PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Van Damme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Awanturnik Oporowy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Damme
vs
Oporowy

187 cm
19
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Good knees
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Van Damme!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Awanturnik Oporowy!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Summer Carpenter and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oporowy tries to close the distance and clinch but Damme swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Damme clinches up with Oporowy and pushes him back against the cage.
Damme with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Damme using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Oporowy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Oporowy lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Van Damme has been cut.
Damme throws a knee to the head but misses.
Oporowy misses with a knee to the head.
Damme tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Oporowy slows down the pace here.
Oporowy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Oporowy stalling in the clinch but Damme improves position.
Oporowy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Damme throws a knee to the head but misses.
Oporowy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Damme has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Damme throws a knee to the head but misses.
Damme tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Oporowy trying to control the position but instead, Damme has worked for underhooks and has pushed Oporowy into the cage.
Damme throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oporowy tries to land a knee to the head but Damme blocks with his arms.
Oporowy is pushing Damme up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Oporowy tries a knee to the head but Damme blocks it.
Oporowy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Damme tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Oporowy connects with a knee to the head.
Damme is breathing heavily.
Oporowy tries a knee to the head but Damme blocks it.
Oporowy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Oporowy avoiding damage as Damme throws knees to the body.
Damme takes a knee right on the jaw!
Oporowy avoiding damage as Damme throws knees to the body.
Oporowy misses with a knee strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Oporowy obliges.
Oporowy misses with a knee to the head.
Damme tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oporowy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Damme in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Oporowy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oporowy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Damme has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Oporowy trying to stall but Damme improves his position.
Oporowy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Oporowy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Damme blocks it with crossed arms.
Damme using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Oporowy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Damme takes a knee right on the jaw!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oporowy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Oporowy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oporowy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Damme's face.
Damme throws a knee to the head but misses.
Oporowy slows down the pace here.
Oporowy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Oporowy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Damme misses with a knee strike.
Oporowy unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oporowy looking to throw knees to the head but Damme is blocking nicely.
Oporowy misses with a knee to the head.
Oporowy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Damme blocks it with crossed arms.
Oporowy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Oporowy tries to stall but Damme uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Damme looking to throw knees to the head but Oporowy is blocking nicely.
A bit of stalling here from Oporowy.
Oporowy lands a knee to the body.
Damme tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Oporowy avoids it.
Damme tries to land knees in the clinch but Oporowy avoids the damage to the body.
Oporowy lands a knee to the head.
Oporowy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Damme using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Oporowy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Oporowy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Oporowy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Oporowy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Damme blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oporowy misses with a knee strike.
Damme throws a knee to the head but misses.
Damme tries to land knees in the clinch but Oporowy avoids the damage to the body.
Oporowy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Damme blocks it with crossed arms.
Oporowy landing knees to the head.
Damme takes a knee right on the jaw!
Damme with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Oporowy misses with a knee to the head.
Oporowy missing with knees to the body.
Oporowy taking a breather.
Damme missing with knees to the body.
Oporowy is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Damme is keeping busy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Oporowy tries a knee to the head but Damme blocks it.
Damme is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Oporowy is defending well for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oporowy trying to stall but Damme improves his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Awanturnik Oporowy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Van Damme's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Oporowy wants to clinch up but Damme keeps it at a distance.
Damme tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Oporowy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Damme tries to clinch up

