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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bjorn Helgi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Herkules Nowacki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nowacki has chosen Moby - Flower as his entrance music. Bjorn Helgi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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178 cm
39
169 lbs
44 - 19 - 0 |
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182 cm
33
180 lbs
27 - 13 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
44 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bjorn Helgi! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
27 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Herkules Nowacki! The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Steven Brown and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Helgi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nowacki.
Helgi dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Nowacki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Helgi's corner calls for a 1-2. Helgi obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. Helgi lands a nice hook to Nowacki's body. Nowacki takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Helgi lands a right hook to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Helgi. That's going to slow Nowacki down. Helgi lands with a straight right. Nowacki didn't see that one coming. Helgi has managed to clinch.
Nowacki misses with an elbow strike.
Helgi throws a head punch that misses. Nowacki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Helgi scores with a push kick. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Helgi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nowacki. Helgi jabbing away but nothing is landing. Helgi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's one minute gone in the round. Helgi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nowacki has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage. Helgi lands a nice shot to the body.
Helgi connects with a good right hand that stumbles Nowacki. Nowacki circles away out of range and recomposes himself. The fight stays on the outside here - Helgi looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Nowacki avoids the body shot from Helgi.
Helgi fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Helgi stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush. Nowacki blocks a head kick by Helgi.
Nowacki feints a counter leg kick. A solid body kick from Helgi. Helgi blocks a low kick nicely. Helgi wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch. Nowacki has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout. A shot to the body from Nowacki misses letting Helgi counter with a right hand. Helgi throws a head kick that misses. A telegraphed right hand from Helgi misses the target. This has been an exciting period of action! A head kick by Helgi misses letting Nowacki counter with a right hand.
It looks like Bjorn Helgi has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Helgi misses with a body kick. A jab lands there for Nowacki. Helgi cracks the inside of Nowacki's front leg. Helgi lands a nice looking body shot.
Helgi catches Nowacki with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong! Helgi checks a low kick from Nowacki. Helgi looks to land a body kick but Nowacki moved away. Helgi jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Helgi pushes Nowacki away with a front kick. Helgi stuns Nowacki with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Helgi misses with a double jab.
Nowacki looks to land a right hand but Helgi moved out of range. Helgi throwing a counter right hand but Nowacki manages to avoid it. Nowacki avoids the body shot from Helgi.
Helgi digs a good body shot into Nowacki's ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Nowacki walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush. Helgi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bjorn Helgi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Helgi tries a head kick but it misses.
Nowacki lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Helgi avoids a kick to the body.
Helgi throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Nowacki's head. Helgi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Nowacki stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. Nowacki misses with a straight left. Helgi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nowacki manages to avoid it. Nowacki unleashes a big counter combination but Helgi bobs and weaves and avoids any damage. Nowacki moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. Nowacki tests Helgi's chin there with a solid looking shot. Helgi is really peppering his opponent's head with punches. 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! Helgi lands a lovely overhand right.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Nowacki blocks a head kick by Helgi.
Nowacki blocks the body kick.
Helgi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Nowacki scores with a kick to the midsection. Helgi throws a leg kick which misses Nowacki's front leg but catches the back leg as Nowacki tries to avoid it. Helgi throws a leg kick and Helgi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Helgi lands with a slapping head kick. Helgi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nowacki manages to avoid it. Nowacki throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd. Helgi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Helgi takes a swing at Nowacki's ribcage but misses. Nowacki appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Helgi takes a swing at Nowacki's ribcage but misses. Nowacki moves into range and clinches up with Helgi. Helgi blocks an elbow strike from Nowacki.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bjorn Helgi dominated that round. The cut man is working on Bjorn Helgi's cut. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Helgi ducks right into an uppercut from Nowacki. Nowacki takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Nowacki moves into the clinch. Helgi misses with a punch on the inside.
Helgi struggles to land a body shot inside as Nowacki controls his hands.
Helgi blocks the elbow strike.
Nowacki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Helgi misses with a body kick. Nowacki looks like he wants to counter punch here. Nowacki on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Helgi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Helgi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nowacki can do to turn this around? Helgi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nowacki was well out of range. Poor timing from Helgi. Nowacki appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Nowacki pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Helgi lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin. Nowacki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Helgi keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round. Helgi misses the body punch and Nowacki counters with a nice low kick that buckles Helgi's knee momentarily. Nowacki throws a leg kick and Helgi counters with a lovely straight right hand! Helgi wants to clinch and Nowacki counters with a straight punch to the midsection. Nowacki with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Helgi to score with a decent uppercut. Helgi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Nowacki at a distance.
Nowacki cracks Helgi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. Helgi is looking to wear down Nowacki with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. Helgi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nowacki was well out of range. Poor timing from Helgi. Helgi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nowacki moves away. Nowacki was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind. Nowacki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Helgi.
Helgi throws a hook to the side of Nowacki's head but Nowacki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Helgi misses with a leg kick and Helgi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Helgi takes a swing at Nowacki's ribcage but misses. Helgi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round. 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! Helgi defending well as Nowacki loads up on a big left hand. Helgi lands a head shot. Helgi lands a leg kick that knocks Nowacki off balance momentarily. Helgi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nowacki. Nowacki swings away with a leg kick that misses. Helgi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Helgi throws a jab but it's blocked by Nowacki. Both fighters circling a little - Helgi finishes the exchange with a kick to the body. Nowacki takes a body punch but keeps moving. Nowacki tries a head kick but it misses.
Helgi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nowacki misses with a straight left. Nowacki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Nowacki lands with a slapping head kick.
Helgi is rocked!
Bjorn Helgi's cut is getting worse. Helgi misses with a looping right. Nowacki steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect. Oh Helgi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Nice straight punches there by Nowacki. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Nowacki. A cross from Helgi lands. A nice inside leg kick there by Helgi. That's going to slow Nowacki down. Helgi jabbing away but nothing is landing. Helgi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Helgi throws a predictable looking body shot
and Nowacki counters with a big right hand! Oh Helgi is in trouble here! Nowacki follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Herkules Nowacki! A relieved looking Herkules Nowacki thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
72% |
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