PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ross Hardy (ranked 4486 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kamil Kowalski (ranked 4559 p4p, 0 weight class). Ross Hardy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hardy
vs
Kowalski

167 cm
25
145 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
145 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ross Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kamil Kowalski!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Igor Prikhodko and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kowalski closes the distance and clinches.
Kowalski lands a nice uppercut.
Hardy just leaning against Kowalski, taking a breather.
A short left from Kowalski.
Hardy blocks an uppercut.
Kowalski lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kowalski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hardy takes a shot to the head.
Still in the clinch, Kowalski scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Kowalski on the inside.
Kowalski letting Hardy take a breather here.
Kowalski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hardy prevents a body shot from Kowalski.
Hardy trying to control the position but instead, Kowalski has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hardy into the cage.
Kowalski gets through Hardy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Kowalski.
Kowalski lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hardy backwards.
Kowalski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Kowalski.
Hardy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kowalski tries to work over Hardy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kowalski working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hardy.
Kowalski misses with some punches.
Kowalski pushes Hardy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kowalski creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kowalski gets through Hardy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kowalski misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Kowalski.
Kowalski lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hardy or not.
A short body shot lands from Kowalski as the two fighters clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kowalski creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kowalski lands a left hand.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kowalski.
Hardy is breathing heavily.
Nice body punch from Kowalski - that landed with a thud.
Kowalski scores with a shot to the side of Hardy's head.
Kowalski working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A body shot lands from Kowalski.
Kowalski lands a left hand.
Kowalski pushes Hardy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kowalski lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hardy backwards.

Hardy is rocked!
Kowalski lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kowalski lands with a short shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kowalski works on Hardy's body with a couple of short punches.
Kowalski makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kowalski lands a left hand.
Oh Hardy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kowalski misses with the head strike.
Hardy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kowalski has a couple of punches blocked by Hardy.
Hardy seems to have got his legs back now.
Kowalski working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kowalski pushes Hardy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kowalski lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kowalski lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kowalski lands a body shot.
A short right from Kowalski.
Kowalski lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kowalski throws a big uppercut that drops Hardy! More strikes from Kowalski and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Hardy lies dazed against the cage as Kowalski celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kamil Kowalski!