PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Adrian Matuszczak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan Zawistowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matuszczak comes to the cage accompanied by Fear of the Dark. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Matuszczak
vs
Zawistowski

174 cm
20
162 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

171 cm
19
154 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Zentrope Fighting Universe

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Adrian Matuszczak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jan Zawistowski!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Andrew Berry and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zawistowski throws a series of punches but Matuszczak moves out of range.
Matuszczak blocks a head kick by Zawistowski.
Zawistowski tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Matuszczak manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Matuszczak looks to land a right hand but Zawistowski moved out of range.
Some wild striking there from Matuszczak.
Matuszczak closes this distance looking for a takedown but Zawistowski circles away.
Matuszczak feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Zawistowskis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Matuszczak shoots for a takedown but Zawistowski saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Zawistowski throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Zawistowski tries to clinch there but Matuszczak circles away.
Matuszczak fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Zawistowski dodges the punch combination from Matuszczak.
Matuszczak takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zawistowski stuffs the takedown attempt from Matuszczak. Matuszczak gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adrian Matuszczak. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Matuszczak tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Zawistowski swivels and escapes.
Zawistowski lands with an uppercut that bounces Matuszczak off the cage and back into range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zawistowski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Matuszczak misses with a double jab.
Jan Zawistowski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zawistowski is looking to clinch.
A combination from Matuszczak does no damage.
Matuszczak throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Zawistowski throws a hook but Matuszczak blocks it.
Zawistowski throws a nice outside leg kick.
Zawistowski thuds his right hand into Matuszczak's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matuszczak scores with a nice right hand.

Matuszczak closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Matuszczak lands in his opponent's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Zawistowski looking to control.
Matuszczak stands up over Zawistowski, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Zawistowski is trying to hold Matuszczak in close to prevent damage but Matuszczak has managed to pass into half guard.
Matuszczak is keen to just control but Zawistowski is a slippery customer.
Matuszczak missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Zawistowski controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Zawistowski is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Matuszczak's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Matuszczak's back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zawistowski keeps control of the position easily here as Matuszczak tries to buck him off.
Matuszczak trying to control the position but Zawistowski manages to sink in the hooks.
Zawistowski trying to control momentarily.
Matuszczak manages to reverse the position and now he's in Zawistowski's guard. Nice work there by Matuszczak.
Matuszczak distracts Zawistowski with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matuszczak's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Matuszczak trying to control but Zawistowski is working from the bottom.
Matuszczak is in close to Zawistowski's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Zawistowski looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Matuszczak trying to control but Zawistowski is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Adrian Matuszczak wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Matuszczak with a body punch. A glancing blow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jab, jab by Matuszczak - just one landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Matuszczak scores with the left hand. Zawistowski knows he should have avoided that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adrian Matuszczak dominated that 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.

Matuszczak on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Zawistowski throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Matuszczak sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zawistowski cracks the inside of Matuszczak's front leg.
No luck for Matuszczak with that takedown attempt.
Matuszczak lands a jab to Zawistowski's midsection.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Zawistowski.
Zawistowski lands a nice looking body shot.
Zawistowski lands a head kick. Matuszczak smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Matuszczak takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Matuszczak cracks Zawistowski with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Zawistowski pushes Matuszczak away with a front kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Matuszczak drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matuszczak lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Matuszczak shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Zawistowski as he jumps to the side.
Jan Zawistowski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Zawistowski wants to clinch up but Matuszczak keeps it at a distance.
Matuszczak shoots for a double leg takedown but Zawistowski sprawls well. He's pushed Matuszczak's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adrian Matuszczak. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Zawistowski gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Matuszczak in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Zawistowski is trying to keep Matuszczak in close.
Matuszczak trying to control the position from guard on top but Zawistowski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Matuszczak tries to free his leg and advance position but Zawistowski is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Zawistowski holds on and takes a little breather.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Matuszczak takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Adrian Matuszczak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A good leg kick by Zawistowski.
Zawistowski lands a nice hook to Matuszczak's body. Matuszczak takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Matuszczak throws a low kick, looking for Zawistowski's leg but Zawistowski calmly moves out of range.
Zawistowski throws a head kick but Matuszczak moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zawistowski looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Zawistowski misses with a looping left.
Matuszczak has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Zawistowski.
Zawistowski slips a jab and a cross from Matuszczak.
Matuszczak throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
No joy there for Matuszczak, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Zawistowski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Zawistowski avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Matuszczak throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Zawistowski makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Zawistowski defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Matuszczak.
Matuszczak throws a series of punches but Zawistowski moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zawistowski moves in looking to clinch but Matuszczak pushes him off.
Zawistowski connects with a leg kick. Matuszczak looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Zawistowski wants to clinch
and Zawistowski takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Donk. Zawistowski catches Matuszczak right on the button with a cross.
Zawistowski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zawistowski looks to throw the jab but Matuszczak is out of range.
Matuszczak misses with a series of wild punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Matuszczak misses with a jab, cross combination.
Matuszczak has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Zawistowski.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan Zawistowski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Matuszczak's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Zawistowski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zawistowski tries to clinch up.
Zawistowski throws a sloppy head kick and Matuszczak moves out of range easily.
Matuszczak throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slow jab from Matuszczak misses its intended target.
Horrible takedown by Matuszczak or perhaps it was just good defense by Zawistowski which made him look bad.
Zawistowski throws a nice inside leg kick.
Matuszczak shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Zawistowski but Zawistowski pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Zawistowski moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Matuszczak throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zawistowski.
Matuszczak avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matuszczak misses with a wild combination.
Zawistowski takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Zawistowski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Zawistowski throws a front kick that sends Matuszczak stumbling back into the cage.
Matuszczak swings for the body but Zawistowski moves out of range.
Zawistowski connects with an inside leg kick.
Matuszczak is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Matuszczak moves away from the strike by Zawistowski.
Matuszczak ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Matuszczak misses with the combination.
Zawistowski scores with a kick to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Zawistowski moves into the clinch.
Matuszczak tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adrian Matuszczak. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zawistowski'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 nice right hand lands inside from Zawistowski.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Matuszczak.

Zawistowski manages to break the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Matuszczak thuds his right hand into Zawistowski's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Matuszczak throws a right and a left that Zawistowski avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matuszczak cracks Zawistowski with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That kick from Zawistowski tenderised Matuszczak's leg. Matuszczak is trying to keep his angry face on.
Zawistowski is looking to clinch.
Matuszczak shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Zawistowski sprawls well. Zawistowski wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Matuszczak gets slowly back to his feet.
Zawistowski scoring well with a low kick there.
Matuszczak misses with a wild combination.
Matuszczak takes one to the side of the head.
Matuszczak jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Zawistowski throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zawistowski throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A punch combination from Matuszczak misses.
Zawistowski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A punch combination from Matuszczak misses.
Zawistowski displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Matuszczak throws out the jab.
Zawistowski with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Matuszczak swinging wildly here.
Adrian Matuszczak is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Zawistowski plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zawistowski wants to clinch.
Matuszczak misses with an uppercut. Zawistowski saw that one coming.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jan Zawistowski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Zawistowski 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jan Zawistowski!