PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sven Kowalski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Daly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kowalski comes to the cage accompanied by HAUDEGEN - EIN MANN, EIN WORT. Sven Kowalski had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Kowalski
vs
Daly

182 cm
25
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

180 cm
19
190 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Prefers standup

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sven Kowalski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Don Daly!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Chad Campbell and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kowalski gets tackled into the cage by Daly. Daly maintains the clinch.
Daly lands a hook to the side of the head.
Daly works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kowalski wants to break free but Daly has control.
Daly lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Daly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Daly misses with the head strike.
Daly lands a nice shot to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Kowalski.
Daly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Daly lands with a left to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daly throws a punch but it's blocked by Kowalski.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Daly.
Daly working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Daly creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kowalski wants to get back to striking at distance but Daly won't allow it.
Daly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Daly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kowalski.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Daly.
A short right from Daly.
Kowalski blocks an uppercut.
Daly misses with some punches.
Kowalski wants to break the clinch but can't.
Daly throws a head punch that misses.
Kowalski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Daly.
Kowalski looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Daly misses with a punch to the body.
Daly has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Kowalski seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Daly can turn it around.
Daly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daly lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kowalski backwards.
Daly throws a punch but it's blocked by Kowalski.
Daly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Daly.
Daly misses with some punches.
Daly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kowalski prevents a body shot from Daly.
Daly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Daly lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kowalski blocking some punches.
Daly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kowalski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Daly lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daly swings wildly with an uppercut but Kowalski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kowalski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Daly lands a left hand.
Still in the clinch, Daly scores with a nice short uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Daly.
Daly lands a hook that snaps the head of Kowalski backwards.

Kowalski is rocked!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Daly.
Oh Kowalski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Daly throws a punch but it's blocked by Kowalski.
Daly misses with a punch on the inside.
Daly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Daly misses with some punches.
Daly misses with the head strike.
Daly has Kowalski pressed against the cage, preventing Kowalski from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kowalski blocks an uppercut.
Kowalski seems to have got his legs back now.
Kowalski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kowalski.
Kowalski blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kowalski blocks an uppercut.
Daly tries to throw a body punch but Kowalski avoids it by throwing Daly back against the cage.
Kowalski's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Daly misses with a punch to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Daly.
Daly can't find room to land a body shot as Kowalski controls the action.
Daly is working Kowalski over against the cage.
Daly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kowalski is trying to break the clinch but Daly is controlling him.
Daly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Daly misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Daly.
Daly creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Kowalski with a big uppercut! Kowalski tries to clinch up but Daly pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Kowalski to the mat! Kowalski covers up and Daly unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Don Daly!
In defeat, Sven Kowalski stepped up to the mic, saying 'I´m gonna train harder and come back stronger! '.