PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kai Roe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Kowalski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Roe
vs
Kowalski

164 cm
22
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kai Roe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joseph Kowalski!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kowalski stalks Roe and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Roe's face. Roe staggers backwards, shaken.
Kowalski changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Roe tries to avoid it but Kowalski manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Roe to the ground. Roe escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Roe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kowalski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kowalski slips under a jab from Roe.
Roe throws a hook but Kowalski avoids it easily.
Kowalski throws a right hand that Roe ducks under and follows up with a left that Roe also avoids with ease.
Roe jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Kowalski scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Roe is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Roe is trying to control Kowalski's posture but Kowalski avoids it.
Roe tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kowalski working away.
Roe on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Roe tries to get out of the position.
Roe manages to work his way to half guard, despite Kowalski's best efforts.
Kowalski is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Roe wants to get back to full guard.
Kowalski moves nicely into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roe is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Kowalski's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Kowalski looks gassed!
Roe wants to improve his position but Kowalski is controlling well.
Roe misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Roe landing strikes from the bottom.
Kowalski prevents Roe from improving his position.
Roe manages to get to full guard.
Roe manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kowalski manages to get himself to full guard.
Roe lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kowalski is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Kowalski is tying to control. Roe wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Roe has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Roe slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Kowalski stopping the sweep attempt from Roe.
Roe keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Kowalski must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Roe wants to sweep here but Kowalski controlling him for the moment.
Roe keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kowalski stopping the sweep attempt from Roe.
Kowalski being controlled here momentarily.
Roe wants to sweep here but Kowalski controlling him for the moment.
Roe might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Roe is looking to clinch.
Kowalski slips under a jab from Roe.
Kowalski throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Roe could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Roe wants to clinch up but Kowalski keeps it at a distance.
Kai Roe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roe doesn't manage to clinch there - Kowalski circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Roe tries to clinch there but Kowalski circles away.
Roe moves in looking to clinch but Kowalski pushes him off.

Roe shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Roe was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Roe is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Roe working Kowalski over with strikes here.
Roe looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
A nice elbow there by Roe.
BOOM! Roe connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Roe raining down shots from the mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Roe cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Roe landing strikes, looking to finish!
Roe is landing with some decent strikes but Kowalski is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Roe landing strikes, looking to finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kai Roe dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Roe misses with a wild body shot.
Roe throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Roe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Kowalski fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Roe, pushing him back against the cage.
Roe wants to break free but Kowalski has control.

Kowalski breaks from the clinch.
A punch combination from Kowalski misses.
Kowalski uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Roe.
Roe is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Roe's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Roe pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Roe gets the takedown into side control.
Roe in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Kowalski is working to avoid the ground and pound but Roe connects with a decent elbow.
Roe cracks Kowalski with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Roe just content to control the position.
Kowalski is breathing heavily.
Roe landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roe trying to control the position but Kowalski is working away.
Roe scores with a couple of short elbows.
Roe creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Roe lands some shots froms side control.
Roe is looking to take a break and control but Kowalski is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Check out the look on Roe's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Roe trying to control the position but Kowalski is working away.
Roe works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Roe is looking to take a break and control but Kowalski is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Roe has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Roe blocks Kowalski's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Roe is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Roe lands a heavy elbow.
Roe lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kowalski hang on?
Roe with good strikes from the mount here!
Roe unloading with bombs!
Roe is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Kowalski can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Roe cracks Kowalski with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Roe lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roe scoring with strikes but Kowalski is staying in there.
Roe dominating with strikes here.
The referee warns Kowalski that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Roe scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Roe sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Roe landing punches.
Roe scoring with strikes but Kowalski is staying in there.
Roe dominating with strikes here.
Roe working the ground and pound effectively.
Kowalski is trying desperately to improve position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roe in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Roe lands a big shot there that rocks Kowalski but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Kowalski taking shots to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Roe cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Roe has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kowalski's face.
Roe with the ground and pound from mount.
Roe postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Kowalski looks a forlorn figure.
Roe working the ground and pound effectively.
Kowalski takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Roe dominating with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kai Roe dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Roe closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Kowalski to the mat! Kowalski manages to get full guard.
Roe scoring with some ground and pound.
Roe makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Roe working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kowalski's head.
Kai Roe overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Roe makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Roe chips away with some ground and pound.
Roe is in close to Kowalski's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Roe with a nice head shot there.
Roe lands a couple of elbows.
Roe slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Roe cracks Kowalski with a big elbow.
Roe cracks Kowalski with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Kowalski is trying to get back to half guard.
Kowalski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roe lands a decent elbow from side control.
Roe works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Roe scoring with punches and elbows.
Roe wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kowalski keeps working.
Roe landing strikes.
Roe creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Kowalski taking punishment in the form of punches.
Check out the look on Roe's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Kowalski takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Kowalski taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roe creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Kowalski takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Roe landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Roe working the body and head with strikes.
Roe landing a few strikes.
Roe scores with punches from side control.
Kowalski on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Roe prevents Kowalski from escaping the position.
Roe grinds an elbow into Kowalski's temple.
Roe looks up at the clock and then as Kowalski takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Roe smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Roe lands a nice forearm strike.
Roe is looking to take a break and control but Kowalski is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roe landing a few strikes.
Roe works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Kowalski is trying to get back to half guard.
Roe working the ground and pound.
Roe scores with a couple of short elbows.
Roe landing a few strikes.
Roe working the ground and pound.
Roe scoring with punches and elbows.
Roe takes a little break here. Kowalski wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roe is putting a hurting on Kowalski here, landing some big shots from side control.
Roe wants to control but Kowalski is keeping him busy.
Kowalski taking a bit of punishment here - Roe scoring with strikes.
Kowalski on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Roe connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Kowalski some visible discomfort.
Kowalski tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Roe wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Roe lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Roe landing a few strikes.
Joseph Kowalski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Roe in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kai Roe showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Roe, 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:26
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kai Roe!