PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pawel Niewiadomski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Delos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Niewiadomski
vs
Delos Santos

194 cm
25
210 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

180 cm
26
205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Pawel Niewiadomski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Richard Delos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Ryoma Takatsuka and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Delos Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Delos Santos should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Delos Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A punch combination from Niewiadomski misses.
Delos Santos dodges the punch combination from Niewiadomski.
Delos Santos throws a right hand that Niewiadomski ducks under and follows up with a left that Niewiadomski also avoids with ease.
Sloppy strikes from Niewiadomski. Those never looked like landing.
Niewiadomski shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Delos Santos eats them both and turns towards Niewiadomski to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Niewiadomski rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Delos Santos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
As Niewiadomski backs off Delos Santos throws a huge counter combo but Niewiadomski manages to avoid it all.
Niewiadomski pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Delos Santos back to the cage. Niewiadomski follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Delos Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Delos Santos swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Niewiadomski counters with a left and a right that stings Delos Santos.
Delos Santos slips a jab and a cross from Niewiadomski.
Delos Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Niewiadomski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Niewiadomski will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Delos Santos throws a nice looking combination but Niewiadomski bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Niewiadomski misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A combination from Niewiadomski does no damage.
Despite the aggression on Delos Santos's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Delos Santos throws a right and a left that Niewiadomski avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Delos Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Niewiadomski goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Delos Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Niewiadomski throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Niewiadomski stuffs the takedown attempt from Delos Santos. Delos Santos gets slowly back to his feet.
Delos Santos dodges the punch combination from Niewiadomski.
Niewiadomski throws a right hand that Delos Santos ducks under and follows up with a left that Delos Santos also avoids with ease.
Delos Santos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Niewiadomski looks to land a combination but Delos Santos avoids it well.
Niewiadomski misses with a two punch combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Delos Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Niewiadomski circles away quickly and effectively.
Delos Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Niewiadomski goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Delos Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Delos Santos tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Niewiadomski swivels and escapes.
Delos Santos looks winded!
Niewiadomski misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niewiadomski swinging wildly here.
A punch combination from Delos Santos misses.
Delos Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Niewiadomski throws a big counter combination but Delos Santos scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Niewiadomski swinging wildly here.
Delos Santos lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Delos Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Niewiadomski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Niewiadomski throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Niewiadomski rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Delos Santos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Delos Santos throws a counter combo.
Niewiadomski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Niewiadomski throws a right hand that Delos Santos ducks under and follows up with a left that Delos Santos also avoids with ease.
Delos Santos slips a jab and a cross from Niewiadomski.
Niewiadomski is working the combinations to good effect here.
Delos Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Niewiadomski circles away quickly and effectively.
Delos Santos misses with a double jab.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Niewiadomski!
Niewiadomski misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delos Santos swinging wildly here.
Delos Santos looks to land a combination but Niewiadomski avoids it well.
Danga de danga de dang - Niewiadomski scores with a four punch combination!
Delos Santos dodges the punch combination from Niewiadomski.
Niewiadomski misses with a two punch combination.
Delos Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Niewiadomski misses with a two punch combination.
Delos Santos unleashes a big counter combination but Niewiadomski bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Delos Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Delos Santos dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Niewiadomski. That did some damage!
Niewiadomski throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Delos Santos.
Niewiadomski keeps the fight on the outside.
Niewiadomski tries to bum rush Delos Santos with a series of wild strikes but Delos Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Delos Santos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Pawel Niewiadomski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richard Delos Santos.
Niewiadomski throws a nice looking combination but Delos Santos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pawel Niewiadomski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Niewiadomski swinging wildly here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delos Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Delos Santos throws a right and a left that Niewiadomski avoids nicely.
Niewiadomski swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Delos Santos dodges the punch combination from Niewiadomski.
Niewiadomski misses with a few strikes there.
Delos Santos dodges the punch combination from Niewiadomski.
No joy there for Delos Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Delos Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sloppy strikes from Delos Santos. Those never looked like landing.
Delos Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A punch combination from Niewiadomski misses.
Delos Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Niewiadomski lands a two punch combo.
Niewiadomski misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pawel Niewiadomski dominated that round.
That's time! Niewiadomski's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Niewiadomski misses with the combination.
Delos Santos shoots in looking for a takedown but Niewiadomski manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Delos Santos's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Delos Santos dodges the punch combination from Niewiadomski.
Delos Santos wants to land a leg kick but Niewiadomski is out of range.
Pawel Niewiadomski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Delos Santos darts in looking for a takedown but Niewiadomski gets double underhooks and turns Delos Santos into the cage.
Niewiadomski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Niewiadomski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Delos Santos.
Niewiadomski went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Delos Santos misses with the combination.
Richard Delos Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Delos Santos avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Delos Santos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Niewiadomski.
Despite the aggression on Delos Santos's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Niewiadomski throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Delos Santos is breathing heavily.
Niewiadomski misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Niewiadomski.
Danga de danga de dang - Delos Santos scores with a four punch combination!
Niewiadomski lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Some wild striking there from Niewiadomski.
Delos Santos throws a series of punches but Niewiadomski moves out of range.
It looked like Niewiadomski was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Niewiadomski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Delos Santos can do to turn this around?
Delos Santos misses with the combination.
Delos Santos fails to land with a series of punches.
Delos Santos throws a right and a left that Niewiadomski avoids nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Delos Santos. Those never looked like landing.
Niewiadomski throws a series of punches but Delos Santos moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Niewiadomski throws a series of strikes that have Delos Santos backpedaling.
Sloppy strikes from Delos Santos. Those never looked like landing.
Niewiadomski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Delos Santos is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Delos Santos throws a right and a left that Niewiadomski avoids nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delos Santos throws a combination that misses
and Niewiadomski counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Niewiadomski looks to land a combination. Delos Santos sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Niewiadomski swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Delos Santos.
Niewiadomski went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
A punch combination from Niewiadomski misses.
Delos Santos fails to land with a series of punches.
Niewiadomski lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Delos Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Niewiadomski throws a combination. Delos Santos tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Niewiadomski lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Delos Santos circles away quickly and effectively.

