PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Perwira Qawi (ranked 4437 p4p, 4764 weight class) and Quack Frack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Qawi
vs
Frack

172 cm
18
160
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
166
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Perwira Qawi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Quack Frack!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Ron Honeybunn and Ben Watson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Qawi darts in trying to clinch
and Frack counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Qawi looks to clinch
and Frack counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Qawi walks into a jab.
Frack jabs at Qawi's body.
Qawi doesn't manage to clinch there - Frack circles away.
Qawi is looking to clinch but Frack is avoiding it.
Qawi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Qawi takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Perwira Qawi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Frack goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Qawi on the wrong end of a nice jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Qawi tries to clinch
and Frack connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Frack slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Qawi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Qawi closes the distance looking to clinch
and Frack counters with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Qawi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Qawi throws a head kick that misses.
Frack lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Qawi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A nice side step and Frack releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Frack throws out a powerful jab.
Qawi wants to clinch but Frack slips to the side
letting Frack counter with a right hand.
Qawi tries to close the distance and clinch but Frack swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Frack scores with a jab. Qawi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Frack lands a body shot.
Qawi walks into a stiff left hand from Frack.
Frack lands with a hook. Qawi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nice body punch from Frack.
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!
Frack circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Qawi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Frack is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Qawi with a body shot.
Frack scores with a one two! Qawi had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Qawi closes the distance looking to clinch
and Frack counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Qawi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Frack manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Frack connects with the punch.
Frack lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Frack is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Qawi had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Qawi moves in looking to clinch but Frack pushes him off.
Frack circles away from the clinch attempt.
Frack showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Qawi.
A nice side step and Frack releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Qawi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Frack swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Frack lands with a straight right. Qawi didn't see that one coming.
Qawi wants to clinch up but Frack keeps it at a distance.
Qawi misses with a kick to the body
and Frack counters with a nice body shot.
A head kick by Qawi misses
and Frack cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Qawi misses with a double jab.
Frack lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frack lands with a cross.
Frack scores with a jab to the body.
Frack paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Frack lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Frack digs a good body shot into Qawi's ribs.
Qawi is looking to clinch.
Frack lands with a good body shot.
Qawi looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Qawi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Qawi is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Frack lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Qawi tries to clinch up.
It seemed like Frack was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body punch from Frack.
Qawi tries to clinch
and Frack counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Frack moves into range and connects with a jab.
Frack digs a good hook to Qawi's body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Frack.
Frack lands a jab to the head.
Frack looks to land a combination. Qawi sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Qawi is looking to clinch but Frack is avoiding it.
Frack jabs at Qawi's body.
A nice combination there by Frack.
Frack fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Frack scores with a punch to the head.
Frack cracks Qawi with a good jab.
Frack throws a shot to the body.
Frack keeps the fight on the outside.
Qawi tries to clinch up but Frack circles away and keeps his distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Qawi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Frack lands with a cross.
Frack wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Quack Frack dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Qawi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Frack swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A little jabbing left from Frack on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Frack moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Qawi throws a leg kick which misses Frack's front leg but catches the back leg as Frack tries to avoid it.
Frack connects with a crisp jab.
Qawi tries to clinch but Frack moves out of range.
Qawi closes the distance but Frack moves to the side
and Frack connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Frack avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Qawi misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Frack.
Qawi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Frack fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Qawi tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Frack counters with a left to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Frack, as that shot connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frack throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Qawi on the side of the head.
A right-left combo lands from Frack.
A shot to the liver by Frack. Beautiful body shot.
Frack misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Frack avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Qawi looks for the body kick but Frack saw that one coming.
Frack cracks Qawi with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Frack.
Frack avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Qawi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Quack Frack seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Frack moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Frack misses with a wild combination.
Qawi looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Qawi tries to clinch up but Frack circles away and keeps his distance.
Qawi misses with a head kick.
Qawi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Qawi lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Qawi walks into a stiff left hand from Frack.
Qawi tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Perwira Qawi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Qawi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Frack looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Qawi wants to clinch up but Frack keeps it at a distance.
