PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jossie Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bernard Krakowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bernard Krakowski is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Evans
vs
Krakowski

180 cm
19
146 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

177 cm
26
144 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Granite 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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jossie Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bernard Krakowski!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paul Aken and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Krakowski pinned against the cage. Krakowski gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Evans takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Jossie Evans has been cut.
Evans 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 takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Krakowski lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Evans lands with an overhand left.
Evans scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Evans tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Krakowski counters with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Krakowski counters with a nice low kick that buckles Evans's knee momentarily.
Evans scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Krakowski fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Evans walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Krakowski circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jossie Evans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Krakowski cracks the inside of Evans's front leg.
Evans misses with a head kick.
Evans misses with a takedown attempt - Krakowski sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Krakowski.
Krakowski scoring well with a low kick there.
Krakowski swats away the attempt to clinch by Evans.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Krakowski lets loose with a powerful body kick. Evans will feel that in the morning.

Evans shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Krakowski's guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Krakowski is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Evans slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krakowski is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Evans is controlling him.
Krakowski striking off his back but it's not causing Evans any problems.
Evans is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Evans won't allow Krakowski to get back to his feet.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jossie Evans wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Krakowski misses with a wild combination.
Krakowski looks gassed!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krakowski gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Evans.
Krakowski comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Evans will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jossie Evans. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Evans takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Evans is looking to clinch but Krakowski is avoiding it.
Evans shoots in looking for a takedown but Krakowski manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Evans's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Evans looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Krakowski is fending him off so far but Evans persists. Nope, Krakowski circles away and we're back to standing.
Krakowski stuffs the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bernard Krakowski will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jossie Evans's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Evans is looking to clinch.
Evans swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Evans tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Krakowski swivels and escapes.
Krakowski scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Evans shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Krakowski defends it nicely.
Krakowski is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Evans shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Krakowski but Krakowski pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jossie Evans. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Krakowski is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick from Krakowski lands but Evans takes it in his stride.
Krakowski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Evans.
Evans tries to close the distance and clinch up but Krakowski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Evans is defended easily by Krakowski.
Evans shoots for a takedown but Krakowski saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Bernard Krakowski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krakowski digs a good hook to Evans's body.
Evans falls off balance throwing a combination
and Krakowski counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Nice sprawl there from Krakowski as Evans shoots in.
Krakowski lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Krakowski misses with a double jab.
Krakowski scores with a hook to the body. Evans takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Evans thows a body shot but no joy.
Evans is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Krakowski.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Krakowski counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Evans is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Evans is rocked!
Evans shoots in for a takedown but Krakowski shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Krakowski connects with an inside leg kick.
Evans on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Oh Evans is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Evans takes a jab right on the kisser.

Jossie Evans's cut is getting worse.
Evans shoots in for a double leg but Krakowski sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Whack! Krakowski lands a heavy head kick that drops Evans. The ref tackles Krakowski to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Evans was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Bernard Krakowski!