PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Jan Dudek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drago Kozlov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dudek comes to the ring accompanied by ASTRAL PROJECTION - Mahadeva . Kozlov comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Back in the USSR kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jan Dudek has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dudek
vs
Kozlov

191 cm
34
200 lbs
24 - 12 - 1

187 cm
37
190 lbs
30 - 12 - 0

World class boxer
Cardio machine

World class MT
Good gas tank

Steel Penn's All 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jan Dudek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Drago Kozlov!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Hirohito Nitta and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kozlov's jab looks to have found its range, popping Dudek under the eye.
Dudek blocks a head kick by Kozlov.
Kozlov lands a head shot.
Dudek moves out of range of the body kick.
Kozlov just misses with a punch to the body.
Kozlov throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kozlov on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kozlov's coach down at Team Hopkins was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Kozlov's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Kozlov works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kozlov lands a head shot.
Dudek missing with a left hand there. Kozlov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dudek jabs Kozlov right on the nose. Kozlov blinks but takes it well.
Kozlov throws out a leg kick but Dudek moves out of range and Kozlov only half commits.
Dudek ducks under a wild hook from Kozlov.
Crunch! Kozlov slams his shin into Dudek's torso.
Dudek uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kozlov.
Drago Kozlov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dudek has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kozlov.
Kozlov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kozlov misses with a low kick.
Kozlov lands with a kick to the temple. Dudek shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Kozlov throws a sloppy head kick and Dudek moves out of range easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kozlov.
Dudek throws a right and a left that Kozlov avoids nicely.
Dudek takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kozlov throws a hook to the side of Dudek's head but Dudek sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice body kick from Kozlov.
A jab from Kozlov misses.
Kozlov lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Dudek lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dudek throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kozlov thows a leg kick but Dudek checks it
and Dudek counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kozlov throws a head kick but Dudek moves out of range.
Kozlov lands with a cross.
Kozlov scores with a leg kick.
Kozlov tests Dudek's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dudek moves out of range of the strikes.
Dudek misses with a combination
and Kozlov counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Dudek is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kozlov misses with a left hand
and Dudek counters with a straight right hand.
Kozlov dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dudek. That did some damage!
Kozlov throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Drago Kozlov dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Dudek connects with a nice looking jab.
Dudek checks a leg kick nicely.
Kozlov listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kozlov throws a head kick but Dudek moves out of range.
Dudek moves out of range as Kozlov strikes.

Dudek has Kozlov up against the ropes in a clinch.
Kozlov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Kozlov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Kozlov on the inside.
Dudek blocking some punches.
Dudek blocks a body shot from Kozlov.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kozlov.
Dudek throws a head punch that misses.
Kozlov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kozlov lands an elbow that stopped Dudek in his tracks for a moment.
Kozlov tries to land a knee to the head but Dudek blocks with his arms.
Dudek managing to block the knees to the body from Kozlov.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kozlov misses with a punch to the body.
Dudek lands a left hand.

Kozlov is rocked!

It looks like Drago Kozlov has been cut.
A head punch on the inside from Dudek fails to land.
Kozlov is still on wobbly legs! Can Dudek finish him?
Kozlov blocking some punches.
Dudek has a couple of punches blocked by Kozlov.
Dudek misses with the head strike.
Dudek stalling in the clinch.
Dudek blocks the elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Dudek fails to land.
Dudek pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Dudek blocks an elbow strike from Kozlov.
A head punch on the inside from Dudek fails to land.
Dudek misses with some punches.
Kozlov scores a nice knee to the body.
Dudek misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kozlov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kozlov has a couple of punches blocked by Dudek.
Kozlov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dudek blocks it with crossed arms.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dudek throws a punch but it's blocked by Kozlov.
Dudek throws a head punch that misses.
Dudek digs a right hand underneath Kozlov's ribcage. Kozlov let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Dudek working aggressively here.
Kozlov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kozlov has a couple of punches blocked by Dudek.
Dudek has a couple of punches blocked by Kozlov.
A head punch on the inside from Dudek fails to land.
Kozlov seems to have recovered his senses.
Kozlov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kozlov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dudek's elbow.
Dudek lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kozlov backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Kozlov fails to land.
Kozlov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kozlov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kozlov is trying to break the clinch but Dudek has him pressed against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dudek lands with a right to the head.
Kozlov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kozlov pushes off an throws an elbow but Dudek leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Dudek lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dudek.

Kozlov breaks from the clinch.
Kozlov walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Jan Dudek!
Post fight, an emotional Jan Dudek said 'Coup de grâce'.
Drago Kozlov spoke after the fight, saying 'As always I can do everything through Christ my lord and savior who strengthens me. Without him I wouldn't be here tonight. I'm Retiring thanks everything I had great career but I can't keep getting beat up like this'.