PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ezekiel Puchowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Kacik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Puchowski comes to the ring accompanied by Code Orange - My World. Kacik has chosen The Hydrant - Bali Bandidos as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Alexander Kacik was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Puchowski
vs
Kacik

182 cm
29
221 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

188 cm
24
224 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition
Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ezekiel Puchowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alexander Kacik!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Puchowski.
Puchowski misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kacik misses with a double jab.
Puchowski lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Kacik swinging wildly here.
Kacik blocks a jab.

Kacik gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kacik struggles to land a body shot inside as Puchowski controls his hands.

Kacik pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kacik slips a jab and a cross from Puchowski.
Kacik appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Puchowski throws a series of punches but Kacik avoids them all with ease.
Puchowski's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Puchowski duly obliges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kacik connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Puchowski misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Puchowski misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kacik tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Puchowski paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puchowski fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kacik on the side of the head.
Kacik throws a series of strikes that have Puchowski backpedaling.
Some wild striking there from Puchowski.
Kacik takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Puchowski throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Puchowski takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ezekiel Puchowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Kacik clinches.
Kacik working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kacik can't find room to land a body shot as Puchowski controls the action.
Kacik lands with a short head shot on the inside.
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!
Kacik lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Puchowski backwards.
A short right from Kacik on the inside.

Puchowski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kacik scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Kacik has Puchowski up against the ropes in a clinch.
Nice body punch from Kacik - that landed with a thud.
Puchowski is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kacik throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kacik looking to stall.

Kacik breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kacik connects with a body shot.
Kacik throws a leg kick but Puchowski checks it.

Puchowski tries to keep at a distance but Kacik has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kacik misses with a punch to the body.

Kacik breaks the clinch.
Kacik scores with a shot to the body.
Puchowski lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kacik circles away quickly and effectively.
A low kick from Puchowski misses
and Kacik counters with a straight right hand.
Kacik misses with a head kick.
Kacik tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Puchowski throws a big counter combination but Kacik scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

Kacik closes the distance and pushes Puchowski back into the ropes.
Puchowski is trying to force a seperation but Kacik has the dominant position.
Puchowski wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kacik has him pressed against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puchowski working hard to break the clinch.

Kacik breaks from the clinch.

Kacik moves into range and clinches up with Puchowski.
Kacik doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Kacik manages to break the clinch.
Puchowski looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Puchowski misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Puchowski looks to land a left hand but Kacik moved out of range nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kacik. Puchowski does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice combination there by Puchowski.
Kacik checks the leg kick.
Puchowski throws a jab but it's blocked by Kacik.

Kacik fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Puchowski, pushing him back against the ropes.
Puchowski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kacik lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Puchowski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Puchowski is trying to break free.
Kacik is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Kacik scores with a shot to the side of Puchowski's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Puchowski tries to work over Kacik's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kacik lands a body punch.
Kacik lands a right hand that snaps the head of Puchowski backwards.
Kacik lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Puchowski can't break the clinch.
Puchowski wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Puchowski tries to break free but Kacik pushes him back against the ropes.
Kacik working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kacik misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Kacik's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Kacik gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Puchowski manages to break the clinch.
Kacik lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Kacik misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Puchowski.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kacik throws a wild body kick that Puchowski sees coming a mile off.

Kacik closes the distance and clinches.
Kacik lands a shot to the body.

Kacik breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Kacik dominated that round.
That's time! Puchowski's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kacik throws a leg kick but Puchowski checks it.
Kacik throws a series of punches but Puchowski avoids them all with ease.
Puchowski throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kacik cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Puchowski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kacik moves away.
Puchowski throws a right and a left that both miss.
Puchowski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kacik scores with a nice head shot.
Kacik has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kacik tries to close the distance and clinch but Puchowski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Puchowski misses with a combination
and Kacik makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kacik goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Kacik bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Kacik clinches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Still in the clinch, Kacik scores with a nice short uppercut.
Puchowski is looking to break free of the clinch but Kacik has double underhooks.

Kacik pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kacik takes a swing at Puchowski's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kacik fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Puchowski, pushing him back against the ropes.
Kacik tries to throw a body punch but Puchowski avoids it by throwing Kacik back against the ropes.

Kacik manages to break the clinch.
Kacik tests Puchowski's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd cheers as Kacik lands an impressive looking overhand right. Puchowski doesn't seem phased though.
Puchowski dodges the punch combination from Kacik.
Puchowski swats away the attempt to clinch by Kacik.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Kacik connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Kacik instigates a clinch.
Kacik goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Puchowski wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kacik has him pressed against the ropes.
Puchowski working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kacik can't find room to land a body shot as Puchowski controls the action.
Puchowski prevents a body shot from Kacik.

Kacik breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Puchowski will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kacik takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slapping body kick lands there for Kacik.

Kacik gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Kacik manages to break the clinch.

Kacik shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Puchowski napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Puchowski prevents Kacik from improving position.
Puchowski takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Kacik landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Kacik scoring with punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puchowski is looking for a sweep.
Kacik trying to control the action but Puchowski is working from the bottom.
Kacik in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Kacik landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Kacik grinds an elbow into Puchowski's temple.

Puchowski is rocked!
Puchowski is working to avoid the ground and pound but Kacik connects with a decent elbow.
Oh Puchowski is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The crowd goes nuts as Kacik knocks Puchowski out cold with a massive hammerfist! Kacik Jumps to his feet and climbs on top of the ropes to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Alexander Kacik!
A relieved looking Alexander Kacik thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.