PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Maniek Czarnecki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kulku Koira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Czarnecki might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Dawaj na ring!. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!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.

Czarnecki
vs
Koira

190 cm
22
199 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

182 cm
28
198 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Skin-Clothes Designing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Maniek Czarnecki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kulku Koira!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koira lands with an uppercut that bounces Czarnecki off the cage and back into range.
Koira cracks Czarnecki with a good jab.
Czarnecki misses with a hook. Koira ducked under it nicely.
Czarnecki moves out of range as Koira strikes.
Czarnecki throws a head kick that misses.
A big left from Czarnecki misses.

Koira rushes Czarnecki and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Koira fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Koira wants a takedown.
Koira lands a left hand.
Koira changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Czarnecki fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Czarnecki tries a head kick but it misses.
Koira fails with a takedown attempt.
Maniek Czarnecki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kulku Koira.
Koira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Koira moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koira moves out of range as Czarnecki strikes.
Koira moves forwards but Czarnecki connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Czarnecki connects with a crisp jab.
Czarnecki attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Koira works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Koira misses with a hook. Czarnecki ducked under it nicely.
Czarnecki throws a head kick but Koira moves out of range.
Czarnecki wants to slow Koira down by chopping away at his legs.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Czarnecki, right into the meat.
Czarnecki misses with a hook.
Koira tries to close the distance and clinch up but Czarnecki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Koira checks a leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Koira lands a glancing blow to the side of Czarnecki's head.

Koira clinches up with Czarnecki and pushes him back against the cage.
Koira misses with a hook to the ribs.
Koira jumps guard but Czarnecki stands there with Koira around his waist. Koira gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Czarnecki wants to get back to striking at distance but Koira won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koira pressing his opponent against the cage.
Koira wants to take the fight to the mat but Czarnecki manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Koira working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Czarnecki is defending well against a takedown attempt.
A nice left hand lands by Koira.
Koira is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Koira is looking for a takedown.

Czarnecki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Koira paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Koira checks a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Czarnecki.
Czarnecki keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Czarnecki takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Czarnecki.
Czarnecki throws a big shot that misses.
Czarnecki with a jab.
Czarnecki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Czarnecki misses the jab.
Czarnecki works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Czarnecki throws a sloppy head kick
and Koira counters with a leg kick.
Koira missing with a left hand there. Czarnecki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Koira lands the left hand.
Czarnecki scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Czarnecki throws a looping overhand right but Koira ducks down to avoid it.
Koira on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Koira tries to bum rush Czarnecki with a series of wild strikes but Czarnecki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Koira closes the distance and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Koira.
Czarnecki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Koira on the inside.

Koira pulls guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Czarnecki stands up from Koira's guard - Czarnecki perhaps looking for a knockout.
Czarnecki connects with a looping right hand.
Czarnecki is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Czarnecki on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Czarnecki throws a jab but it's blocked by Koira.
Koira connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Czarnecki misses with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maniek Czarnecki dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Koira staying out of range there.
Maniek Czarnecki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Czarnecki misses with a looping right.
Czarnecki lands a jab to the head.
Czarnecki misses with a hook. Koira ducked under it nicely.
Czarnecki misses with a looping right.
Czarnecki looks to throw the jab but Koira is out of range.
Czarnecki on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Koira scores with a sloppy right hand. Czarnecki should have avoided that one.
Koira catches Czarnecki with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Koira wants to land a leg kick but Czarnecki is out of range.
Koira misses with an uppercut.
Czarnecki throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Czarnecki.
Koira connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Czarnecki's hands.
Czarnecki fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koira moves out of range of the strikes.
Czarnecki slips under a jab.
Czarnecki scores with a head kick. Koira tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Czarnecki throws the left hand but Koira avoids the punch easily.

Koira closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Czarnecki's guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Koira tries to free his leg and advance position but Czarnecki is retaining full guard.
Koira throws a big right hand that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Koira looking to pass the guard.
Koira passes into half guard.
Koira moves nicely into side control.
Koira tries to score with some ground and pound. Czarnecki controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koira sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Czarnecki is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Koira tries to score with some ground and pound. Czarnecki controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

Koira is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Czarnecki knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Koira landing a few strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koira fails to land a wild elbow strike.

Koira is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Czarnecki has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koira has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Czarnecki!
Czarnecki knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Koira on the ground.
Koira cracks Czarnecki with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Koira lands a heavy elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Koira fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Czarnecki is rocked!

It looks like Maniek Czarnecki has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Koira with the ground and pound from mount.
Oh Czarnecki is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Koira unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Czarnecki wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Koira celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kulku Koira!