PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Buckets (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fred Palowakski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Buckets
vs
Palowakski

200 cm
22
300 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

191 cm
31
204 lbs
19 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Museum of Monsters & Madmen

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bobby Buckets!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Fred Palowakski !
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Ryoma Takatsuka and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buckets throws a hook but Palowakski avoids it easily.
Palowakski keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Buckets stuns Palowakski with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Palowakski uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Buckets has time to react.
Palowakski checks the leg kick nicely there.
Buckets takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Buckets is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Palowakski .
Buckets gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Palowakski lands with a cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Palowakski fakes the leg kick and cracks Buckets in the body.
Palowakski misses with a kick to the body.
Palowakski avoids a kick to the body.
Buckets takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Buckets fakes the leg kick and cracks Palowakski in the body.
Palowakski scores with a jab to the jaw.
Buckets throws a hook but Palowakski avoids it easily.
Palowakski scores with a push kick.
Buckets looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Palowakski takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Palowakski looks winded!
Buckets misses with a body kick.
Donk. Palowakski catches Buckets right on the button with a cross.
Palowakski feints and then cracks Buckets's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Buckets down.
Buckets circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Palowakski - just one landing.
Palowakski is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Buckets had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Buckets misses with a head kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Palowakski , right into the meat.
Palowakski ducks right into an uppercut from Buckets.

It looks like Fred Palowakski has been cut.
A leg kick checked by Palowakski .
Palowakski lands a nice leg kick that just misses Buckets's sensitive parts.
Palowakski throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Buckets appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Buckets is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Palowakski .
Buckets looks to throw a body kick
and Palowakski finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Buckets tries to work over Palowakski 's front leg with a kick but Palowakski checks it.
Palowakski keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Palowakski connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Buckets misses with a looping right.
Buckets throws the kick towards the body but Palowakski avoids it.
Palowakski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Buckets.
Palowakski takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Palowakski lands a glancing blow to the side of Buckets's head.
Palowakski lands a front kick.
Buckets sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Buckets pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A nice inside leg kick there by Palowakski . That's going to slow Buckets down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buckets misses with a kick to the body.

Palowakski gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Palowakski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Palowakski lands an uppercut.
Palowakski has a couple of punches blocked by Buckets.
Buckets blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Buckets blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Buckets scores with a nice short uppercut.
Buckets has Palowakski pressed against the cage, preventing Palowakski from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Palowakski .
Palowakski has a couple of punches blocked by Buckets.
Buckets misses with a punch to the body.
A right hand to the body from Palowakski .
Palowakski lands a left hand that snaps the head of Buckets backwards.
Palowakski lands a right hand that snaps the head of Buckets backwards.
A shot in the inside from Palowakski .
A head punch on the inside from Buckets fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Palowakski .
Buckets stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Palowakski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Palowakski .
Palowakski throws a punch but it's blocked by Buckets.
Palowakski throws a head punch that misses.
Palowakski pushes Buckets back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Palowakski throws a head punch that misses.
Palowakski lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Palowakski lands with a left to the head.
Palowakski makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Buckets.
A short left from Palowakski .

Palowakski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Buckets tries to score with a low kick but Palowakski moves his leg out of the way.
Palowakski scores with a kick to the midsection.
Buckets will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Palowakski lands a nice leg kick that just misses Buckets's sensitive parts.
Buckets throws a low kick but it's checked well by Palowakski .
This has been an exciting period of action!
Palowakski slips a straight right by Buckets.
A nice side step and Palowakski releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Palowakski moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Palowakski has closed the distance and engaged Buckets in a clinch.
Palowakski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Buckets.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palowakski misses with some punches.
Palowakski lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Buckets tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Buckets is looking to control Palowakski 's arms but Palowakski gets an underhook and turns him. Now Buckets has his back to the cage.
Palowakski gets through Buckets's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Buckets fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Palowakski misses with a short punch on the inside.

Palowakski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Buckets misses with an uppercut. Palowakski saw that one coming.
Buckets throws a leg kick
and Buckets takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Buckets looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bobby Buckets seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Palowakski with a hook.

Palowakski has closed the distance and engaged Buckets in a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Buckets.
Palowakski lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Buckets tries to throw a body punch but Palowakski avoids it by throwing Buckets back against the cage.
Palowakski working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Palowakski .
A right hook to the body lands for Palowakski .
Palowakski misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fred Palowakski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fred Palowakski 's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Palowakski scores with a nice body kick.
Buckets lands with an overhand left.
A head kick misses from Buckets.
Palowakski scores with a hook.
Palowakski is looking to clinch.
Palowakski throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

Palowakski gets a clinch.
Palowakski throws a punch but it's blocked by Buckets.
Palowakski blocking some punches.
Palowakski has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Palowakski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Palowakski makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Palowakski lands with a left to the head.
Palowakski misses with a punch on the inside.
Palowakski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Buckets misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice left hand lands by Palowakski .
Palowakski throws a head punch that misses.
Palowakski throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch on the inside from Palowakski fails to land.

Buckets pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A big left from Buckets misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buckets looks to land a left hand but Palowakski moved out of range nicely.
Palowakski throws a quick inside leg kick.
Palowakski blocks the body kick.
Palowakski lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Palowakski displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
An inside leg kick lands from Palowakski .
Palowakski scores with a leg kick.
Palowakski comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Buckets motions for Palowakski to come forward. Buckets throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Buckets misses with a looping right.
Palowakski let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Buckets is looking to chop away at Palowakski 's legs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Buckets throws a right and a left that both miss.
Palowakski fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Buckets.
Fred Palowakski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Palowakski lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Palowakski slips under a jab from Buckets.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Buckets.
Buckets takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Buckets moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Palowakski cracks the inside of Buckets's front leg.
Palowakski bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Palowakski scoring well with a low kick there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Palowakski .
Buckets throws a body kick that misses.
A good leg kick by Palowakski .

