PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ronald Cerrone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vyacheslav Kowalchuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Kowalchuk 's choice of entrance music: Moskau. Vyacheslav Kowalchuk is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Cerrone
vs
Kowalchuk

184 cm
18
165 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

165 cm
18
140 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ronald Cerrone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vyacheslav Kowalchuk !
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cerrone uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kowalchuk .
Cerrone looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cerrone.
Kowalchuk tries to clinch there but Cerrone circles away.
Cerrone feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kowalchuk 's calf.
Kowalchuk throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cerrone lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kowalchuk 's sensitive parts.
Cerrone keeps the fight on the outside.
A little feinted left hand from Cerrone on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kowalchuk tries to close the distance and clinch but Cerrone swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cerrone connects with a solid leg kick.
Kowalchuk is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cerrone.
Cerrone scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kowalchuk misses with a right hand
and Cerrone counters with an outside leg kick.
Kowalchuk throws an off balance right hand
and Cerrone counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kowalchuk missing with a left hand there. Cerrone was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cerrone connects with an inside leg kick.
Cerrone chopping away at his opponent's legs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kowalchuk blocks a head kick by Cerrone.
We've been told by Cerrone's head coaches at Nordic Top Team that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Kowalchuk misses with an uppercut.
Cerrone lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kowalchuk 's sensitive parts.
Kowalchuk loads up on a big right hand but Cerrone slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cerrone.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cerrone.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cerrone.
Kowalchuk throws a big shot that misses.
Cerrone feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kowalchuk 's calf.
The fighters circling - Kowalchuk throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vyacheslav Kowalchuk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kowalchuk tries to clinch up but Cerrone circles away and keeps his distance.
Kowalchuk 's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kowalchuk throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kowalchuk chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cerrone can pounce on him.
Kowalchuk loads up on a big right hand but Cerrone slips the punch.
Cerrone jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Cerrone with a jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cerrone.
Kowalchuk might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Kowalchuk misses with a hook.
Cerrone bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice cross by Cerrone.
Kowalchuk waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cerrone.
Cerrone uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kowalchuk has time to react.
Kowalchuk throws an overhand right that lands on Cerrone's shoulder, as Cerrone tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kowalchuk misses with a straight left.
Kowalchuk 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.
Cerrone lands a high kick!
Cerrone feints and then cracks Kowalchuk 's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kowalchuk down.
Cerrone uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kowalchuk .
Kowalchuk throws a jab when Cerrone was well out of range.
Kowalchuk on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Kowalchuk throws a hook to the side of Cerrone's head but Cerrone sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cerrone scores with a hook.
Cerrone moves out of range as Kowalchuk strikes.
Kowalchuk throws a shot from downtown. Cerrone moves away and avoids it.
Cerrone lands a head kick!
Kowalchuk tries to clinch up but Cerrone circles away and keeps his distance.
Cerrone uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kowalchuk .
Cerrone is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Kowalchuk waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cerrone.
A head kick from Cerrone lands but Kowalchuk takes it in his stride.
Kowalchuk misses with an uppercut. Cerrone saw that one coming.
Cerrone swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cerrone.
Kowalchuk takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cerrone thuds his shin into the meat of Kowalchuk 's side.
Good leg kick by Cerrone there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kowalchuk throws an off balance right hand
and Cerrone counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kowalchuk 's knee momentarily.
Cerrone is looking to slow Kowalchuk down with leg kicks.
Cerrone turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kowalchuk is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Cerrone connects with a solid leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Cerrone!
A big left from Kowalchuk misses.
Kowalchuk throws a lazy right hand but Cerrone sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cerrone throws a leg kick but Kowalchuk checks it.
Kowalchuk misses with a hook.
Kowalchuk thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cerrone lands with a kick to the ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kowalchuk throws a big shot that misses.
Cerrone scores with a nice body kick.
Kowalchuk sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cerrone ducks under a wild hook from Kowalchuk .
A big left from Kowalchuk misses.
