PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mark Dominick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bazyl Iwanowicz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Dominick
vs
Iwanowicz

173 cm
25
153 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
153 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark Dominick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bazyl Iwanowicz!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Iwanowicz misses with a left hand
and Dominick counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Iwanowicz misses with a few strikes there.
Dominick misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dominick looks to land a combination but Iwanowicz avoids it well.
Dominick swats away the attempt to clinch by Iwanowicz.
Dominick misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dominick dodges the punch combination from Iwanowicz.
Iwanowicz misses with a low kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Iwanowicz.
Dominick avoids a kick to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Dominick blocks the leg kick.
Dominick scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominick tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch combination from Iwanowicz misses.
Dominick misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Iwanowicz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Iwanowicz looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Dominick circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bazyl Iwanowicz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Iwanowicz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Iwanowicz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Iwanowicz.
Iwanowicz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Iwanowicz gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dominick lands a head kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Iwanowicz swats away the attempt to clinch by Dominick.
Dominick looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice jab there from Dominick.
Iwanowicz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dominick misses with a double jab.
Dominick blocks a jab.
Iwanowicz goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Iwanowicz throws a wild body kick that Dominick sees coming a mile off.
Dominick throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Iwanowicz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dominick slips under a jab from Iwanowicz.
Dominick shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Iwanowicz eats them both and turns towards Dominick to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Iwanowicz throws a good cross that connects.
Iwanowicz tries to clinch up.
Iwanowicz paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Iwanowicz lands a jab-cross combination.
Iwanowicz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Iwanowicz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dominick swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dominick's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Dominick duly obliges.
Dominick takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Iwanowicz throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A punch combination from Dominick misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dominick throws a left and a right that both miss
and Iwanowicz counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Dominick is breathing heavily.
Iwanowicz is looking to land body kicks.
Iwanowicz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dominick.
Dominick throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dominick is looking to clinch but Iwanowicz is avoiding it.
Dominick throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Iwanowicz lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Dominick can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Iwanowicz and Dominick drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Iwanowicz.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bazyl Iwanowicz!