PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tomasz Drwal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Jim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Drwal
vs
Jim

185 cm
26
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
190 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tomasz Drwal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Jim!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Joseph Jones and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drwal paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jim throws a head kick that misses.
Jim tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A right-left combo lands from Drwal.
Jim throws a head kick but Drwal moves out of range.
Drwal lands with an uppercut that bounces Jim off the cage and back into range.
Drwal stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

Jim has taken the fight to the clinch.
Drwal makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jim takes a shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jim letting Drwal take a breather here.
A head punch on the inside from Drwal fails to land.
Drwal lands a hook that snaps the head of Jim backwards.
Drwal avoiding damage as Jim throws knees to the body.
Jim looking to throw knees to the head but Drwal is blocking nicely.
Jim unloads a knee to the mid-section. Drwal lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Drwal scores with a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drwal blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jim using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Drwal blocking some punches.
Our sources have told us that Drwal has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Drwal throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jims head.
Jim tries to land knees in the clinch but Drwal avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jim.
Drwal lands with a short shot to the head.
Jim misses with a knee to the head.
Still in the clinch, Drwal scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jim lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Drwal avoiding damage as Jim throws knees to the body.
Jim misses with a body punch.
Drwal stalling.
Jim tries a knee to the head but Drwal blocks it.
Drwal throws an elbow but it misses.
Drwal cracks Jim with a nice body shot.
Jim with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jim trying to land knees to the body.
Drwal gets through Jim's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Drwal taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jim is looking to control Drwal's arms but Drwal gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jim has his back to the cage.
Drwal avoiding damage as Jim throws knees to the body.
Drwal gets through Jim's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jim creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jim misses with an elbow strike.
Jim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Drwal avoids it.
Jim misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jim tries to land knees in the clinch but Drwal avoids the damage to the body.
Drwal blocking some punches.
Jim is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Drwal is defending well for now.
Jim is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Drwal is defending well for now.
Drwal avoiding damage as Jim throws knees to the body.
Jim has a couple of punches blocked by Drwal.
Jim swings wildly with an uppercut but Drwal uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drwal working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jim trying to land knees to the body.
Drwal throws a head punch that misses.
Jim looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Jim misses with a hook to the ribs.
A shot in the inside from Drwal.
Drwal blocks an elbow strike from Jim.
Drwal lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jim backwards.
Drwal lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A knee to the head by Drwal.

It looks like Frank Jim has been cut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Drwal creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Drwal lands with a left to the head.
Drwal throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jim tries to land knees in the clinch but Drwal avoids the damage to the body.
Drwal lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch on the inside from Drwal fails to land.
Drwal swings wildly with an uppercut but Jim uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Drwal avoids it.
A head punch on the inside from Drwal fails to land.
Drwal lands with a light punch inside.
Drwal looking to slow down the pace here.
Jim tries to land a knee to the head but Drwal blocks with his arms.
Jim throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drwal blocks it with crossed arms.
Jim misses with a knee strike.
Jim with a knee to the head.
Drwal makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Drwal pushes off an throws an elbow but Jim leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jim misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Drwal.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jim misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice elbow from Jim.
Jim throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jim is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Drwal is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tomasz Drwal dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Jim's cut.
That's time! Drwal's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Drwal avoids the head kick by Jim.

Jim clinches with his opponent.
Jim lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Drwal lands a nice uppercut.
Jim throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drwal blocks it with crossed arms.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jim swings wildly with an uppercut but Drwal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Drwal creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jim misses with a body punch.
Jim is looking to control Drwal's arms but Drwal gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jim has his back to the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jim.
Drwal lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jim backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jim misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Drwal manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Jim lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Tomasz Drwal has been cut.
Jim missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drwal blocks an elbow strike from Jim.
Drwal gets through Jim's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Drwal creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jim pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Drwal lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Drwal avoiding damage as Jim throws knees to the body.
Jim blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Drwal lands a nice elbow.
Jim landing knees to the body.
Jim tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drwal trying to stall but Jim improves his position.
Jim tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drwal makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jim misses with an elbow strike.
Jim stalling in the clinch but Drwal improves position.
Still in the clinch, Drwal scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drwal blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Drwal working aggressively here.
Drwal stalling in the clinch.
Drwal managing to block the knees to the body from Jim.
Jim trying to land knees to the body.
Drwal blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Drwal lands a nice elbow.
Jim missing with knees to the body.
Jim blocks an uppercut.
Jim tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jim leaning against his opponent.
Jim throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drwal blocks it with crossed arms.
Jim tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jim misses with the head strike.
Jim has a couple of punches blocked by Drwal.
Jim takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drwal lands an elbow that stopped Jim in his tracks for a moment.
Jim tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Drwal avoids it.
Drwal lands a shoulder strike.
Jim misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Drwal.
Drwal stalls.
Jim landing knees to the body.
Jim tries to land a knee to the head but Drwal blocks with his arms.
Jim with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jim doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jim.
Drwal gets through Jim's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Drwal managing to block the knees to the body from Jim.
Jim misses with a punch to the body.
Drwal lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drwal lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Drwal creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Drwal leaning against his opponent.
Drwal lands with a right to the head.
Drwal is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Drwal lands a shoulder strike.
Jim with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tomasz Drwal has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jim dodges an elbow strike from Drwal.
Jim tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Drwal blocks a body shot from Jim.
A shot in the inside from Drwal.
Drwal using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jim has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drwal swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Drwal takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Tomasz Drwal will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Jim scores with a kick to the body.

Drwal has managed to clinch.
Drwal fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jim misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters up against the cage, Drwal throws an elbow but misses.
Drwal working aggressively here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jim takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Drwal softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Drwal lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jim backwards.
Jim is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Drwal is defending well for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drwal digs a right hand underneath Jim's ribcage. Jim let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jim using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drwal has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jim lands a knee to the body.
The referee calls for Drwal to work.
Drwal lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jim is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Drwal throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jim blocks it with crossed arms.
Drwal lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jim backwards.
Jim takes a knee right on the jaw!
Drwal lands an elbow that stopped Jim in his tracks for a moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Drwal.
The referee calls for Jim to work.
Drwal lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Drwal is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jim can do to turn this around?
Jim swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jim trying to land knees to the body.
Jim lands a nice knee to the body.
Jim is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Drwal is defending well for now.
Drwal blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drwal avoiding damage as Jim throws knees to the body.
Drwal scores with a shoulder strike.
Jim tries to land a knee to the head but Drwal blocks with his arms.
Drwal gets through Jim's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drwal creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jim misses with a knee strike.
Jim being controlled against the cage.
Drwal throws an elbow that misses.
A bit of stalling here from Drwal.
Drwal throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jim blocks it with crossed arms.
Jim landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jim tries a knee to the head but Drwal blocks it.
Jim lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jim misses with a knee to the head.
Jim is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Drwal lands a hook that snaps the head of Jim backwards.
Jim doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Drwal lands with a left to the head.
Jim gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jim stalling in the clinch but Drwal improves position.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Drwal.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Drwal for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Jim throws an elbow that misses.
Tomasz Drwal is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Drwal on the inside.
Jim tries to land knees in the clinch but Drwal avoids the damage to the body.
Drwal looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jim misses with a knee strike.
Drwal softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Frank Jim has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Drwal blocks an uppercut.
Drwal lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jim or not.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drwal lands a left hand.
Drwal pushes off an throws an elbow but Jim leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jim takes a shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Drwal.
Drwal stalling in the clinch.
Drwal trying to stall but Jim improves his position.
Jim leaning his opponent against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tomasz Drwal showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Drwal has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tomasz Drwal!
Tomasz Drwal decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.