PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between TJ Kaczmarek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gregg Valentine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Valentine has chosen Downtown Swinga 96 by MOP as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Kaczmarek
vs
Valentine

182 cm
16
176 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
42
180 lbs
33 - 16 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, TJ Kaczmarek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 16 - 1, fighting out of New York, Gregg Valentine!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Lou da Vinci and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valentine goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kaczmarek takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kaczmarek misses with a hook.
A jab from Valentine does it's job there.
Valentine slips under a jab.
Valentine showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kaczmarek.
Kaczmarek misses the shot to the body.
Kaczmarek is looking to chop away at Valentine's legs.
Kaczmarek swings for the body but Valentine moves out of range.
Valentine thumps Kaczmarek with a low kick.
Valentine moves out of range of the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kaczmarek. Valentine does a little dance to reset his feet.
Valentine swings for the body but Kaczmarek moves out of range.
Kaczmarek fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kaczmarek throws a body punch but Valentine moves out of range.
Valentine scores with a leg kick.
Valentine swings widly with a right hand
and Kaczmarek counters with a left to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Valentine moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Valentine blocks the low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine lands with a right hand.
Valentine lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kaczmarek is looking to wear down Valentine with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kaczmarek misses with a looping right.
Valentine tries to bum rush Kaczmarek with a series of wild strikes but Kaczmarek uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Valentine pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kaczmarek dips to his left and cracks Valentine with an uppercut!
A telegraphed right hand from Kaczmarek misses the target.
Valentine swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kaczmarek throws a body punch but Valentine moves out of range.
Valentine drops his hands momentarily and Kaczmarek takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Valentine thumps Kaczmarek with a low kick.
Kaczmarek comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kaczmarek throws a leg kick but Valentine checks it.
Kaczmarek throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Valentine scores with a hook to the body. Kaczmarek takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Valentine misses with a hook.
Kaczmarek lands a right hook to the body.
Valentine takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentine ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A big left from Kaczmarek misses.
Kaczmarek looks to score with a jab to the body but Valentine is just out of range.
Kaczmarek throws out a loose jab but Valentine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Valentine works the jab nicely.
Valentine throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kaczmarek stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Valentine lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kaczmarek misses with a body shot.
Kaczmarek throws a big shot that misses.
Valentine counters with a body kick.
Kaczmarek uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Valentine.
A lazy left from Valentine finds it's target.
Valentine has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kaczmarek tries to bum rush Valentine with a series of wild strikes but Valentine uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Valentine throws a shot to the body.
A jab from Valentine does it's job there.
Valentine throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kaczmarek on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Valentine. Valentine obviously looking to wear him down.
A head kick misses from Valentine.
Valentine bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kaczmarek.
Valentine misses with a body shot.
Valentine scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kaczmarek is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kaczmarek dodges the punch combination from Valentine.
Valentine takes a swing at Kaczmarek's ribcage but misses.
Gregg Valentine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kaczmarek on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Kaczmarek lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Valentine circles away quickly and effectively.
Valentine takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Valentine lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Valentine moves out of range as Kaczmarek strikes.
Valentine lands with a kick to the temple. Kaczmarek shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Kaczmarek throws a looping overhand right but Valentine ducks down to avoid it.
Kaczmarek misses with a wild body shot.
Kaczmarek chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Valentine can pounce on him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kaczmarek throws a body shot but no joy.
Valentine defending well as Kaczmarek loads up on a big left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valentine checks a low kick from Kaczmarek.
Kaczmarek on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Valentine fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kaczmarek has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Valentine moves out of range as Kaczmarek strikes.
A big right from Kaczmarek misses.
Kaczmarek takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kaczmarek swings for the body but Valentine moves out of range.
Kaczmarek misses with a straight right.
Valentine displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kaczmarek throws out the jab.
Kaczmarek throws the left hand but Valentine avoids the punch easily.
Kaczmarek connects with an inside leg kick.
Valentine moves away from the strike by Kaczmarek.
Kaczmarek goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A bone on bone clash there as Valentine blocks the leg kick.
Valentine only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Valentine punishes Kaczmarek's body with a nice straight punch.
Valentine misses with a body shot.
Valentine lands a really nice looking cross but Kaczmarek seems unphased.
Kaczmarek is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Valentine's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Valentine swings for the body but Kaczmarek moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gregg Valentine dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Kaczmarek misses with a right hand
and Valentine counters with a solid body kick.
Kaczmarek throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Valentine cracks Kaczmarek with a right hand to the side of the head.
Valentine is looking to slow Kaczmarek down with leg kicks.
Valentine lands a body shot.
Valentine connects with a jab.
Kaczmarek scores with a nice strike.
Valentine scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kaczmarek takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Valentine explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Valentine throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A slow jab from Kaczmarek misses its intended target.
Valentine misses with a body shot.
Kaczmarek is looking to counter punch.
Valentine slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kaczmarek on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Valentine. Valentine obviously looking to wear him down.
Gregg Valentine seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jab from Valentine.
Valentine lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kaczmarek scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kaczmarek takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kaczmarek misses with a hook. Valentine ducked under it nicely.
Valentine fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kaczmarek manages to avoid it.
Kaczmarek pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Valentine thumps Kaczmarek with a low kick.
Valentine throws a head kick that misses.
Kaczmarek avoids the body shot from Valentine.
Good work by Valentine as he checks the leg kick.
Valentine moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kaczmarek tries to work over Valentine's front leg with a kick but Valentine checks it.
Valentine scores with a nice body kick.
Valentine scores with a head kick.
Kaczmarek throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Valentine.
A countering left hand to the body from Valentine misses.
Kaczmarek throws a leg kick that misses.
Valentine swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kaczmarek throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentine lands a leg kick that knocks Kaczmarek off balance momentarily.
