PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Awanturnik Oporowy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zach Gates (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zach Gates is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Oporowy
vs
Gates

180 cm
19
177 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

184 cm
19
194 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite 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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Awanturnik Oporowy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zach Gates!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Bruno Hogan and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Oporowy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Oporowy moves in looking to clinch but Gates pushes him off.
Gates throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fight stays on the outside here - Oporowy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gates swings for the body but Oporowy moves out of range.
Gates looks to score with a jab to the body but Oporowy is just out of range.
Gates ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Oporowy moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gates. Oporowy does a little dance to reset his feet.

Oporowy closes the distance and pushes Gates back into the cage.
Gates has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Oporowy after a bit of a struggle.
Oporowy blocks an uppercut.
Gates looking to slow down the pace here.
Gates goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Oporowy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gates tries to work over Oporowy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Oporowy with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oporowy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Oporowy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gates's face.
Gates wants a takedown.
Oporowy connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Zach Gates has been cut.
Gates looks winded!
Oporowy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gates's face.
Knees in the clinch landing for Oporowy.
Oporowy lands a knee to the head.
Oporowy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gates in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oporowy taking a breather.
Oporowy connects with a knee to the head.
Gates wants a takedown.
Awanturnik Oporowy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zach Gates.
Oporowy effectively controlling the action here.
Oporowy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Oporowy crunches a lovely knee into Gates's ribcage.
Oporowy taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oporowy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Oporowy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Oporowy slows down the pace here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Oporowy obliges.
Oporowy with a knee to the head.
Oporowy with a knee to the head.
Oporowy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Oporowy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gates's face.
Oporowy controlling the action here for a moment.
Gates tries to break the clinch but Oporowy is controlling the position.
Oporowy landing knees to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gates has a couple of punches blocked by Oporowy.
Oporowy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Oporowy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Oporowy lands a knee to the head.
Oporowy controlling the action here for a moment.
A knee to the head by Oporowy.
Oporowy landing knees to the head.
Gates wants a takedown.
Oporowy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gates tries for a takedown. No joy.
Oporowy lands a knee to the head.
Gates takes a knee to the side of the body.
Oporowy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Oporowy lands a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oporowy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gates's face.
Oporowy lands a nice knee to the body.
Oporowy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gates lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Oporowy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Oporowy with a knee to the head.
Oporowy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gates's face.
Oporowy scores with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Oporowy.
Gates misses with a hook from the clinch.
Oporowy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gates in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oporowy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Oporowy obliges.
Oporowy stops a takedown attempt from Gates.
Gates misses with some punches.
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 Zach Gates's cut.
That's time! Oporowy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Oporowy gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gates drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Oporowy gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Oporowy prevents a body shot from Gates.
Awanturnik Oporowy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knees in the clinch landing for Oporowy.
Oporowy with a knee to the head.
Gates wants a takedown but no success here.
Oporowy connects with a knee to the head.
Oporowy is pushing Gates up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Gates is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Oporowy is keeping busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oporowy with a knee to the head.
Gates is breathing heavily.
Gates tries to stall but Oporowy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Oporowy.
Oporowy landing knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Oporowy.
Stalling in the clinch from Oporowy.
Oporowy seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Oporowy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Oporowy scores with a knee to the head.
Gates is looking to control Oporowy's arms but Oporowy gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gates has his back to the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oporowy with a knee to the head.
Gates swings away with an uppercut that misses.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Oporowy here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Oporowy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gates takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Oporowy obliges.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Gates struggles to land a body shot inside as Oporowy controls his hands.
Oporowy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Oporowy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gates's face.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Oporowy obliges.
Oporowy scores with a knee to the head.
Oporowy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gates can do to turn this around?
Oporowy lands a good knee to the midsection. Gates won't want to take too many of those.
Oporowy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gates's face.
Oporowy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gates's face.
Oporowy working Gates over with knees to the body.
Oporowy displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gates up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oporowy gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Gates misses with a punch on the inside.
Gates is looking to break free of the clinch but Oporowy has double underhooks.
The referee is keeping an eye on Oporowy - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Gates fails to pull guard.
Awanturnik Oporowy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zach Gates.
A head punch on the inside from Gates fails to land.
Oporowy connects with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Oporowy.
Oporowy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oporowy working Gates over with knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Oporowy.
A knee to the head by Oporowy.
Oporowy crunches a lovely knee into Gates's ribcage.
Oporowy lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Oporowy manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Oporowy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Oporowy stalling against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oporowy is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gates stalling in the clinch but Oporowy improves position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Awanturnik Oporowy dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Zach Gates's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Oporowy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Awanturnik Oporowy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Gates finds it's way through Oporowy's defenses.
Gates tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Oporowy was well out of range. Poor timing from Gates.
Gates swats away the attempt to clinch by Oporowy.
Gates circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gates tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Oporowy was well out of range. Poor timing from Gates.
Oporowy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Oporowy moves in looking to clinch but Gates pushes him off.
Gates swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oporowy tries to clinch up.
Gates scores with a decent looking hook.
Gates avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Oporowy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gates swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Awanturnik Oporowy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gates takes a swing at Oporowy's ribcage but misses.
Gates takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gates swings for the body but Oporowy moves out of range.
Oporowy moves away from the strike by Gates.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oporowy tries to clinch but Gates moves out of range.
Oporowy moves in looking to clinch but Gates pushes him off.
Oporowy is looking to clinch.

Oporowy clinches with his opponent.
Gates is looking to take this one to the mat.
Gates goes for a takedown in the clinch but Oporowy prevents it.
Oporowy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Oporowy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gates lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Oporowy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees to the body from Oporowy.
Oporowy connects with a knee to the head.
Oporowy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Oporowy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gates in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oporowy stalls.
Gates drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Oporowy gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Awanturnik Oporowy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zach Gates.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oporowy is stalling here.
A knee to the head by Oporowy.
Oporowy landing knees to the body.
Oporowy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Oporowy gets underhooks to prevent Gates's takedown attempt.
Oporowy displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gates up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oporowy lands a knee to the head.
Oporowy scores with a knee to the head.
Gates changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Oporowy fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Oporowy instigates a clinch.
Oporowy lands a good knee to the midsection. Gates won't want to take too many of those.
Oporowy lands a knee to the head.
Oporowy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gates's face.
Oporowy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gates's face.
A bit of stalling here from Oporowy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Oporowy.
Oporowy lands a knee to the head.
Gates changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Oporowy fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Oporowy instigates a clinch.
Oporowy landing knees to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Oporowy - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Oporowy crunches a lovely knee into Gates's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gates is trying to drag Oporowy to the mat but Oporowy just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A knee to the head by Oporowy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Awanturnik Oporowy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Oporowy, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight for Awanturnik Oporowy!
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight for Awanturnik Oporowy!
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight for Awanturnik Oporowy!

Awanturnik Oporowy wins by unanimous decision!