PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Kowalski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Lafever (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kowalski
vs
Lafever

185 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

180 cm
24
160 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Non-Stop Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joseph Kowalski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danny Lafever!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lafever pushes Kowalski away with a front kick.

Lafever has closed the distance and engaged Kowalski in a clinch.
Knees to the body from Lafever.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lafever landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kowalski is breathing heavily.
Lafever scores a nice knee to the body.
Lafever unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kowalski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lafever scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lafever.
Lafever landing knees to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lafever.
Lafever landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lafever crunches a lovely knee into Kowalski's ribcage.
Lafever using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lafever lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Joseph Kowalski has been cut.
Lafever lands a knee to the body.
Lafever pushes Kowalski back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Lafever landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lafever landing knees to the head.
Lafever unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kowalski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kowalski takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lafever scores with a hook to the body.
Knees to the body from Lafever.
Lafever with a knee to the head.
Lafever landing knees to the head.

Kowalski is rocked!
Lafever unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kowalski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Oh Kowalski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lafever lands a nice knee to the body.
Kowalski seems to have got his legs back now.
Knees to the body from Lafever.
Lafever lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lafever.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lafever lands a nice knee to the body.
Lafever scores with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lafever.
Lafever connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kowalski's face.
A knee to the head by Lafever.
Lafever lands a knee to the body.
Lafever connects with a knee to the head.
Kowalski takes a shot to the head.
Lafever unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kowalski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lafever crunches a lovely knee into Kowalski's ribcage.
Lafever crunches a lovely knee into Kowalski's ribcage.
Kowalski takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kowalski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lafever using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kowalski is trying to break the clinch but Lafever has him pressed against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Lafever.
Lafever scores with a hook to the body.
Lafever lands a knee to the head.
Lafever connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kowalski's face.
Lafever unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kowalski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kowalski wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lafever using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Lafever.
Lafever scores with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Lafever.
Kowalski wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lafever works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lafever connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kowalski's face.
Lafever lands a nice shot to the body.
Lafever lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lafever unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kowalski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lafever unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kowalski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lafever lands a knee to the head.
Lafever lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lafever lands a knee to the body.
Kowalski is trying to break free.
Lafever scores a nice knee to the body.
Lafever landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lafever lands a nice knee to the body.
Lafever crunches a lovely knee into Kowalski's ribcage.
Lafever prevents Kowalski from breaking the clinch.
Kowalski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lafever landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Lafever.
Lafever works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lafever.
Kowalski is looking to break free of the clinch but Lafever has double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lafever unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kowalski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lafever lands a knee to the body.
Nice body punch from Lafever.
Lafever unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kowalski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lafever lands a nice uppercut.
Lafever landing knees to the body.
Lafever using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lafever unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kowalski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lafever landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kowalski is trying to break free.
Kowalski wants to break free but Lafever has control.
Lafever using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lafever crunches a lovely knee into Kowalski's ribcage.
Lafever lands a knee to the head.
Lafever unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kowalski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kowalski tries for a takedown but Lafever manages to get underhooks.
Kowalski tries to pull guard but Lafever won't allow it.
Lafever scores with a knee to the head.
Kowalski wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kowalski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lafever landing knees to the body.
Lafever connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kowalski's face.
Kowalski jumps guard but Lafever stands there with Kowalski around his waist. Kowalski gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joseph Kowalski. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lafever landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lafever unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kowalski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lafever landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A knee to the head by Lafever.
Lafever unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kowalski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lafever landing knees to the head.
Lafever with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lafever scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lafever lands a knee to the body.
Lafever landing knees to the head.
Lafever landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lafever scores a nice knee to the body.
Lafever lands a shot to the body.
Lafever scores with a hook to the body.
Lafever unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kowalski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kowalski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lafever lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lafever prevents Kowalski from breaking the clinch.
Lafever unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kowalski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lafever unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kowalski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lafever landing knees to the body.
Kowalski fails to pull the fight into his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Lafever dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joseph Kowalski's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Lafever connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Lafever tries to close the distance and clinch but Kowalski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lafever has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kowalski takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

