PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iwo Michalski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samson Nazirite (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Iwo Michalski could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Samson Nazirite's chin.

Michalski
vs
Nazirite

225 cm
18
300 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

195 cm
24
290 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Decent knees
Prefers standup

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Iwo Michalski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Samson Nazirite!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Felipe Paraventi and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michalski on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Michalski closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nazirite slows down the pace here.
Nazirite using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Michalski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Michalski's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nazirite effectively controlling the action here.
Nazirite pressing his opponent against the cage.
Nazirite with an attempt at a knee that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nazirite looking to throw knees to the head but Michalski is blocking nicely.
Michalski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nazirite with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Michalski takes a shot to the head.

It looks like Iwo Michalski has been cut.
Nazirite taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Nazirite tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazirite controlling the action here for a moment.
Nazirite lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Michalski takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nazirite tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nazirite managing to block the knees to the body from Michalski.
Nazirite lands with a short shot to the head.
Nazirite prevents a body shot from Michalski.
A head punch on the inside from Michalski fails to land.
Nazirite throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nazirite lands a left hand that snaps the head of Michalski backwards.
Nazirite looking to throw knees to the head but Michalski is blocking nicely.
Nazirite throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Michalski blocks it with crossed arms.
Nazirite using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Michalski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nazirite tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Michalski stalling in the clinch but Nazirite improves position.
Nazirite content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Michalski lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Nazirite backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nazirite misses with a knee strike.
Nazirite misses with a knee strike.
Michalski tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Michalski avoiding damage as Nazirite throws knees to the body.
Michalski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nazirite is defending well for now.
Michalski stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Michalski is trying to maintain a safe position but Nazirite gets an underhook and turns Michalski into the cage.
Nazirite gets through Michalski's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Michalski.
Michalski tries to work over Nazirite's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nazirite missing with knees to the body.
Nazirite misses with a knee to the head.
Nazirite pushes Michalski back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nazirite throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Michalski blocks it with crossed arms.
Nazirite taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Nazirite tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nazirite tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nazirite avoiding damage as Michalski throws knees to the body.
Nazirite with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A knee to the head by Nazirite.

Iwo Michalski's cut is getting worse.
Nazirite looks winded!
Nazirite managing to block the knees to the body from Michalski.
Nazirite stalling the fight.
Michalski using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nazirite has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nazirite tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees to the body from Nazirite.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michalski misses with the head strike.
Nazirite misses with a knee strike.
Nazirite gets through Michalski's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Michalski is trying to maintain a safe position but Nazirite gets an underhook and turns Michalski into the cage.
Michalski lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nazirite lands a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nazirite digs a right hand into Michalski's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Michalski's gas tank.
A short left from Nazirite.
Nazirite is pushing Michalski up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Michalski is trying to stall.
Nazirite lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samson Nazirite dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Iwo Michalski's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nazirite bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Michalski's head backwards.
Nazirite moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Michalski instigates a clinch.
Nazirite effectively controlling the action here.
Michalski using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Michalski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nazirite avoids it.
Nazirite looking to throw knees to the head but Michalski is blocking nicely.
Michalski looking to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Michalski misses with a hook from the clinch.
Michalski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nazirite missing with knees to the body.
Nazirite with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazirite scores with a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nazirite as Michalski tries to tie him up.
Nazirite working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nazirite tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Samson Nazirite seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Michalski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nazirite is defending well for now.
Nazirite is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nazirite crunches a lovely knee into Michalski's ribcage.
Nazirite scores with a knee to the head.
Nazirite with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nazirite lands a nice knee to the body.
Nazirite looking to throw knees to the head but Michalski is blocking nicely.
Nazirite lands a body punch.
Nazirite avoiding damage.
Michalski tries to stall but Nazirite uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nazirite lands a good knee to the midsection. Michalski won't want to take too many of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nazirite with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nazirite stalling.
Michalski is looking to control Nazirite's arms but Nazirite gets an underhook and turns him. Now Michalski has his back to the cage.
Michalski tries to stall but Nazirite uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nazirite tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nazirite tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nazirite misses with a knee to the head.
A short right from Nazirite on the inside.
Nazirite looking to throw knees to the head but Michalski is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Nazirite.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nazirite blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nazirite throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nazirite throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nazirite lands a body shot.
Nazirite tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Michalski avoids it.
Nazirite looking to throw knees to the head but Michalski is blocking nicely.
Michalski throws a head punch that misses.
Nazirite looking to throw knees to the head but Michalski is blocking nicely.
Michalski struggles to land a body shot inside as Nazirite controls his hands.
Michalski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nazirite is defending well for now.
Nazirite has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nazirite with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Michalski taking a breather.
Nazirite tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazirite misses with a knee strike.
Michalski avoiding damage.
Michalski is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Nazirite blocks an elbow strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nazirite as Michalski tries to tie him up.
Nazirite leaning his opponent against the cage.
Michalski misses with the head strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Michalski takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samson Nazirite showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Iwo Michalski's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Michalski clinches up with Nazirite and pushes him back against the cage.
Nazirite connects with a nasty looking knee right to Michalski's face.
A knee to the head by Nazirite.

Iwo Michalski's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Nazirite crunches a lovely knee into Michalski's ribcage.
Nazirite throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nazirite landing knees to the head.
Nazirite's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Nazirite lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nazirite lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Michalski backwards.

Michalski is rocked!

Jeez, Iwo Michalski's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nazirite landing knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nazirite misses with a knee strike.
Michalski takes a knee right on the jaw!
Oh Michalski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nazirite with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazirite misses with a knee to the head.
Nazirite lands a knee to the head.
Nazirite with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nazirite using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Michalski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Michalski missing with knees to the body.
Nazirite with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nazirite with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Michalski seems to have got his legs back now.
Michalski lands a nice knee to the body.
Nazirite avoiding damage.
Nazirite dodges an elbow strike from Michalski.
Michalski avoiding damage as Nazirite throws knees to the body.
Nazirite throws a knee to the head but misses.
Michalski tries to land knees in the clinch but Nazirite avoids the damage to the body.
Michalski missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michalski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nazirite avoids it.
Nazirite misses with a knee strike.
Nazirite looking to throw knees to the head but Michalski is blocking nicely.
Michalski creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Michalski tries to throw a body punch but Nazirite avoids it by throwing Michalski back against the cage.
Nazirite with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Michalski takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nazirite doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Michalski with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short right from Nazirite on the inside.
Nice body punch from Nazirite.
Nazirite connects with a knee to the head.
Nazirite tries to land a knee to the head but Michalski blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nazirite blocking some punches.
Michalski takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nazirite blocks a body shot from Michalski.
Michalski misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nazirite leaning his opponent against the cage.
Michalski effectively controlling the action here.
A nice left hand lands by Nazirite.
Nazirite misses with a knee to the head.
Nazirite throws a knee to the head but misses.
Michalski wants to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazirite leaning his opponent against the cage.
Michalski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Nazirite.
Michalski wants to stall.
Nazirite landing knees to the head.
Samson Nazirite is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Iwo Michalski's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Samson Nazirite!