PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Dantes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kirk Karwoski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dantes
vs
Karwoski

200 cm
21
250 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

210 cm
25
287 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Meet the Future

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marcus Dantes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kirk Karwoski!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Illya Tyunina and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karwoski takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Karwoski takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nice uppercut lands for Karwoski. That snapped Dantes's head back.
A cross from Karwoski lands.
Dantes throws the left hand but Karwoski avoids the punch easily.
Karwoski lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dantes throws an off balance right hand

and Karwoski counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
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!
Karwoski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dantes tries a body shot but Karwoski blocks it.
Karwoski trying to land knees to the body.
Dantes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for Karwoski.

Karwoski manages to break the clinch.
Karwoski staying out of range there.
Dantes throws a jab when Karwoski was well out of range.
Dantes looks to score with a jab to the body but Karwoski is just out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Karwoski darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Karwoski is looking to slow Dantes down with leg kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dantes cracks Karwoski with a good jab.
Dantes takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Dantes shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Dantes moves away from the strike by Karwoski.
Karwoski has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Karwoski attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Dantes misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Karwoski counters with a single leg into guard. Dantes didn't expect that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karwoski engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Karwoski throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karwoski not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Kirk Karwoski has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Dantes looks to throw the jab but Karwoski is out of range.
Dantes moves away from the strike by Karwoski.
Dantes connects with a crisp jab.
Dantes thows a body shot but no joy.
Dantes takes one to the side of the head.
Karwoski walks into a straight right hand from Dantes.
Karwoski chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Karwoski misses with a wild body shot.
Karwoski takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Karwoski misses with a low kick as Dantes jumps back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Karwoski checks a leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dantes checks a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Karwoski.
Dantes misses with a hook. Karwoski ducked under it nicely.
Dantes drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Karwoski jabs Dantes right on the nose. Dantes blinks but takes it well.
Karwoski cracks Dantes with a right hand to the side of the head.
Dantes tried to score with a low kick but Karwoski checks it.
Karwoski will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Dantes throws a head kick that misses.
Karwoski gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Dantes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karwoski gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Dantes.
Karwoski throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Karwoski lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dantes comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Karwoski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dantes.
Dantes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Karwoski as he connects with a hook.
Dantes moves out of range of the leg kick from Karwoski.
A punch lands to the side of Dantes 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dantes lands with a nice body punch.
Dantes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Karwoski.
Dantes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Karwoski.
Dantes has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Karwoski finds it's way round the side to connect with Dantes's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A leg kick checked by Dantes.
Dantes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Karwoski was well out of range. Poor timing from Dantes.
Dantes moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kirk Karwoski dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A telegraphed right hand from Dantes misses the target.
Dantes thows a body shot but no joy.
Dantes misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Karwoski counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Karwoski content to control rather than advance.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Karwoski working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Karwoski trying to mount his opponent but Dantes defends it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Karwoski seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Kirk Karwoski was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Karwoski throws out a loose jab but Dantes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dantes throws the kick towards the body but Karwoski avoids it.
Dantes misses with an uppercut. Karwoski saw that one coming.
Karwoski throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dantes stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Karwoski scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Karwoski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dantes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dantes misses with a straight left.
Karwoski works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Dantes clobbers Karwoski with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dantes throws a shot to the body.
Kirk Karwoski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dantes tries a head kick but it misses.
Dantes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dantes scores with a jab to the jaw.
Karwoski blocks a jab.
Kirk Karwoski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dantes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dantes thows a body kick. Karwoski tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Karwoski lands a glancing blow to the side of Dantes's head.
Karwoski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dantes.
Karwoski connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Karwoski takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dantes throws a lazy right hand but Karwoski sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dantes throws a body punch but Karwoski moves out of range.
Karwoski paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Karwoski lands with a hook. Dantes tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Karwoski lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Dantes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Karwoski.
Karwoski connects with a leg kick. Dantes looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Dantes avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Dantes on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Karwoski. Karwoski obviously looking to wear him down.
Dantes takes one on the chin but seems OK.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dantes does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Dantes takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Karwoski scoring well with a low kick there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dantes jabs Karwoski right on the nose. Karwoski blinks but takes it well.
Dantes takes a swing at Karwoski's ribcage but misses.
Dantes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Karwoski moves away.
Dantes looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Dantes has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Karwoski.
Dantes takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Karwoski throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dantes on the side of the head.
Dantes misses with a looping left.
Karwoski cracks Dantes with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Karwoski avoids the head kick by Dantes.
Dantes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Karwoski manages to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dantes checks a leg kick.
Karwoski cracks Dantes with a right hand to the side of the head.
Dantes avoids the body shot from Karwoski.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kirk Karwoski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Karwoski looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Dantes smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Dantes throws a jab but it's blocked by Karwoski.
Karwoski fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dantes is out of range.
Dantes looks to land a left hand but Karwoski moved out of range nicely.
Karwoski staying out of range there.
A clash of legs there as Karwoski blocks the low kick.
A punch lands to the side of Dantes 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dantes chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Karwoski can pounce on him.
Dantes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dantes misses with a body shot.
Dantes's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Karwoski connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Dantes scrambles back to his feet.
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!
Karwoski connects with a crisp jab.
Dantes dodges the punch combination from Karwoski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Karwoski.
Karwoski misses with an uppercut. Dantes saw that one coming.
Karwoski on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Dantes throws a head kick but Karwoski moves out of range.
Karwoski takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Karwoski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dantes thows a body shot but no joy.
Dantes throws an overhand right that lands on Karwoski's shoulder, as Karwoski tries to avoid the shot.
Dantes throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dantes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dantes throws a head kick but Karwoski moves out of range.
Dantes looks to score with a jab to the body but Karwoski is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dantes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dantes drops his hands momentarily and Karwoski takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Karwoski throws a head kick but Dantes moves out of range.
Dantes misses with a looping right.
Karwoski cracks a nice hook into Dantes's ribs.
Karwoski checks a leg kick nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dantes. Karwoski does a little dance to reset his feet.
A shot to the body from Dantes misses

and Karwoski counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Dantes's guard now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dantes not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Karwoski with a flurry of punches that miss.
Karwoski with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karwoski throwing strikes but missing.
Karwoski is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Karwoski has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Marcus Dantes wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Karwoski throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Karwoski lands a jab.
Good standup being displayed there by Karwoski as he connects with a hook.
Dantes tries to land a front kick but Karwoski steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Karwoski misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dantes misses with a kick to the body.
Dantes throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Karwoski counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dantes.
Karwoski trying to control the position but instead, Dantes has worked for underhooks and has pushed Karwoski into the cage.
Dantes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Karwoski wants a takedown.
Karwoski goes for a takedown in the clinch but Dantes prevents it.
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!
Karwoski taking a breather.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Karwoski lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dantes has a couple of punches blocked by Karwoski.
Dantes working aggressively here.
Marcus Dantes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dantes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kirk Karwoski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Karwoski 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kirk Karwoski!
A victorious Kirk Karwoski thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.