PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rio Yaj (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brutus Kowalski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kowalski has chosen Pantera - Fucking Hostile as his entrance music. Rio Yaj has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Yaj
vs
Kowalski

192 cm
22
215 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

177 cm
23
210 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rio Yaj!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brutus Kowalski!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Anthony Taglia and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yaj throws a good cross that connects.

It looks like Brutus Kowalski has been cut.
Kowalski moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kowalski keeps Yaj at a distance using the push kick.
Kowalski lands a nice looking body kick.

Yaj gets a clinch.
Kowalski misses with the head strike.
Kowalski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yaj's elbow.
Kowalski taking a breather.
Nice body punch from Yaj - that landed with a thud.
Yaj has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Kowalski avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Kowalski struggles to land a body shot inside as Yaj controls his hands.
Kowalski throws a punch but it's blocked by Yaj.
Kowalski throws a punch but it's blocked by Yaj.
Yaj misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kowalski.
Yaj misses with a body punch.
Yaj has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Kowalski is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A short uppercut from Yaj.
Yaj trying to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kowalski gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Yaj.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rio Yaj. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice left hand lands by Kowalski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kowalski has a couple of punches blocked by Yaj.
Yaj working aggressively here.
Yaj doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kowalski.
Kowalski is working Yaj over against the cage.
Kowalski working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kowalski lands a body shot in the clinch.
Yaj is breathing heavily.
Kowalski is leaning against Yaj and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
I was talking to Yaj's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Kowalski lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Kowalski.
Still in the clinch, Kowalski scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kowalski.
Yaj tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kowalski avoids it.
Kowalski lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yaj unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kowalski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kowalski gets through Yaj's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kowalski struggles to land a body shot inside as Yaj controls his hands.
Kowalski misses with a body punch.
Kowalski working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kowalski avoiding damage as Yaj throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yaj missing with knees to the body.
Kowalski misses with a punch on the inside.
Kowalski struggles to land a body shot inside as Yaj controls his hands.
Yaj tries to work over Kowalski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kowalski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kowalski prevents a body shot from Yaj.
Kowalski tries to work over Yaj's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kowalski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yaj.
Kowalski lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yaj backwards.
Yaj misses with the head strike.
Kowalski misses with a punch to the body.
Yaj working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kowalski misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kowalski gets through Yaj's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kowalski cracks Yaj with a nice body shot.
Kowalski tries to work over Yaj's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kowalski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yaj lands a nice uppercut.
Yaj missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yaj wants a takedown but no success here.
Kowalski lands with a light punch inside.
Nice body punch from Kowalski - that landed with a thud.
Kowalski can't find room to land a body shot as Yaj controls the action.
Kowalski lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kowalski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yaj's elbow.
Yaj goes for a takedown in the clinch but Kowalski prevents it.
Kowalski scores with a hook to the body.
Kowalski lands a left hand.
Kowalski struggles to land a body shot inside as Yaj controls his hands.
Kowalski lands a nice uppercut.
Kowalski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yaj's elbow.
Kowalski lands a hook that snaps the head of Yaj backwards.
Kowalski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kowalski tries to throw a body punch but Yaj avoids it by throwing Kowalski back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kowalski.
Kowalski working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kowalski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A right handed body shot lands from Kowalski.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kowalski throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kowalski lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kowalski throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yajs head.
Kowalski is working Yaj over against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Kowalski.
Yaj's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kowalski lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yaj backwards.

Yaj is rocked!
Kowalski cracks Yaj with a nice body shot.
Kowalski lands a nice shot to the body.
Kowalski is working Yaj over against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kowalski.
Oh Yaj is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kowalski lands a body punch.
Yaj seems to have got his legs back now.
Kowalski digs a right hand underneath Yaj's ribcage. Yaj let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kowalski throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yajs head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice body punch from Kowalski - that landed with a thud.
Kowalski is working Yaj over against the cage.
Kowalski struggles to land a body shot inside as Yaj controls his hands.
Kowalski stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kowalski throws a punch but it's blocked by Yaj.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brutus Kowalski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brutus Kowalski's cut.
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.

Kowalski cracks Yaj with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Yaj falls to his knees and Kowalski doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brutus Kowalski!
Brutus Kowalski spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.