PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Victor Szczęsny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Grimes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Szczęsny comes to the cage accompanied by 2Pac-Watch Ya Mouth . Grimes has chosen The real is back 2 young jezzy as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Rick Grimes enters the cage!

Szczęsny
vs
Grimes

225 cm
26
135 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

168 cm
26
140 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Atlantis

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Victor Szczęsny!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rick Grimes!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Sandra Marshall and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Szczęsny blocks a jab.
Grimes misses with a looping left.
Szczęsny tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grimes was well out of range. Poor timing from Szczęsny.
Grimes misses with a body shot
and Szczęsny counters with a nice low kick that buckles Grimes's knee momentarily.
Grimes throws a sloppy head kick and Szczęsny moves out of range easily.
Grimes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Szczęsny dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Grimes. That did some damage!
Grimes looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Szczęsny, right into the meat.
Szczęsny avoids a punch combination nicely.
Grimes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Szczęsny.
Szczęsny throws a jab when Grimes was well out of range.
Szczęsny buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Grimes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Szczęsny lands a slapping body shot.
Grimes looks to land a combination but Szczęsny avoids it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grimes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Szczęsny seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grimes. Szczęsny does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fighters circling - Grimes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Szczęsny jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grimes slips a jab from Szczęsny.
Grimes misses with a series of wild punches.
Szczęsny really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Grimes lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A cross from Szczęsny lands.
Szczęsny blocks the body kick.
Grimes checks a low kick from Szczęsny.
Grimes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Grimes scores with a kick to the midsection.
Grimes misses with a looping right.
It looked like Szczęsny wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Grimes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Grimes misses the shot to the body.
Szczęsny takes one to the chin there.
Szczęsny moves out of range as Grimes throws a body kick.
Szczęsny throwing a counter right hand but Grimes manages to avoid it.
Szczęsny checks the leg kick.
Grimes moves out of range of the leg kick from Szczęsny.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grimes throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Grimes misses with a hook. Szczęsny ducked under it nicely.
Szczęsny swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Szczęsny shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Grimes chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Szczęsny can pounce on him.
Szczęsny moves out of range of the strikes.
A big left from Grimes misses.
Grimes walks into a jab.
Szczęsny uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Grimes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Grimes pushes Szczęsny away with a front kick.
Szczęsny looks to land a right hand but Grimes moved out of range.
Szczęsny scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Szczęsny 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.
Grimes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grimes scores with a shot to the body.
Szczęsny feints and then cracks Grimes's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Grimes down.
Szczęsny swings for the body but Grimes moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grimes connects with a crisp jab.
Grimes misses with a hook
and Szczęsny counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Grimes avoids the body shot from Szczęsny.
Szczęsny looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Grimes falls off balance throwing a combination
and Szczęsny counters with a leg kick.
Szczęsny moves out of range as Grimes strikes.
Grimes has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Szczęsny.
Grimes's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Grimes throws the kick towards the body but Szczęsny avoids it.
Grimes keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
No joy there for Grimes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A telegraphed right hand from Grimes misses the target.
Szczęsny steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Grimes.
Szczęsny ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Szczęsny fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Grimes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grimes rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Szczęsny counters with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grimes lands a right hook to the body.
Grimes moves forwards but Szczęsny connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Szczęsny throws a leg kick but Grimes sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Szczęsny checks a leg kick.
Grimes sizes up Szczęsny with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Grimes slips a straight right by Szczęsny.
Szczęsny on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Grimes takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Grimes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Szczęsny scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Szczęsny wants to land a leg kick but Grimes is out of range.
Grimes throws a half hearted mid kick.
Szczęsny throws a leg kick that misses.
Szczęsny throws a leg kick that misses.
Grimes changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Grimes jabs Szczęsny to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Grimes takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Grimes blocks the leg kick.
Szczęsny uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grimes.
A solid leg kick lands there for Szczęsny.
Grimes lands a nice looking body shot.
Grimes slips under a jab from Szczęsny.
Szczęsny tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Szczęsny throws a low kick but Grimes moves out of range easily.
Grimes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Szczęsny bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Grimes's head.
Szczęsny throws a low kick but it's checked well by Grimes.
Grimes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Szczęsny.
Szczęsny misses with an uppercut. Grimes saw that one coming.
Szczęsny fakes the leg kick and cracks Grimes in the body.
Grimes fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Szczęsny has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Szczęsny attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Szczęsny pivots, looking for a leg kick but Grimes is out of range and Szczęsny settles back down.
Grimes tries to score with a low kick but Szczęsny moves his leg out of the way.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Grimes bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Szczęsny's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crunch! Grimes slams his shin into Szczęsny's torso.
Szczęsny moves out of range of the strikes.
It looked like Szczęsny wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Grimes lands a body shot.
Szczęsny connects with a body shot.
Szczęsny slips under a jab.
