PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Kacik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Foo Fighter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alexander Kacik is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Kacik
vs
Fighter

188 cm
20
217 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

191 cm
26
211 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

THE END 32

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alexander Kacik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Foo Fighter!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Ron Honeybunn and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kacik misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kacik swings widly with a right hand

and Fighter counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kacik misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fighter stops a takedown attempt from Kacik.
Kacik is trying to break the clinch but Fighter is controlling him.

Kacik tightens his grip and picks Fighter up, before dumping him to the ground. Fighter manages to land in guard.
Fighter not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kacik in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fighter really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kacik. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kacik connects with a couple of short punches.

Fighter looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Kacik makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kacik advances position into side control!
Kacik in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Kacik wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fighter keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kacik tries to score with some ground and pound. Fighter controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Kacik scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Fighter to see if he's OK.
Fighter tries to buck Kacik off but Kacik is having none of it.
Fighter is not content to let Kacik control the position.
Fighter is trying to improve his position.
Kacik lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The strikes coming from Kacik are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kacik is putting a hurting on Fighter here, landing some big shots from side control.
Kacik scoring with punches from side control.
Kacik working the head with strikes.
Kacik trying to control the action but Fighter is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kacik lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Fighter down.
Kacik working away.
Fighter defending against the ground and pound.
Fighter taking a bit of punishment here - Kacik scoring with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fighter takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Kacik throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Fighter can do anything to dispel that myth.
Kacik is looking to take a break and control but Fighter is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kacik has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Kacik working the ground and pound from side control.
Fighter is looking to regain half guard here but Kacik keeps moving and retains side control.
Kacik lands a few punches from side control.
Kacik tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Kacik is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Fighter will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fighter takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Kacik scoring with punches from side control.
Fighter is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Kacik is controlling him well.
Fighter on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Fighter struggling a bit here.
Kacik lands a few punches from side control.
Kacik lands a decent elbow from side control.

Fighter is rocked!
Kacik in side control lands a decent elbow.
Fighter is still in real trouble! Can Kacik finish him?
Kacik cracks Fighter with a big elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fighter tries to buck Kacik off but Kacik is having none of it.
Kacik in side control, just content to control the action for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Kacik dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Kacik getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kacik fails with a takedown attempt.
Fighter steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Kacik.
Fighter seems to have recovered his senses.
Fighter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kacik swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kacik swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Fighter shoots in looking for a takedown but Kacik manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Fighter's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Fighter misses with a low kick.
It looked like Kacik wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kacik sizes up Fighter with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Kacik rushes Fighter and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The referee calls for Fighter to work.

Kacik gets a trip takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kacik is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Kacik trying to control the action but Fighter is working from the bottom.
Fighter avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kacik.
Kacik working Fighter over with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Kacik connects with a nice short shot to Fighter's temple.
Fighter avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kacik.

Kacik is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Kacik is keen to just control but Fighter is a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fighter is trying to maintain the position but Kacik is very close to passing his half guard.
Kacik is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fighter can do to turn this around?
Kacik thows a huge punch but Fighter dodges it nicely.
Kacik throwing shots but Fighter is blocking nicely.

Fighter looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Fighter is looking to improve his position.
Kacik working the head and body with strikes.
Kacik wants to take a breather but Fighter is having none of it.
Kacik looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Fighter with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kacik seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Fighter does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Kacik thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Fighter's head.
Fighter wants to get back to his feet.
Fighter wants to sweep but Kacik has passed to side control!
Fighter struggling a bit here.
Kacik landing a few strikes.
Fighter taking punishment in the form of punches.
Kacik is working Fighter over with some ground and pound from side control.
Kacik in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Kacik trying to control the position but Fighter is working away.
Kacik working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fighter is not content to let Kacik control the position.
Kacik lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Fighter is working to avoid the ground and pound but Kacik connects with a decent elbow.
Fighter avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Kacik.
Fighter tries to buck Kacik off but Kacik is having none of it.
Kacik works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Kacik scoring with punches from side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kacik working the head with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fighter is trying to get back to half guard.
Kacik creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Kacik dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Kacik moves into range and clinches up with Fighter.
Kacik prevents the takedown attempt.

Kacik gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Kacik moves nicely into side control.
Fighter is trying to get back to half guard.
Kacik working the ground and pound.
Kacik cracks Fighter with an elbow. That is naaassty.
You can see the frustration on Fighter's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fighter is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Kacik works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kacik wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fighter keeps working.
Kacik is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Fighter is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
You can see the frustration on Fighter's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Kacik is working Fighter over with some ground and pound from side control.
Kacik creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Fighter tries to buck Kacik off but Kacik is having none of it.
Kacik wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fighter keeps working.
Kacik working the ground and pound.
Fighter takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kacik wants to control but Fighter is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fighter takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Fighter is letting Kacik control him for a moment.

Kacik is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Fighter knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Fighter tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Kacik wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Kacik lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Kacik scoring with punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kacik trying to control the action but Fighter is working from the bottom.
Kacik connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Fighter some visible discomfort.
Kacik cracks Fighter with a big elbow.
Alexander Kacik overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kacik scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Fighter is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Kacik can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexander Kacik!
Alexander Kacik decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.