PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Greg Madison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fred Palowakski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Madison
vs
Palowakski

183 cm
32
175 lbs
18 - 8 - 1

191 cm
34
204 lbs
27 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 18 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Greg Madison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Fred Palowakski !
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Chris Saunders and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Madison gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Madison misses with an elbow strike.
Palowakski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Madison taking a breather.
Palowakski gets through Madison's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Palowakski lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Madison backwards.
Palowakski misses with a short punch on the inside.

Palowakski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Palowakski cracks Madison with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Madison fails in his attempt to clinch.
Madison doesn't manage to clinch there - Palowakski circles away.
Madison moves in looking to clinch but Palowakski pushes him off.
Palowakski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Madison moves away.
Madison takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Madison misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Madison jabs at Palowakski 's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Madison moves in looking to clinch but Palowakski pushes him off.
Palowakski throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Madison misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A jab from Palowakski does it's job there.
Madison dodges the punch combination from Palowakski .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palowakski scores with a jab to the body.
Fred Palowakski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Palowakski throws a shot from downtown. Madison moves away and avoids it.
Good shot there by Palowakski .
Palowakski fakes the leg kick and cracks Madison in the body.
Madison pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Palowakski looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Madison blocks a leg kick.
Palowakski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Palowakski cracks Madison with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Palowakski misses with a leg kick.
Madison scores with a nice strike.
Palowakski lunges at Madison with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Madison's hand.
Palowakski is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Palowakski just misses with a punch 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!
Palowakski misses with a wild body shot.
Madison tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Palowakski manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Palowakski fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Madison tries to clinch but Palowakski moves out of range.
Madison is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madison ducks under a wild hook from Palowakski .
A nice inside leg kick there by Palowakski . That's going to slow Madison down.
Madison looks for the body kick but Palowakski saw that one coming.
Palowakski lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Madison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Palowakski moves away.

Palowakski closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Madison blocks an uppercut.
Madison blocks an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Palowakski .
Madison's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Palowakski throws a punch but it's blocked by Madison.

Palowakski 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Palowakski fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Madison, pushing him back against the cage.
Palowakski swings wildly with an uppercut but Madison uses good head movement to avoid it.
Palowakski digs a right hand underneath Madison's ribcage. Madison let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Palowakski swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Palowakski manages to break the clinch.
Madison tries to work over Palowakski 's front leg with a kick but Palowakski checks it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Madison takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A jab lands there for Palowakski .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palowakski connects with a high kick.

Palowakski has managed to clinch.
Madison blocks an uppercut.
Palowakski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Palowakski misses with a punch on the inside.
Palowakski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Madison wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Palowakski has Madison pressed against the cage, preventing Madison from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Madison lands an elbow inside.
Madison lands a nice shot to the body.
Madison wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Palowakski throws a punch but it's blocked by Madison.
Palowakski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Madison breaks from the clinch.

Palowakski drives through and clinches with Madison against the cage.
Madison taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Palowakski swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Madison's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Palowakski clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Palowakski .
Palowakski misses with a hook from the clinch.
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!
Palowakski has a couple of punches blocked by Madison.
Palowakski misses with some punches.
Madison blocking some punches.
Palowakski lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Madison.
Madison throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Madison lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Madison.

It looks like Fred Palowakski has been cut.
Palowakski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Madison wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Palowakski has him pressed against the cage.
Madison throws an elbow but it misses.
Palowakski takes an elbow to the temple.
Palowakski misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Palowakski misses with a body punch.
Madison is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Palowakski is keeping busy.
Palowakski throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Madisons head.
Madison blocks a punch to the side of the head.
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.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Madison is looking to clinch but Palowakski is avoiding it.
Madison slips a jab from Palowakski .
The fighters circling - Palowakski throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Madison moves away from the strike by Palowakski .
Palowakski throws a hook but Madison blocks it.

Madison gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Madison breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Madison moves in looking to clinch but Palowakski pushes him off.
Palowakski has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Madison wants to clinch up but Palowakski keeps it at a distance.
Palowakski replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Madison blocks it well.
Palowakski works the jab nicely.
Madison is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Palowakski lands a head shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Madison misses with an uppercut.
Palowakski throws out a counter right but Madison avoids it with no problem.
Palowakski works over Madison's head and body with a nice combination.

Madison is rocked!

Madison rushes Palowakski and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Oh Madison is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Madison breaks the clinch.
Madison seems to have got his legs back now.
Madison checks a low kick from Palowakski .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palowakski scoring well with a low kick there.
Palowakski throws a nice outside leg kick.
Palowakski keeps the fight on the outside.
Palowakski misses with a body kick.
Palowakski moves out of range of the strikes.

Palowakski gets a clinch.
Palowakski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Palowakski misses with a hook to the ribs.
Madison creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Palowakski 's defenses.
Palowakski throws a punch but it's blocked by Madison.
Madison is looking to control Palowakski 's arms but Palowakski gets an underhook and turns him. Now Madison has his back to the cage.
Palowakski has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Madison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Madison looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Palowakski throws a nice inside leg kick.

