Quaid bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Quaid fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Karwoski is not content to let Quaid control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karwoski holds on to Quaid's head and controls the position momentarily.
Karwoski is letting Quaid control him for a moment.
Quaid creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Quaid scoring with punches from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Quaid passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Karwoski!
Quaid controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Douglas Quaid showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kirk Karwoski's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Quaid throws a hook to the side of Karwoski's head but Karwoski sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Quaid connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Karwoski lands a head kick. Quaid smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Karwoski will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Karwoski on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Karwoski dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Quaid. That did some damage!
Karwoski is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Quaid.
Quaid cracks a nice hook into Karwoski's ribs.
Quaid has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Quaid checks the leg kick.
Karwoski lands with a thumping leg kick.
Quaid swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Quaid walks into a stiff left hand from Karwoski.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karwoski just misses with a punch to the body.
Quaid on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck for Quaid with that takedown attempt.
Karwoski keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Quaid.
Karwoski lands with a nice body punch.
Karwoski uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Quaid.
Quaid waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Karwoski.
Quaid jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Quaid scores with a punch to the head.
Quaid tries to clinch there but Karwoski circles away.
Quaid moves out of range of the strikes.
Karwoski throws a head kick but Quaid moves out of range.
Quaid lands the left hand.
Karwoski connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nice defenses there by Quaid.
Quaid lands a nice shot that snaps Karwoski's head back.
Kirk Karwoski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters circle momentarily. Quaid darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Quaid staying out of range there.
Quaid looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Quaid throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Karwoski on the side of the head.

Quaid darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Karwoski tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Quaid takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Karwoski has hold of Quaid's hands but Quaid slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Quaid throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Quaid sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Karwoski defending well though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karwoski desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Quaid missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Quaid throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Quaid lands a nice short elbow.
Quaid passes to full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Quaid controlling the position easily from mount.
Quaid is landing with some decent strikes but Karwoski is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quaid unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Karwoski wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Quaid celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Douglas Quaid!
Douglas Quaid thanked the fans post fight for their support.