PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jakub Chlapik (ranked 3067 p4p, 91 weight class) and Ralph Gardner (ranked 3438 p4p, 106 weight class). Chlapik kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is PIPES AND PINTS / Criticized . Gardner has chosen Thug Luv as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Chlapik
vs
Gardner

196 cm
26
192 lbs
9 - 10 - 0

188 cm
25
202 lbs
10 - 10 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class boxer
Good gas tank

Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200)
IniTech Nutrition

Helsinki Xtreme Fightwear

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 9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jakub Chlapik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ralph Gardner!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Saam Ante and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chlapik fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Chlapik moves out of range of the leg kick from Gardner.
Chlapik goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Chlapik misses with a straight right.
Left hook, right uppercut from Chlapik.
No joy there for Chlapik, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gardner is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Chlapik with a body shot.

Chlapik takes the fight into the clinch.
Chlapik is trying to break free.
Chlapik scores with a shoulder strike.
Gardner taking a breather.
Gardner is looking to control Chlapik's arms but Chlapik gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gardner has his back to the ropes.
Chlapik misses with some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gardner lands a nice uppercut.
Gardner prevents a body shot from Chlapik.
Gardner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Chlapik makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardner keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Chlapik's efforts to push away.
Chlapik misses with a punch to the body.
Chlapik throws a head punch that misses.
Gardner is looking to control Chlapik's arms but Chlapik gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gardner has his back to the ropes.
Chlapik swings wildly with an uppercut but Gardner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chlapik misses with a body punch.
Chlapik gets through Gardner's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Chlapik as the two fighters clinch.
Chlapik is trying to break free.
Gardner is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Chlapik misses with the head strike.
Gardner misses with a body punch.
Gardner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chlapik lands a hook that snaps the head of Gardner backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chlapik.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chlapik pushes Gardner back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Come on Chlapik - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Chlapik lands a body punch.
Gardner misses with a body punch.
Gardner is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Chlapik is keeping busy.
Chlapik digs a right hand underneath Gardner's ribcage. Gardner let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Gardner blocking some punches.
Gardner stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Chlapik misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chlapik is trying to break free.
Chlapik lands a nice shot to the body.
Chlapik misses with a punch on the inside.
Gardner has a couple of punches blocked by Chlapik.

Chlapik manages to break the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chlapik throws a hook but Gardner blocks it.
Gardner feints a counter leg kick.

Chlapik clinches up with Gardner and pushes him back against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jakub Chlapik dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Chlapik misses with a wild combination.
Chlapik throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Chlapik gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Gardner counters with a stiff right hand.

Gardner tries to keep at a distance but Chlapik has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gardner lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chlapik.
Gardner has a couple of punches blocked by Chlapik.
Chlapik looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gardner has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Chlapik seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Gardner can turn it around.
Gardner taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Chlapik.
Gardner is trying to stall.
Gardner looking to stall.
Chlapik throws a punch but it's blocked by Gardner.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chlapik lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gardner.
Chlapik lands a body shot.
Chlapik has had enough of the clinch but Gardner keeps him there for the moment.
Chlapik tries to throw a body punch but Gardner avoids it by throwing Chlapik back against the ropes.
Gardner throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Chlapik breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chlapik throws a one two combo.
Gardner misses with a hook. Chlapik ducked under it nicely.
Chlapik connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Chlapik is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gardner can do to turn this around?
Chlapik lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gardner circles away quickly and effectively.

Chlapik rushes Gardner and presses him up against the ropes.
Chlapik lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Gardner is rocked!
Gardner misses with some punches.
Gardner is still on wobbly legs! Can Chlapik finish him?
Chlapik lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gardner backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gardner misses with a punch to the body.
Gardner misses with a punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Chlapik creates a bit of distance and cracks Gardner with a big uppercut! Gardner goes down! The referee pushes Chlapik away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Gardner make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Chlapik takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Jakub Chlapik!
Jakub Chlapik decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.