PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Diego Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Killer Kawalski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Killer Kawalski is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Sanchez
vs
Kawalski

190 cm
25
211 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

186 cm
26
215 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Diego Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Killer Kawalski!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Sandra Marshall and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Sanchez misses the target.
Sanchez takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Kawalski - that will leave a mark!
Sanchez misses with a looping left.

Kawalski forces Sanchez back against the cage and clinches.
Kawalski scores with a knee to the head.
Sanchez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kawalski scores with a knee to the head.
Kawalski connects with a knee to the head.
Kawalski landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sanchez tries to break free but Kawalski pushes him back against the cage.
Kawalski creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sanchez's defenses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kawalski lands a good knee to the midsection. Sanchez won't want to take too many of those.
Kawalski with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kawalski lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Kawalski.
Sanchez takes an elbow to the temple.
Kawalski crunches a lovely knee into Sanchez's ribcage.
Sanchez is trying to break the clinch but Kawalski is controlling him.
Kawalski with a knee to the head.
Sanchez tries to break free but Kawalski pushes him back against the cage.
We've been informed that Kawalski has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Kawalski landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kawalski misses with a knee strike.
Kawalski with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kawalski is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sanchez avoiding damage as Kawalski throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sanchez avoiding damage as Kawalski throws knees to the body.
Sanchez looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Knees to the body from Kawalski.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
Sanchez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice elbow from Kawalski.
Kawalski lands an elbow that stopped Sanchez in his tracks for a moment.
Kawalski tries to land a knee to the head but Sanchez blocks with his arms.
Kawalski prevents Sanchez from breaking the clinch.
Kawalski lands an elbow that stopped Sanchez in his tracks for a moment.
Kawalski trying to land knees to the body.
Sanchez takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kawalski lands a knee to the body.
Kawalski gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kawalski lands an elbow inside that Sanchez shrugs off.
Sanchez blocks an elbow strike.
Kawalski trying to land knees to the body.
Sanchez avoids the elbow strike from Kawalski, against the cage.
Sanchez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sanchez working hard to break the clinch.
Kawalski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sanchez avoids it.
Kawalski comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kawalski connects with a knee to the head.
Sanchez wants to break free but Kawalski has control.
Kawalski throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kawalski tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kawalski lands an elbow inside that Sanchez shrugs off.
Sanchez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kawalski landing knees to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kawalski tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kawalski tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanchez avoids the damage to the body.
Sanchez avoids a wild elbow strike from Kawalski.
Kawalski creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sanchez's defenses.
Kawalski tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sanchez working hard to break the clinch.
Sanchez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kawalski throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Killer Kawalski dominated that 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.

Kawalski ducks right into an uppercut from Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a jab but it's blocked by Kawalski.
Kawalski takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

It looks like Killer Kawalski has been cut.

Kawalski has Sanchez up against the cage in a clinch.
Sanchez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kawalski connects with a knee to the head.
Sanchez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sanchez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Killer Kawalski seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kawalski obliges.
Sanchez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kawalski pushes off an throws an elbow but Sanchez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sanchez dodges an elbow strike from Kawalski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kawalski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sanchez avoids it.

Sanchez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Kawalski takes the fight into the clinch.
Kawalski comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sanchez wants to break free but Kawalski has control.
Kawalski throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sanchez dodges an elbow strike from Kawalski.
Kawalski landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kawalski misses with an elbow over the top.
Kawalski landing knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kawalski just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sanchez's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kawalski lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Kawalski.
Sanchez avoids a wild elbow strike from Kawalski.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kawalski.
Kawalski lands an elbow inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanchez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kawalski lands an elbow inside.
Kawalski crunches a lovely knee into Sanchez's ribcage.
Sanchez working hard to break the clinch.
Kawalski creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sanchez's defenses.
Sanchez tries to circle away but Kawalski has him pinned against the cage.
Sanchez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez blocks an elbow strike from Kawalski.
Sanchez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kawalski landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sanchez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kawalski working Sanchez over with knees to the body.
Kawalski lands a nice elbow.
Kawalski throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sanchez blocks it with crossed arms.
Sanchez is trying to push Kawalski away but Kawalski has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kawalski lands a nice knee to the body.
Kawalski has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kawalski unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kawalski.
Kawalski lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kawalski lands an elbow just above Sanchez 's eye.
Kawalski lands a good knee to the midsection. Sanchez won't want to take too many of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kawalski comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kawalski comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kawalski lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sanchez wants to get back to striking at distance but Kawalski won't allow it.
Kawalski lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kawalski creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sanchez's defenses.
Kawalski prevents Sanchez from breaking the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kawalski.
Kawalski keeps control of Sanchez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kawalski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sanchez avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Killer Kawalski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Killer Kawalski's cut.
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!

Kawalski misses with a head kick.

Kawalski has Sanchez up against the cage in a clinch.
Kawalski utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kawalski landing knees to the body.
Kawalski throws an elbow but it misses.
Sanchez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kawalski landing knees to the head.
Sanchez is trying to break the clinch but Kawalski is controlling him.
A knee to the head by Kawalski.
Kawalski lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez avoids a wild elbow strike from Kawalski.
Kawalski throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sanchez blocks it with crossed arms.
Kawalski lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kawalski landing knees to the body.
Kawalski trying to land knees to the body.
Kawalski lands an elbow that stopped Sanchez in his tracks for a moment.
Sanchez avoids the elbow strike from Kawalski, against the cage.
Kawalski with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sanchez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kawalski throws an elbow that misses.
Kawalski misses with an elbow over the top.
Kawalski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanchez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kawalski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanchez.
Sanchez blocks an elbow strike from Kawalski.
Sanchez is looking to break free of the clinch but Kawalski has double underhooks.
Kawalski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sanchez avoids it.
Sanchez is looking to break free of the clinch but Kawalski has double underhooks.
Sanchez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sanchez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sanchez takes an elbow to the forehead.

Sanchez manages to pull guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kawalski showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kawalski stops Sanchez from standing up.
Killer Kawalski is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Kawalski looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Kawalski's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

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.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
More stalling from Kawalski.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Diego Sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sanchez misses with a right hand
and Kawalski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kawalski scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Kawalski closes the distance and pushes Sanchez back into the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kawalski lands a good knee to the midsection. Sanchez won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kawalski scores with a knee to the head.
Sanchez dodges an elbow strike from Kawalski.

And that's the end of the fight!
Killer Kawalski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kawalski winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 24:30
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 24:30
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Killer Kawalski!
During a confident post fight interview, Killer Kawalski thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.