PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tomasz Drwal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Pepe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drwal comes to the cage accompanied by Nightwish Crimson Tide . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Drwal
vs
Pepe

190 cm
27
187 lbs
11 - 14 - 1

185 cm
28
188 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 11 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tomasz Drwal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mario Pepe!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Patrick Alders and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drwal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pepe manages to avoid it.
Drwal wants to clinch up but Pepe keeps it at a distance.
Drwal feints a jab promting Pepe to slip. Drwal then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Pepe slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Drwal connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pepe's hands.
Drwal throws a hook to the side of Pepe's head but Pepe sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Left hook, right uppercut from Drwal.
Drwal fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That kick from Drwal tenderised Pepe's leg. Pepe is trying to keep his angry face on.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pepe throws a left and a right that both miss
and Drwal counters with a two punch combo.
Drwal avoids a punch combination nicely.
Drwal rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pepe moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drwal lands a leg kick that knocks Pepe off balance momentarily.
Drwal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pepe manages to avoid it.
Drwal throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Pepe's head.
Drwal fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pepe misses with a few strikes there.
Pepe swinging wildly here.
A head kick from Drwal lands but Pepe takes it in his stride.
Drwal scores with a punch to the head.
Drwal looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Drwal does no damage.
Drwal misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pepe.
Drwal misses with a looping left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drwal connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Drwal moves in looking to clinch but Pepe pushes him off.
Drwal bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pepe's head backwards.
Pepe takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Drwal tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Drwal misses with a few strikes there.
Drwal tries to clinch there but Pepe circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drwal tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pepe paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pepe throws a nice looking combination but Drwal bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Drwal misses with a head kick.
Drwal lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Drwal tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pepe was well out of range. Poor timing from Drwal.
Drwal throws a predictable looking body shot
and Pepe counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Pepe lands a nice hook to Drwal's body. Drwal takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A punch combination from Drwal misses.
Drwal slips a jab and a cross from Pepe.
Drwal throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drwal swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Drwal jabs at Pepe's body.
No joy there for Drwal, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Drwal throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pepe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Drwal.
Drwal tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pepe swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Drwal drives through and clinches with Pepe against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Drwal working aggressively here.
Drwal looking to slow down the pace here.
Drwal throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pepe blocks it with crossed arms.
Pepe looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tomasz Drwal dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Pepe has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Drwal.
Drwal tests Pepe's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Drwal misses with a body shot.
Drwal throws a head kick that half lands.
Pepe throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Drwal stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The fighters circling - Drwal throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Drwal has taken the fight to the clinch.
Drwal lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pepe.

Drwal pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pepe throws a series of punches but Drwal avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pepe looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tomasz Drwal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pepe looks for a takedown but Drwal sprawls well.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Drwal.
Pepe misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pepe takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Drwal gets a clinch.

Drwal breaks the clinch.
Drwal tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pepe swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Drwal has closed the distance and engaged Pepe in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Drwal.
Good body shot from Pepe.
Drwal lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pepe backwards.

Pepe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pepe throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Drwal.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drwal throws out a loose jab but Pepe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Drwal throws a series of punches but Pepe avoids them all with ease.
Drwal throws a series of punches but Pepe avoids them all with ease.
Pepe misses with a double jab.
Drwal moves in looking to clinch but Pepe pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Drwal looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Drwal misses with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Drwal. Pepe shrugs it off though.
Pepe showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Drwal.
A big left from Drwal misses.
Drwal throws a series of strikes that have Pepe backpedaling.
Pepe takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Drwal throws a sloppy head kick and Pepe moves out of range easily.
Drwal avoids a punch combination nicely.
Drwal lunges at Pepe with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pepe's hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pepe ducks under a wild hook from Drwal.
Pepe walks into a jab.
Tomasz Drwal is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pepe takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Drwal tries to clinch up but Pepe circles away and keeps his distance.
Pepe tries to bum rush Drwal with a series of wild strikes but Drwal uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Drwal swinging wildly here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Drwal misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tomasz Drwal dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Drwal throws a leg kick that misses.
Drwal tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pepe paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Drwal. Those never looked like landing.
Drwal fails with an attempt to clinch.
Drwal feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Pepe's calf.

Drwal moves into the clinch successfully.
Pepe tries to circle away but Drwal has him pinned against the cage.
Pepe is looking to break free of the clinch but Drwal has double underhooks.

Drwal manages to break the clinch.

Drwal moves into the clinch.

Drwal breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Drwal scores with a punch to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drwal throws a low kick but Pepe avoids it.
Pepe throws a series of punches but Drwal moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Pepe.
Tomasz Drwal is winning the standup battle so far.
Pepe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Drwal.
Drwal is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pepe can do to turn this around?
Drwal misses with a few strikes there.
Pepe throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pepe avoids a punch combination nicely.
Drwal does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drwal throws a series of punches but Pepe avoids them all with ease.
Pepe swinging wildly here.
Drwal tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pepe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pepe blocks a jab.
Pepe avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Drwal gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pepe blocks a body shot from Drwal.
Pepe is working Drwal over against the cage.
Drwal misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Drwal prevents Pepe from breaking the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Come on Drwal - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Pepe lands a nice uppercut.

Pepe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Drwal lands a jab.
Pepe lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Drwal circles away quickly and effectively.
Drwal wants to slow Pepe down by chopping away at his legs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pepe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Drwal chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Drwal clinches with his opponent.
Pepe tries a body shot but Drwal blocks it.

Pepe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Drwal connects with a leg kick. Pepe looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Pepe misses with a wild combination.
Drwal tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pepe paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tomasz Drwal is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Drwal tries to clinch there but Pepe circles away.
Mario Pepe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A left lands for Drwal.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drwal tries to clinch up.
Drwal works over Pepe's head and body with a nice combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tomasz Drwal showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Drwal has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tomasz Drwal!
An intense looking Tomasz Drwal took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'POZDRAWIAM WSZYSTKICH POLAKÓW I MAMEDA KHALIDOVA. '.