PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dragon Slayer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karol Tarczynski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Slayer
vs
Tarczynski

188 cm
35
196 lbs
30 - 14 - 2

186 cm
31
200 lbs
20 - 6 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dragon Slayer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Karol Tarczynski!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice leg kick lands there from Slayer.
Slayer looks for the body kick but Tarczynski saw that one coming.
Tarczynski looks to throw the jab but Slayer is out of range.
Slayer rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tarczynski counters with a stiff right hand.
Slayer changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tarczynski swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Slayer tried to counter with a leg kick but Tarczynski avoided it.
Slayer throws a head kick but Tarczynski moves out of range.

Slayer closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Slayer.
Slayer lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tarczynski has a couple of punches blocked by Slayer.
Slayer tries to work over Tarczynski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tarczynski.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tarczynski lands a body punch.
Slayer working aggressively here.
Tarczynski misses with some punches.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tarczynski - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Tarczynski looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Slayer.
Slayer scores with a shot to the side of Tarczynski's head.
Tarczynski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
I was talking to Slayer's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Tarczynski blocks an uppercut.
Slayer tries a body shot but Tarczynski blocks it.
Slayer lands a shot to the body.
Tarczynski misses with the head strike.
Slayer misses with a body punch.
Slayer tries to work over Tarczynski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tarczynski has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Slayer seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Tarczynski can turn it around.
Tarczynski tries to land a knee to the head but Slayer blocks with his arms.
Slayer throws a head punch that misses.
Tarczynski throws a head punch that misses.
Slayer tries to work over Tarczynski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Slayer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tarczynski is working Slayer over against the cage.
Slayer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Slayer misses with a punch on the inside.
Tarczynski lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Slayer tries to throw a body punch but Tarczynski avoids it by throwing Slayer back against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Slayer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slayer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tarczynski tries to land knees in the clinch but Slayer avoids the damage to the body.
Tarczynski blocking some punches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Tarczynski working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Slayer tries a body shot but Tarczynski blocks it.
Tarczynski stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A body shot lands from Slayer.
Tarczynski softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Slayer lands an uppercut.
Slayer lands a body shot in the clinch.
Slayer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tarczynski misses with a punch on the inside.
Tarczynski misses with a knee to the head.
Slayer lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

It looks like Karol Tarczynski has been cut.
Tarczynski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Slayer tries to throw a body punch but Tarczynski avoids it by throwing Slayer back against the cage.
Tarczynski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Slayer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tarczynski backwards.
Slayer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tarczynski's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slayer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tarczynski's elbow.
Tarczynski is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tarczynski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tarczynski has a couple of punches blocked by Slayer.
Slayer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Slayer is working Tarczynski over against the cage.
Slayer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Slayer lands a right hand.
Slayer misses with a punch to the body.
Tarczynski is looking to control Slayer's arms but Slayer gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tarczynski has his back to the cage.
Slayer misses with a punch on the inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Slayer scores with a nice hook to the head.
Slayer struggles to land a body shot inside as Tarczynski controls his hands.
Tarczynski lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Slayer can't find room to land a body shot as Tarczynski controls the action.
Tarczynski misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tarczynski working aggressively here.
Tarczynski lands an uppercut.
A short left from Slayer.
A short uppercut from Slayer.
Tarczynski with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Slayer.
Tarczynski blocking some punches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Tarczynski.
Slayer blocks a body shot from Tarczynski.
Slayer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tarczynski digs a right hand into Slayer's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Slayer's gas tank.
Slayer lands a body punch.
Slayer takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tarczynski takes a shot to the head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Slayer is leaning against Tarczynski and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Slayer.
Slayer scores with a shot to the side of Tarczynski's head.
Slayer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tarczynski is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Slayer has a couple of punches blocked by Tarczynski.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dragon Slayer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Karol Tarczynski's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A jab from Slayer misses.
Slayer misses with a shot to the body
and Tarczynski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tarczynski misses with a low kick.
Tarczynski takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tarczynski misses with a hook to the body
and Slayer makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Slayer's corner calls for a 1-2. Slayer obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Tarczynski displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Slayer throws out the jab.
Slayer takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Slayer throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Tarczynski's head.
Slayer lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Slayer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tarczynski can do to turn this around?
Tarczynski looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Slayer is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Tarczynski.
Dragon Slayer is winning the standup battle so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Slayer connects with a solid leg kick.
Slayer lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slayer scores with a nice head shot.
Slayer tries a head kick but it misses.
Slayer checks a leg kick nicely.
Tarczynski blocks a head kick by Slayer.
Slayer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tarczynski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Slayer looks to throw the jab but Tarczynski is out of range.
Slayer looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Some wild striking there from Slayer.
Tarczynski only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Tarczynski throws a shot from downtown. Slayer moves away and avoids it.
Slayer misses with a leg kick.
Tarczynski slips a jab from Slayer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Slayer.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Slayer, as that shot connected.
Decent striking displayed by Slayer there.
Slayer connects with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Slayer missing with a left hand there. Tarczynski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It seemed like Tarczynski was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A combination from Tarczynski does no damage.
Slayer does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Slayer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Slayer darts in trying to clinch
and Tarczynski counters with a thumping low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slayer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tarczynski tries to counter with a clinch but Slayer shakes him off and moves away.
Slayer throws a shot from downtown. Tarczynski moves away and avoids it.
Tarczynski tries to counter with a clinch but Slayer shakes him off and moves away.
Tarczynski throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tarczynski walks into a left hand.

