 |
Play
by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary
|
Event:
FCL - 5
Date: Feb 03, 2024 |
#R1#
Kowalczyk throws out a loose jab but Lingxin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kowalczyk feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Lingxins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!#CUT#It looks like Zheng Lingxin has been cut.
Lingxin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kowalczyk.
Lingxin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lingxin blocks a jab.
Lingxin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kowalczyk seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Lingxin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kowalczyk seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Kowalczyk checks a leg kick.
Kowalczyk chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lingxin can pounce on him.
Kowalczyk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kowalczyk wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Kowalczyk scores with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Kowalczyk throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lingxin misses with a looping right.
Kowalczyk rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lingxin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lingxin just misses with a punch to the body.
Lingxin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.#T1#
Kowalczyk is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lingxin.
Lingxin flicks out a counter leg kick but Kowalczyk steps away.
Kowalczyk misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lingxin.
Lingxin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A combination from Lingxin does no damage.
Lingxin misses the body punch
and Kowalczyk makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.#CL#
Kowalczyk moves into the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Kowalczyk.
A short body shot lands from Kowalczyk as the two fighters clinch.
Lingxin looks winded!
Lingxin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kowalczyk working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kowalczyk.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kowalczyk.
Lingxin misses with the head strike.
Kowalczyk lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kowalczyk cracks Lingxin with a nice body shot.
Kowalczyk lands a shoulder strike.
Kowalczyk tries a body shot but Lingxin blocks it.
#T2#
Lingxin takes a shot to the head.
Kowalczyk stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Kowalczyk.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kowalczyk.
Kowalczyk lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. #CUT#That has opened up Zheng Lingxin's cut even more.
Kowalczyk lands with a light punch inside.
Kowalczyk pushes Lingxin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.#ROC#Lingxin is rocked!
Kowalczyk throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lingxin is still on wobbly legs! Can Kowalczyk finish him?
Kowalczyk is leaning against Lingxin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kowalczyk blocking some punches.
Kowalczyk working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kowalczyk creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Lingxin's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Lingxin drops to his knees and Kowalczyk pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nikodem Kowalczyk!
Nikodem Kowalczyk retains his middleweight title!
Nikodem Kowalczyk decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well. |
|
|
|
Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Jan 11, 2024 |
#R1#
Lingxin punishes Paulie's body with a nice straight punch.
Paulie tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lingxin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lingxin throws a low kick but it's checked well by Paulie.
Lingxin fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Paulie checks it well.
Paulie tries to clinch
and Lingxin counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Lingxin tries to score with a low kick but Paulie moves his leg out of the way.
Lingxin lands a body shot.
Lingxin throws a low kick but it's checked well by Paulie.
Paulie tries a low kick but Lingxin avoids it.
Lingxin throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Paulie takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Paulie fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paulie misses with an attempted mid kick.
Paulie wants to clinch up but Lingxin keeps it at a distance.
Lingxin throws a leg kick but Paulie sees it coming and moves out of range.
Paulie takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Lingxin lands the left hand.#T1#
Lingxin tries to land a leg kick but Paulie saw it coming and moves away.
Paulie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Paulie checks a leg kick nicely.
Lingxin swats away the attempt to clinch by Paulie.
Lingxin just misses with a punch to the body.
Lingxin is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Paulie rather than just go for the knockout.
Lingxin throws a chopping leg kick but Paulie manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Paulie wants to clinch up but Lingxin keeps it at a distance.
Paulie checks a low kick from Lingxin.
Lingxin with a jab.
Paulie keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Paulie tries a head kick but it misses.
Paulie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lingxin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A leg kick checked by Paulie.
Paulie checks the leg kick.
Lingxin catches Paulie with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!#T2#
Paulie fails with an attempt to clinch.
A cross from Lingxin lands.
Paulie is looking to clinch but Lingxin is avoiding it.
Paulie moves in looking to clinch but Lingxin pushes him off.
A jab from Lingxin does it's job there.
Lingxin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Some bone on bone action there as Lingxin checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Paulie tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lingxin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Paulie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lingxin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Paulie.
Paulie jabs Lingxin right on the nose. Lingxin blinks but takes it well.
Lingxin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Paulie.
Lingxin avoids the head kick by Paulie.
Lingxin throws a chopping leg kick but Paulie manages to avoid taking any serious damage.#T3#
Paulie gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Zheng Lingxin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Paulie wants to clinch up but Lingxin keeps it at a distance.
Paulie tries to clinch there but Lingxin circles away.
Paulie throws a wild body kick that Lingxin sees coming a mile off.
Lingxin flicks out a counter leg kick but Paulie steps away.
Lingxin digs a good body shot into Paulie's ribs.
Paulie throws a half hearted mid kick.
Paulie looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Paulie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lingxin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lingxin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lingxin is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Paulie had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Paulie tries to clinch
and Lingxin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Lingxin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lingxin throws a shot to the body.
Lingxin fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Paulie is out of range.
Paulie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lingxin moves away.
It seemed like Lingxin was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Paulie tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lingxin is able to avoid easily.#T4#
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Paulie checks a leg kick.
Lingxin digs a good hook to Paulie's body.
Lingxin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lingxin connects with a looping right hand.
Lingxin lands a slapping body shot.
A jab from Lingxin does it's job there.
Lingxin lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Paulie tries to close the distance and clinch but Lingxin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Paulie is looking to clinch.
Lingxin avoids the body shot from Paulie.
Lingxin keeps the fight on the outside.
Lingxin flicks out a counter leg kick but Paulie steps away.
Lingxin lands a nice shot that snaps Paulie's head back.
Paulie gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Lingxin changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Zheng Lingxin dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.#R2#
Paulie walks into a jab.
