PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Pascal Oaza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dawid Jelinek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Oaza
vs
Jelinek

207 cm
27
277 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

225 cm
25
300 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Solid boxing
Good chin

Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pascal Oaza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dawid Jelinek!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jelinek takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jelinek tries to land a knee to the head but Oaza blocks with his arms.
Jelinek has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Oaza trying to land knees to the body.
Jelinek blocks an uppercut.
Oaza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jelinek blocks it with crossed arms.
A head punch on the inside from Oaza fails to land.
Oaza lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jelinek or not.
Oaza is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Oaza tries a knee to the head but Jelinek blocks it.
Oaza throws an elbow that misses.
Jelinek on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jelinek can't break the clinch.
Jelinek can't break the clinch.
Oaza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jelinek has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Oaza keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jelinek's efforts to push away.
A frustrated look appears on Oaza's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Oaza has Jelinek pressed against the ropes, preventing Jelinek from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jelinek tries to break free but Oaza pushes him back against the ropes.
Oaza has Jelinek pressed against the ropes, preventing Jelinek from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jelinek on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jelinek tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jelinek wants to break free but Oaza has control.
Jelinek displaying some good clinch control by pressing Oaza up against the ropes.
Oaza wants to break the clinch but can't.
Oaza wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jelinek tries to circle away but Oaza has him pinned against the ropes.
Oaza working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Oaza is trying to push Jelinek away but Jelinek has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Oaza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jelinek is defending well for now.
Jelinek tries to break the clinch but Oaza is controlling the position.
Oaza blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Oaza misses with a short punch on the inside.

Oaza breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jelinek looks to land a combination. Oaza sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Pascal Oaza has been cut.
Jelinek swats away the attempt to clinch by Oaza.

Oaza moves into the clinch successfully.
Jelinek is trying to break the clinch but Oaza has him pressed against the ropes.
Jelinek taking a breather.
Oaza working hard to break the clinch.

Oaza breaks the clinch.
Jelinek slips a straight right by Oaza.
Oaza wants to clinch up but Jelinek keeps it at a distance.
Jelinek wants to counter the offense by Oaza and move into the clinch position.
Oaza doesn't manage to clinch there - Jelinek circles away.
Jelinek unleashes a big counter combination but Oaza bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Oaza tries to clinch there but Jelinek circles away.
Jelinek is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Oaza with a body shot.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Oaza tries to close the distance and clinch but Jelinek swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Oaza is looking to clinch but Jelinek is avoiding it.
Jelinek unleashes a big counter combination but Oaza bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Oaza tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jelinek swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Jelinek closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oaza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jelinek is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Oaza is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jelinek misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jelinek circles away from the clinch attempt.

Jelinek tries to keep at a distance but Oaza has taken the fight into the clinch.
Oaza tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jelinek is looking to control Oaza's arms but Oaza gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jelinek has his back to the ropes.
Oaza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jelinek has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Oaza has Jelinek pressed against the ropes, preventing Jelinek from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jelinek avoiding damage as Oaza throws knees to the body.

Oaza breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Oaza gets a clinch.
Oaza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jelinek avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oaza wants to break free but Jelinek has control.
Jelinek on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oaza misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Oaza swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Oaza tries a knee to the head but Jelinek blocks it.
Pascal Oaza has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Oaza prevents Jelinek from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oaza wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jelinek is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Oaza has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Oaza misses with a hook from the clinch.
Oaza throws an elbow that misses.
Oaza tries to throw a body punch but Jelinek avoids it by throwing Oaza back against the ropes.
A shot in the inside from Jelinek.
Jelinek trying to control the position but instead, Oaza has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jelinek into the ropes.
Oaza is trying to break the clinch but Jelinek is controlling him.
Oaza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jelinek has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jelinek is trying to force a seperation but Oaza has the dominant position.
Jelinek on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oaza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jelinek blocks it with crossed arms.
Oaza throws a head punch that misses.
Jelinek taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Oaza misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oaza working aggressively here.
Jelinek blocks an uppercut.
Oaza is trying to break the clinch but Jelinek has him pressed against the ropes.
Jelinek is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Oaza working aggressively here.
Oaza is trying to break the clinch but Jelinek is controlling him.
Jelinek wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jelinek wants to break free but Oaza has control.
A frustrated look appears on Jelinek's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jelinek keeps control of Oaza as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jelinek blocks an elbow strike.
Oaza is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jelinek can do to turn this around?
Oaza tries to land a knee to the head but Jelinek blocks with his arms.
Oaza wants to break the clinch but can't.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Oaza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jelinek avoids it.
Jelinek prevents a body shot from Oaza.
Jelinek is looking to control Oaza's arms but Oaza gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jelinek has his back to the ropes.
Jelinek missing with knees to the body.
Jelinek tries to break the clinch but Oaza is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pascal Oaza dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Pascal Oaza's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Oaza tries to clinch up but Jelinek circles away and keeps his distance.
As Oaza backs off Jelinek throws a huge counter combo but Oaza manages to avoid it all.

Jelinek fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Oaza, pushing him back against the ropes.
Jelinek tries to break free but Oaza pushes him back against the ropes.
Jelinek is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Oaza is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Oaza misses with the head strike.
Jelinek is trying to push Oaza away but Oaza has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Oaza misses with a punch on the inside.
Oaza misses with a punch to the body.
Jelinek is looking to break free of the clinch but Oaza has double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Jelinek's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jelinek is trying to force a seperation but Oaza has the dominant position.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Oaza as Jelinek tries to tie him up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oaza working hard to break the clinch.
Oaza misses with a knee strike.
Oaza lands a nice elbow.
Oaza misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jelinek is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Jelinek managing to block the knees to the body from Oaza.
Oaza has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jelinek throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jelinek.
Oaza misses with a body punch.
Oaza tries to throw a body punch but Jelinek avoids it by throwing Oaza back against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Oaza's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jelinek slowing the pace effectively.
Jelinek on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oaza wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Oaza tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jelinek wants to get back to striking at distance but Oaza won't allow it.
Oaza wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jelinek has him pressed against the ropes.
Jelinek managing to block the knees to the body from Oaza.
Oaza has Jelinek pressed against the ropes, preventing Jelinek from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jelinek.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Oaza as Jelinek tries to tie him up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oaza tries to circle away but Jelinek has him pinned against the ropes.
Jelinek blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jelinek has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jelinek is trying to break the clinch but Oaza has him pressed against the ropes.
Oaza wants to get back to striking at distance but Jelinek won't allow it.
Oaza tries a knee to the head but Jelinek blocks it.
Oaza tries to break free but Jelinek pushes him back against the ropes.
Oaza is looking to break free of the clinch but Jelinek has double underhooks.
Oaza looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jelinek working hard to break the clinch.
Jelinek wants to stall.
Oaza struggles to land a body shot inside as Jelinek controls his hands.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jelinek is trying to break the clinch but Oaza has him pressed against the ropes.
Oaza tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dawid Jelinek has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jelinek wants to break free but Oaza has control.
Oaza misses with a punch to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pascal Oaza showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Oaza, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pascal Oaza!