Cerrone is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Kowalchuk on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kowalchuk rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cerrone counters with a low kick, right behind Kowalchuk 's knee.
Kowalchuk misses the jab.
Cerrone is looking to counter with head kicks.
Cerrone is looking to slow Kowalchuk down with leg kicks.
Kowalchuk has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Cerrone.
Kowalchuk stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cerrone.
Kowalchuk throws a jab when Cerrone was well out of range.
Cerrone throws a front kick that sends Kowalchuk stumbling back into the cage.
A jab from Cerrone does it's job there.
Cerrone is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kowalchuk throws a lazy right hand but Cerrone sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cerrone cracks the inside of Kowalchuk 's front leg.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kowalchuk is looking to clinch but Cerrone is avoiding it.
Cerrone ducks under a wild hook from Kowalchuk .
Cerrone jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cerrone lands a leg kick that knocks Kowalchuk off balance momentarily.
A head kick misses from Cerrone.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronald Cerrone dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Kowalchuk throws a hook to the side of Cerrone's head but Cerrone sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Cerrone - that will leave a mark!
Cerrone is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kowalchuk can do to turn this around?
Cerrone slips under a jab from Kowalchuk .
Cerrone throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cerrone takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kowalchuk jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kowalchuk walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cerrone fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kowalchuk on the side of the head.
Cerrone defending well as Kowalchuk loads up on a big left hand.
Cerrone moves out of range of the strikes.
Cerrone was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Kowalchuk might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Cerrone has got the better of the exchanges.
Kowalchuk tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cerrone swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kowalchuk tries to clinch there but Cerrone circles away.
Cerrone lunges at Kowalchuk with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kowalchuk 's hand.
Cerrone connects with a solid leg kick.
Kowalchuk throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kowalchuk sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
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!
Kowalchuk throws a jab but it's blocked by Cerrone.
Jab by Cerrone.
Cerrone ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kowalchuk missing with a left hand there. Cerrone was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cerrone is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Cerrone slips a straight right by Kowalchuk .
The fight stays on the outside here - Kowalchuk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A big right from Kowalchuk misses.
A big left from Kowalchuk misses.
Cerrone fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cerrone cracks the inside of Kowalchuk 's front leg.
A telegraphed right hand from Kowalchuk misses the target.
Cerrone lands a nice looking kick to the body. Kowalchuk takes a step back to recover.
Cerrone takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kowalchuk tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cerrone lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kowalchuk 's sensitive parts.
Ronald Cerrone is winning the standup battle so far.
Kowalchuk throws a lazy right hand but Cerrone sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kowalchuk 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kowalchuk has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cerrone.
Kowalchuk is looking to clinch but Cerrone is avoiding it.
Kowalchuk takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Kowalchuk throws a hook to the side of Cerrone's head but Cerrone sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That kick from Cerrone tenderised Kowalchuk 's leg. Kowalchuk is trying to keep his angry face on.
Cerrone plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Kowalchuk lands a jab to the head.
Cerrone connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kowalchuk 's hands.
A jab from Kowalchuk misses.
Cerrone pushes Kowalchuk away with a front kick.
Kowalchuk fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kowalchuk loads up on a big right hand but Cerrone slips the punch.
Kowalchuk throws an off balance right hand
and Cerrone counters with a thumping low kick.
Cerrone throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Kowalchuk is looking to clinch.
Kowalchuk pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kowalchuk throws a jab but it's blocked by Cerrone.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Kowalchuk crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Cerrone - the referee stops the clock and Kowalchuk gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Cerrone. Kowalchuk manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Cerrone moves out of range of the strikes.
Kowalchuk misses with an uppercut.
That kick from Cerrone tenderised Kowalchuk 's leg. Kowalchuk is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kowalchuk takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Kowalchuk misses with an uppercut.
Cerrone moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Cerrone throws a head kick but Kowalchuk moves out of range.
Kowalchuk looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cerrone scores with a kick to the body.
Cerrone throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

Kowalchuk closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kowalchuk dodges an elbow strike from Cerrone.
Cerrone just leaning against Kowalchuk , taking a breather.
Cerrone wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kowalchuk has him pressed against the cage.
Cerrone has a couple of punches blocked by Kowalchuk .