Palowakski clinches.
Palowakski lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Palowakski lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Buckets backwards.
Buckets blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Buckets looking to stall.
Fred Palowakski seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Buckets blocks an uppercut.
Buckets is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Palowakski .
A head punch blocked on the inside by Buckets.
Palowakski throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bucketss head.
A short left from Palowakski .
Buckets blocking some punches.
Palowakski lands a right hand.

Palowakski 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Palowakski slips under a jab.
Buckets takes one to the side of the head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Buckets.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palowakski lands a head kick. Buckets smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Palowakski misses with a wild combination.
Palowakski is looking to slow Buckets down with leg kicks.
Palowakski lands an overhand right.
Jab, jab by Palowakski - just one landing.
Palowakski looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Palowakski lands with a kick to the temple. Buckets shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Buckets looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Palowakski fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Buckets looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Palowakski defending well as Buckets loads up on a big left hand.
Palowakski turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Buckets avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Palowakski moves out of range as Buckets strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Buckets blocks a head kick by Palowakski .
A slapping body kick lands there for Palowakski .

Palowakski closes the distance and clinches.
A short left from Palowakski .
Buckets wants to break free but Palowakski has control.
Palowakski misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Palowakski .
Palowakski lands an uppercut.
Buckets misses with a short punch on the inside.
Palowakski misses with some punches.

Palowakski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Buckets connects with a jab.
Palowakski dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Palowakski lands with a kick to the temple. Buckets shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Palowakski blocks a low kick nicely.
Palowakski thuds his shin into the meat of Buckets's side.
Buckets throws out a loose jab but Palowakski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Buckets is looking to land body kicks.

Palowakski closes the distance and pushes Buckets back into the cage.
Palowakski misses with a hook to the ribs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Palowakski has a couple of punches blocked by Buckets.
Buckets is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Buckets swings wildly with an uppercut but Palowakski uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Palowakski .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fred Palowakski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Fred Palowakski 's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Palowakski throws a good cross that connects.
Palowakski digs a good hook to Buckets's body.
Palowakski ducks under a wild hook from Buckets.
Palowakski with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Palowakski scores with a spinning back kick!
Buckets takes one to the chin there.
Palowakski lands an overhand right.
Buckets jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Palowakski moves into range and clinches up with Buckets.
Palowakski scores with a shot to the side of Buckets's head.
Palowakski throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short uppercut from Palowakski .
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Palowakski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Palowakski lands a leg kick that knocks Buckets off balance momentarily.
Palowakski connects with the punch.
Buckets wants to land a leg kick but Palowakski is out of range.
Palowakski with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Palowakski delivers a nice body kick.
Decent striking displayed by Palowakski there.
Palowakski buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Palowakski fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Buckets, pushing him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Palowakski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Good leg kick by Palowakski there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Buckets takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Palowakski slips a straight right by Buckets.
Buckets misses with an uppercut.
Buckets takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Buckets misses with a body shot.
Palowakski tries to counter by closing the distance.
Buckets misses with a kick to the body.
Palowakski goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Palowakski doesn't manage to clinch there - Buckets circles away.
Palowakski bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Buckets's head backwards.
Buckets walks into a left hand.
Palowakski uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Buckets.
Buckets takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Palowakski scores with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slapping leg kick lands for Palowakski .
Palowakski works Buckets's body with a nice hook.
Buckets takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Palowakski connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Buckets momentarily.
Buckets misses with a hook.
Bobby Buckets has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palowakski moves away from the strike by Buckets.
Palowakski throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Palowakski .
A solid body kick from Palowakski .
Buckets fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Palowakski checks it well.
Good leg kick by Palowakski there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Buckets misses with an uppercut. Palowakski saw that one coming.
Palowakski throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Some bone on bone action there as Palowakski checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Buckets tries a head kick but it misses.
Palowakski wants to counter with a clinch but Buckets pushes him away.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Palowakski . Buckets shrugs it off though.
Palowakski throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Palowakski uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Palowakski scores with a leg kick.
Palowakski feints and then cracks Buckets's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Buckets down.

Palowakski clinches with his opponent.
Palowakski throws a head punch that misses.
Palowakski stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Palowakski throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bucketss head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buckets takes a shot to the head.
Palowakski throws a head punch that misses.
Palowakski has a couple of punches blocked by Buckets.
A right hook to the body lands for Palowakski .
Palowakski working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Palowakski lands with a short shot to the head.
Palowakski blocking some punches.

Palowakski breaks the clinch.
Palowakski scores with a shot to the body.
Palowakski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Buckets is looking to counter the offense by Palowakski and move into the clinch.
Buckets takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Buckets throws a head kick that misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Palowakski . That's going to slow Buckets down.
Buckets misses with a head kick.
Buckets showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Palowakski .
Buckets walks into a straight right hand from Palowakski .

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice shot lands for Palowakski .
Palowakski connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Palowakski closes the distance and clinches.
Palowakski lands a nice uppercut.
Palowakski swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Palowakski breaks from the clinch.
Buckets takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Palowakski lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Buckets throws a head kick but Palowakski moves out of range.
Palowakski slips a straight right by Buckets.
Palowakski lands with a nice body kick.
Palowakski scores with a jab to the jaw.
Palowakski tries to clinch but Buckets moves out of range.
Palowakski drops his hands momentarily and Buckets takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Palowakski scores with a nice strike.
Palowakski moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Palowakski avoids the head kick by Buckets.
Palowakski fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Buckets.
Palowakski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Buckets.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fred Palowakski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Palowakski 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fred Palowakski !
After winning the bout, Fred Palowakski thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.