Delos Santos clinches up with Niewiadomski and pushes him back against the cage.

Delos Santos manages to break the clinch.
Delos Santos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Niewiadomski.
Niewiadomski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Delos Santos shoots in for a takedown but Niewiadomski shows good takedown defense.
Pawel Niewiadomski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richard Delos Santos.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Niewiadomski, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Delos Santos misses with a few strikes there.
Niewiadomski lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Niewiadomski.
No joy there for Niewiadomski, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Delos Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Delos Santos throws a one two combo.
Niewiadomski lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Niewiadomski throws a series of punches but Delos Santos moves out of range.
Delos Santos throws a series of punches but Niewiadomski avoids them all with ease.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A combination from Delos Santos does no damage.
Sloppy strikes from Niewiadomski. Those never looked like landing.
Sloppy strikes from Delos Santos. Those never looked like landing.
Niewiadomski went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Delos Santos looks to land a combination but Niewiadomski avoids it well.
Delos Santos throws a right and a left that Niewiadomski avoids nicely.
Niewiadomski throws a nice looking combination but Delos Santos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Delos Santos misses with a double jab.
No joy there for Niewiadomski, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delos Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Niewiadomski circles away quickly and effectively.
A combination from Niewiadomski does no damage.
No joy there for Niewiadomski, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Delos Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Niewiadomski tries to bum rush Delos Santos with a series of wild strikes but Delos Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Delos Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Niewiadomski throws a left and a right that both miss

and Delos Santos moves into the clinch.
Niewiadomski tries for a takedown but Delos Santos manages to get underhooks.

