PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Grzegorz Crayewski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Crayewski
vs
Maia

209 cm
19
247 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

188 cm
27
210 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Knockout power

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Grzegorz Crayewski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Alex Maia!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Winston Alpacca and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maia ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Crayewski jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Maia moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Crayewski throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Maia counters by moving into the clinch.
Crayewski working hard to break the clinch.
Maia lands with a left to the head.
Maia holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Maia has Crayewski pressed against the cage, preventing Crayewski from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Crayewski wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Maia.
Maia lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Crayewski is looking to break free of the clinch but Maia has double underhooks.
Maia tries to throw a body punch but Crayewski avoids it by throwing Maia back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Crayewski breaks the clinch.
Alex Maia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maia closes the distance but Crayewski moves to the side

and Crayewski counters with a straight right that drops Maia on his ass! Maia jumps back to his feet. He seems OK to continue so we'll get back to the action.

It looks like Alex Maia has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maia throws a lazy uppercut
and Crayewski counters with a big uppercut that drops Maia face first to the mat! Will he beat the count?! He's struggled up to his knees on 7 but it doesn't look like he's going to make it... he's been counted out! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Grzegorz Crayewski!