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cerrone is leaning against Kowalchuk and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
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!
Cerrone throws a punch but it's blocked by Kowalchuk .

Cerrone escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A thudding body kick lands there by Cerrone!
A jab from Kowalchuk misses.
Kowalchuk tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cerrone swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice defenses there by Cerrone.
Cerrone connects with a high kick.
Cerrone scores with a sloppy right hand. Kowalchuk should have avoided that one.
Kowalchuk loads up on a big right hand but Cerrone slips the punch.
Cerrone looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Kowalchuk wants to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cerrone throws a nice outside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronald Cerrone dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! 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.

Cerrone ducks under a wild hook from Kowalchuk .
Kowalchuk fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cerrone uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kowalchuk .
Kowalchuk is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cerrone.
Kowalchuk looks to land a left hand but Cerrone moved out of range nicely.
Cerrone chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cerrone ducks under a wild hook from Kowalchuk .
Kowalchuk has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cerrone.
A slow jab from Kowalchuk misses its intended target.
Kowalchuk swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cerrone.

Cerrone is rocked!
Kowalchuk throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cerrone sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Oh Cerrone is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cerrone moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kowalchuk jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kowalchuk chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cerrone can pounce on him.
Cerrone seems to have got his legs back now.
Kowalchuk is looking to clinch but Cerrone is avoiding it.
Cerrone throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kowalchuk tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cerrone paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cerrone feints and then cracks Kowalchuk 's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kowalchuk down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Kowalchuk misses.
Cerrone uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kowalchuk .
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cerrone.
Kowalchuk missing with a left hand there. Cerrone was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cerrone uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kowalchuk .
Kowalchuk takes one to the side of the head.
Kowalchuk throws a right hand that misses
and Cerrone counters with a low kick, right behind Kowalchuk 's knee.
Cerrone ducks under a wild hook from Kowalchuk .
A punch combination from Cerrone misses.
Kowalchuk throws out a loose jab but Cerrone uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cerrone looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Kowalchuk missing with a left hand there. Cerrone was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kowalchuk throws a hook but Cerrone avoids it easily.
Cerrone throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Kowalchuk on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cerrone. Cerrone obviously looking to wear him down.
Kowalchuk is looking to clinch but Cerrone is avoiding it.
Cerrone lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Cerrone lands with a kick to the temple. Kowalchuk shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cerrone connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cerrone lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kowalchuk is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cerrone.
Kowalchuk takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Kowalchuk sends Cerrone crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Kowalchuk is motioning to the referee to let Cerrone up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Cerrone tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A little jabbing left from Kowalchuk on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kowalchuk takes a kick to the side of the head.
Cerrone bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kowalchuk throws out a loose jab but Cerrone uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cerrone thinks about countering with a body kick.
Kowalchuk misses with an uppercut. Cerrone saw that one coming.
The crowd cheers as Kowalchuk lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cerrone doesn't seem phased though.
Kowalchuk throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cerrone throws a nice head kick!
A swing and a miss from Kowalchuk .
Cerrone scores with a leg kick.
Kowalchuk tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cerrone manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Cerrone.
Kowalchuk misses with an uppercut. Cerrone saw that one coming.
Cerrone fires out a quick counter leg kick but Kowalchuk just manages to avoid it.
Cerrone throws a leg kick which misses Kowalchuk 's front leg but catches the back leg as Kowalchuk tries to avoid it.
Kowalchuk has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kowalchuk jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kowalchuk drops Cerrone with a big left hand! Cerrone is injured, injured bad! Kowalchuk jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vyacheslav Kowalchuk !
A very excited looking Vyacheslav Kowalchuk made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
The defeated Ronald Cerrone had this to say: 'I'm sorry for not trying harder.'.