Delos Santos manages to break the clinch.
Niewiadomski misses with a two punch combination.
Niewiadomski slips a jab and a cross from Delos Santos.
Delos Santos misses with a double jab
and Niewiadomski counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Left hook, right uppercut from Niewiadomski.
Delos Santos looks to land a combination but Niewiadomski avoids it well.
Niewiadomski misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pawel Niewiadomski dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Delos Santos throws a series of punches but Niewiadomski avoids them all with ease.
Delos Santos misses with a few strikes there.
Niewiadomski misses with a jab, cross combination.
No joy there for Niewiadomski, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Delos Santos unleashes a big counter combination but Niewiadomski bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Delos Santos is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Niewiadomski.
Delos Santos misses with a wild combination.
Niewiadomski misses with a series of wild punches.
Delos Santos wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Delos Santos throws a left and a right that both miss
and Niewiadomski counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Delos Santos shoots for a double leg takedown but Niewiadomski sprawls well. He's pushed Delos Santos's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Delos Santos throws a series of punches but Niewiadomski moves out of range.
Niewiadomski throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Delos Santos.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Niewiadomski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A punch combination from Delos Santos misses.
Niewiadomski seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Niewiadomski throws a nice looking combination but Delos Santos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A combination from Niewiadomski does no damage.
Delos Santos throws a nice looking combination but Niewiadomski bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Niewiadomski throws a right hand that Delos Santos ducks under and follows up with a left that Delos Santos also avoids with ease.
Niewiadomski misses with a double jab.
Niewiadomski sets himself, and Delos Santos steps forward looking for the clinch! Niewiadomski avoids it this time.
Niewiadomski takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Niewiadomski dodges the punch combination from Delos Santos.
No joy there for Niewiadomski, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Delos Santos moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Niewiadomski will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Delos Santos misses with an uppercut. Niewiadomski saw that one coming.
It looked like Niewiadomski was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
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!
Delos Santos misses with the combination.
No joy there for Niewiadomski, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pawel Niewiadomski is winning the standup battle so far.
Delos Santos misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niewiadomski feints a jab promting Delos Santos to slip. Niewiadomski then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Delos Santos slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Delos Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Niewiadomski went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Niewiadomski misses with a jab, cross combination.
Niewiadomski dodges the punch combination from Delos Santos.
Niewiadomski looks to land a combination but Delos Santos avoids it well.
Delos Santos misses with a series of wild punches.
Niewiadomski throws a right hand that Delos Santos ducks under and follows up with a left that Delos Santos also avoids with ease.
Delos Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Niewiadomski throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Delos Santos fails to land with a series of punches.
Niewiadomski throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Delos Santos.
Niewiadomski misses with a two punch combination.
Delos Santos throws a right and a left that Niewiadomski avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Niewiadomski throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Delos Santos looks to land a combination. Niewiadomski sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Delos Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Niewiadomski looks to land a combination but Delos Santos avoids it well.
Delos Santos throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Niewiadomski misses with a jab, cross combination.
Delos Santos misses with a few strikes there.
Delos Santos misses with a series of wild punches.
Niewiadomski throws a nice looking combination but Delos Santos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Delos Santos has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Delos Santos fails to land the takedown.
Niewiadomski will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Delos Santos is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Delos Santos looks to land a combination. Niewiadomski sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A punch combination from Niewiadomski misses.
Delos Santos is looking for the big counter here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delos Santos throws a series of punches but Niewiadomski avoids them all with ease.
Delos Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Niewiadomski displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Niewiadomski slips a jab and a cross from Delos Santos.
Niewiadomski tries to bum rush Delos Santos with a series of wild strikes but Delos Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Delos Santos misses with a series of wild punches.
Niewiadomski misses with a jab, cross combination.
Richard Delos Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Delos Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Delos Santos throws a series of punches but Niewiadomski moves out of range.
Delos Santos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Delos Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Niewiadomski lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Delos Santos shoots in and drives through. Niewiadomski sprawls well.
Niewiadomski throws a big counter combination but Delos Santos scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Pawel Niewiadomski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pawel Niewiadomski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richard Delos Santos.
Niewiadomski misses with a jab, cross combination.
Niewiadomski goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Pawel Niewiadomski.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Niewiadomski, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:28
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pawel Niewiadomski!