Grimes pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Szczęsny is looking to chop away at Grimes's legs.
Grimes appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Grimes swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Szczęsny counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Grimes throws a right and a left that Szczęsny avoids nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Szczęsny misses the target.
Grimes misses with a two punch combination.
A chopping leg kick lands by Grimes.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Grimes checks a leg kick.
Grimes misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Szczęsny counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Szczęsny uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Grimes.
Grimes is looking to land body kicks.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Szczęsny misses its intended target.
Grimes takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Grimes misses with a left hand
and Szczęsny counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice cross by Szczęsny.
Szczęsny throws a looping overhand right but Grimes ducks down to avoid it.
Grimes misses with a hook to the body
and Szczęsny counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rick Grimes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grimes looks to land a body kick but Szczęsny moved away.
Grimes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grimes throws a right hand that misses
and Szczęsny cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Grimes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Grimes looks to throw the jab but Szczęsny is out of range.
Grimes avoids the body shot from Szczęsny.
Szczęsny uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grimes.
Grimes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Szczęsny was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Grimes walks into a stiff left hand from Szczęsny.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Szczęsny misses with a looping left.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Grimes scores with a jab.
A swing and a miss from Szczęsny.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Szczęsny is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Szczęsny thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Grimes if he has to take too many more of those.
Szczęsny uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grimes.
Grimes takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Grimes feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Szczęsny's calf.
Szczęsny throws a shot from downtown. Grimes moves away and avoids it.
Szczęsny throws a jab but it's blocked by Grimes.
Szczęsny fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grimes manages to avoid it.
Szczęsny lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Szczęsny dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Grimes. That did some damage!
Grimes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Szczęsny cracks Grimes with a good jab.
Grimes throws a sloppy head kick and Szczęsny moves out of range easily.
Szczęsny avoids a kick to the body.
A punch combination from Szczęsny misses.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Grimes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Szczęsny fires out a quick counter leg kick but Grimes just manages to avoid it.
Grimes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Szczęsny moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Grimes tries to score with a low kick but Szczęsny moves his leg out of the way.
Szczęsny tries to work over Grimes's front leg with a kick but Grimes checks it.
Szczęsny chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Grimes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Szczęsny.
Szczęsny lands with a thumping leg kick.
Szczęsny slips under a jab.
Szczęsny misses the jab.
Szczęsny misses with a hook. Grimes ducked under it nicely.
Grimes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Szczęsny moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A jab from Grimes misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grimes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice uppercut there from Szczęsny.
Szczęsny slips under a jab.
Szczęsny appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Szczęsny feints and then cracks Grimes's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Grimes down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Victor Szczęsny will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Grimes throws a head kick that misses.
Szczęsny avoids the head kick by Grimes.
Szczęsny swings widly with a right hand
and Grimes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Szczęsny with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A nice leg kick lands there from Szczęsny.
Szczęsny avoids the head kick by Grimes.
Szczęsny is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Grimes is looking to chop away at Szczęsny's legs.
Grimes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Grimes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Szczęsny counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Grimes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Szczęsny.
Grimes raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Grimes misses with a hook. Szczęsny ducked under it nicely.
Szczęsny half committed to a counter leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grimes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Szczęsny manages to avoid it.
Grimes has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Grimes there as he acknowledges the shot.
Grimes throws a sloppy head kick and Szczęsny moves out of range easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Grimes misses the target.
Grimes looks to score with a jab to the body but Szczęsny is just out of range.
Szczęsny was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Grimes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grimes misses with the combination.
Grimes just misses with a punch to the body.
Grimes displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A slow jab from Grimes misses its intended target.
The fighters circling - Szczęsny throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Grimes needs to keep his hands up - Szczęsny had a free shot at his head there.
Grimes misses with an uppercut. Szczęsny saw that one coming.
Szczęsny is looking to counter punch.
Szczęsny throws a shot to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Szczęsny checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Grimes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Szczęsny counters with a stiff right hand.
Grimes misses with a lunging right hand
and Szczęsny counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Grimes throws a sloppy head kick and Szczęsny moves out of range easily.
Grimes is breathing heavily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Szczęsny, as that shot connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grimes throws a low kick, looking for Szczęsny's leg but Szczęsny calmly moves out of range.
Szczęsny cracks Grimes with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Grimes is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grimes drops his guard momentarily, allowing Szczęsny to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Grimes! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! Szczęsny takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Victor Szczęsny!
Victor Szczęsny retains his lightweight title!
Victor Szczęsny thanked the fans post fight for their support.
The defeated Rick Grimes had this to say: 'I am humble in defeat. All i ask is an immediate rematch scooby, lightning does not strike in the same place twice unless im the lightning!'.