PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Salosen Mara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Herkules Nowacki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nowacki comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Moby - Flower kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mara
vs
Nowacki

186 cm
28
176 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

182 cm
30
180 lbs
23 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 160 (80% laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Salosen Mara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Herkules Nowacki!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Colin Fotheringham and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mara scores with a hook.
Nowacki is looking to land body kicks.
Nowacki wants to land a leg kick but Mara is out of range.
Nowacki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nowacki misses with a hook. Mara ducked under it nicely.
Mara takes one to the side of the head.
Nowacki looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nowacki connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Herkules Nowacki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mara misses with a hook. Nowacki ducked under it nicely.
Nowacki throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mara pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nowacki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nowacki tries to land a leg kick but Mara saw it coming and moves away.
Mara swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mara looks to land a left hand but Nowacki moved out of range nicely.
Nowacki uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mara.
Nowacki tests Mara's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mara goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nowacki checks a leg kick nicely.
Mara getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That kick from Mara tenderised Nowacki's leg. Nowacki is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nice body kick there by Mara.
Nowacki explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Mara throws a looping overhand right but Nowacki ducks down to avoid it.
Mara throws a body punch but Nowacki moves out of range.
Nowacki scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nowacki manages to avoid it.
Nowacki lands an overhand right.
Mara on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Mara uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nowacki.
A nice combination there by Mara.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mara bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Nowacki's head backwards.
Mara swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Nowacki.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mara looks to land a body kick but Nowacki moved away.
Nowacki throws an overhand right that lands on Mara's shoulder, as Mara tries to avoid the shot.
Nowacki misses with a looping left.
Mara ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nowacki throws a leg kick
and Mara counters with an outside leg kick.
Nowacki chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mara can pounce on him.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Mara lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Nowacki has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Nowacki and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nowacki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mara swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nowacki throws an off balance right hand
and Mara counters with a thumping low kick.
Nowacki goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nowacki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mara was well out of range. Poor timing from Nowacki.
Nowacki tries a head kick but it misses.
Nowacki staying out of range there.
Mara tries to score with a low kick but Nowacki moves his leg out of the way.
Nowacki replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Mara blocks it well.
Mara scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Nowacki doesn't seem bothered though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nowacki moves in looking to clinch but Mara pushes him off.
Mara attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Nowacki misses the shot to the body.
Mara attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Mara throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nowacki slips a jab from Mara.
Nowacki tries to clinch up.
Nowacki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nowacki with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mara to score with a decent uppercut.
Nowacki misses the jab.
Nowacki looks to land a right hand but Mara moved out of range.
Mara lands with an uppercut that bounces Nowacki off the cage and back into range.
Nowacki missing with a left hand there. Mara was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mara throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Nowacki counter with a right hand.
Mara throws a leg kick which misses Nowacki's front leg but catches the back leg as Nowacki tries to avoid it.
Mara misses with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nowacki is looking to chop away at Mara's legs.
Mara appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Nowacki tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Mara is able to avoid easily.
Nowacki takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mara throws a jab but it's blocked by Nowacki.
Mara uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nowacki.
As Nowacki backs away, Mara returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Mara misses with a leg kick
and Nowacki counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mara's knee momentarily.
Mara walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Nowacki checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Mara throws a leg kick
letting Nowacki counter with a right hand.
Mara lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nowacki lands an overhand right.
An inside leg kick from Nowacki misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nowacki, right into the meat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Donk. Nowacki catches Mara right on the button with a cross.
Nowacki is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Mara had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Nowacki moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Mara scores with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Salosen Mara dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Mara misses with a lunging right hand
and Nowacki counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Mara pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nowacki is out of range and Mara settles back down.
Mara tries to land a front kick but Nowacki steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Nowacki might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Mara has got the better of the exchanges.
A combination from Nowacki does no damage.
Nowacki looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nowacki is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mara.
Nowacki bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Nowacki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mara.
Mara bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nowacki connects with a solid leg kick.
Mara scores with a nice body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mara swats away the attempt to clinch by Nowacki.
Mara throws a body punch but Nowacki moves out of range.
Nowacki drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nowacki works the jab nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mara gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Nowacki.
Mara slips under a jab.
Mara swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Nowacki checks a leg kick.
Mara throws a head kick that misses.
Mara throws a low kick but Nowacki avoids it.
Nowacki looks to score with a jab to the body but Mara is just out of range.
Nowacki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nowacki throws a head kick that misses.
Mara ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nowacki moves away.
Nowacki now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nowacki. Mara does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nowacki lunges at Mara with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mara's hand.