Kaczmarek chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Valentine can pounce on him.
Valentine ducks under a wild hook from Kaczmarek.
Valentine moves out of range of the strikes.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Valentine.
Valentine avoids the body shot from Kaczmarek.
Kaczmarek misses with a low kick.
Valentine avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kaczmarek jabs Valentine to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Valentine connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kaczmarek takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Valentine has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kaczmarek looks to score with a jab to the body but Valentine is just out of range.
Kaczmarek walks into a stiff left hand from Valentine.
Kaczmarek misses with a body shot.
Kaczmarek lands a body shot.
Valentine throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Valentine lands a nice looking body shot.
Valentine scores with a nice right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Valentine moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Kaczmarek takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Valentine lands with a nice body kick.
Valentine fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kaczmarek has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A shot to the liver by Valentine. Beautiful body shot.
Valentine is looking to slow Kaczmarek down with leg kicks.
Nice body kick from Valentine.
Nice body kick from Valentine.
Valentine bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Valentine dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Valentine looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Valentine fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kaczmarek.
Kaczmarek takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kaczmarek takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Valentine thows a body kick. Kaczmarek tries to catch it but that hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaczmarek throws a hook but Valentine avoids it easily.
Valentine will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Valentine lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kaczmarek takes a kick to the side of the head.
Kaczmarek misses with a low kick.
Valentine with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kaczmarek ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Valentine moves away.
Valentine checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A slapping leg kick lands for Valentine.
Nice shot by Valentine.
Valentine scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kaczmarek takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Valentine lands a nice hook to Kaczmarek's body. Kaczmarek takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A shot to the liver by Valentine. Beautiful body shot.
Valentine stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gregg Valentine showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Kaczmarek throws a big shot that misses.
Valentine throws out a counter right but Kaczmarek avoids it with no problem.
A slow jab from Valentine misses its intended target.
Valentine lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kaczmarek will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Good leg kick by Valentine there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A slow jab from Kaczmarek misses its intended target.
Valentine moves out of range as Kaczmarek strikes.
Valentine connects with an inside leg kick.
Kaczmarek looks to land a combination but Valentine avoids it well.
A bone on bone clash there as Valentine blocks the leg kick.
A head kick from Valentine lands but Kaczmarek takes it in his stride.

It looks like TJ Kaczmarek has been cut.
Kaczmarek misses with a two punch combination.
Valentine scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kaczmarek dodges the punch combination from Valentine.
A decent looking cross lands there for Valentine.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kaczmarek misses with a wild combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine fakes the leg kick and cracks Kaczmarek in the body.
Valentine slips a straight right by Kaczmarek.
Valentine lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Valentine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kaczmarek avoids the head kick by Valentine.
It looked like Kaczmarek was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Valentine.
A solid leg kick lands there for Valentine.
Kaczmarek fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Valentine manages to avoid it.
Valentine throws a counter combo.
Kaczmarek swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kaczmarek takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A good leg kick by Valentine.
Valentine catches Kaczmarek with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Kaczmarek takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Valentine throws a front kick that sends Kaczmarek stumbling back into the cage.
Valentine feints a jab promting Kaczmarek to slip. Valentine then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Kaczmarek slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kaczmarek changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentine digs a good hook to Kaczmarek's body.
Valentine dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Valentine connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kaczmarek momentarily.
Valentine cracks Kaczmarek with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kaczmarek's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Valentine throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Valentine connects with a crisp jab.
Kaczmarek ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Valentine moves away.
Kaczmarek throws a leg kick that is checked
and Valentine counters with a stiff right hand.
Valentine fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Valentine throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Kaczmarek is rocked!
Kaczmarek takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Oh Kaczmarek is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Valentine chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kaczmarek connects with a leg kick. Valentine looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Valentine.
Kaczmarek throws a low kick, looking for Valentine's leg but Valentine calmly moves out of range.
Valentine scores with a decent looking hook.
Kaczmarek cracks Valentine with an open hand slap.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaczmarek looks to throw the jab but Valentine is out of range.
Kaczmarek takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Kaczmarek swings for the body but Valentine moves out of range.
Kaczmarek seems to have got his legs back now.
Kaczmarek just misses with a punch to the body.
Valentine lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Kaczmarek scores with a hook to the body. Valentine takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kaczmarek fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Valentine manages to avoid it.
Valentine plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Gregg Valentine is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Valentine throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kaczmarek throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Valentine.
Kaczmarek throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Valentine stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kaczmarek looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kaczmarek closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kaczmarek takes a swing at Valentine's ribcage but misses.
Valentine with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kaczmarek misses with a combination
and Valentine counters with a right hand to the body.
Valentine lands a right hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaczmarek 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.
Valentine ducks under a wild hook from Kaczmarek.
Valentine lands a really nice looking cross but Kaczmarek seems unphased.
Kaczmarek ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Valentine moves away.
Kaczmarek bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Valentine's head backwards.
TJ Kaczmarek has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kaczmarek pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And Valentine responds with a good body kick, but Kaczmarek manages to step out the way in time.
Kaczmarek throws the left hand but Valentine avoids the punch easily.
Valentine lands a nice hook to Kaczmarek's body. Kaczmarek takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Valentine thuds a left hand into Kaczmarek's body.
Kaczmarek misses with a few strikes there.
Valentine tries a quick counter leg kick but Kaczmarek is wise to it.
Kaczmarek misses the body punch
and Valentine counters with a two punch combo.
Valentine lands a jab to Kaczmarek's midsection.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kaczmarek takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Valentine cracks Kaczmarek with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Valentine scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Valentine digs a good hook to Kaczmarek's body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gregg Valentine comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Valentine has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gregg Valentine!
Gregg Valentine managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, KO Clothing, into his post fight interview.