That has opened up Karol Tarczynski's cut even more.
Slayer misses with an uppercut. Tarczynski saw that one coming.
Dragon Slayer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Slayer swings widly with a right hand
and Tarczynski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Slayer has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tarczynski.
Slayer tries to clinch but Tarczynski is having none of it.
Slayer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tarczynski.
Tarczynski shapes to counter with a head kick.
Tarczynski gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Tarczynski slips a straight right by Slayer.
Tarczynski blocks a head kick by Slayer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slayer feints and then cracks Tarczynski's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tarczynski down.
Slayer cracks Tarczynski with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
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!
Tarczynski throws a head kick that half lands.
Tarczynski pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tarczynski scores with a decent looking hook.
Tarczynski swats away the attempt to clinch by Slayer.
Nice uppercut there from Tarczynski.
Tarczynski slips under a jab from Slayer.
Tarczynski tries to counter with a clinch but Slayer shakes him off and moves away.
A cross from Slayer lands.
Tarczynski avoids the body shot from Slayer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dragon Slayer dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Karol Tarczynski's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Tarczynski misses with a head kick.
Slayer throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Slayer uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Slayer lands with a good body shot.
Slayer fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tarczynski on the side of the head.
Slayer misses with a body shot.
Nice shot by Slayer.
Slayer misses with a right hand

and Tarczynski moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tarczynski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tarczynski has a couple of punches blocked by Slayer.
Tarczynski with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Slayer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tarczynski taking a breather.
A knee to the head by Tarczynski.
Tarczynski lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slayer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tarczynski blocks an uppercut.
Tarczynski lands a shot to the body.
Tarczynski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Slayer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Slayer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tarczynski wants to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Slayer.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Slayer.
A shot in the inside from Slayer.
Tarczynski lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Slayer backwards.
Tarczynski is trying to maintain a safe position but Slayer gets an underhook and turns Tarczynski into the cage.
Slayer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Slayer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tarczynski's elbow.
Tarczynski lands with a left to the head.
Slayer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tarczynski is struggling to control the position.
Tarczynski misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tarczynski lands with a right to the head.
Tarczynski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tarczynski scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tarczynski is trying to stall.
Tarczynski lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Karol Tarczynski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Slayer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Slayer gets through Tarczynski's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tarczynski with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tarczynski is trying to stall.
Dragon Slayer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tarczynski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Slayer's elbow.
Slayer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Slayer.

Tarczynski is rocked!
Tarczynski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tarczynski blocks an uppercut.
Tarczynski is still on wobbly legs! Can Slayer finish him?
Slayer blocks a body shot from Tarczynski.
Tarczynski seems to have recovered his senses.
Slayer tries to work over Tarczynski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tarczynski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tarczynski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tarczynski tries to land knees in the clinch but Slayer avoids the damage to the body.
Slayer lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tarczynski backwards.

The cut above Karol Tarczynski's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Slayer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tarczynski's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tarczynski lands with a right to the head.
Slayer blocks an uppercut.
Slayer blocks an uppercut.
Slayer lands with a left to the head.
Tarczynski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Slayer.
Tarczynski takes a shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tarczynski.
Tarczynski stalling against the cage.
Slayer blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slayer tries a body shot but Tarczynski blocks it.
Tarczynski is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Slayer is keeping busy.
Tarczynski is trying to stall.
Tarczynski is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tarczynski.
Tarczynski is looking to control Slayer's arms but Slayer gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tarczynski has his back to the cage.
Tarczynski lands a right hand that snaps the head of Slayer backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Slayer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dragon Slayer has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tarczynski throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tarczynski stalling.
Tarczynski wants to stall.
Tarczynski lands a nice uppercut.
Slayer managing to block the knees to the body from Tarczynski.
Slayer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Slayer managing to block the knees to the body from Tarczynski.
Slayer blocks an uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Karol Tarczynski.
Well Slayer has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dragon Slayer!
Dragon Slayer gave a mention to Reaper Combatwear in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).