Paulie misses with a body kick.
Lingxin unleashes a big counter combination but Paulie bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Lingxin goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Lingxin lands the left hand.
Paulie throws a leg kick
and Lingxin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Paulie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Paulie lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Lingxin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Lingxin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Lingxin throws out a counter right but Paulie avoids it with no problem.
Lingxin cracks Paulie with a good jab.
Lingxin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Paulie wants to clinch up but Lingxin keeps it at a distance.
A little jabbing left from Lingxin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Zheng Lingxin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Paulie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Paulie looks to land a body kick but Lingxin moved away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lingxin lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Paulie has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Paulie and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Paulie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lingxin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
#T1#
Paulie throws a lazy body kick
and Lingxin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Paulie tries to clinch up but Lingxin circles away and keeps his distance.
Paulie on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Paulie throws a push kick but Lingxin slaps the foot to one side.
Lingxin connects with a crisp jab.
Paulie dodges the punch combination from Lingxin.
Lingxin stuns Paulie with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lingxin lands a nice hook to Paulie's body. Paulie takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lingxin moves out of range of the body kick from Paulie.
Paulie tries to clinch up.
Paulie moves out of range of the leg kick from Lingxin.
Paulie wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Lingxin lands a nice looking body shot.
#T2#
Paulie wants to clinch up but Lingxin keeps it at a distance.
Paulie looks to land a body kick but Lingxin moved away.
Lingxin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Paulie tries a head kick but it misses.
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!
Lingxin lands a glancing blow to the side of Paulie's head.
Paulie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lingxin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lingxin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Paulie doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Paulie fails in his attempt to clinch.
Paulie wants to clinch up but Lingxin keeps it at a distance.
Paulie throws a leg kick but Lingxin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Lingxin is looking to chop away at Paulie's legs.
Paulie seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Paulie takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lingxin checks a leg kick.
A left lands for Lingxin.#T3#
Lingxin misses with a series of wild punches.
Lingxin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lingxin throws a body shot but no joy.
Lingxin has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Lingxin lands a nice shot to the body.
Lingxin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lingxin checks a leg kick.
Paulie goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Paulie tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lingxin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lingxin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lingxin avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Lingxin lands with a shot to the body.
Lingxin bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Paulie's head backwards.
Paulie 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. #T4##CL#
Paulie clinches up with Lingxin and pushes him back against the cage.
Paulie is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lingxin is keeping busy.
Paulie is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Lingxin just leaning against Paulie, taking a breather.
Lingxin receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Paulie wants to stall.
Paulie using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lingxin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lingxin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Paulie stalling in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Paulie.
Lingxin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lingxin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Paulie has him pressed against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Zheng Lingxin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!#R3#
Paulie finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Paulie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lingxin scores with a sloppy right hand. Paulie should have avoided that one.
Paulie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Paulie throws a wild body kick that Lingxin sees coming a mile off.
Lingxin throws a nice looking combination but Paulie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lingxin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lingxin throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Paulie tries to counter by clinching up but Lingxin breaks away and moves out of range.
Paulie looks for the body kick but Lingxin saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paulie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lingxin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lingxin is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Lingxin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Paulie manages to avoid it.
Paulie throws a body punch but Lingxin moves out of range.
Lingxin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Paulie misses with a leg kick
and Paulie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. #T1#
Paulie takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Paulie tries to clinch but Lingxin moves out of range.
Paulie tries to clinch up but Lingxin circles away and keeps his distance.
Lingxin pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Paulie back to the cage. Lingxin follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Lingxin moves out of range of the body kick.
Paulie throws a head kick that misses.
Lingxin attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Paulie lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Lingxin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Lingxin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Lingxin connects with a looping right hand.
Lingxin misses the shot to the body.
Paulie tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lingxin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Paulie tries to land a front kick but Lingxin steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Paulie wants to clinch.#T2#
Paulie throws a low kick but Lingxin moves out of range easily.
Paulie backing away here, and Lingxin unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Good work by Lingxin as he checks the leg kick.
Paulie moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Lingxin scores with a shot to the body.
Paulie looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Paulie doesn't manage to clinch there - Lingxin circles away.
Paulie throws a solid leg kick but Lingxin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Paulie.
Lingxin tries a low kick but Paulie avoids it.
Lingxin lunges at Paulie with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Paulie's hand.
Lingxin swats away the attempt to clinch by Paulie.
Lingxin jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lingxin scores with a nice strike.#T3#
Paulie tries to clinch but Lingxin is having none of it.
Lingxin misses with a low kick.
Lingxin connects with the punch.
Lingxin throws a leg kick but Paulie sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Paulie misses with a low kick.
Lingxin lands a jab.
Paulie fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lingxin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Paulie.
Lingxin throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Paulie drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Lingxin is looking to chop away at Paulie's legs.
Lingxin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lingxin punishes Paulie's body with a nice straight punch.#T4#
Lingxin lands with a hook. Paulie tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Paulie throws a low kick but Lingxin moves out of range easily.
It seemed like Lingxin was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Paulie tries to clinch up.
Lingxin throws a low kick but Paulie avoids it.
Paulie wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Lingxin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
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!
Paulie tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lingxin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nice shot lands for Lingxin.
Zheng Lingxin is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Lingxin moves out of range of the body kick from Paulie.
Lingxin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Paulie motions for Lingxin to come forward. Paulie throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Paulie doesn't manage to clinch there - Lingxin circles away.
Paulie tries to clinch there but Lingxin circles away.
Lingxin lands with a shot to the body.
Paulie misses with a low kick.
Blanco Paulie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paulie misses with a wild body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Zheng Lingxin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Lingxin 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zheng Lingxin!
A victorious Zheng Lingxin thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
