PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between January Kwiecinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Kiely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kiely has chosen Mouth For War as his entrance music. 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.

Kwiecinski
vs
Kiely

208 cm
43
264 lbs
21 - 29 - 0

195 cm
28
265 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Good chin

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 29 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, January Kwiecinski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eddie Kiely!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Damien Edna and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kwiecinski doesn't manage to clinch there - Kiely circles away.
Kwiecinski looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kiely works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Nice defenses there by Kwiecinski.
Kwiecinski throws a hook but Kiely avoids it easily.
Kwiecinski fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Kiely scores with a hook to the body. Kwiecinski takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kiely keeps the fight on the outside.
Kwiecinski throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kiely counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kiely throws a series of punches but Kwiecinski avoids them all with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Kwiecinski pushes Kiely up against the cage in a clinch.
Kiely misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kwiecinski lands a nice uppercut.
Kiely tries to work over Kwiecinski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kiely lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kwiecinski blocking some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kiely fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kwiecinski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kiely's elbow.
Kiely tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kwiecinski's elbow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kiely.
Kwiecinski trying to land knees to the body.
I was talking to Kwiecinski's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Kiely blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kiely goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Kiely on the inside.
Kiely blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kwiecinski with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kiely misses with the head strike.
Kwiecinski trying to land knees to the body.
Kwiecinski lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kwiecinski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kiely blocking some punches.
Kiely misses with some punches.
A short body shot lands from Kiely as the two fighters clinch.
Kiely goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kiely struggles to land a body shot inside as Kwiecinski controls his hands.
Kiely scores with a shoulder strike.
Kiely misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kwiecinski pushes Kiely back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kiely managing to block the knees to the body from Kwiecinski.
Kiely tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kiely blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kwiecinski stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kwiecinski misses with a body punch.
Kwiecinski blocks a body shot from Kiely.
Kiely struggles to land a body shot inside as Kwiecinski controls his hands.
Kiely tries to throw a body punch but Kwiecinski avoids it by throwing Kiely back against the cage.
Kiely misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kiely misses with the head strike.
Kwiecinski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kiely lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Kwiecinski fails to land.
Kwiecinski missing with knees to the body.
Kiely lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kiely misses with a punch to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Kiely.
Kiely scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short body shot lands from Kiely as the two fighters clinch.
Kwiecinski is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Kiely.
Kiely lands a shoulder strike.
Kiely's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kwiecinski struggles to land a body shot inside as Kiely controls his hands.
Kiely misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kwiecinski working aggressively here.
Kiely misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kwiecinski scores with a shot to the side of Kiely's head.
Kwiecinski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kiely lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kiely goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kwiecinski misses with a body punch.
Kiely misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kwiecinski.
Kiely lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kiely swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A knee to the head by Kwiecinski.
Kiely misses with a body punch.
Kwiecinski lands a left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kiely scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kwiecinski lands a good knee to the midsection. Kiely won't want to take too many of those.
Kwiecinski tries to throw a body punch but Kiely avoids it by throwing Kwiecinski back against the cage.
Kiely goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kiely goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kiely misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kwiecinski tries to stall but Kiely uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A head punch on the inside from Kiely fails to land.
Kwiecinski lands with a light punch inside.
Kiely misses with a punch to the body.
Kiely lands a left hand.
Kiely lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kwiecinski backwards.
Kiely goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kiely misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kwiecinski tries a body shot but Kiely blocks it.
Kwiecinski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kiely can't find room to land a body shot as Kwiecinski controls the action.
Kiely swings wildly with an uppercut but Kwiecinski uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kiely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie Kiely dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A decent looking cross lands there for Kiely.
Kiely lands a body shot.
Kwiecinski misses with a low kick.
Kwiecinski misses with a two punch combination.
Kiely has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kwiecinski takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kwiecinski on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kwiecinski takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kwiecinski thows a left - swing and a miss!
January Kwiecinski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kwiecinski scores with a jab.
Kwiecinski uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kiely.
Kwiecinski connects with the punch.
Kwiecinski attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kwiecinski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kiely throws a hook but Kwiecinski blocks it.
Kwiecinski misses with a left hand
and Kiely counters with a stiff right hand.
Kiely waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kwiecinski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiely lands a body shot.
Kiely lands with a shot to the body.
A jab from Kiely finds it's way through Kwiecinski's defenses.
Kiely scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kwiecinski doesn't seem bothered though.
Kiely lands with a shot to the body.
Kwiecinski misses with a hook to the body
and Kiely counters with a two punch combo.

