PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ching Gui (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan Kowalsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gui
vs
Kowalsky

176 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
25
178 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ching Gui!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jan Kowalsky!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gui throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gui thuds his shin into the meat of Kowalsky's side.
Nice shot lands for Gui.
Gui lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Kowalsky drives through and clinches with Gui against the cage.
Kowalsky goes for a takedown attempt but Gui pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Gui chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Kowalsky closes the distance and clinches.
Gui misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gui stalling in the clinch but Kowalsky improves position.
Kowalsky blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gui lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kowalsky.

Gui escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Good standup being displayed there by Gui as he connects with a hook.
Kowalsky tries for a takedown but Gui circles away easily
and Gui counters with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gui misses with a double jab.
Nice cross by Gui.

Gui clinches up against the cage.
Gui prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ching Gui has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jan Kowalsky.
A left hand lands to the body for Gui.
Kowalsky is looking for a takedown.

Kowalsky drags the fight down to the ground.

Kowalsky pushes Gui off and scrambles back to his feet.
Gui fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kowalsky manages to avoid it.
Gui throws a leg kick which misses Kowalsky's front leg but catches the back leg as Kowalsky tries to avoid it.
Gui slaps away a takedown attempt from Kowalsky, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Kowalsky gets a double leg takedown into Gui's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Gui is working an open guard so Kowalsky takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Gui stuffs the takedown attempt from Kowalsky. Kowalsky gets slowly back to his feet.
Gui bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Kowalsky misses with a body shot
and Gui makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gui lands a body shot.
Gui connects with a leg kick. Kowalsky looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

Gui fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kowalsky, pushing him back against the cage.
Gui lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kowalsky backwards.
A right hand to the body from Gui.
Kowalsky blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kowalsky tries to break the clinch but Gui is controlling the position.
Gui blocks an elbow strike.
Gui keeps control of Kowalsky as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gui tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gui fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gui stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Gui misses with some punches.
Gui scores with a hook to the body.
Kowalsky wants a takedown.
Still in the clinch, Gui scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gui stalling in the clinch.
Gui gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Kowalsky.
Gui stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kowalsky has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Gui avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Gui makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gui lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kowalsky backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gui throws a head punch that misses.
Gui working aggressively here.
Gui tries to break free but Kowalsky pushes him back against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Gui - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Kowalsky jumps guard but Gui stands there with Kowalsky around his waist. Kowalsky gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Gui.
Gui struggles to land a body shot inside as Kowalsky controls his hands.

Gui manages to break the clinch.
Gui stuffs the takedown.
Kowalsky has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Gui has closed the distance and engaged Kowalsky in a clinch.
Gui lands a left hand.
Gui gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Kowalsky.
Gui lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ching Gui dominated that round.
That's time! Gui's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Gui works the jab nicely.
Kowalsky has his takedown stuffed
and Gui counters with a right hand to the body.
Kowalsky shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Gui defends it nicely.
Kowalsky needs to keep his hands up - Gui had a free shot at his head there.
Kowalsky throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Kowalsky clinches up with Gui and pushes him back against the cage.
Gui wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kowalsky has him pressed against the cage.
Gui blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kowalsky.
A short left from Gui.
Gui doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kowalsky stalling in the clinch.
Kowalsky drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Gui gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ching Gui has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jan Kowalsky.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Gui working aggressively here.
Kowalsky takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gui.
Kowalsky prevents Gui from breaking the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Gui fails to land.
Gui scores with a shoulder strike.
Kowalsky changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Gui fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Kowalsky gets a double leg takedown into Gui's guard.
Gui throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Kowalsky decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Kowalsky tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jan Kowalsky is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kowalsky is trying hard to land a takedown here. Gui sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Kowalsky drops his hands momentarily and Gui takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gui lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Gui clinches with his opponent.
Gui can't find room to land a body shot as Kowalsky controls the action.
Come on Gui - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Gui tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gui struggles to land a body shot inside as Kowalsky controls his hands.
Gui misses with a punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Gui.
Kowalsky blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gui misses with a body punch.
Gui lands a shot to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kowalsky is looking for a takedown.
Gui gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Kowalsky.
Gui tries to throw a body punch but Kowalsky avoids it by throwing Gui back against the cage.

Kowalsky is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Gui can't fight it off and eventually Kowalsky manages to take the fight to the floor. Gui looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Kowalsky wants to control from the top but Gui keeps moving.

Gui working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Kowalsky doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Kowalsky manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Kowalsky is in close to Gui's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gui has Kowalsky pulled in close to control his posture.
Kowalsky controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Gui wants to stand but Kowalsky is controlling the position.
Kowalsky slips nicely into half guard.
Gui wants to improve his position but Kowalsky is controlling well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kowalsky wants to take a breather but Gui is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gui on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Kowalsky working Gui over with strikes.
Gui has hold of Kowalsky's hands but Kowalsky slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jan Kowalsky will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Kowalsky gets a takedown into half guard.

Kowalsky stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Gui to get to his feet.
Gui punishes Kowalsky's body with a nice straight punch.
Kowalsky will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gui lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kowalsky fails with the takedown.
Gui tries to close the distance and clinch but Kowalsky swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gui lands with a cross.
Gui lands with a cross.

Kowalsky moves into the clinch successfully.

Kowalsky drags the fight down to the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kowalsky keeping moving, preventing Gui from controlling successfully.
Jan Kowalsky has got the better of the ground game so far.

Gui is sitting in close to Kowalsky's body. Kowalsky has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Gui is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Gui is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Kowalsky.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jan Kowalsky!