PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Kenny Smith (ranked 1405 p4p, 285 weight class) and Michał Kowalkiewicz (ranked 180 p4p, 37 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Smith might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to IS THIS LOVE. Michał Kowalkiewicz will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Smith
vs
Kowalkiewicz

181 cm
40
187
40 - 15 - 1

195 cm
39
188
37 - 10 - 1

World class boxer
Granite chin

World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 40 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kenny Smith!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Michał Kowalkiewicz!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Damien Edna and Ben Watson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith lands the left hand.
Kowalkiewicz takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A head kick misses from Smith.
Kowalkiewicz swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kowalkiewicz lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Kenny Smith has been cut.
Smith on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Smith looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kowalkiewicz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Smith.
It seemed like Kowalkiewicz was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Smith loads up on a big right hand but Kowalkiewicz slips the punch.

Kowalkiewicz clinches.
Smith throws an elbow that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kowalkiewicz tries to throw a body punch but Smith avoids it by throwing Kowalkiewicz back against the cage.
Smith softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kowalkiewicz misses with a punch to the body.
Smith taking a breather.
Smith crunches a lovely knee into Kowalkiewicz's ribcage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
Kowalkiewicz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kowalkiewicz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Smith prevents a body shot from Kowalkiewicz.
Kowalkiewicz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short left from Smith.
Kowalkiewicz lands with a short shot to the head.
Smith lands an uppercut.
Kowalkiewicz gets through Smith's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Smith.
Kowalkiewicz tries to throw a body punch but Smith avoids it by throwing Kowalkiewicz back against the cage.
Smith prevents a body shot from Kowalkiewicz.
Smith taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Smith scores with a shot to the side of Kowalkiewicz's head.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
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!
A head punch on the inside from Kowalkiewicz fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Smith.
Kowalkiewicz struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
Kowalkiewicz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kowalkiewicz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smith pushes off an throws an elbow but Kowalkiewicz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
I was talking to Smith's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Smith lands a nice uppercut.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.
Smith connects with a knee to the head.
Smith lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kowalkiewicz.
Kowalkiewicz misses with some punches.
Smith lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kowalkiewicz backwards.
Smith working Kowalkiewicz over with knees to the body.
Kowalkiewicz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kowalkiewicz looks winded!
Kowalkiewicz throws a head punch that misses.
Smith lands an uppercut.
Kowalkiewicz misses with a body punch.
Kowalkiewicz has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Smith seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Kowalkiewicz can turn it around.
Kowalkiewicz can't find room to land a body shot as Smith controls the action.
Kowalkiewicz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Smith lands a damaging elbow.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Kowalkiewicz avoids the damage to the body.
Smith crunches a lovely knee into Kowalkiewicz's ribcage.
Nice body punch from Smith - that landed with a thud.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kenny Smith dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kenny Smith's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Smith looks to land a right hand but Kowalkiewicz moved out of range.
Smith throws the left hand but Kowalkiewicz avoids the punch easily.
Some wild striking there from Smith.
Kowalkiewicz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Smith.
No joy there for Smith, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Smith's corner calls for a 1-2. Smith obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Kowalkiewicz misses its intended target.
A big right from Smith misses.
Smith is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kowalkiewicz can do to turn this around?
A jab from Kowalkiewicz misses.
Kowalkiewicz lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith walks into a left hand.
A swing and a miss from Smith.
Kowalkiewicz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Smith sets himself, and Kowalkiewicz steps forward looking for the clinch! Smith avoids it this time.
Kowalkiewicz looks to land a body kick but Smith moved away.
Smith scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The fighters circling - Smith throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kowalkiewicz feints a counter leg kick.
Kowalkiewicz throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

Kowalkiewicz closes the distance and pushes Smith back into the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kowalkiewicz.
Kowalkiewicz has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Smith lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kowalkiewicz.
Smith looking to slow down the pace here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Smith.
Kowalkiewicz misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kowalkiewicz scores with a hook to the body.
Smith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kowalkiewicz avoids it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Smith.
Kowalkiewicz scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short left from Smith.
Kowalkiewicz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Kowalkiewicz takes an elbow to the temple.
Smith lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kowalkiewicz or not.
Kowalkiewicz lands a nice shot to the body.
Smith works on Kowalkiewicz's body with a couple of short punches.
Kowalkiewicz is breathing heavily.
Smith is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Smith stalling against the cage.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kowalkiewicz throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Kowalkiewicz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Smith throws a knee to the head but misses.
Smith cracks Kowalkiewicz with a nice body shot.
Smith lands a knee to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kenny Smith dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kenny Smith's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Smith tests Kowalkiewicz's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Smith misses with an uppercut.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith clobbers Kowalkiewicz with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Smith staying out of range there.
Smith thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kowalkiewicz wants to counter with a clinch but Smith pushes him away.
Smith connects with a single shot there.
Smith closes the distance and catches Kowalkiewicz with a lead hook that drops him to the canvas! Kowalkiewicz is clearly dazed and struggling here! 3,4,5,6,7 and Kowalkiewicz is up to his feet but the referee has called it off! Kowalkiewicz is still far too wobbly and he's not going to allow the fight to continue! Smith takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Kenny Smith!
Kenny Smith retains his middleweight title!
A victorious Kenny Smith thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.