PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Damascus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcin Kozajowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anthony Damascus has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Damascus
vs
Kozajowski

218 cm
22
277 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

197 cm
25
279 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anthony Damascus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marcin Kozajowski!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, John Roberts and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kozajowski darts in trying to clinch

and Damascus moves into the clinch.
Damascus leaning against his opponent.

Damascus breaks the clinch.
Damascus keeps the fight on the outside.
Kozajowski is looking to clinch.
Kozajowski is looking to clinch.
Kozajowski tries to clinch but Damascus moves away

and Damascus counters with a head kick that drops Kozajowski to the mat! Kozajowski scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Kozajowski gets tackled into the cage by Damascus. Damascus maintains the clinch.

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

Kozajowski darts in and clinches Damascus up against the cage.

Damascus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Damascus swinging wildly here.
Damascus lands a head kick. Kozajowski smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Damascus throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Kozajowski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damascus lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kozajowski tries to clinch up.
Kozajowski chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Damascus can pounce on him.
Kozajowski tries to clinch
and Damascus counters with a straight right hand.
Damascus throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kozajowski tries to close the distance and clinch but Damascus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Marcin Kozajowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Kozajowski clinches up against the cage.
Damascus has Kozajowski pressed against the cage.
Damascus lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kozajowski backwards.
Damascus lands an elbow inside.
Damascus lands a body punch in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right from Damascus.
Kozajowski takes an elbow to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Damascus breaks from the clinch.
Damascus swats away the attempt to clinch by Kozajowski.

Damascus forces Kozajowski back against the cage and clinches.
Damascus stalling against the cage.
Damascus has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Damascus is trying to force a seperation but Kozajowski has the dominant position.

Damascus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kozajowski tries to clinch but Damascus moves away
and Damascus counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Damascus circles away from the clinch attempt
and Damascus counters with a straight right hand.
A combination from Damascus does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damascus slips a jab from Kozajowski.

Damascus instigates a clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Damascus breaks the clinch.
Kozajowski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Damascus paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kozajowski darts in trying to clinch
and Damascus counters with a one-two to the body.
Damascus slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kozajowski closes the distance but Damascus moves to the side
and Damascus connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab lands there for Damascus.
Damascus rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kozajowski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kozajowski tries to clinch up but Damascus circles away and keeps his distance.
Kozajowski throws a series of punches but Damascus moves out of range.
Damascus swats away the attempt to clinch by Kozajowski.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damascus moves out of range as Kozajowski strikes.
Donk. Damascus catches Kozajowski right on the button with a cross.
Damascus is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

Kozajowski gets tackled into the cage by Damascus. Damascus maintains the clinch.

Damascus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kozajowski tries to clinch there but Damascus circles away.
Damascus circles away from the clinch attempt
and Damascus counters with a head kick.
Damascus moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kozajowski darts in trying to clinch
letting Damascus counter with a right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Damascus connects with the punch.

Damascus lands a left and a right that send Kozajowski crashing to the mat, dazed. Damascus thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Kozajowski is rocked!
Kozajowski wants to clinch but Damascus slips to the side
and Damascus counters with a big right hand! Oh Kozajowski is in trouble here! Damascus follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Damascus!
During a confident post fight interview, Anthony Damascus thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.