PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and January Kwiecinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Junior Dos Santos had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Dos Santos
vs
Kwiecinski

193 cm
29
257 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

208 cm
35
264 lbs
13 - 19 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Junior Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, January Kwiecinski!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Topper Green and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kwiecinski keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Santos.
Kwiecinski moves away from the strike by Santos.
Kwiecinski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Santos.
Kwiecinski scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Santos slips under a jab from Kwiecinski.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Kwiecinski.
Santos throws a jab when Kwiecinski was well out of range.
Kwiecinski throws a head kick that misses.
Kwiecinski jabs Santos to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Santos misses with a hook.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kwiecinski.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kwiecinski scores with a three punch combo!
Santos missing with a left hand there. Kwiecinski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kwiecinski lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Kwiecinski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos throws a looping overhand right but Kwiecinski ducks down to avoid it.
Good leg kick by Kwiecinski there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Santos tests Kwiecinski's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Santos definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Nice jab there from Kwiecinski.
Sloppy strikes from Kwiecinski. Those never looked like landing.
Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kwiecinski moves away.
Santos throws a lazy right hand but Kwiecinski sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kwiecinski throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kwiecinski connects with a jab.
Santos misses with a straight right.
Kwiecinski avoids the body shot from Santos.
Santos misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos misses with a straight left.
Junior Dos Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kwiecinski uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Santos.
Kwiecinski misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jab by Santos.
Kwiecinski goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Santos lands a jab to the nose.
Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kwiecinski throws a predictable looking body shot
and Santos counters with a one-two to the body.
Santos throws a big shot that misses.
Kwiecinski throws the left hand but Santos avoids the punch easily.
Kwiecinski tries to bum rush Santos with a series of wild strikes but Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kwiecinski was well out of range. Poor timing from Santos.
A big left from Kwiecinski misses.
Santos ducks under a wild hook from Kwiecinski.
Kwiecinski throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Santos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Santos cracks Kwiecinski with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Santos misses with an uppercut. Kwiecinski saw that one coming.
Santos throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kwiecinski counters with a big head kick but Santos shrugs it off.
Kwiecinski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Santos.
Kwiecinski throws out a powerful jab.
Kwiecinski misses with a body kick.
Kwiecinski bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Santos's head backwards.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Kwiecinski - that will leave a mark!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kwiecinski makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Santos scores with a one two! Kwiecinski had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kwiecinski lands a lovely overhand right.
Kwiecinski misses with a shot to the body
and Santos counters with a stiff right hand.
Junior Dos Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Santos misses with the combination.
Kwiecinski staying out of range there.
Santos takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kwiecinski misses the shot to the body.
Kwiecinski has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kwiecinski fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Santos looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sloppy strikes from Kwiecinski. Those never looked like landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

January Kwiecinski dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Santos misses with a few strikes there.
Kwiecinski tries to bum rush Santos with a series of wild strikes but Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Junior Dos Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kwiecinski uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Santos.
Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kwiecinski circles away quickly and effectively.
A combination from Kwiecinski does no damage.
Kwiecinski dips to his left and cracks Santos with an uppercut!
Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kwiecinski circles away quickly and effectively.
Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Santos misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kwiecinski lands with a nice body punch.
Kwiecinski keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Santos.
Santos shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Kwiecinski eats them both and turns towards Santos to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kwiecinski lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kwiecinski.
Santos doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Santos is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Kwiecinski's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Kwiecinski ducks under a wild hook from Santos.
Kwiecinski throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kwiecinski is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kwiecinski.
Santos misses with a few strikes there.
Santos misses with a two punch combination.
Kwiecinski uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Santos.
Kwiecinski moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Kwiecinski uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Santos.
Kwiecinski lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Santos circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos throws a looping overhand right but Kwiecinski ducks down to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Santos.
Kwiecinski with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kwiecinski chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice shot by Kwiecinski.
Santos on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Santos is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Santos swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kwiecinski counters with a left and a right that stings Santos.
Kwiecinski moves out of range of the strikes.
Kwiecinski pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Santos back to the cage. Kwiecinski follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Santos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Santos throws a hook but Kwiecinski avoids it easily.
Kwiecinski fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kwiecinski swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Santos.
Kwiecinski slips under a jab from Santos.
Kwiecinski staying out of range there.
Kwiecinski slips under a jab from Santos.
Santos drops his hands momentarily and Kwiecinski takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Santos thows a left - swing and a miss!
Santos takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Santos is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Kwiecinski.
Santos throws a poor cross that misses

and Kwiecinski counters by moving into the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Kwiecinski.

Santos breaks the clinch.
January Kwiecinski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A looping hook to the body misses from Santos. Kwiecinski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Santos tries to bum rush Kwiecinski with a series of wild strikes but Kwiecinski uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kwiecinski.
Kwiecinski bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kwiecinski fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kwiecinski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Santos.

Santos rushes Kwiecinski and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Kwiecinski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kwiecinski has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Santos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Santos scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Santos misses with a straight right.
Kwiecinski fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kwiecinski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Santos.
Santos scores with a jab to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

January Kwiecinski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Kwiecinski connects with a nice looking jab.
Kwiecinski takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A lazy left from Santos finds it's target.
Santos doesn't manage to clinch there - Kwiecinski circles away.
Santos misses with a wild combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Santos!
Kwiecinski digs a good hook to Santos's body.
Kwiecinski avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A big right from Santos misses.
Kwiecinski ducks under a wild hook from Santos.
Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kwiecinski scores with a head kick.

Kwiecinski has managed to clinch.
Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Kwiecinski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kwiecinski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kwiecinski wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kwiecinski is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Santos.
Kwiecinski uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Santos.
Santos misses with a hook.
A nice combination there by Kwiecinski.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sloppy strikes from Santos. Those never looked like landing.
Kwiecinski ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Kwiecinski lands an impressive looking overhand right. Santos doesn't seem phased though.
Kwiecinski rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Santos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Santos gets tackled into the cage by Kwiecinski. Kwiecinski maintains the clinch.

Kwiecinski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Santos dips to his left and cracks Kwiecinski with an uppercut!
Santos throws a lazy right hand but Kwiecinski sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Santos swings widly with a right hand
and Kwiecinski counters with a straight right hand.
Santos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kwiecinski manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Santos takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A jab from Santos misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kwiecinski bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kwiecinski feints and then cracks Santos's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Santos down.

Kwiecinski moves into the clinch.
Santos is looking to break free of the clinch but Kwiecinski has double underhooks.
Kwiecinski unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Santos avoiding damage as Kwiecinski throws knees to the body.
Kwiecinski scores a nice knee to the body.
Kwiecinski tries to pull guard but Santos forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Kwiecinski pushes Santos back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kwiecinski landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Santos looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kwiecinski lands a knee to the head.
Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Kwiecinski.

Kwiecinski manages to break the clinch.
Kwiecinski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Santos.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Santos there as he acknowledges the shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kwiecinski manages to avoid it.
Kwiecinski thumps Santos with a low kick.
January Kwiecinski is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Santos is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Santos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kwiecinski misses with a hook.
Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kwiecinski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Junior Dos Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Santos takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Santos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kwiecinski.
Kwiecinski keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kwiecinski scores with a jab to the jaw.
Santos throws a hook but Kwiecinski avoids it easily.
Santos misses with an uppercut
and Kwiecinski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

And that's the end of the fight!
January Kwiecinski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kwiecinski has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Chris Dean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... January Kwiecinski!
During a confident post fight interview, January Kwiecinski thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.