Kwiecinski clinches with his opponent.
Kiely tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kwiecinski throws a head punch that misses.
Kwiecinski makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kwiecinski prevents a body shot from Kiely.
Kwiecinski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kiely presses Kwiecinski against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kiely stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kiely tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kiely misses with some punches.
Kiely doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kiely scores with a shot to the side of Kwiecinski's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kwiecinski lands a right hand.
Kiely is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Kiely lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kwiecinski backwards.
Kiely scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kiely misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kiely tries to work over Kwiecinski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kiely tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kiely misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kiely tries to work over Kwiecinski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kiely misses with a punch on the inside.
Kiely tries to throw a body punch but Kwiecinski avoids it by throwing Kiely back against the cage.
Kiely doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kwiecinski tries a body shot but Kiely blocks it.
Kwiecinski lands a right hand.
Kiely lands a left hand.
Kiely tries to throw a body punch but Kwiecinski avoids it by throwing Kiely back against the cage.
Kwiecinski lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kwiecinski misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kiely blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kwiecinski working aggressively here.
Kiely lands a nice shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kiely.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kiely.
A shot in the inside from Kiely.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kiely.
Kiely lands an uppercut.
Kiely struggles to land a body shot inside as Kwiecinski controls his hands.
A short right from Kiely.
Kiely tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kwiecinski's elbow.
Kiely tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kwiecinski's elbow.
Kiely lands a hook that snaps the head of Kwiecinski backwards.
Kwiecinski misses with a punch to the body.
Kiely fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Kiely.
Kiely tries a body shot but Kwiecinski blocks it.
Eddie Kiely seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kiely working aggressively here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kiely misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kiely throws a punch but it's blocked by Kwiecinski.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kwiecinski lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A shot in the inside from Kiely.
Kwiecinski wants to stall.
Kiely lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kiely misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kiely misses with a punch to the body.
Kiely misses with a punch to the body.
Kiely avoiding damage as Kwiecinski throws knees to the body.
Kwiecinski with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kwiecinski can't find room to land a body shot as Kiely controls the action.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kiely.
Kiely lands with a right to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Kiely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kiely tries to work over Kwiecinski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from Kiely - that landed with a thud.
Kiely swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kwiecinski.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie Kiely showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Kiely scores with a body shot.
Kiely fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Eddie Kiely seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kiely scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kwiecinski doesn't seem bothered though.
Kwiecinski misses with a two punch combination.
Kiely with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kiely digs a good body shot into Kwiecinski's ribs.
Kiely has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Kiely connects with the punch.
Kiely moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Kiely looks to throw the jab but Kwiecinski is out of range.
Kiely stuns Kwiecinski with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jab from Kiely.
Kwiecinski swings widly with a right hand
and Kiely counters with a straight right hand.
Kiely shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kwiecinski pinned against the cage. Kwiecinski gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Kwiecinski takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiely scores with a punch to the head.
Kwiecinski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kiely.
Kwiecinski takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kwiecinski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kiely is looking for the big counter here.
Kwiecinski dodges the punch combination from Kiely.
Kwiecinski cracks Kiely with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kiely misses with an uppercut.
Danga de danga de dang - Kwiecinski scores with a four punch combination!
Kwiecinski works Kiely's body with a nice hook.
Kwiecinski throws a series of punches but Kiely avoids them all with ease.
Kiely follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
January Kwiecinski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Kiely misses.
Kwiecinski throws a big counter combination but Kiely scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Kiely shoots in for a double leg but Kwiecinski sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Kiely scores with a takedown into Kwiecinski's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kiely trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kiely postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Kiely is stalling in the full guard.
Kiely throwing strikes but missing.
Kiely is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiely lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kiely lands a couple of digs.
Kwiecinski trying to keep a closed guard but Kiely is proving a slippery customer.
Kiely is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Kiely pushes down on Kwiecinski's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Kiely landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kiely wants to take a breather but Kwiecinski is having none of it.
Kwiecinski makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Kwiecinski.
Kiely throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kiely is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Kwiecinski has his hands on Kiely's head, controlling the position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eddie Kiely comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kiely has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eddie Kiely!
Post fight, an emotional Eddie Kiely said 'You do not deserve to watch me'.