PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michal Nowak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alek Vonchan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nowak kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Juno Reactor - Pistolero. Michal Nowak has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Nowak
vs
Vonchan

185 cm
23
185 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

185 cm
26
195 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Granite chin

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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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Michal Nowak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alek Vonchan!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Sergei Dronov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nowak tries a head kick but it misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Nowak.
Nowak tries to clinch up.
Nowak throws a head kick that misses

and Vonchan counters by clinching up.
Vonchan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vonchan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nowak's face.
Vonchan looking to throw knees to the head but Nowak is blocking nicely.
Nowak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vonchan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nowak misses with a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Vonchan as Nowak tries to tie him up.
Vonchan looking to throw knees to the head but Nowak is blocking nicely.
Nowak tries to land knees in the clinch but Vonchan avoids the damage to the body.
Nowak on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nowak blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nowak takes a knee right on the jaw!
Vonchan lands an elbow that stopped Nowak in his tracks for a moment.
Nowak slowing the pace effectively.
Vonchan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vonchan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nowak blocks it with crossed arms.
Nowak holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Vonchan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nowak looking to stall.
Nowak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vonchan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vonchan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nowak is defending well for now.
Nowak using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vonchan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nowak stalling in the clinch.
Nowak throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vonchan lands a damaging elbow.
Vonchan crunches a lovely knee into Nowak's ribcage.
Vonchan scores a nice knee to the body.
Vonchan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Vonchan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Vonchan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vonchan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vonchan misses with a knee strike.
Nowak lands a knee to the head.
Vonchan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nowak looking to throw knees to the head but Vonchan is blocking nicely.
Vonchan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nowak is breathing heavily.
Nowak is trying to stall.
Nowak tries to land knees in the clinch but Vonchan avoids the damage to the body.
Nowak dodges an elbow strike from Vonchan.
Nowak looking to throw knees to the head but Vonchan is blocking nicely.
Vonchan misses with a knee to the head.
Vonchan misses with a knee to the head.
Vonchan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nowak blocks it with crossed arms.
Vonchan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vonchan tries to land a knee to the head but Nowak blocks with his arms.
Nowak scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Alek Vonchan has been cut.
Nowak looking to throw knees to the head but Vonchan is blocking nicely.
Vonchan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nowak blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vonchan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nowak lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nowak with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Vonchan tries a knee to the head but Nowak blocks it.
Nowak avoiding damage as Vonchan throws knees to the body.
Vonchan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nowak blocks it with crossed arms.
Vonchan trying to land knees to the body.
Nowak with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nowak takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nowak misses with a knee strike.
Vonchan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nowak has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nowak wants to stall.
Vonchan landing knees to the head.
Nowak misses with a knee strike.
Vonchan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nowak's face.
Nowak looking to throw knees to the head but Vonchan is blocking nicely.
Vonchan throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nowak lands a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nowak unloads a knee to the mid-section. Vonchan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The referee calls for Nowak to work.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Vonchan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nowak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nowak lands a knee to the head.
Nowak with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nowak wants to stall.
Nowak tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vonchan avoids it.
Vonchan misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vonchan misses with a knee strike.
Nowak avoiding damage as Vonchan throws knees to the body.
Vonchan misses with a knee to the head.
Nowak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Alek Vonchan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alek Vonchan's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nowak explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Nowak tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Vonchan counters with a body kick that stops Nowak in his tracks momentarily.
Vonchan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vonchan checks a leg kick nicely.
Nowak looks for the body kick but Vonchan saw that one coming.
Vonchan blocks the body kick.
Nowak tries a head kick but it misses.
Nowak tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nowak throws a lazy head kick

