PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tomasz Paczkowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paczkowski comes to the cage accompanied by Nas ft. Puff Daddy - You Can Hate Me Now . Liddell has chosen "ACDC"Back in Black as his entrance music. Tomasz Paczkowski has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Paczkowski
vs
Liddell

183 cm
21
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
20
205 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tomasz Paczkowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chuck Liddell!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Paczkowski gets a clinch.
Liddell is looking to break free of the clinch but Paczkowski has double underhooks.
Paczkowski is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Liddell is trying to force a seperation but Paczkowski has the dominant position.

Paczkowski gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Liddell bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Paczkowski's guard.
Paczkowski pulls Liddell in close to prevent any damage.
Liddell wants to control from the top but Paczkowski keeps moving.
Liddell wants to stand but Paczkowski is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paczkowski keeping full guard, as Liddell tries to pass.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Chuck Liddell.

Paczkowski shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Paczkowski was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Liddell is looking to get to half guard.
Liddell is squirming around, avoiding Paczkowski's attempts to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paczkowski with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Paczkowski cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Paczkowski with the ground and pound from mount.
Paczkowski tries to control but Liddell wriggling away.
Liddell is wriggling around trying to escape.

Paczkowski swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Liddell is now in Paczkowski's guard. A big mistake from Paczkowski there, giving up the dominant position!
Liddell looking to sit in guard and control but Paczkowski gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paczkowski sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Liddell's guard.

Liddell is defending against the submission attempts here by Paczkowski.
Liddell is not content to let Paczkowski control the position.
Liddell is trying to control but can't.
Paczkowski wants to free his trapped foot but Liddell is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Paczkowski is looking to pass Liddell's guard but actually Liddell recovers to full guard.
Paczkowski is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Liddell is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Paczkowski with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Liddell working a defensive guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Paczkowski wants to control from the top but Liddell keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Paczkowski working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Paczkowski drops back looking for a leg! Liddell is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Liddell manages to kick Paczkowski off! Paczkowski jumps back into Liddell's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tomasz Paczkowski dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Liddell misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Liddell enables Paczkowski to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Liddell manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Paczkowski preventing the sweep.
Paczkowski looking to pass the guard.

Liddell looking for a guillotine here but Paczkowski defends easily.

Paczkowski drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Liddell manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Paczkowski has Liddell in his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paczkowski keeping moving, preventing Liddell from controlling successfully.
Liddell is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Liddell tries to free his leg and advance position but Paczkowski is retaining full guard.
Tomasz Paczkowski overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Paczkowski managing to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Tomasz Paczkowski has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Liddell gets caught napping as Paczkowski dives in and scores a takedown. Liddell manages to retain guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paczkowski sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Liddell's guard.
Liddell really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Paczkowski. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Paczkowski is looking for a kimura but Liddell is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Paczkowski to get the leverage.
Liddell is trying to maintain the position but Paczkowski is very close to passing his half guard.
Paczkowski wants to take a breather but Liddell is having none of it.

Paczkowski is working for a kimura but Liddell is defending it quite comfortably.
Paczkowski is keen to just control but Liddell is a slippery customer.

Liddell looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Paczkowski thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Liddell's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Liddell looking for submissions off his back.
Paczkowski not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Paczkowski seems to be looking for submissions.
Liddell manages to get to full guard.
Paczkowski pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Liddell is keeping the position for now.
Paczkowski trying to control but Liddell is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tomasz Paczkowski dominated that second round.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Liddell rushes Paczkowski and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Liddell has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Paczkowski is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Liddell breaks from the clinch.
Liddell shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Paczkowski counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Paczkowski lands with a punch from half guard.
Paczkowski frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Paczkowski tries to control but Liddell wriggling away.
Paczkowski is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Liddell is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell wants to control but Paczkowski is having none of it.
Liddell is trying desperately to improve position.
BOOM! Paczkowski connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Paczkowski working for a submission but Liddell is keeping him at bay.
Liddell is in a horrible position here. Paczkowski smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddell is in a horrible position here. Paczkowski smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Paczkowski is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Liddell has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Liddell!
Liddell throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Paczkowski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Liddell working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
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!
Liddell trying to control but Paczkowski is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddell preventing the sweep.
Paczkowski has control of Liddell's left arm, preventing Liddell from doing any damage.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Paczkowski keeps the fight on the outside.

Paczkowski bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Liddell is pushing Paczkowski's head away, looking to escape. Paczkowski manages to hold on to the position though.
Liddell tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Paczkowski wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Paczkowski is trying to get an arm triangle but Liddell is defending well.
Paczkowski wants to control but Liddell is keeping him busy.
Liddell is looking for a sweep.
Liddell is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Liddell is refusing to be controlled, as Paczkowski sits in half guard.
Liddell regains full guard. Nicely done.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tomasz Paczkowski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Paczkowski, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tomasz Paczkowski!
Tomasz Paczkowski was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.