PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Steel Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zbigniew Ciosek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Penn
vs
Ciosek

189 cm
24
213 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

220 cm
40
277 lbs
25 - 23 - 1

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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 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Steel Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 23 - 1, fighting out of London, Zbigniew Ciosek!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Phil Schofield and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Ciosek misses.
Penn lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Ciosek throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Penn on the side of the head.
Penn throws a sloppy head kick and Ciosek moves out of range easily.
Penn is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Penn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ciosek throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Penn stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ciosek pivots, looking for a leg kick but Penn is out of range and Ciosek settles back down.
Penn has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Penn there as he acknowledges the shot.
Ciosek misses with a double jab.
Ciosek gets cracked there but stands up to it.

It looks like Zbigniew Ciosek has been cut.
Ciosek swings widly with a right hand
and Penn counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Penn just misses with a punch to the body.
Penn looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Penn moves in looking to clinch but Ciosek pushes him off.
Penn slips under a jab.
Ciosek throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Penn counters with a series of strikes. Ciosek will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn thuds his right hand into Ciosek's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sloppy strikes from Penn. Those never looked like landing.
Ciosek loads up on a big right hand but Penn slips the punch.
Ciosek lands a lovely overhand right.
Penn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Steel Penn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ciosek throws an overhand right that lands on Penn's shoulder, as Penn tries to avoid the shot.
Ciosek lands with a nice body punch.
Penn scores with a head kick. Ciosek tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Penn checks a leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ciosek.
Ciosek tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Penn was well out of range. Poor timing from Ciosek.
Penn throws a right hand that misses
and Ciosek counters with a stiff right hand.
Zbigniew Ciosek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Ciosek.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ciosek misses with the combination.
An attempted straight right counter from Penn misses the target.
Penn throws a shot from downtown. Ciosek moves away and avoids it.
Ciosek throws out a counter right but Penn avoids it with no problem.
Ciosek throws a lazy uppercut
and Penn connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ciosek looks to land a left hand but Penn moved out of range nicely.
Penn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Penn throws a low kick, looking for Ciosek's leg but Ciosek calmly moves out of range.
Ciosek throws an overhand right that lands on Penn's shoulder, as Penn tries to avoid the shot.
Ciosek ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Penn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Penn tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ciosek throws an off balance right hand
and Penn makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Ciosek.
Ciosek paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ciosek tries to close the distance and clinch up but Penn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A big right from Ciosek misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Ciosek misses the target.
Penn tries to bum rush Ciosek with a series of wild strikes but Ciosek uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ciosek fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Penn manages to avoid it.
Ciosek scores with a jab.

Ciosek closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Penn swings wildly with an uppercut but Ciosek uses good head movement to avoid it.

Ciosek manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ciosek avoids a kick to the body.
Ciosek wants to counter the offense by Penn and move into the clinch position.
Penn scores with a nice strike.
Ciosek swinging wildly here.
Penn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ciosek staying out of range there.
Ciosek shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Penn staying out of range there.
Ciosek throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ciosek lands a really nice looking cross but Penn seems unphased.
Penn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ciosek throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Penn.
It looked like Penn was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
The fighters circling - Ciosek throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zbigniew Ciosek dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zbigniew Ciosek's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Penn looks to land a combination. Ciosek sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Ciosek just misses with a punch to the body.
Ciosek throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Penn to counter with a crisp jab.

That has opened up Zbigniew Ciosek's cut even more.
Penn misses with a wild combination.
Ciosek tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Penn counters with a head kick. That will keep Ciosek thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Ciosek tries to clinch up but Penn circles away and keeps his distance.
An attempted straight right counter from Penn misses the target.
Ciosek misses with a head kick.

Ciosek tries to keep at a distance but Penn has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ciosek scores with a shoulder strike.
Penn is trying to break the clinch but Ciosek has him pressed against the cage.
Ciosek trying to land knees to the body.
Penn blocks a body shot from Ciosek.
Penn has a couple of punches blocked by Ciosek.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ciosek blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Ciosek escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ciosek lands a lovely overhand right.
Ciosek fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Penn manages to avoid it.
Ciosek throws a nice looking combination but Penn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Steel Penn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Penn lands a leg kick that knocks Ciosek off balance momentarily.
Ciosek throws a head kick but Penn moves out of range.
Penn ducks under a wild hook from Ciosek.
Ciosek displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Penn throws out the jab.
Penn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ciosek circles away quickly and effectively.
Ciosek is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

Penn tries to keep at a distance but Ciosek has taken the fight into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Penn scores with a nice short uppercut.
Penn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Ciosek blocks an uppercut.

Ciosek breaks the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ciosek tries to close the distance and clinch up but Penn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Penn 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.
Ciosek jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ciosek misses with a straight left.
Ciosek throws a body punch but Penn moves out of range.
Penn is looking to counter punch.
Ciosek lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Penn misses with a wild combination.
Zbigniew Ciosek seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ciosek takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Ciosek closes the distance and pushes Penn back into the cage.
Penn lands an uppercut.
Penn working aggressively here.
Penn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ciosek doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ciosek.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Penn.

The cut above Zbigniew Ciosek's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Penn lands a left hand.
Penn lands an uppercut.
Ciosek misses with a hook to the ribs.

Ciosek's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Penn takes one to the chin there.
Ciosek scores with a spinning back kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Penn throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Ciosek throws a shot from downtown. Penn moves away and avoids it.
Penn misses with a low kick.
Penn throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ciosek cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Penn takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Jab from Penn.

Zbigniew Ciosek's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Ciosek on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Penn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ciosek.
Ciosek lands with an uppercut that bounces Penn off the cage and back into range.
Ciosek avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Penn missing with a left hand there. Ciosek was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Penn connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Zbigniew Ciosek's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Steel Penn!
Steel Penn decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.