PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ernesto Wiggins (ranked 3928 p4p, 4166 weight class) and Eustachy Orkowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ernesto Wiggins has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Wiggins
vs
Orkowski

176 cm
18
162
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
160
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Big heart

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ernesto Wiggins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eustachy Orkowski!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wiggins misses with a looping left.
Wiggins takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Orkowski scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wiggins seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Nice jab there from Orkowski.
Wiggins misses with a wild body shot.
Wiggins throws a nice looking combination but Orkowski bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wiggins takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Orkowski throws out a powerful jab.
Wiggins tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Orkowski manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Orkowski! But no joy.
Orkowski connects with a looping right hand.
Wiggins throws a body shot but no joy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wiggins's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Orkowski connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Wiggins scrambles back to his feet.
Wiggins looks to land a right hand but Orkowski moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiggins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Orkowski missing with a left hand there. Wiggins was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wiggins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Orkowski was well out of range. Poor timing from Wiggins.
Orkowski with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Wiggins takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wiggins ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wiggins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Orkowski lands with a cross.
Orkowski lands a glancing blow to the side of Wiggins's head.
Wiggins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Orkowski might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiggins's corner calls for a 1-2. Wiggins obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Orkowski cracks Wiggins with an open hand slap.
A big left from Orkowski misses.
Orkowski is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Wiggins had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
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!
Orkowski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wiggins tries to counter by clinching up but Orkowski breaks away and moves out of range.
Wiggins looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Wiggins moves into the clinch successfully.
Orkowski can't break the clinch.
Orkowski is trying to force a seperation but Wiggins has the dominant position.
Orkowski is trying to force a seperation but Wiggins has the dominant position.
Wiggins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wiggins throws a punch but it's blocked by Orkowski.
Orkowski can't break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiggins misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Orkowski.
Orkowski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wiggins stalling.
Orkowski has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wiggins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wiggins slowing the pace effectively.
Orkowski is trying to break the clinch but Wiggins has him pressed against the cage.
Orkowski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Orkowski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Orkowski has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Orkowski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wiggins throws a shot from downtown. Orkowski moves away and avoids it.
Orkowski appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Orkowski misses with a lunging right hand
and Wiggins cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Orkowski dodges the punch combination from Wiggins.
Orkowski lands a head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wiggins takes one on the button.
Orkowski throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Orkowski lands a glancing blow to the side of Wiggins's head.

Wiggins has Orkowski up against the cage in a clinch.
Orkowski wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wiggins throws a punch but it's blocked by Orkowski.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Orkowski working hard to break the clinch.
Wiggins keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Orkowski's efforts to push away.
Orkowski tries to break free but Wiggins pushes him back against the cage.
Orkowski has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Orkowski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wiggins lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Wiggins avoiding damage.
Come on Wiggins - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Eustachy Orkowski dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Orkowski scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Wiggins ducks under a wild hook from Orkowski.
A punch lands to the side of Wiggins 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wiggins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Orkowski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wiggins.
Wiggins is looking to counter the offense by Orkowski and move into the clinch.
Wiggins misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wiggins gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Orkowski has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wiggins ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wiggins fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Orkowski checks it well.
Wiggins paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orkowski misses with a hook.
Orkowski misses with a straight left.
Wiggins is looking to clinch but Orkowski is avoiding it.
Wiggins is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Wiggins moves out of range as Orkowski strikes.
It looked like Wiggins wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Orkowski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Orkowski looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Wiggins scores with a three punch combo!
Orkowski misses with a jab to the body

and Wiggins counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Orkowski blocks a body shot from Wiggins.
Wiggins's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Wiggins misses with the head strike.
Wiggins lands a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Orkowski.