Lafever drives through and clinches with Kowalski against the cage.
Lafever landing knees to the head.
Lafever lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Lafever.
Lafever using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lafever landing knees to the body.
Lafever lands a knee to the head.
Lafever lands a nice knee to the body.
Kowalski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lafever lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lafever.
Kowalski wants to break free but Lafever has control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lafever unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kowalski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lafever lands a knee to the body.
Lafever scores with a knee to the head.
Lafever connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kowalski's face.
A knee to the head by Lafever.
Kowalski is trying to break free.
Lafever using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lafever prevents Kowalski from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lafever lands a knee to the body.
Lafever crunches a lovely knee into Kowalski's ribcage.
A right hand to the body from Lafever.
Lafever connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kowalski's face.
Lafever landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lafever connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kowalski's face.
Kowalski has a couple of punches blocked by Lafever.
Lafever scores a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Lafever.
Lafever lands a knee to the head.
Lafever connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kowalski's face.
Nice body punch from Lafever.
Lafever connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kowalski's face.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lafever.
Kowalski tries to break the clinch but Lafever is controlling the position.
Lafever landing knees to the body.
Kowalski wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kowalski wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lafever has him pressed against the cage.
Lafever lands a nice knee to the body.
Lafever works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kowalski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lafever.
Lafever scores with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Lafever crunches a lovely knee into Kowalski's ribcage.
Lafever landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Lafever.
Lafever scores a nice knee to the body.
Lafever scores a nice knee to the body.
Kowalski tries to pull guard but Lafever won't allow it.
Lafever lands a nice knee to the body.
Kowalski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lafever crunches a lovely knee into Kowalski's ribcage.
Lafever lands a knee to the head.
Lafever using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kowalski wants to break free but Lafever has control.
Lafever connects with a knee to the head.
Kowalski tries to break the clinch but Lafever is controlling the position.
Lafever landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Lafever.
Knees to the body from Lafever.
Lafever landing knees to the body.
Lafever keeps control of Kowalski as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lafever connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kowalski's face.

Kowalski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lafever lands a jab to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kowalski avoids the head kick by Lafever.
Lafever lands a nice looking body kick.

Lafever gets caught flat footed, as Kowalski shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Lafever seems keen to control Kowalski's posture.
Kowalski pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lafever is keeping the position for now.

Lafever pushes Kowalski off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Kowalski throws a leg kick but Lafever moved away.
Lafever lands with a slapping head kick.

Joseph Kowalski's cut is getting worse.
Lafever throws a sloppy head kick and Kowalski moves out of range easily.
Lafever ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kowalski swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lafever avoids the body shot from Kowalski.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lafever tries to clinch but Kowalski is having none of it.
Lafever tries a head kick but it misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Knees to the body from Lafever.
Kowalski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lafever lands a shoulder strike.
Lafever unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kowalski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lafever connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kowalski's face.
Lafever landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kowalski is looking to break free of the clinch but Lafever has double underhooks.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lafever.
Lafever crunches a lovely knee into Kowalski's ribcage.
Lafever with a knee to the head.
Lafever with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lafever.
Lafever landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Lafever.
Lafever lands a knee to the body.
Lafever landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Lafever.
Lafever prevents Kowalski from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Lafever showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Joseph Kowalski'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!

Lafever lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Kowalski closes the distance and clinches.
Kowalski wants to break free but Lafever has control.
Knees to the body from Lafever.
Kowalski takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kowalski takes a shot to the head.
Lafever connects with a knee to the head.
Kowalski wants a takedown.
Lafever lands a nice knee to the body.
Lafever with a knee to the head.
Kowalski can't break the clinch.
Lafever crunches a lovely knee into Kowalski's ribcage.
Lafever unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kowalski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lafever lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lafever using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kowalski is trying to break the clinch but Lafever has him pressed against the cage.
Lafever unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kowalski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lafever connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kowalski's face.
Lafever landing knees to the body.
Lafever unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kowalski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lafever landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lafever landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Lafever.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lafever landing knees to the head.
Kowalski tries to pull guard but Lafever won't allow it.
Lafever with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lafever lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kowalski backwards.
Lafever landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lafever with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A short right from Lafever.
Lafever keeps control of Kowalski as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lafever with a knee to the head.
Lafever lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kowalski can't break the clinch.
Kowalski misses with a punch to the body.
Lafever lands a hook that snaps the head of Kowalski backwards.
Lafever landing knees to the body.
Lafever lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lafever unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kowalski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lafever prevents Kowalski from breaking the clinch.
Kowalski wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lafever has him pressed against the cage.
Lafever crunches a lovely knee into Kowalski's ribcage.
A left hand lands to the body for Lafever.
Kowalski wants to get back to striking at distance but Lafever won't allow it.
Lafever crunches a lovely knee into Kowalski's ribcage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lafever.
Danny Lafever is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two 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.
Lafever lands a knee to the body.
Danny Lafever seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lafever scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lafever scores with a knee to the head.
Lafever landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lafever lands a body shot.
Lafever scores a nice knee to the body.
Lafever unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kowalski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lafever throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lafever presses Kowalski against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lafever.
Lafever lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kowalski backwards.
Lafever lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lafever.
Lafever lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lafever scores a nice knee to the body.
Lafever scores a nice knee to the body.
Lafever using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Lafever.
Lafever unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kowalski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lafever landing knees to the head.
Lafever landing knees to the head.

Joseph Kowalski's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Kowalski is trying to break free.
Kowalski wants to break free but Lafever has control.
Lafever lands a body shot.
Lafever lands a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lafever.

Lafever connects with a massive knee from the clinch and Kowalski goes down! Lafever jumps into full mount looking to finish!
Lafever sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Let's hope that Lafever has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Joseph Kowalski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

And that's the end of the fight!
Danny Lafever comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Lafever 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 George Francis scores the fight 26:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 26:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Danny Lafever!