PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Carls Classic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Piotr Bukowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bukowski has chosen Donatan, Gural, Sheller, Kaczor, Ry23, Rafi - Słowiańska krew as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Classic
vs
Bukowski

173 cm
25
144 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

168 cm
21
145 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Carls Classic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Piotr Bukowski!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bukowski lands a nice hook to Classic's body. Classic takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bukowski moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Classic lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bukowski has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bukowski and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A cross from Bukowski lands.
Bukowski scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bukowski lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Classic takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Classic drops his hands momentarily and Bukowski takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bukowski connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Classic dives in and grabs Bukowski's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bukowski pushes down on Classic's head and hops out.
Sloppy strikes from Classic. Those never looked like landing.
Bukowski connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Classic's hands.
Bukowski throws a leg kick which misses Classic's front leg but catches the back leg as Classic tries to avoid it.
Classic shoots in and drives through. Bukowski sprawls well.
Bukowski has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Classic is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Bukowski lands with a good body shot.
Bukowski lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Classic at a distance.
Bukowski works Classic's body with a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bukowski.
Classic sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Classic is breathing heavily.
A jab lands there for Bukowski.
Bukowski changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Piotr Bukowski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bukowski lands with a slapping head kick.
Piotr Bukowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Classic gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Classic is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bukowski scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Oh Classic is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bukowski lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Classic falls backwards - clearly groggy! Bukowski dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Piotr Bukowski!
During a confident post fight interview, Piotr Bukowski thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.