PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nikodem Kowalczyk (ranked 779 p4p, 2254 weight class) and Adan Rollins (ranked 97 p4p, 263 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kowalczyk
vs
Rollins

184 cm
27
195
8 - 1 - 0

183 cm
20
195
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Powerful

KOMBAT KLOTHING
⚔️Conquest Nutrition⚔️

Sakura Style

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nikodem Kowalczyk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adan Rollins!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rollins cracks a nice hook into Kowalczyk's ribs.
Rollins looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Kowalczyk lands with an overhand left.
Kowalczyk swings for the body but Rollins moves out of range.
Kowalczyk tries to move into range but Rollins moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

It looks like Nikodem Kowalczyk has been cut.
Kowalczyk misses with a straight left.
Rollins throws out a counter right but Kowalczyk avoids it with no problem.
A punch lands to the side of Rollins 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kowalczyk stuffs the takedown.
Kowalczyk seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Kowalczyk tries to clinch up but Rollins circles away and keeps his distance.
Kowalczyk scores with a body shot.
Kowalczyk loads up on a big right hand but Rollins slips the punch.
Kowalczyk connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rollins. Rollins circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kowalczyk tests Rollins's chin there with a solid looking 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!
Kowalczyk throws a lazy right hand but Rollins sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kowalczyk lands with an uppercut that bounces Rollins off the cage and back into range.
Nikodem Kowalczyk is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rollins fails to land with a series of punches.
Kowalczyk scores with a hook.
Rollins changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kowalczyk throws the left hand but Rollins avoids the punch easily.
Rollins uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kowalczyk.
Kowalczyk misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rollins.
Nikodem Kowalczyk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Kowalczyk pushes Rollins up against the cage in a clinch.
Kowalczyk can't find room to land a body shot as Rollins controls the action.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kowalczyk.
Kowalczyk throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rollinss head.
Kowalczyk lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rollins.

Rollins breaks from the clinch.
Kowalczyk throws a jab when Rollins was well out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rollins misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rollins staying out of range there.
Rollins is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kowalczyk with a body shot.
Kowalczyk scores with a nice head shot.
Rollins lands a jab to the nose.
Kowalczyk connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
No joy there for Rollins, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kowalczyk tries to clinch but Rollins moves out of range.

Kowalczyk moves into the clinch.
Rollins prevents a body shot from Kowalczyk.
Rollins is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Kowalczyk gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Rollins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rollins misses with a punch to the body.
Rollins tries a body shot but Kowalczyk blocks it.
Kowalczyk goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kowalczyk.

Rollins manages to break the clinch.
Rollins with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kowalczyk connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Rollins momentarily.
Rollins takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kowalczyk thuds a left hand into Rollins's body.
Kowalczyk fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rollins lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kowalczyk circles away quickly and effectively.
Kowalczyk is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Rollins misses with a straight right.
A slow jab from Rollins misses its intended target.
Kowalczyk lands a body shot.
Kowalczyk ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rollins moves away.
Kowalczyk swings for the body but Rollins moves out of range.
Rollins avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kowalczyk tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kowalczyk misses with an uppercut.
Rollins is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kowalczyk with a body shot.
Kowalczyk lands an overhand right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rollins ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kowalczyk moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from Kowalczyk does it's job there.
Kowalczyk lands with an uppercut that bounces Rollins off the cage and back into range.
Kowalczyk swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Rollins cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kowalczyk misses with a hook. Rollins ducked under it nicely.
Kowalczyk swings for the body but Rollins moves out of range.
Kowalczyk digs a good hook to Rollins's body.
Kowalczyk throws a body shot but no joy.
Kowalczyk is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nikodem Kowalczyk dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nikodem Kowalczyk'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.

Rollins throws a shot from downtown. Kowalczyk moves away and avoids it.
Kowalczyk tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Rollins manages to circle out of the way.
Rollins throws a series of punches but Kowalczyk moves out of range.

Kowalczyk moves into range and clinches up with Rollins.

Rollins drags the fight down to the ground.
Rollins manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kowalczyk manages to get himself to full guard.

Rollins preventing the sweep.
Kowalczyk pulls Rollins in close to prevent any damage.
Kowalczyk has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kowalczyk throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
Rollins stopping the sweep attempt from Kowalczyk.
Rollins tries to stand but Kowalczyk is controlling from the bottom.
Kowalczyk wants to sweep but no luck.
Kowalczyk keeping moving, preventing Rollins from controlling successfully.
Rollins throws an elbow that misses. Kowalczyk uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Rollins's guard. Nice move by Kowalczyk!

Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kowalczyk's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kowalczyk with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kowalczyk trying to control the position from guard on top but Rollins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kowalczyk throws a big right hand that misses.
Kowalczyk is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rollins can do to turn this around?

Rollins has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Kowalczyk can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Rollins keeping moving, preventing Kowalczyk from controlling successfully.
Rollins is trying to control the position but Kowalczyk postures up.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Kowalczyk postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kowalczyk swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rollins tries to counter with a clinch but Kowalczyk shakes him off and moves away.
Kowalczyk jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Kowalczyk gets a clinch.
Kowalczyk lands a body punch.
Kowalczyk tries to throw a body punch but Rollins avoids it by throwing Kowalczyk back against the cage.
Kowalczyk works on Rollins's body with a couple of short punches.
Rollins takes a shot to the head.
Kowalczyk misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rollins blocks a body shot from Kowalczyk.
Kowalczyk lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Rollins breaks the clinch.
Kowalczyk connects with a jab.
Kowalczyk jabs at Rollins's body.
Kowalczyk fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rollins looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kowalczyk's jab looks to have found its range, popping Rollins under the eye.

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!
Kowalczyk swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rollins! But no joy.

Kowalczyk clinches up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Kowalczyk.
Kowalczyk lands with a right to the head.
Rollins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rollins presses Kowalczyk against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kowalczyk blocking some punches.
Rollins has had enough of the clinch but Kowalczyk keeps him there for the moment.
Nikodem Kowalczyk has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A body shot lands from Kowalczyk.
Rollins is breathing heavily.
Rollins misses with some punches.
Rollins is trying to force a seperation but Kowalczyk has the dominant position.
Kowalczyk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kowalczyk lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kowalczyk lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rollins misses with the head strike.
Rollins lands a shot to the body.

Rollins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kowalczyk wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nikodem Kowalczyk dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nikodem Kowalczyk's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Kowalczyk moves into range and clinches up with Rollins.
Kowalczyk working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kowalczyk blocking some punches.
Kowalczyk tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kowalczyk misses with a body punch.
Kowalczyk cracks Rollins with a nice body shot.
Rollins misses with a hook from the clinch.

Rollins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kowalczyk throws a shot to the body.
Kowalczyk scores with a body shot.
Kowalczyk misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rollins misses with an uppercut.
Kowalczyk seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Kowalczyk stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Kowalczyk wants it to stay on the feet.
Kowalczyk is looking to counter the offense by Rollins and move into the clinch.
Rollins takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice jab there from Kowalczyk.
Rollins walks into a stiff left hand from Kowalczyk.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kowalczyk connects with a body shot that sends Rollins's belly button to the back.

Oh, that's a big right hand from Kowalczyk and Rollins goes tumbling to the canvas! Kowalczyk follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.

Rollins is rocked!
We've been hearing that Kowalczyk has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Kowalczyk controlling the pace.
Rollins is still in real trouble! Can Kowalczyk finish him?
Kowalczyk slips a nice elbow through Rollins's hands, connecting with Rollins's forehead.
Rollins taking some punishment here, with Kowalczyk in his half guard.
Kowalczyk thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rollins's head.
Rollins regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Kowalczyk.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kowalczyk tries to free his leg and advance position but Rollins is retaining full guard.

Rollins is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Rollins seems to have recovered his senses.
Kowalczyk throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rollins works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Adan Rollins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kowalczyk missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kowalczyk working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Kowalczyk is stalling in the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kowalczyk scoring with some ground and pound.
Kowalczyk with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kowalczyk's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Kowalczyk scoring with punches to the head and body.
Rollins looking for a sweep. Not yet Rollins, not yet.
Nikodem Kowalczyk is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rollins is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Kowalczyk is aware though and is defending well.
Kowalczyk is stalling in the full guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Kowalczyk tries to clinch
and Kowalczyk takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kowalczyk looks to clinch
letting Rollins counter with a right hand.
Rollins swings for the body but Kowalczyk moves out of range.
Kowalczyk is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Rollins.
Nice body punch from Rollins.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kowalczyk fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kowalczyk scores with a jab to the head.
Kowalczyk moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kowalczyk throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rollins stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kowalczyk lands the left hand.
Rollins misses with a series of wild punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kowalczyk slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Rollins takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Kowalczyk scores with a jab to the body.
Kowalczyk with a body punch. A glancing blow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nikodem Kowalczyk showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kowalczyk has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nikodem Kowalczyk!
Nikodem Kowalczyk thanked the fans post fight for their support.