Qawi wants to clinch.
Qawi moves to clinch but Frack breaks away
and Frack counters with a right hand to the body.
Frack throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Qawi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Frack swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Frack slips a jab and a cross from Qawi.
Frack let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Frack lands a really nice looking cross but Qawi seems unphased.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Frack lands a nice shot to the body.
Frack lands with a nice combination. Qawi backs away looking to recover.
Qawi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Frack works Qawi's body with a nice hook.
Nice shot lands for Frack.
Qawi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Frack manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Frack looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A head kick misses from Qawi.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Frack digs a good hook to Qawi's body.
Frack keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Frack's corner calls for a 1-2. Frack obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Qawi might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Frack scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Frack lands a jab.
Frack circles away from the clinch attempt.
Qawi takes one to the side of the head.
A lazy left from Frack finds it's target.
Qawi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frack scores with a jab to the jaw.
Frack scores with a jab. Qawi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Frack is working the combinations to good effect here.
Qawi throws a right and a left that both miss.
Qawi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Frack scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Frack avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Qawi tries to clinch up but Frack circles away and keeps his distance.
Qawi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A shot to the liver by Frack. Beautiful body shot.
Frack lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Frack.
Left hook, right uppercut from Frack.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Qawi tries to clinch up
and Frack cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Frack lands with an overhand left.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Quack Frack showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Qawi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Qawi closes the distance looking to clinch
and Frack counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Qawi takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Qawi takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Frack lands an overhand right.
Frack misses with a jab, cross combination.
Qawi is looking to clinch.
Frack blocks a head kick by Qawi.
Qawi throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frack will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Qawi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Frack throws a one two combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Qawi closes the distance but Frack moves to the side
enabling Frack to counter with a crisp jab.
Qawi with a nice calf kick.
Frack circles away from the clinch attempt
and Frack counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Qawi tries to clinch there but Frack circles away.
Qawi wants to clinch up but Frack keeps it at a distance.
Qawi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Frack manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Qawi fails in his attempt to clinch.
As Qawi backs off Frack throws a huge counter combo but Qawi manages to avoid it all.
Frack lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Frack keeps the fight on the outside.
Frack has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Frack tries to bum rush Qawi with a series of wild strikes but Qawi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Qawi is looking to clinch but Frack is avoiding it.
Qawi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Frack scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frack scores with a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body punch from Frack.
Frack takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Qawi wants to clinch
and Frack counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Qawi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Frack lands with an overhand left.
Frack lands a nice hook to Qawi's body. Qawi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Frack jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nice cross by Frack.
Qawi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Qawi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Frack circles away quickly and effectively.
Frack swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Frack cracks Qawi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Qawi tries to clinch but Frack moves away
and Qawi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Frack scores with a punch to the head.
Frack with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Qawi tries to clinch but Frack is having none of it.
Qawi doesn't manage to clinch there - Frack circles away.
Qawi is looking to clinch but Frack is avoiding it.
Frack works Qawi's body with a nice hook.
Frack dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Frack scores with a crisp jab that stopped Qawi in his tracks.
Qawi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Qawi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Frack swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Qawi tries to close the distance and clinch but Frack swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Qawi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Donk. Frack catches Qawi right on the button with a cross.
An inside leg kick lands from Qawi.
Frack wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Frack works Qawi's body with a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Qawi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Frack paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Frack pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Qawi back to the cage. Frack follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Danga de danga de dang - Frack scores with a four punch combination!
Qawi throws a series of punches but Frack avoids them all with ease.
A solid body kick from Qawi.
Qawi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Frack swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Frack lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Frack works Qawi's body with a nice hook.
Frack circles away from the clinch attempt.
Frack connects with a good right hand that stumbles Qawi. Qawi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Qawi fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Qawi is looking to clinch but Frack is avoiding it.
Perwira Qawi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Frack lands a really nice looking cross but Qawi seems unphased.
Quack Frack is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Qawi closes the distance looking to clinch
and Frack counters with a two punch combo.

And that's the end of the fight!
Quack Frack comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Frack 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 26:30
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 26:30
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Quack Frack!