Palowakski closes the distance and clinches.
Palowakski lands a hook to the side of the head.
Madison fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Palowakski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Madison breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Madison swings for the body but Palowakski moves out of range.
Madison uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Palowakski .
Palowakski looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Madison tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Palowakski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Greg Madison is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Palowakski - that will leave a mark!
Palowakski connects with a looping right hand.
Madison moves out of range of the body kick.
Palowakski throws a head kick that Madison semi-blocks.

Madison has closed the distance and engaged Palowakski in a clinch.
Madison pushes off an throws an elbow but Palowakski leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Madison misses with an elbow strike.
Fred Palowakski seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Palowakski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Palowakski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Madison lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Palowakski throws a head punch that misses.
Palowakski keeps control of Madison as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Palowakski lands a left hand.
Palowakski misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Palowakski fails to land.
Palowakski misses with a body punch.
Madison is looking to break free of the clinch but Palowakski has double underhooks.

Palowakski breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Madison looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Madison tries to clinch there but Palowakski circles away.
Good work by Madison as he checks the leg kick.
Palowakski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Madison tries to move into range but Palowakski moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Madison wants to clinch.
Palowakski looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Palowakski throws a punch but it's blocked by Madison.
Palowakski misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Madison breaks the clinch.

Madison rushes Palowakski and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Palowakski .
Palowakski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Madison pushes off an throws an elbow but Palowakski leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Palowakski fails to land.
Madison tries to throw a body punch but Palowakski avoids it by throwing Madison back against the cage.

Palowakski manages to break the clinch.

Madison moves into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Palowakski avoids the elbow strike from Madison, against the cage.
Madison stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Madison tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Palowakski scores with a shoulder strike.

Madison escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Palowakski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Palowakski lands with an overhand left.
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 get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Madison is looking to clinch.
Palowakski 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.
Palowakski fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Madison tries to clinch but Palowakski moves out of range.
Palowakski misses with a low kick.
Madison fails in his attempt to clinch.
Palowakski misses with a kick to the body.
Madison takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Madison misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Palowakski swats away the attempt to clinch by Madison.
Palowakski scores with a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Madison connects with a crisp jab.
Madison tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Palowakski manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Palowakski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Palowakski closes the distance and clinches.
Palowakski blocks an elbow strike.
Palowakski misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Palowakski .
Madison blocking some punches.

Palowakski 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Palowakski is looking to clinch.
Palowakski connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Madison's hands.
The fighters circle momentarily. Palowakski darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Madison tries to clinch there but Palowakski circles away.
A leg kick checked by Madison.
Palowakski loads up on a big right hand but Madison slips the punch.
Palowakski tests Madison's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Palowakski scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Madison tries to close the distance and clinch but Palowakski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Palowakski thows a leg kick but Madison checks it

and Madison counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Madison lands an elbow just above Palowakski 's eye.
Madison tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Palowakski 's elbow.
Palowakski has a couple of punches blocked by Madison.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Palowakski tries to throw a body punch but Madison avoids it by throwing Palowakski back against the cage.
Palowakski scores with a shot to the side of Madison's head.
Greg Madison has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Palowakski .
Palowakski scores with a nice hook to the head.

Palowakski 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Madison is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Palowakski .
Madison moves in looking to clinch but Palowakski pushes him off.
Madison tries to clinch up but Palowakski circles away and keeps his distance.
Decent striking displayed by Madison there.
Palowakski misses with a body kick.
Madison avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Madison throwing a counter right hand but Palowakski manages to avoid it.
Palowakski throws out a leg kick but Madison moves out of range and Palowakski only half commits.
Palowakski moves forwards but Madison connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Madison tries to close the distance and clinch up but Palowakski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Palowakski throws a leg kick but Madison moved away.
Madison tries to clinch up but Palowakski circles away and keeps his distance.
Palowakski misses with an attempted mid kick.
Palowakski looks to score with a jab to the body but Madison is just out of range.
Palowakski looks to throw the jab but Madison is out of range.
Palowakski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Madison was well out of range. Poor timing from Palowakski .
Madison takes one to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madison tries to clinch there but Palowakski circles away.
Madison tries to clinch up but Palowakski circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Madison looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Palowakski lands with a nice body kick.
Madison tries to close the distance and clinch but Palowakski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Palowakski closes the distance and clinches.

Madison breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Palowakski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Madison.
Madison is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Palowakski .

Palowakski closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Madison misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Madison escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Palowakski scores with a jab to the head.
Palowakski throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Palowakski tries to clinch but Madison is having none of it.
Palowakski thuds his shin into the meat of Madison's side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palowakski lands with a straight right. Madison didn't see that one coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good standup being displayed there by Palowakski as he connects with a hook.
Palowakski scores with a nice right hand.
Palowakski changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Palowakski .
Jab, jab by Palowakski - just one landing.
Fred Palowakski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Palowakski throws a series of punches but Madison moves out of range.
Madison misses with an attempted mid kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Palowakski misses the target.

Madison clinches with his opponent.
Palowakski lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Madison backwards.

Palowakski drops Madison onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Madison is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Madison looking to slow down the pace here.
Madison is trying to break the clinch but Palowakski has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Madison misses with a hook to the ribs.
Palowakski throws a head punch that misses.
Madison misses with a body punch.
Madison blocking some punches.

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 Roger Salmon scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fred Palowakski !
A very excited looking Fred Palowakski 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.