and Oporowy counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Oporowy.
Damme throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Oporowy blocks it with crossed arms.
Oporowy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oporowy misses with a knee to the head.
Oporowy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Damme has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Damme misses with a knee to the head.
Oporowy avoiding damage as Damme throws knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Damme.
Oporowy is looking to control Damme's arms but Damme gets an underhook and turns him. Now Oporowy has his back to the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Oporowy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oporowy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Damme trying to land knees to the body.
Oporowy scores with a knee to the head.
Oporowy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Oporowy is struggling to control the position.
Damme tries a knee to the head but Oporowy blocks it.
Oporowy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Oporowy looking to throw knees to the head but Damme is blocking nicely.
Damme takes a knee right on the jaw!
Oporowy taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Oporowy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Damme trying to land knees to the body.
Oporowy lands a knee to the head.
Damme tries a knee to the head but Oporowy blocks it.
Oporowy lands a knee to the head.
Oporowy managing to block the knees to the body from Damme.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oporowy working Damme over with knees to the body.
Come on Oporowy - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oporowy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oporowy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Damme misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Oporowy.
Damme misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Oporowy.
Oporowy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Damme misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Oporowy.
Oporowy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Damme misses with a knee to the head.
Oporowy tries a knee to the head but Damme blocks it.
Damme trying to land knees to the body.
Oporowy landing knees to the head.
Oporowy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oporowy avoiding damage as Damme throws knees to the body.
Oporowy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Awanturnik Oporowy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Damme throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Oporowy blocks it with crossed arms.
Oporowy misses with a knee strike.
Oporowy managing to block the knees to the body from Damme.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Oporowy. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Oporowy misses with a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Damme as Oporowy tries to tie him up.
Damme with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Oporowy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Oporowy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Oporowy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Damme lands a knee to the head.
Oporowy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Damme blocks it with crossed arms.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Damme tries a knee to the head but Oporowy blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damme with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Oporowy misses with a knee strike.
Damme looking to throw knees to the head but Oporowy is blocking nicely.
Oporowy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Oporowy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Oporowy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Damme blocks it with crossed arms.
Oporowy tries to land a knee to the head but Damme blocks with his arms.
Damme misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Oporowy.
Damme using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Oporowy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Damme tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oporowy wants to stall.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Damme missing with knees to the body.
Oporowy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Oporowy scores with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Awanturnik Oporowy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Van Damme's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Damme tries to clinch but Oporowy moves out of range.
Damme closes the distance looking to clinch

and Oporowy counters by moving into the clinch.
Oporowy tries a knee to the head but Damme blocks it.
Oporowy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Damme blocks it with crossed arms.
Damme misses with a knee to the head.
Oporowy avoiding damage as Damme throws knees to the body.
Oporowy tries a knee to the head but Damme blocks it.
Damme tries a knee to the head but Oporowy blocks it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Damme tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Oporowy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Damme blocks it with crossed arms.
Damme tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Oporowy avoids it.
Oporowy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oporowy misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oporowy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Oporowy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Oporowy tries a knee to the head but Damme blocks it.
Oporowy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Oporowy lands a knee to the head.
Damme with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Oporowy crunches a lovely knee into Damme's ribcage.
Oporowy working Damme over with knees to the body.
Oporowy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Damme throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Oporowy blocks it with crossed arms.
Damme lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Oporowy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Damme's face.
Oporowy tries a knee to the head but Damme blocks it.
Oporowy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Damme has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Damme lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Oporowy tries a knee to the head but Damme blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Oporowy obliges.
Oporowy is trying to maintain a safe position but Damme gets an underhook and turns Oporowy into the cage.
Damme looking to throw knees to the head but Oporowy is blocking nicely.
Oporowy managing to block the knees to the body from Damme.
Oporowy tries to land a knee to the head but Damme blocks with his arms.
Damme with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Oporowy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Oporowy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Damme misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Damme throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Oporowy blocks it with crossed arms.
Oporowy misses with a knee to the head.
Damme with a knee to the head.
Damme is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Oporowy is defending well for now.
Oporowy looking to throw knees to the head but Damme is blocking nicely.
Damme throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damme with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Damme trying to land knees to the body.
Oporowy lands a knee to the body.
Damme tries a knee to the head but Oporowy blocks it.
Damme looking to throw knees to the head but Oporowy is blocking nicely.
Oporowy scores with a knee to the head.
Damme lands a knee to the body.
Oporowy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Oporowy taking a breather.
Oporowy lands a knee to the head.
Oporowy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Damme blocks it with crossed arms.
Oporowy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Damme looking to throw knees to the head but Oporowy is blocking nicely.
Oporowy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oporowy is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damme is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Oporowy is defending well for now.
Oporowy tries a knee to the head but Damme blocks it.
Oporowy tries a knee to the head but Damme blocks it.
Damme throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Oporowy blocks it with crossed arms.
Damme throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Oporowy.
Oporowy tries to land a knee to the head but Damme blocks with his arms.
Damme with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Oporowy landing knees to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A knee to the head by Damme.
Damme misses with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Oporowy obliges.
Van Damme has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oporowy looking to throw knees to the head but Damme is blocking nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Awanturnik Oporowy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Oporowy winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 John Mangel scores the fight for Awanturnik Oporowy!
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight for Awanturnik Oporowy!
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight for Awanturnik Oporowy!

Awanturnik Oporowy wins by unanimous decision!