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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jozef Hajek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pawel Tokarczuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hajek comes into the arena with Nazov Stavby - Babylon blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Jozef Hajek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Pawel Tokarczuk!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good shot there by Hajek.
Tokarczuk lands a front kick.
Tokarczuk throws a nice outside leg kick.
Tokarczuk throws a jab when Hajek was well out of range.
Hajek walks into a stiff left hand from Tokarczuk.
Tokarczuk drives through and clinches with Hajek against the cage.
Hajek tries to break free but Tokarczuk pushes him back against the cage.
Tokarczuk throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hajek doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hajek fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tokarczuk scores with a knee to the head.
Tokarczuk with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hajek is trying to break the clinch but Tokarczuk is controlling him.
Tokarczuk keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hajek's efforts to push away.
The referee calls for Tokarczuk to work.
Tokarczuk landing knees to the head.
It looks like Jozef Hajek has been cut.
Tokarczuk scores with a knee to the head.
Tokarczuk misses with a knee strike.
Hajek can't break the clinch.
Tokarczuk landing knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tokarczuk tries to land a knee to the head but Hajek blocks with his arms.
Tokarczuk connects with a knee to the head.
Hajek takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tokarczuk lands a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tokarczuk tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tokarczuk looks gassed!
Tokarczuk prevents Hajek from breaking the clinch.
Hajek is trying to break the clinch but Tokarczuk is controlling him.
Tokarczuk tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hajek misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tokarczuk misses with a knee strike.
Tokarczuk holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Tokarczuk with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hajek is trying to push Tokarczuk away but Tokarczuk has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tokarczuk lands a knee to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Hajek fails to land.
Hajek is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tokarczuk with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hajek wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tokarczuk has him pressed against the cage.
Hajek is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hajek can't break the clinch.
Tokarczuk looking to throw knees to the head but Hajek is blocking nicely.
Tokarczuk tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tokarczuk tries to land a knee to the head but Hajek blocks with his arms.
Tokarczuk throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hajek has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hajek is trying to force a seperation but Tokarczuk has the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hajek can't break the clinch.
Tokarczuk misses with a knee strike.
Tokarczuk connects with a knee to the head.
Hajek misses with a punch on the inside.
Hajek looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hajek is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tokarczuk tries to land a knee to the head but Hajek blocks with his arms.
Hajek is trying to break free.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hajek.
Tokarczuk scores with a knee to the head.
Hajek tries to work over Tokarczuk's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short body shot lands from Hajek as the two fighters clinch.
Hajek is looking to break free of the clinch but Tokarczuk has double underhooks.
Hajek is looking to break free of the clinch but Tokarczuk has double underhooks.
Tokarczuk dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Tokarczuk is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hajek is keeping busy.
Tokarczuk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hajek blocks it with crossed arms.
Hajek wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tokarczuk has him pressed against the cage.
Tokarczuk using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hajek has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hajek tries to break the clinch but Tokarczuk is controlling the position.
Hajek breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hajek looks to land a combination but Tokarczuk avoids it well.
Tokarczuk misses with a body kick.
Hajek avoids the head kick by Tokarczuk.
A big right from Hajek misses.
Tokarczuk misses with a low kick as Hajek jumps back.
Tokarczuk takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
It looks like Pawel Tokarczuk has been cut.
Tokarczuk moves out of range of the strikes.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tokarczuk.
Hajek throws a leg kick
and Tokarczuk counters with a low kick, right behind Hajek 's knee.
Hajek misses with a body shot.
Hajek throws a right and a left that Tokarczuk avoids nicely.
Tokarczuk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hajek looks to land a right hand but Tokarczuk moved out of range.
Tokarczuk lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hajek will feel that in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Hajek, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hajek misses with a wild combination.
Tokarczuk tries to clinch up but Hajek circles away and keeps his distance.
Hajek misses with a double jab.
Tokarczuk throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Tokarczuk.
Tokarczuk slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Tokarczuk there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tokarczuk moves into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Tokarczuk.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tokarczuk tries to land a knee to the head but Hajek blocks with his arms.
Tokarczuk with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tokarczuk effectively controlling the action here.
Hajek goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hajek is looking to break free of the clinch but Tokarczuk has double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pawel Tokarczuk dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A head kick misses from Tokarczuk.
Tokarczuk tries to clinch there but Hajek circles away.
Tokarczuk thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hajek if he has to take too many more of those.
Hajek tries to bum rush Tokarczuk with a series of wild strikes but Tokarczuk uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hajek misses with a two punch combination.
Tokarczuk closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tokarczuk stalling in the clinch.
Tokarczuk lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tokarczuk scores with a knee to the head.
Come on Tokarczuk - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hajek takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tokarczuk landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tokarczuk scores with a knee to the head.
Tokarczuk'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.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tokarczuk misses with a knee strike.
Tokarczuk scores with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hajek has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hajek working aggressively here.
Hajek is looking to break free of the clinch but Tokarczuk has double underhooks.
Tokarczuk lands a good knee to the midsection. Hajek won't want to take too many of those.
Hajek is trying to force a seperation but Tokarczuk has the dominant position.
Tokarczuk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tokarczuk connects with a knee to the head.
Hajek escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hajek takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hajek tries to break the clinch but Tokarczuk is controlling the position.
Tokarczuk lands a knee to the head.
Hajek has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tokarczuk connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hajek's face.
Tokarczuk stalling in the clinch.
Hajek is looking to break free of the clinch but Tokarczuk has double underhooks.
Tokarczuk tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tokarczuk looking to stall.
