PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alex Steel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Herkules Nowacki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Steel might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Ain't No Sunshine. Nowacki is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Moby - Flower. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Steel
vs
Nowacki

183 cm
26
166 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

182 cm
23
160 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alex Steel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Herkules Nowacki!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Nowacki does it's job there.
Steel bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Nowacki's head backwards.
Nowacki slips a straight right by Steel.
Steel throws a poor cross that misses
and Nowacki counters with an inside leg kick.
Nowacki throws a low kick but Steel moves out of range easily.
Steel lands a lovely overhand right.
Nowacki feints and then cracks Steel's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Steel down.
Nowacki slips under a jab from Steel.
Nowacki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Steel misses with a few strikes there.
Nowacki steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Steel.
Nowacki connects with the punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steel jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nowacki feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Steel's calf.
Nowacki lands a head kick!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Steel, as that shot connected.
Nowacki lands a nice leg kick that just misses Steel's sensitive parts.
Nowacki takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nowacki chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nowacki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Steel takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Alex Steel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nowacki throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Steel stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Steel with a hook.
Steel scores with a hook.
Nowacki lands with a right hand.
Steel misses with a hook. Nowacki ducked under it nicely.
Nowacki scoring well with a low kick there.
Nowacki cracks Steel with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nowacki's jab looks to have found its range, popping Steel under the eye.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Steel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Steel loads up on a big right hand but Nowacki slips the punch.
Steel sizes up Nowacki with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Steel misses with an uppercut. Nowacki saw that one coming.
Nowacki ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nowacki turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Steel scores with a nice right hand.

Nowacki is rocked!
Steel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nowacki is still on wobbly legs! Can Steel finish him?
A slow jab from Steel misses its intended target.
Nowacki seems to have recovered his senses.
Steel lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Steel.
Steel misses with a left hand
and Nowacki counters with an outside leg kick.
Nowacki scores with a nice body kick.
Steel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A solid body kick from Nowacki.
Nowacki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Steel on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nowacki connects with a single shot there.
A punch lands to the side of Steel 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nowacki connects with a right hand. Steel shakes it off.
Steel looks to land a combination but Nowacki avoids it well.
Steel takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Steel is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Nowacki ducks under a wild hook from Steel.
Steel takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nowacki lands with a kick to the ribs.
Nowacki tries to clinch but Steel is having none of it.
Steel avoids the head kick by Nowacki.
Nowacki connects with a solid leg kick.
Steel scores with a hook.
Nowacki connects with a good right hand that stumbles Steel. Steel circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nowacki takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Steel looks to throw the jab but Nowacki is out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Nowacki.
Steel throws a right and a left that Nowacki avoids nicely.
Steel thows a left - swing and a miss!

Nowacki gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Steel working aggressively here.
Nowacki slows down the pace here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nowacki creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nowacki.
Steel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Steel throws a punch but it's blocked by Nowacki.
Nowacki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nowacki just misses with a elbow thrown towards Steel's brow.
Nowacki misses with a knee strike.
Nowacki lands a shoulder strike.
Nowacki lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Steel backwards.
Nowacki lands a left hand.
Nowacki lands with a short shot to the head.
Nowacki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Steel avoids it.
Nowacki lands an uppercut.
Steel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nowacki lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Steel backwards.
Nowacki throws a punch but it's blocked by Steel.
A head punch on the inside from Steel fails to land.
Steel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nowacki presses Steel against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Herkules Nowacki dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Steel misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Steel misses the jab.
Steel swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've been told by Steel's head coaches at GnP Factory Elite Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Steel misses with a hook
and Nowacki connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A jab from Steel misses.
Steel misses with a right hand
and Nowacki counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Steel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nowacki.
Steel throws a right hand that misses
and Nowacki counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nowacki slips under a jab.
Good exchange - Nowacki coming out on top.
A jab from Steel misses.
Nowacki lands a nice hook to Steel's body. Steel takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nowacki.
Nowacki fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steel scores with a jab. Nowacki acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Steel misses with a lunging right hand
and Nowacki counters with a slapping leg kick.
Steel is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Steel misses with a right hand
and Nowacki counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel misses with an uppercut
and Nowacki counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Steel loads up on a big right hand but Nowacki slips the punch.
Nowacki connects with a right hand. Steel shakes it off.
Steel is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Steel takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Steel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nowacki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Steel throws out a loose jab but Nowacki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nowacki goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Steel steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Nowacki. That one must have hurt.
Steel swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice uppercut lands for Nowacki. That snapped Steel's head back.
Steel misses with a straight left.
Nowacki lands a right hook to the body.
Nowacki plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nowacki connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Steel lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nowacki throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Steel.

Steel is rocked!
Steel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nowacki finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Oh Steel is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nowacki clinches with his opponent.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nowacki.
Steel will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Steel is looking to break free of the clinch but Nowacki has double underhooks.
Steel seems to have got his legs back now.

Steel breaks the clinch.
Nowacki looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nowacki lands the left hand.
Steel looks to land a left hand but Nowacki moved out of range nicely.
Steel with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nowacki to score with a decent uppercut.
Nice body punch from Nowacki.
Nowacki steps in with a hook that catches Steel right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Nowacki follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Steel looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Herkules Nowacki!
Herkules Nowacki made sure to mention his sponsor, Fury Nutrition Inc. in his post fight interview.