PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Assuncao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomas Kalnoky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tomas Kalnoky has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Assuncao
vs
Kalnoky

157 cm
27
135 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

175 cm
25
146 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Excellent grappler
Decent knees
Good gas tank

Museum of Monsters & Madmen

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jorge Assuncao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tomas Kalnoky!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Matheus Silva and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kalnoky doesn't manage to clinch there - Assuncao circles away.
Assuncao swings for the body but Kalnoky moves out of range.
Kalnoky slips under a jab.

Kalnoky clinches.
Kalnoky looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Kalnoky using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Assuncao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kalnoky scores with a knee to the head.
Kalnoky lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kalnoky tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Kalnoky breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Assuncao throws a hook to the side of Kalnoky's head but Kalnoky sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Assuncao lands a jab to Kalnoky's midsection.
Kalnoky bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kalnoky changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Assuncao misses with a series of wild punches.
Assuncao lands a nice shot that snaps Kalnoky's head back.
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!
Kalnoky doesn't manage to clinch there - Assuncao circles away.
Assuncao swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kalnoky counters with a nice leg kick.
Assuncao fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kalnoky manages to avoid it.
Kalnoky keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Assuncao misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Assuncao falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kalnoky counters with a nice leg kick.

Kalnoky has managed to clinch.
Assuncao swings wildly with an uppercut but Kalnoky uses good head movement to avoid it.
Assuncao misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kalnoky looking to throw knees to the head but Assuncao is blocking nicely.
Assuncao lands with a short shot to the head.
Assuncao fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kalnoky with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Assuncao tries to throw a body punch but Kalnoky avoids it by throwing Assuncao back against the ropes.
Assuncao managing to block the knees to the body from Kalnoky.

Kalnoky breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Assuncao throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kalnoky only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Assuncao is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kalnoky tries to clinch there but Assuncao circles away.
Assuncao looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Assuncao fails to land with a series of punches.

Kalnoky closes the distance and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kalnoky throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kalnoky misses with a knee strike.
Kalnoky lands a nice knee to the body.
Kalnoky looking to throw knees to the head but Assuncao is blocking nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Kalnoky fails to land.
Kalnoky lands a nice knee to the body.
Assuncao swings wildly with an uppercut but Kalnoky uses good head movement to avoid it.
Assuncao misses with a punch to the body.
Kalnoky using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Assuncao is breathing heavily.
Assuncao lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kalnoky backwards.
Kalnoky misses with a knee to the head.
Kalnoky connects with a knee to the head.
Kalnoky unloads a knee to the mid-section. Assuncao lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Assuncao throws a head punch that misses.
Assuncao goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kalnoky lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Assuncao takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kalnoky landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalnoky using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Assuncao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Assuncao takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kalnoky connects with a nasty looking knee right to Assuncao's face.
Kalnoky manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Kalnoky tries a knee to the head but Assuncao blocks it.
Kalnoky tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kalnoky blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kalnoky tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kalnoky.
Kalnoky misses with a knee strike.
Kalnoky lands a good knee to the midsection. Assuncao won't want to take too many of those.
Kalnoky working Assuncao over with knees to the body.
Kalnoky is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kalnoky landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kalnoky with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kalnoky blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kalnoky is struggling to control the position.
Kalnoky looking to throw knees to the head but Assuncao is blocking nicely.
Kalnoky with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Assuncao takes a knee right on the jaw!
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Kalnoky throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Assuncao blocks it with crossed arms.

Kalnoky pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Kalnoky has taken the fight to the clinch.
Assuncao cracks Kalnoky with a nice body shot.
Kalnoky tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kalnoky with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kalnoky with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Assuncao lands a left hand.
Assuncao lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tomas Kalnoky dominated that round.
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.

A left lands for Assuncao.

Kalnoky closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Kalnoky misses with a knee to the head.
Kalnoky with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Assuncao doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Assuncao lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Kalnoky breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Kalnoky has closed the distance and engaged Assuncao in a clinch.
Kalnoky tries a knee to the head but Assuncao blocks it.
Kalnoky has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kalnoky tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Assuncao presses Kalnoky against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kalnoky lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Assuncao lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kalnoky misses with a knee strike.
Kalnoky is breathing heavily.
Kalnoky tries a knee to the head but Assuncao blocks it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Assuncao doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kalnoky's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Assuncao.
Assuncao lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalnoky makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Assuncao lands a body shot.
Kalnoky missing with knees to the body.
Kalnoky tries to land a knee to the head but Assuncao blocks with his arms.
Kalnoky blocks a body shot from Assuncao.
Assuncao gets through Kalnoky's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Assuncao struggles to land a body shot inside as Kalnoky controls his hands.

Kalnoky breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Kalnoky in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Kalnoky tries to clinch there but Assuncao circles away.
As Kalnoky looks to move away, Assuncao throws a big counter combo bu Kalnoky just gets out of the way.
Kalnoky doesn't manage to clinch there - Assuncao circles away.
Assuncao misses the shot to the body.
Assuncao throws a hook to the side of Kalnoky's head but Kalnoky sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Assuncao lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Tomas Kalnoky has been cut.
Assuncao misses with an uppercut. Kalnoky saw that one coming.
Assuncao cracks Kalnoky's jaw with two stiff jabs then ducks low and throws a soul-severing right uppercut to the mouth!! Kalnoky slumps to the ground with blood on his lips. The referee steps in before Assuncao can do further damage! This one is done, son!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jorge Assuncao!
Jorge Assuncao managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Museum of Monsters & Madmen, into his post fight interview.