PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tomasz Groszek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bernard Krakowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Groszek
vs
Krakowski

180 cm
18
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
25
144 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tomasz Groszek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bernard Krakowski!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paul Aken and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Krakowski instigates a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Krakowski.

Krakowski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Groszek misses with a series of wild punches.

Krakowski closes the distance and clinches.
Krakowski lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Groszek wants to break free but Krakowski has control.
Krakowski lands a nice elbow.

Krakowski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Groszek throws a combination that misses

and Krakowski counters by clinching up.
Knees in the clinch landing for Krakowski.
Krakowski is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Krakowski lands a good knee to the midsection. Groszek won't want to take too many of those.
A right hand to the body from Krakowski.
Krakowski landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Krakowski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Krakowski closes the distance and clinches.
Groszek really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Krakowski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Krakowski clinches with his opponent.

Krakowski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Krakowski clinches with his opponent.
Krakowski lands a nice elbow.

Krakowski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Groszek throws a series of punches but Krakowski avoids them all with ease.
Groszek misses with a double jab

and Krakowski moves into the clinch.
The referee calls for Krakowski to work.
Groszek wants to get back to striking at distance but Krakowski won't allow it.
Krakowski lands an elbow inside that Groszek shrugs off.
Krakowski lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Krakowski throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Groszeks head.
Krakowski pressing his opponent against the cage.

Krakowski breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Groszek misses with the combination.
Krakowski lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Krakowski gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Groszek tries to break free but Krakowski pushes him back against the cage.

Krakowski breaks the clinch.
Groszek throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Krakowski counters by moving into the clinch.
Groszek is breathing heavily.

Krakowski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Groszek throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Krakowski counters by clinching up.
Krakowski lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Krakowski.

It looks like Tomasz Groszek has been cut.
Krakowski lands a left hand that snaps the head of Groszek backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Krakowski.

Krakowski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Krakowski lands with an uppercut that bounces Groszek off the cage and back into rage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Groszek falls off balance throwing a combination
and Krakowski counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krakowski lands a nice leg kick that just misses Groszek's sensitive parts.

Krakowski clinches.
Stalling in the clinch from Krakowski.
Knees in the clinch landing for Krakowski.
A nice right hand lands inside from Krakowski.

Krakowski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Krakowski throws a right and a left that Groszek avoids nicely.
Krakowski scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Groszek misses with a double jab
and Krakowski counters with a nice low kick that buckles Groszek's knee momentarily.

Groszek gets tackled into the cage by Krakowski. Krakowski maintains the clinch.

Krakowski breaks from the clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Krakowski, right into the meat.
Good standup being displayed there by Krakowski as he connects with a hook.

Krakowski rushes Groszek and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Krakowski lands a nice elbow.

Krakowski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Krakowski tests Groszek's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Groszek throws a combination that misses

and Krakowski counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Krakowski.

Krakowski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Krakowski throws a series of punches but Groszek avoids them all with ease.
Groszek swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Krakowski counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Krakowski.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Krakowski manages to break the clinch.

Krakowski has closed the distance and engaged Groszek in a clinch.
Krakowski lands a good knee to the midsection. Groszek won't want to take too many of those.
Krakowski pushes Groszek back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Krakowski misses with a knee strike.

Krakowski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Groszek throws a left and a right that both miss
and Krakowski counters with a nice leg kick.

Krakowski clinches with his opponent.
Groszek takes an elbow to the temple.
A short right from Krakowski.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bernard Krakowski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tomasz Groszek'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.

Krakowski closes the distance and clinches.
Krakowski stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Krakowski avoiding damage.
Groszek is trying to break the clinch but Krakowski is controlling him.

Krakowski manages to break the clinch.
Tomasz Groszek is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Groszek misses with a double jab

and Krakowski counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Krakowski.
Krakowski has Groszek pressed against the cage, preventing Groszek from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Krakowski throws a knee to the head but misses.
Krakowski lands a damaging elbow.

Krakowski breaks from the clinch.
Groszek throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tomasz Groszek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Groszek tries to keep at a distance but Krakowski has taken the fight into the clinch.

Krakowski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Groszek swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Krakowski counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Krakowski.
Nice body punch from Krakowski - that landed with a thud.
Krakowski has Groszek pushed against the cage.
Krakowski lands an elbow that stopped Groszek in his tracks for a moment.
Groszek being controlled against the cage.

