PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antoni Koscielski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Desmond Bradley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Koscielski comes to the cage accompanied by Bone Thugs n Harmony - Thuggish Ruggish Bone . Antoni Koscielski could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Desmond Bradley's chin.

Koscielski
vs
Bradley

182 cm
22
212 lbs
7 - 0 - 1

201 cm
22
216 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 7 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Antoni Koscielski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Desmond Bradley!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Reed Andrews and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bradley misses with an uppercut. Koscielski saw that one coming.
We've been hearing reports that Koscielski has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
A punch lands to the side of Koscielski 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Koscielski swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bradley.
Koscielski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bradley.
Bradley looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sloppy strikes from Koscielski. Those never looked like landing.
Bradley swings widly with a right hand
enabling Koscielski to counter with a crisp jab.
Koscielski throws a hook but Bradley blocks it.
Bradley swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bradley throws an off balance right hand
and Koscielski counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bradley walks into a jab.
Some wild striking there from Bradley.
Koscielski appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Koscielski digs a good hook to Bradley's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradley looks to land a right hand but Koscielski moved out of range.
Koscielski stuns Bradley with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bradley cracks Koscielski with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Bradley misses with an uppercut

and Koscielski counters with a shoot takedown. Bradley fights it but they end up in guard.
Koscielski is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Koscielski lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Koscielski is working Bradley over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Koscielski postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Koscielski controlling from the top position.
Bradley looking to hit a scissor sweep but Koscielski is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koscielski is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Koscielski landing with the ground and pound.
Koscielski is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Koscielski distracts Bradley with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Bradley being controlled here, momentarily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koscielski has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Koscielski 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.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Bradley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bradley looks to throw the jab but Koscielski is out of range.
Koscielski swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Koscielski shoots in and bounces Bradley off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Koscielski drops back looking for a leg! Bradley is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Bradley manages to kick Koscielski off! Koscielski jumps back into Bradley's guard.
Koscielski in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bradley looking to control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bradley avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Koscielski's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Koscielski passes Bradley's left leg - he's now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antoni Koscielski dominated that round.
That's time! Koscielski's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bradley throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Koscielski on the side of the head.
Bradley throws out a loose jab but Koscielski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice jab there from Bradley.

Koscielski drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Koscielski controlling the position.
Bradley takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bradley is looking to reverse the position.
Koscielski is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradley tries to escape but Koscielski is in control.
Koscielski taking a breather here.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bradley can do anything to dispel that myth.
Bradley is trying to control Koscielski's posture but Koscielski avoids it.
Koscielski in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Koscielski working the ground and pound.
Koscielski tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Koscielski lands some shots froms side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koscielski postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Bradley really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Koscielski. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The referee asks Koscielski politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Koscielski prefers to stall for the moment though.
Bradley taking a bit of punishment here - Koscielski scoring with strikes.
Koscielski staying calm.
Koscielski advances to mount.
Koscielski controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koscielski unloading with bombs!

Bradley bucks Koscielski off and manages to get back to his feet!
Bradley throws a looping overhand right but Koscielski ducks down to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Koscielski misses the target.
Koscielski avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Koscielski lands a nice shot that snaps Bradley's head back.
Koscielski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bradley.
Koscielski has his takedown stuffed
and Bradley counters with a stiff right hand.
Koscielski with a jab.
Koscielski misses the shot to the body.
Antoni Koscielski is winning the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Koscielski.
Bradley looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Koscielski swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bradley counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice defenses there by Koscielski.
Koscielski throws a body shot but no joy.
Bradley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bradley throws a shot from downtown. Koscielski moves away and avoids it.
A big right from Bradley misses.
Bradley moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bradley swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Koscielski counter with a right hand.
Nice defenses there by Koscielski.
Koscielski attempts a counter takedown but Bradley avoids it well and moves away.
Bradley fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Antoni Koscielski will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Koscielski displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bradley throws out the jab.
Bradley stuffs the takedown attempt from Koscielski. Koscielski gets slowly back to his feet.
A countering left hand to the body from Bradley misses.
Bradley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Koscielski misses with a lunging right hand
and Bradley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bradley might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Koscielski just misses with a punch to the body.
Koscielski throws a hook but Bradley avoids it easily.
It seemed like Bradley was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Koscielski walks into a straight right hand from Bradley.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koscielski takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Koscielski lands the left hand.
Koscielski takes a swing at Bradley's ribcage but misses.
Bradley takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradley shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Koscielski rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bradley counters with a straight right hand.
Koscielski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bradley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Koscielski.
Koscielski tries to counter with a takedown but Bradley is quick to defend against it.
Koscielski misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bradley counters with a straight right hand.
Koscielski lands a head shot.

Koscielski shoots in and gets a takedown into Bradley's guard.
Koscielski postures up and lands a big shot to Bradley's brow.
Bradley being controlled here, momentarily.
Koscielski stops Bradley from standing up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koscielski controls from within his opponent's guard.
Koscielski working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bradley's head.
Koscielski working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Koscielski advances position into side control!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradley struggling a bit here.
Koscielski cracks Bradley with a big elbow.
Bradley is letting Koscielski control him for a moment.
The strikes coming from Koscielski are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

Koscielski is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Bradley is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Koscielski tries for a kimura but Bradley is defending well.
Koscielski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bradley can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bradley takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Desmond Bradley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Antoni Koscielski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bradley throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
A lull in the action here.
Koscielski scoring with punches from side control.

Koscielski tries for a kimura but Bradley is defending well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Koscielski remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

And that's the end of the fight!
Antoni Koscielski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Koscielski, 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antoni Koscielski!
After winning the bout, Antoni Koscielski thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
In defeat, Desmond Bradley stepped up to the mic, saying 'Back to the lab. I'll be back. Don't worry.'.