PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Butcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Herkules Nowacki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nowacki has chosen Moby - Flower as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Butcher
vs
Nowacki

174 cm
28
167 lbs
21 - 9 - 0

182 cm
26
165 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

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World class boxer
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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 21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bobby Butcher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Herkules Nowacki!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nowacki connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nowacki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nowacki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Butcher.
Nowacki flicks out a counter leg kick but Butcher steps away.
Butcher fails with an attempt to clinch.
Butcher looks to throw the jab but Nowacki is out of range.
Butcher throws a jab but it's blocked by Nowacki.
Butcher looks to land a right hand but Nowacki moved out of range.
Nowacki throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nowacki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Butcher.
Nowacki counters with a body kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Nowacki.
Nowacki digs a good body shot into Butcher's ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Butcher throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Nowacki gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nowacki slows down the pace here.

Butcher breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Butcher misses.
Butcher is looking to chop away at Nowacki's legs.
Nowacki lands with an overhand left.
Butcher pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nowacki throws a big counter head kick but Butcher avoids it with no problem.
Nowacki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Butcher.
Nowacki is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Nowacki tries to clinch up.
Good shot there by Butcher.
Butcher throws a hook to the side of Nowacki's head but Nowacki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Butcher ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nowacki moves away.
Nowacki lands a head shot.
Butcher looks to land a combination but Nowacki avoids it well.
Nowacki moves away from the strike by Butcher.
Butcher throws out a leg kick but Nowacki moves out of range and Butcher only half commits.
Nowacki bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Butcher's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Butcher waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nowacki.
Butcher on the wrong end of a nice jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Butcher uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Nowacki has time to react.
Butcher misses the shot to the body.
Nowacki tries a quick counter leg kick but Butcher is wise to it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nowacki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nowacki misses the shot to the body.
Butcher misses with a hook. Nowacki ducked under it nicely.
Butcher stalks Nowacki and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Nowacki's face. Nowacki staggers backwards, shaken.
Nowacki moves away from the strike by Butcher.
Nice defenses there by Nowacki.
Butcher throws a combination that misses

and Nowacki moves into the clinch.
Butcher wants to get back to striking at distance but Nowacki won't allow it.
Still in the clinch, Nowacki scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Butcher scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nowacki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Butcher working hard to break the clinch.
Nowacki is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Butcher escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice body kick there by Nowacki.
Butcher misses with a hook.
Nowacki lands with a good body shot.
Nowacki takes a swing at Butcher's ribcage but misses.
Some wild striking there from Butcher.
Nowacki ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Butcher throws a right hand that misses
and Nowacki counters with a thumping low kick.
Bobby Butcher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nowacki turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Butcher on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Butcher misses with a wild combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Butcher lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Nice shot by Nowacki.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nowacki, right into the meat.
Nice defenses there by Nowacki.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nowacki. That's going to slow Butcher down.
Butcher lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nowacki needs to keep his hands up - Butcher had a free shot at his head there.
Butcher throws a right hand that misses
and Nowacki counters with a nice low kick that buckles Butcher's knee momentarily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nowacki. That's going to slow Butcher down.
Nowacki lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Butcher circles away quickly and effectively.
Butcher was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Herkules Nowacki will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nowacki slips a jab and a cross from Butcher.
Nowacki feints a counter leg kick.
Butcher misses with a left hand
and Nowacki counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Butcher looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nowacki lands a nice shot to the body.
Nowacki turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nowacki lands a head shot.
Butcher moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Butcher gets tackled into the cage by Nowacki. Nowacki maintains the clinch.
Butcher scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nowacki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A frustrated look appears on Butcher's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nowacki pushes off an throws an elbow but Butcher leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Butcher lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nowacki lands a hook that snaps the head of Butcher backwards.
Nowacki gets through Butcher's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Butcher blocks the elbow strike.
A shot in the inside from Nowacki.

Butcher is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nowacki presses Butcher against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nowacki taking a breather.
Nowacki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nowacki digs a right hand into Butcher's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Butcher's gas tank.
Nowacki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Butcher stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Butcher's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nowacki misses with a head kick.
Butcher lands a jab to the nose.
Nowacki punishes Butcher's body with a nice straight punch.
Nowacki has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Butcher takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Butcher misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nowacki.
Nowacki's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Nowacki duly obliges.
Oh Butcher is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nowacki lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Nowacki has Butcher up against the cage in a clinch.
Butcher seems to have got his legs back now.
Nowacki scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Butcher blocks an elbow strike.
Herkules Nowacki seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Butcher's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Butcher takes an elbow to the forehead.

Butcher escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Butcher throws a jab when Nowacki was well out of range.
Butcher pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Butcher digs a good body shot into Nowacki's ribs.
Butcher lands with a hook. Nowacki tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Butcher throws out a loose jab but Nowacki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nowacki connects with a nice looking jab.
Nowacki checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nowacki! But no joy.
Herkules Nowacki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nowacki steps in with a hook that catches Butcher right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Nowacki follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Butcher looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Herkules Nowacki!
Our winner, Herkules Nowacki, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.