PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thai Muay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jakub Kochanowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kochanowski has chosen Midgard as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Muay
vs
Kochanowski

190 cm
32
202 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

193 cm
40
200 lbs
23 - 32 - 2

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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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 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Thai Muay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 32 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Jakub Kochanowski!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Eliza Hachem and Ron Honeybunn.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muay tries a head kick but it misses.
Muay lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kochanowski's sensitive parts.
Muay throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Kochanowski avoids the head kick by Muay.
Muay throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Muay lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

It looks like Jakub Kochanowski has been cut.
Muay motions for Kochanowski to come forward. Muay throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Muay dips to his left and cracks Kochanowski with an uppercut!
Kochanowski checks a low kick from Muay.
Muay is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kochanowski.
Kochanowski checks the leg kick nicely there.
Muay throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kochanowski scores with a leg kick.
Good leg kick by Kochanowski there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
No joy there for Muay, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Muay tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kochanowski moves out of range of the body kick from Muay.
Muay misses with a kick to the body
and Kochanowski counters with a straight right hand.
Muay throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Kochanowski counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Muay wants to clinch up but Kochanowski keeps it at a distance.
Muay misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kochanowski avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

Muay takes the fight into the clinch.
Muay taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Muay creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Muay tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Muay landing knees to the head.
Muay tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Muay looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Muay tries to land a knee to the head but Kochanowski blocks with his arms.

Kochanowski breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muay is looking to land body kicks.
Muay takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Kochanowski shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Muay is trying to defend but Kochanowski finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Muay wants to get back to his feet.
Muay wants to control but Kochanowski is keeping busy.
Muay has his hands clasped together around Kochanowski's back. He's all about the action.
Muay has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kochanowski is working away from the top position though.

Muay is defending against the submission attempts here by Kochanowski.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muay is trying to maintain the position but Kochanowski is very close to passing his half guard.
Kochanowski sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Muay defending well though.
Kochanowski is thwarting Muay's attempts to control the position.
Muay wants to get back to full guard.
Kochanowski wants to control but Muay is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kochanowski throwing shots but Muay is blocking nicely.
Muay is looking to improve his position.
Muay wants to get back to his feet.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Muay swinging wildly here.
Kochanowski chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kochanowski connects with a right hand. Muay shakes it off.
Nice sprawl there from Muay as Kochanowski shoots in.
Muay fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kochanowski is out of range.
Muay bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Muay connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kochanowski with a hook.
Muay throws a head kick that misses.
Kochanowski blocks a head kick by Muay.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thai Muay dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jakub Kochanowski'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.

Kochanowski blocks a head kick by Muay.
Muay will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Muay misses with a wild body shot.
Muay is looking to chop away at Kochanowski's legs.
Muay throws a head kick that misses.
Kochanowski avoids a kick to the body.
Muay throws a head kick but Kochanowski moves out of range.
Muay throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kochanowski misses with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kochanowski shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Muay but Muay pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Muay gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Kochanowski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Muay throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A punch combination from Kochanowski misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muay tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kochanowski is able to avoid easily.
Muay throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kochanowski.
Kochanowski takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A head kick misses from Muay.
Muay throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kochanowski counters with an outside leg kick.
Muay is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kochanowski can do to turn this around?
Muay lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Muay throws a head kick but Kochanowski moves out of range.
Kochanowski staying out of range there.
Muay explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Muay pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kochanowski blocks the body kick.
Muay misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A low kick from Muay is predictable there

and Kochanowski counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kochanowski.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muay tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kochanowski's elbow.
Muay blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Muay lands an elbow inside that Kochanowski shrugs off.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Kochanowski manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Muay trying to stand up but can't free himself from Kochanowski's guard.

Kochanowski is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Muay defends well.
Muay stopping the sweep attempt from Kochanowski.
Kochanowski has his hands on Muay's head, controlling the position.
Muay is looking to work some ground and pound but Kochanowski has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muay trying to control the position from guard on top but Kochanowski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kochanowski wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Muay knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kochanowski on the ground.
Muay has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Kochanowski is proving hard to escape from.
Kochanowski looking to control.
Muay slips nicely into half guard.
Kochanowski holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Kochanowski works his way to full guard. Good work.

Kochanowski is looking to cinch up a triangle. Muay throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Kochanowski's body to avoid the submission. Kochanowski has instead reached around Muay's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Kochanowski arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jakub Kochanowski!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Jakub Kochanowski made sure he mentioned Kangaroo Punch (Formally Happy Pills) - Laundry 90, along with how happy he was to win his fight.