Krakowski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Krakowski fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Groszek, pushing him back against the cage.
Groszek takes an elbow to the forehead.
Krakowski stalling in the clinch.
Bernard Krakowski seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Groszek takes a knee right on the jaw!

Krakowski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Groszek throws a combination that misses
and Krakowski finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Krakowski gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Krakowski digs a right hand underneath Groszek's ribcage. Groszek let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Krakowski leaning his opponent against the cage.
Krakowski using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Krakowski lands a knee to the body.
Krakowski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Groszek.
Krakowski presses Groszek against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Krakowski works on Groszek's body with a couple of short punches.

Krakowski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Groszek misses with a double jab

and Krakowski counters by moving into the clinch.
Groszek is trying to break free.
Groszek tries to break the clinch but Krakowski is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Krakowski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Krakowski connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Krakowski bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Krakowski throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

Krakowski moves into the clinch.
Krakowski scores with a knee to the head.

Krakowski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Groszek uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Krakowski.
Groszek stalks Krakowski and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Krakowski's face. Krakowski staggers backwards, shaken.

Krakowski instigates a clinch.
Krakowski lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Groszek backwards.
Groszek wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Krakowski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Groszek.

Krakowski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Groszek throws a right and a left that Krakowski avoids nicely.
Groszek throws a nice looking combination but Krakowski bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Krakowski has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Krakowski closes the distance and clinches.
A short right from Krakowski on the inside.
Groszek's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Krakowski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Krakowski closes the distance and clinches.
A short right from Krakowski.
Groszek tries to break free but Krakowski pushes him back against the cage.
Krakowski tries to land knees in the clinch but Groszek avoids the damage to the body.
Groszek can't break the clinch.
Krakowski is pushing Groszek up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Krakowski breaks from the clinch.
Krakowski avoids a punch combination nicely.

Krakowski moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bernard Krakowski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tomasz Groszek's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Krakowski closes the distance and clinches.
Groszek is trying to force a seperation but Krakowski has the dominant position.

Krakowski breaks from the clinch.
Groszek lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Krakowski circles away quickly and effectively.
A right-left combo lands from Groszek.
Groszek misses with a wild combination.

Krakowski clinches up with Groszek and pushes him back against the cage.
Groszek takes a knee right on the jaw!
Krakowski lands a damaging elbow.

Krakowski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Krakowski instigates a clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Krakowski.
A left hand lands to the body for Krakowski.
Krakowski slowing the pace effectively.
Krakowski lands with a short shot to the head.

Krakowski breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krakowski scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Groszek swinging wildly here.
Krakowski wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Krakowski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Krakowski scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Groszek falls off balance throwing a combination

and Krakowski counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A bit of stalling here from Krakowski.

Krakowski breaks the clinch.

Krakowski moves into range and clinches up with Groszek.

Krakowski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Krakowski slips a jab and a cross from Groszek.
Groszek misses with a double jab
and Krakowski counters with a nice low kick that buckles Groszek's knee momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Groszek falls off balance throwing a combination

and Krakowski counters by moving into the clinch.
Groszek looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Krakowski landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Krakowski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Groszek misses with the combination.
Krakowski with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Krakowski clinches.

Krakowski breaks from the clinch.
Groszek throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Krakowski.
Krakowski scores with a head kick.
Groszek throws a combination that misses

and Krakowski counters by clinching up.
The referee calls for Krakowski to work.

Krakowski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Groszek misses with a two punch combination.
Groszek is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Krakowski holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Krakowski breaks the clinch.
A punch combination from Groszek misses.

Groszek gets tackled into the cage by Krakowski. Krakowski maintains the clinch.
Krakowski slowing the pace effectively.
Krakowski misses with an elbow strike.
Krakowski lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Groszek or not.
Krakowski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Groszek is defending well for now.
Krakowski misses with a punch to the body.

Krakowski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

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.
Krakowski doesn't manage to clinch there - Groszek circles away.
Groszek fails to land with a series of punches.

Krakowski instigates a clinch.

Krakowski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Groszek throws a right hand that Krakowski ducks under and follows up with a left that Krakowski also avoids with ease.

Krakowski drives through and clinches with Groszek against the cage.
The referee calls for Krakowski to work.
Groszek tries to break the clinch but Krakowski is controlling the position.
Krakowski pressing his opponent against the cage.

Krakowski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Groszek throws a combination that misses
and Krakowski counters with a body kick.
Tomasz Groszek has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bernard Krakowski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Krakowski closes the distance and pushes Groszek back into the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bernard Krakowski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Krakowski 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 26:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 26:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bernard Krakowski!