Orkowski manages to break the clinch.
Orkowski moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
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!
Orkowski throws a jab but it's blocked by Wiggins.
Wiggins has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Orkowski on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wiggins keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wiggins throws a shot from downtown. Orkowski moves away and avoids it.
Wiggins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Orkowski walks into a straight right hand from Wiggins.
Orkowski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Eustachy Orkowski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Orkowski paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Wiggins darts in and clinches Orkowski up against the cage.
Wiggins misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orkowski wants to break free but Wiggins has control.
Wiggins keeps control of Orkowski as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wiggins leaning against his opponent.
Wiggins is pushing Orkowski up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Orkowski is trying to break free.
Wiggins is stalling here.
Orkowski tries to break the clinch but Wiggins is controlling the position.
Orkowski is trying to force a seperation but Wiggins has the dominant position.
Wiggins is looking to control Orkowski's arms but Orkowski gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wiggins has his back to the cage.
Orkowski wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wiggins has him pressed against the cage.
Orkowski prevents a body shot from Wiggins.
Orkowski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Orkowski wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wiggins has him pressed against the cage.
Wiggins throws a punch but it's blocked by Orkowski.
Wiggins keeps control of Orkowski as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Wiggins misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Wiggins working aggressively here.
Wiggins prevents Orkowski from breaking the clinch.
Wiggins keeps control of Orkowski as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wiggins.
Wiggins digs a right hand into Orkowski's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Orkowski's gas tank.
Wiggins can't find room to land a body shot as Orkowski controls the action.
Wiggins prevents Orkowski from breaking the clinch.
Wiggins is stalling here.
Wiggins keeps control of Orkowski as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wiggins is working Orkowski over against the cage.
Orkowski is trying to break the clinch but Wiggins is controlling him.
Orkowski tries to circle away but Wiggins has him pinned against the cage.
Wiggins looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Wiggins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Orkowski working hard to break the clinch.
Wiggins throws a punch but it's blocked by Orkowski.
Orkowski is trying to push Wiggins away but Wiggins has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Wiggins wants to stall.
Orkowski has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ernesto Wiggins dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Wiggins tries to close the distance and clinch but Orkowski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wiggins takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Wiggins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Orkowski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Orkowski misses the shot to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Orkowski as he connects with a hook.
Wiggins takes one to the side of the head.
Wiggins waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Orkowski.
Wiggins slips a straight right by Orkowski.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wiggins throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Orkowski sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wiggins tries to move into range but Orkowski moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Orkowski dodges the punch combination from Wiggins.
Orkowski looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiggins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Orkowski swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Wiggins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Orkowski looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Eustachy Orkowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wiggins throws a body punch but Orkowski moves out of range.
Wiggins doesn't manage to clinch there - Orkowski circles away.
Orkowski takes a swing at Wiggins's ribcage but misses.
Wiggins swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Orkowski darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Wiggins misses the jab.
Wiggins throws a body punch but Orkowski moves out of range.
It seemed like Orkowski was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Orkowski thuds a left hand into Wiggins's body.
Orkowski looks to land a combination but Wiggins avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orkowski loads up on a big right hand but Wiggins slips the punch.
Wiggins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wiggins misses the jab.
Orkowski sizes up Wiggins with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Orkowski lands the left hand.
Orkowski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wiggins moves away.
Wiggins jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Orkowski scores with a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Orkowski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wiggins.
Wiggins tries to clinch but Orkowski moves out of range.
Orkowski bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Wiggins's head backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiggins misses with a left hand
and Orkowski counters with a stiff right hand.
Wiggins on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Good shot there by Orkowski.
Nice cross by Orkowski.
Orkowski rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Wiggins counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wiggins doesn't manage to clinch there - Orkowski circles away.
Wiggins throws an overhand right that lands on Orkowski's shoulder, as Orkowski tries to avoid the shot.
Wiggins tries to clinch but Orkowski moves away
letting Orkowski counter with a right hand.
Wiggins cracks Orkowski with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wiggins lunges at Orkowski with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Orkowski's hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wiggins tries to clinch but Orkowski moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wiggins throws a right hand that misses
and Orkowski counters with a nice uppercut.
Wiggins uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Orkowski.
Wiggins fails in his attempt to clinch.
Orkowski let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Orkowski throws a body punch but Wiggins moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wiggins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Orkowski throws a body shot but no joy.
Orkowski lands a nice looking body shot.
Wiggins moves in looking to clinch but Orkowski pushes him off.
Orkowski blocks a jab.
Orkowski misses with a looping right.
Wiggins tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Orkowski manages to circle out of the way.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eustachy Orkowski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Orkowski has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eustachy Orkowski!