PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rick Roller (ranked 3038 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Kowalski (ranked 6654 p4p, 0 weight class). Rick Roller has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Roller
vs
Kowalski

198 cm
25
285 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

193 cm
25
235 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rick Roller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Frank Kowalski!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Sandra Marshall and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roller scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kowalski doesn't seem bothered though.
Roller scores with a jab to the body.
Roller swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A leg kick checked by Roller.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roller. Kowalski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kowalski doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Roller throws a body shot but no joy.
Rick Roller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kowalski walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Roller comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Roller throws a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kowalski staying out of range there.
A little jabbing left from Kowalski on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nice jab there from Kowalski.
Roller throws a nice looking combination but Kowalski bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Roller definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
No joy there for Roller, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kowalski misses the shot to the body.
Roller swings widly with a right hand
and Kowalski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Roller tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kowalski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Roller takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kowalski avoids the body shot from Roller.
Kowalski staying out of range there.
Kowalski flicks out a counter leg kick but Roller steps away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roller. Kowalski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kowalski swings for the body but Roller moves out of range.
Roller is looking to wear down Kowalski with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nice shot lands for Roller.
Roller throws a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kowalski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Roller.
Kowalski lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Roller at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roller. Kowalski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Roller throws a predictable looking body shot
and Kowalski counters with a straight right hand.
Roller throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kowalski appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Roller uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kowalski.
An attempted straight right counter from Roller misses the target.
Roller's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kowalski under the eye.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roller tries to clinch but Kowalski moves out of range.
Kowalski doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Kowalski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Roller.
A little jabbing left from Kowalski on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kowalski scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kowalski misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Kowalski.

Roller clinches up against the cage.
Roller lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Roller lands a hook that snaps the head of Kowalski backwards.
Kowalski tries a body shot but Roller blocks it.

Roller breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kowalski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kowalski scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Roller throws an off balance right hand
and Kowalski counters with a stiff right hand.
Roller takes a swing at Kowalski's ribcage but misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kowalski.
Kowalski looks to score with a jab to the body but Roller is just out of range.
Roller swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roller misses with a hook
and Kowalski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Roller lands the left hand.
Roller throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kowalski takes one to the side of the head.
Roller tries to clinch but Kowalski is having none of it.
Roller misses with a left hand
and Kowalski counters with a nice uppercut.
Roller throws a poor cross that misses
and Kowalski counters with a right hand to the body.
Roller fails in his attempt to clinch.
Roller swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Kowalski to counter with a crisp jab.
Kowalski lands a right hook to the body.
Kowalski is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Roller had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Kowalski lands with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Rick Roller will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Roller swings for the body but Kowalski moves out of range.
Roller misses with a body shot.
Some wild striking there from Roller.
Kowalski looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Roller takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kowalski misses with a body shot
and Roller counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Frank Kowalski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Roller throws a hook but Kowalski blocks it.
A countering left hand to the body from Kowalski misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab lands there for Kowalski.
Kowalski ducks under a wild hook from Roller.
Kowalski lands a nice shot that snaps Roller's head back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kowalski ducks under a wild hook from Roller.
Kowalski swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kowalski shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kowalski slips under a jab from Roller.
Roller misses with a looping right.
Kowalski walks into a straight right hand from Roller.
Roller throws a hook but Kowalski blocks it.
Roller takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Roller clinches up against the cage.
Roller gets through Kowalski's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kowalski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kowalski.
Roller lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roller lands with a left to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A hook to the body from Kowalski.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kowalski.
Kowalski blocks an uppercut.
Kowalski lands a nice uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Kowalski as the two fighters clinch.
Roller throws a head punch that misses.
Roller misses with a hook from the clinch.

Kowalski manages to break the clinch.
Kowalski uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Roller.
Kowalski avoids the body shot from Roller.
Kowalski throws out a counter right but Roller avoids it with no problem.
Roller takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kowalski avoids the body shot from Roller.
It seemed like Kowalski was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kowalski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Roller fails with an attempt to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roller. Kowalski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kowalski appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Roller throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It seemed like Kowalski was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Roller keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Roller was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Kowalski.
Kowalski dips to his left and cracks Roller with an uppercut!
Roller throws an off balance right hand
and Kowalski counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Roller throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kowalski slips a straight right by Roller.
A big right from Roller misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roller throws a poor cross that misses
letting Kowalski counter with a right hand.
Roller misses with a body shot
and Kowalski counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Roller throws out a powerful jab.
Kowalski fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Roller looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kowalski connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab lands there for Roller.
Roller tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kowalski was well out of range. Poor timing from Roller.
It seemed like Kowalski was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kowalski connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kowalski ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kowalski moves out of range as Roller strikes.
Roller throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kowalski now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
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 Rick Roller will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Kowalski throws a good cross that connects.
Roller misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kowalski.
Roller doesn't manage to clinch there - Kowalski circles away.
Nice defenses there by Roller.
Roller thuds a left hand into Kowalski's body.
Roller cracks Kowalski with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kowalski avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A nice side step and Kowalski releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Roller throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A little jabbing left from Kowalski on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kowalski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roller moves away.
Nice cross by Kowalski.
Kowalski scores with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roller fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kowalski looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kowalski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kowalski punishes Roller's body with a nice straight punch.
Sloppy strikes from Roller. Those never looked like landing.
Roller takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kowalski circles away from the clinch attempt.
Roller tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kowalski manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Roller misses with an uppercut
and Kowalski counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Roller throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Roller fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kowalski manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roller throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kowalski uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Roller.
Kowalski is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Roller with a body shot.
Roller swings widly with a right hand
and Kowalski counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Roller looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
It seemed like Kowalski was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kowalski misses with a low kick.
Frank Kowalski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Roller swings for the body but Kowalski moves out of range.
Kowalski throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kowalski pivots, looking for a leg kick but Roller is out of range and Kowalski settles back down.
Kowalski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kowalski scores with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kowalski doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Roller is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kowalski fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Roller looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kowalski slips a straight right by Roller.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kowalski! But no joy.
Roller takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Roller looks to land a left hand but Kowalski moved out of range nicely.
A countering left hand to the body from Kowalski misses.
Roller checks a leg kick.
It looked like Roller wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Roller swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kowalski let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Kowalski avoids the body shot from Roller.
A slow jab from Roller misses its intended target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roller jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kowalski now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Roller looks to throw the jab but Kowalski is out of range.
Roller scores with a jab.
Roller just misses with a punch to the body.
Some wild striking there from Kowalski.
Kowalski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kowalski now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Roller throws a hook but Kowalski avoids it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roller takes a swing at Kowalski's ribcage but misses.
Roller misses the jab.
Kowalski doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Roller swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And Kowalski responds with a good body kick, but Roller manages to step out the way in time.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Frank Kowalski.
I think Roller has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Rick Roller!
Rick Roller seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.