and Vonchan holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vonchan looking to throw knees to the head but Nowak is blocking nicely.
Vonchan looking to throw knees to the head but Nowak is blocking nicely.
Alek Vonchan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Vonchan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nowak tries to land a knee to the head but Vonchan blocks with his arms.
Vonchan misses with an elbow over the top.
Nowak trying to stall but Vonchan improves his position.
Vonchan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nowak has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nowak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nowak on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vonchan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nowak has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vonchan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nowak has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vonchan is breathing heavily.
Nowak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vonchan blocks it with crossed arms.
Nowak is trying to stall.
Nowak landing knees to the head.
Nowak on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nowak lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nowak throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vonchan tries to land a knee to the head but Nowak blocks with his arms.
Vonchan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vonchan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vonchan missing with knees to the body.
Nowak with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Nowak.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nowak is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vonchan is defending well for now.
Nowak misses with a knee strike.
Nowak tries a knee to the head but Vonchan blocks it.
Vonchan misses with a knee strike.
Vonchan takes a knee right on the jaw!
Vonchan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Vonchan landing knees to the body.
Vonchan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nowak takes a knee right on the jaw!
Vonchan tries to land a knee to the head but Nowak blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vonchan throws an elbow but it misses.
Vonchan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vonchan connects with a knee to the head.
Nowak lands a knee to the head.
Vonchan being controlled against the cage.
Vonchan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nowak is defending well for now.
Nowak with a knee to the head.
Vonchan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nowak is defending well for now.
Nowak lands a knee to the head.
Vonchan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nowak tries a knee to the head but Vonchan blocks it.
Nowak misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vonchan.
Nowak lands a knee to the head.
Nowak tries a knee to the head but Vonchan blocks it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Vonchan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nowak's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vonchan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vonchan lands a nice elbow.
Vonchan misses with a knee to the head.
Nowak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vonchan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vonchan misses with a knee strike.
Vonchan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nowak using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vonchan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vonchan trying to land knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nowak lands a knee to the body.
Nowak misses with a knee to the head.
Nowak misses with a knee strike.
Nowak blocks an elbow strike from Vonchan.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nowak tries a knee to the head but Vonchan blocks it.
Vonchan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nowak avoids the elbow strike from Vonchan, against the cage.
Vonchan tries to land a knee to the head but Nowak blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Michal Nowak will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alek Vonchan's cut.
That's time! Nowak's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Nowak tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Vonchan counters by clinching up.
Nowak tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nowak tries a knee to the head but Vonchan blocks it.
Vonchan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nowak is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Vonchan is keeping busy.
Vonchan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vonchan misses with a knee to the head.
Nowak tries a knee to the head but Vonchan blocks it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nowak missing with knees to the body.
Nowak is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Vonchan is keeping busy.
Maybe Nowak would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nowak misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vonchan.
Nowak tries to stall but Vonchan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nowak tries to land a knee to the head but Vonchan blocks with his arms.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Michal Nowak.
Vonchan scores with a head kick. Nowak tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
A low kick from Nowak misses

and Vonchan counters by moving into the clinch.
Vonchan lands a damaging elbow.
Nowak on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nowak tries a knee to the head but Vonchan blocks it.
Vonchan managing to block the knees to the body from Nowak.
Nowak tries to land a knee to the head but Vonchan blocks with his arms.
Nowak blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vonchan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nowak blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nowak misses with a knee to the head.
Vonchan missing with knees to the body.
Nowak is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Vonchan is keeping busy.
Vonchan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Nowak in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nowak tries to land knees in the clinch but Vonchan avoids the damage to the body.
Vonchan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vonchan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nowak is defending well for now.
Nowak takes an elbow to the temple.
Nowak takes an elbow to the forehead.
A knee to the head by Vonchan.
Vonchan scores with a knee to the head.
Vonchan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vonchan tries to land a knee to the head but Nowak blocks with his arms.
Nowak scores with a knee to the head.
Nowak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nowak tries to land a knee to the head but Vonchan blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vonchan tries to land a knee to the head but Nowak blocks with his arms.
Nowak takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nowak tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vonchan looking to throw knees to the head but Nowak is blocking nicely.
Nowak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vonchan blocks it with crossed arms.
Nowak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nowak tries to land a knee to the head but Vonchan blocks with his arms.
Nowak on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vonchan tries a knee to the head but Nowak blocks it.
Vonchan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Nowak.
Vonchan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nowak connects with a nasty looking knee right to Vonchan's face.
Nowak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vonchan blocks it with crossed arms.
Vonchan looking to throw knees to the head but Nowak is blocking nicely.
Vonchan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nowak using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vonchan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vonchan looking to throw knees to the head but Nowak is blocking nicely.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nowak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vonchan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nowak has Vonchan pressed against the cage.
Vonchan misses with a knee to the head.
Nowak looking to slow down the pace here.
Vonchan looking to throw knees to the head but Nowak is blocking nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vonchan tries a knee to the head but Nowak blocks it.
Vonchan throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nowak scores with a knee to the head.
Nowak tries to stall but Vonchan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Alek Vonchan.
I think Vonchan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alek Vonchan!