Tokarczuk with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tokarczuk looking to stall.
Hajek is trying to break free.
Tokarczuk taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Tokarczuk misses with a knee to the head.
A short right from Hajek.
Hajek looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hajek tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tokarczuk with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hajek will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Hajek tries to circle away but Tokarczuk has him pinned against the cage.
Hajek has had enough of the clinch but Tokarczuk keeps him there for the moment.
Tokarczuk tries to land a knee to the head but Hajek blocks with his arms.
Tokarczuk tries to land a knee to the head but Hajek blocks with his arms.
Hajek tries to circle away but Tokarczuk has him pinned against the cage.
Hajek managing to block the knees to the body from Tokarczuk.
Nice body punch from Hajek - that landed with a thud.
Hajek escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hajek throws out a loose jab but Tokarczuk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hajek looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hajek looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hajek falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hajek takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hajek takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Tokarczuk delivers a nice body kick.
Tokarczuk lands with a kick to the ribs.
Jozef Hajek is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tokarczuk connects with a leg kick. Hajek looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hajek takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Tokarczuk lands with a nice body kick.
A big right from Hajek misses.
Tokarczuk scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tokarczuk throws a head kick that Hajek semi-blocks.
That kick from Tokarczuk tenderised Hajek's leg. Hajek is trying to keep his angry face on.
Tokarczuk thows a body kick. Hajek tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A good leg kick by Tokarczuk.
Tokarczuk lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hajek takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Good leg kick by Tokarczuk there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tokarczuk throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Tokarczuk lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hajek's sensitive parts.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tokarczuk scores with a leg kick.
Tokarczuk forces Hajek back against the cage and clinches.
Tokarczuk lands a knee to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tokarczuk takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Tokarczuk tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Tokarczuk.
Hajek is trying to break the clinch but Tokarczuk is controlling him.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tokarczuk connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hajek's face.
Hajek tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tokarczuk leaning against his opponent.
Tokarczuk connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hajek's face.
Hajek is trying to push Tokarczuk away but Tokarczuk has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tokarczuk using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hajek has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pawel Tokarczuk showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Tokarczuk throws out a leg kick but Hajek moves out of range and Tokarczuk only half commits.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tokarczuk.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Tokarczuk.
That kick from Tokarczuk tenderised Hajek's leg. Hajek is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hajek misses with a combination
and Tokarczuk counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Tokarczuk pushes Hajek away with a front kick.
Tokarczuk thuds his shin into the meat of Hajek's side.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tokarczuk.
Tokarczuk lands with a nice body kick.
Nice body punch from Tokarczuk.
Tokarczuk clinches up with Hajek and pushes him back against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tokarczuk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hajek blocks it with crossed arms.
Tokarczuk with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tokarczuk using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hajek has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hajek tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tokarczuk's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hajek cracks Tokarczuk with a nice body shot.
Hajek wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tokarczuk misses with a knee to the head.
Tokarczuk keeps control of Hajek as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tokarczuk throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hajek misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tokarczuk looking to throw knees to the head but Hajek is blocking nicely.
Tokarczuk looking to throw knees to the head but Hajek is blocking nicely.
Hajek wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hajek can't break the clinch.
Tokarczuk landing knees to the head.
Tokarczuk throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hajek has had enough of the clinch but Tokarczuk keeps him there for the moment.
Tokarczuk stalling in the clinch but Hajek improves position.
Hajek working hard to break the clinch.
Tokarczuk working Hajek over with knees to the body.
Hajek looking to stall.
Hajek wants to get back to striking at distance but Tokarczuk won't allow it.
Tokarczuk pressing his opponent against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hajek as Tokarczuk tries to tie him up.
Jozef Hajek has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Tokarczuk with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tokarczuk misses with a knee strike.
Tokarczuk keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hajek's efforts to push away.
Hajek has had enough of the clinch but Tokarczuk keeps him there for the moment.
Hajek tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hajek stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hajek takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tokarczuk using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hajek has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tokarczuk misses with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hajek.
Hajek is looking to break free of the clinch but Tokarczuk has double underhooks.
Tokarczuk tries a knee to the head but Hajek blocks it.
Tokarczuk prevents Hajek from breaking the clinch.
Tokarczuk looking to throw knees to the head but Hajek is blocking nicely.
Tokarczuk tries a knee to the head but Hajek blocks it.
Hajek goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tokarczuk has Hajek pressed against the cage, preventing Hajek from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hajek is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Tokarczuk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hajek lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hajek has had enough of the clinch but Tokarczuk keeps him there for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hajek's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tokarczuk throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Hajek throws a combination that misses
and Tokarczuk counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hajek tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tokarczuk lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hajek's sensitive parts.
Tokarczuk tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hajek manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hajek fails to land with a series of punches.
Tokarczuk scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Tokarczuk connects with a solid leg kick.
Tokarczuk lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Hajek stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tokarczuk.
Pawel Tokarczuk seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tokarczuk tries to clinch up.
A punch combination from Hajek misses.
Tokarczuk with a jab.
Pawel Tokarczuk is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hajek takes a kick to the side of the head.
Tokarczuk lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hajek takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Hajek gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hajek takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tokarczuk connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hajek pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tokarczuk scores with a hook.
Hajek misses with a shot to the body
and Tokarczuk counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Tokarczuk.
Tokarczuk connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hajek's face.
Tokarczuk manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hajek misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pawel Tokarczuk comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tokarczuk has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 26:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 26:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pawel Tokarczuk!
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