Mara lands a leg kick that knocks Nowacki off balance momentarily.
Mara lands a nice shot to the body.
Mara connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nowacki throws a sloppy head kick and Mara moves out of range easily.
Mara throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mara throws a low kick, looking for Nowacki's leg but Nowacki calmly moves out of range.
Nowacki lands a body shot.
Nowacki ducks under a wild hook from Mara.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nowacki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mara throws a nice outside leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Nowacki.
Mara misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nowacki thows a leg kick but Mara checks it
and Mara counters with a three punch combo that has Nowacki backing up. Nowacki nods at Mara to acknowledge the strikes.
Mara's jab looks to have found its range, popping Nowacki under the eye.
Nowacki looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Mara throws a jab when Nowacki was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nowacki tries a head kick but it misses.
Nowacki feints and then cracks Mara's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mara down.
Nowacki ducks under a wild hook from Mara.
Mara turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mara chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nowacki can pounce on him.
Mara takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mara finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nowacki steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Mara moves out of range of the body kick.
Mara throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nowacki checks a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Mara.
Mara tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mara throws a leg kick which misses Nowacki's front leg but catches the back leg as Nowacki tries to avoid it.
Mara rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nowacki counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mara's knee momentarily.
Mara misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mara takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slow jab from Mara misses its intended target.
It seemed like Nowacki was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Mara takes a swing at Nowacki's ribcage but misses.
Nowacki dips to his left and cracks Mara with an uppercut!
Nowacki's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Mara misses with a left hand
and Nowacki counters with a head kick. That will keep Mara thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Nowacki lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Mara throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nowacki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mara staying out of range there.
Nowacki scoring well with a low kick there.
Salosen Mara is winning the standup battle so far.
Mara throws out a leg kick but Nowacki moves out of range and Mara only half commits.
Mara misses with a low kick.
Nowacki misses with a looping right.
Nowacki looks for the body kick but Mara saw that one coming.
Nowacki throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mara lands a slapping body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Herkules Nowacki will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Nowacki throws a hook but Mara blocks it.
A jab from Mara misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Mara checks a leg kick.
Mara takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nowacki uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mara.
Mara swings for the body but Nowacki moves out of range.
Mara swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Mara misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
No joy there for Mara, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mara swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mara throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mara scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Mara tries to work over Nowacki's front leg with a kick but Nowacki checks it.
Mara takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nowacki tries to clinch there but Mara circles away.
Nice jab there from Nowacki.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nowacki fails in his attempt to clinch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Nowacki checks a leg kick.
Nice cross by Mara.
Mara tries to land a front kick but Nowacki steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Nowacki tries to counter with a clinch but Mara shakes him off and moves away.
Mara throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nowacki slips a jab from Mara.
A little jabbing left from Nowacki on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Nowacki - that will leave a mark!
Mara uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nowacki.
Nowacki stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mara.
Mara throws a leg kick but Nowacki moved away.
Nowacki lands an overhand right.
Nowacki moves in looking to clinch but Mara pushes him off.
Nowacki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mara.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nowacki! But no joy.
Mara throws a body shot but no joy.
Nowacki with a nice cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nowacki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mara.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nowacki! But no joy.
Nowacki tries to clinch there but Mara circles away.
Nowacki ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good leg kick by Mara there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mara blocks the body kick.
Mara feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Mara uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nowacki.
Nowacki scores with a nice body kick.
Mara gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nowacki waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mara.
A telegraphed right hand from Mara misses the target.
Mara throws a low kick but Nowacki avoids it.
Nowacki misses with an uppercut.
Nowacki stalks Mara and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Mara's face. Mara staggers backwards, shaken.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nowacki lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

Nowacki takes the fight into the clinch.
Mara doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nowacki lands an uppercut.
Nowacki lands a nice elbow.
Mara tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nowacki's elbow.
Mara avoids the elbow strike from Nowacki, against the cage.
Nowacki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mara lands a nice uppercut.
Mara can't find room to land a body shot as Nowacki controls the action.
Mara goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A body shot lands from Nowacki.
Mara tries to break the clinch but Nowacki is controlling the position.
Nowacki letting Mara take a breather here.
A short right from Mara on the inside.
Nowacki softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mara misses with a punch to the body.
Nowacki gets through Mara's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nowacki pushes off an throws an elbow but Mara leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mara tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nowacki's elbow.
Nowacki lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mara backwards.
Mara misses with a punch to the body.
Nowacki misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nowacki just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mara's brow.
Mara takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Nowacki.
Mara lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nowacki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Herkules Nowacki seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nowacki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A hook to the body from Mara.
Mara misses with a punch to the body.

Mara breaks the clinch.
Mara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nowacki manages to avoid it.
Nowacki throws a body shot but no joy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Herkules Nowacki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Nowacki has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Herkules Nowacki!
Herkules Nowacki seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.