PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sven Kowalski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Walcott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kowalski's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Metallica - For whom the bell tolls. Joe Walcott has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kowalski
vs
Walcott

182 cm
26
192 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

187 cm
19
190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sven Kowalski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe Walcott!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Emerson Jorge and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kowalski throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Walcott.
Kowalski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Walcott was well out of range. Poor timing from Kowalski.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Kowalski.
Kowalski throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Walcott makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sven Kowalski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walcott showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kowalski.
Kowalski throws a series of punches but Walcott moves out of range.
Walcott has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Kowalski is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Walcott avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kowalski misses with a body shot.
Walcott feints and then cracks Kowalski's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kowalski down.
Walcott lands a nice looking body kick.
Kowalski misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice body kick there by Walcott.
Walcott dodges the punch combination from Kowalski.
Walcott now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kowalski misses the shot to the body.
Kowalski throws the left hand but Walcott avoids the punch easily.
Kowalski throws an off balance right hand
and Walcott counters with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walcott lands with a slapping head kick.
Kowalski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Walcott lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kowalski swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Walcott counters with a nice leg kick.
Kowalski is breathing heavily.
Walcott buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kowalski takes a swing at Walcott's ribcage but misses.
Walcott connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kowalski on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Walcott. Walcott obviously looking to wear him down.
Kowalski has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Walcott.
Walcott connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Walcott lands a leg kick that knocks Kowalski off balance momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walcott bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Walcott takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A solid leg kick lands there for Walcott.
Walcott connects with a solid leg kick.
Kowalski looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Walcott throws a nice inside leg kick.
Walcott delivers a nice body kick.
Kowalski is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Walcott delivers a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Walcott.
Walcott lands a slapping body shot.
Walcott scores with a kick to the body.
Walcott throws a right and a left that Kowalski avoids nicely.
Walcott fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kowalski has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Walcott scores with a punch to the head.
Kowalski takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Walcott thows a body kick. Kowalski tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Joe Walcott is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kowalski misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Walcott doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Walcott with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kowalski is looking to wear down Walcott with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kowalski walks into a stiff left hand from Walcott.
Walcott thows a body kick. Kowalski tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Walcott scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Kowalski is rocked!
Walcott shakes his hands by his side, trying to relax. Kowalski takes his eyes off the ball for a moment - Walcott sees the opportunity and cracks him with a massive hook! Kowalski bends double and collapses on top of himself - he's out! The crowd are going absolutely nuts! Wow, what a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Joe Walcott!
Sven Kowalski spoke after the fight, saying 'I´m gonna train harder and come back stronger! '.