PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Finn Calvero (ranked 3741 p4p, 392 weight class) and Adam Zalewski (ranked 4264 p4p, 437 weight class). Calvero comes to the cage accompanied by I'm a Gnome. Finn Calvero has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Calvero
vs
Zalewski

185 cm
26
180 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

169 cm
26
169 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Intelligent

BuriedAlive// Fight Gear

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Finn Calvero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adam Zalewski!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Calvero throws a hook to the side of Zalewski's head but Zalewski sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Calvero avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Calvero looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Zalewski darts in trying to clinch
and Calvero counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Zalewski forces Calvero back against the cage and clinches.
Calvero prevents a body shot from Zalewski.

Calvero pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Calvero has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Neon's Night Club in the buildup to the fight.

Zalewski pushes Calvero up against the cage in a clinch.
Calvero has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Calvero pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jab, jab by Calvero - just one landing.
Calvero misses with a body shot.
Calvero connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Zalewski misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Good standup being displayed there by Calvero as he connects with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zalewski shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A big left from Calvero misses.
Zalewski lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Calvero throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Zalewski takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Calvero changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Calvero throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Zalewski has closed the distance and engaged Calvero in a clinch.
Zalewski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

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

Zalewski closes the distance and pushes Calvero back into the cage.

Calvero breaks the clinch.
Calvero throws a good cross that connects.
Zalewski defending well as Calvero loads up on a big left hand.

Zalewski takes the fight into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Calvero is trying to break the clinch but Zalewski has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zalewski taking a breather.
Calvero has Zalewski pressed against the cage, preventing Zalewski from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Calvero pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice shot by Calvero.
Calvero misses with a looping left.

Zalewski darts in and clinches Calvero up against the cage.

Calvero breaks the clinch.
Calvero misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zalewski.
Nice defenses there by Zalewski.
A big left from Calvero misses.
Zalewski lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Zalewski blocks a jab.
Sloppy strikes from Calvero. Those never looked like landing.
Calvero is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Calvero misses with a straight left.
Zalewski tries to clinch but Calvero is having none of it.

Zalewski moves into the clinch successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calvero has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Calvero breaks from the clinch.
Zalewski tries to clinch up but Calvero circles away and keeps his distance.
Zalewski slips under a jab.
Calvero throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Zalewski swinging wildly here.
Zalewski fails to land with a series of punches.
Calvero scores with a jab to the body.
Calvero uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Calvero lands a nice shot that snaps Zalewski's head back.
No joy there for Calvero, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Calvero throws a body shot but no joy.
Zalewski looks to land a combination but Calvero avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zalewski wants to clinch.
Calvero misses with a hook
and Zalewski counters with a two punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zalewski tries to move into range but Calvero moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Zalewski swinging wildly here.
Nice defenses there by Zalewski.
Zalewski moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Zalewski moves in looking to clinch but Calvero pushes him off.
Calvero ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zalewski moves away.
Zalewski moves away from the strike by Calvero.
Zalewski throws a counter combo.
Zalewski throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Calvero counter with a right hand.
Nice jab there from Calvero.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Finn Calvero dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Zalewski misses with a few strikes there.
An attempted straight right counter from Calvero misses the target.
Calvero is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zalewski can do to turn this around?
Zalewski with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Calvero to score with a decent uppercut.
We've been informed that Zalewski has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Zalewski staying out of range there.
Calvero throws a right and a left that both miss.

Zalewski closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Calvero looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Calvero breaks the clinch.
A slow jab from Calvero misses its intended target.
Calvero takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Zalewski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Calvero.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Calvero connects with a jab.
Calvero throws out a powerful jab.
Zalewski bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Calvero throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Calvero is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Zalewski keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Calvero.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Zalewski gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Zalewski swings wildly with an uppercut but Calvero uses good head movement to avoid it.

Calvero breaks the clinch.
Zalewski throws a right and a left that Calvero avoids nicely.
Calvero misses with a looping left.
Zalewski is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Calvero with a body shot.
Zalewski avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Zalewski blocks a jab.
A lazy left from Calvero finds it's target.
Zalewski displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Calvero throws out the jab.
Calvero throws a jab but it's blocked by Zalewski.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zalewski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Zalewski moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Calvero breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Calvero throws a one two combo.
Zalewski fails with an attempt to clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Calvero misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zalewski.
Finn Calvero is winning the standup battle so far.
Jab, jab by Calvero - just one landing.
Zalewski takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Zalewski is rocked!
Zalewski uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Calvero.
It seemed like Zalewski was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Zalewski has managed to clinch.

Calvero breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Zalewski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Calvero.
Zalewski darts in trying to clinch
and Calvero counters with a stiff right hand.
Calvero looks to score with a jab to the body but Zalewski is just out of range.
Zalewski is looking for the big counter here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zalewski will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Calvero circles away from the clinch attempt.
Zalewski slips a jab from Calvero.
Zalewski tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Calvero counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Zalewski has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Zalewski clinches up with Calvero and pushes him back against the cage.
Calvero keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Zalewski's efforts to push away.

Calvero breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A slow jab from Calvero misses its intended target.

Zalewski has managed to clinch.
Zalewski misses with a punch to the body.
Zalewski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Calvero is defending well for now.
Zalewski looking to stall.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zalewski tries to clinch
and Calvero counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Zalewski bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Calvero keeps the fight on the outside.
Zalewski takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Zalewski slips under a jab from Calvero.
Zalewski moves out of range as Calvero strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A lazy left from Calvero finds it's target.
Zalewski tries to clinch but Calvero moves out of range.
Zalewski slips under a jab.
Calvero cracks Zalewski with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Zalewski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Calvero swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Calvero scores with a jab.
Calvero moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Finn Calvero dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Zalewski needs to keep his hands up - Calvero had a free shot at his head there.
Zalewski is still on wobbly legs! Can Calvero finish him?
Calvero lands a right hook to the body.
Calvero punishes Zalewski's body with a nice straight punch.
Zalewski on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Calvero cracks Zalewski with a hook to the temple - Zalewski is on wobbly legs here! Calvero swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Zalewski falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Calvero wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Finn Calvero!
Finn Calvero made sure to mention his sponsor, Knockdown Clothes in his post fight interview.