PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between TJ Kaczmarek (ranked 1026 p4p, 126 weight class) and Kevin Osterman (ranked 2209 p4p, 249 weight class). Osterman has chosen Red Right Hand as his entrance music. 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.

Kaczmarek
vs
Osterman

182 cm
34
176 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

178 cm
38
180 lbs
20 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, TJ Kaczmarek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kevin Osterman!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Lou da Vinci and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Osterman slips a jab from Kaczmarek.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kaczmarek. That's going to slow Osterman down.
Osterman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Osterman changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Osterman throws out a loose jab but Kaczmarek uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kaczmarek has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Osterman connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kaczmarek. Kaczmarek circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kaczmarek moves out of range of the strikes.
Osterman's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Osterman duly obliges.
Kevin Osterman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kaczmarek lands with a good body shot.
Osterman takes a swing at Kaczmarek's ribcage but misses.
Osterman works Kaczmarek's body with a nice hook.
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!
Kaczmarek misses with an uppercut.
Osterman on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kaczmarek avoids the body shot from Osterman.
Osterman throws a body punch but Kaczmarek moves out of range.
Kaczmarek scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kaczmarek darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

It looks like Kevin Osterman has been cut.
Kaczmarek scores with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaczmarek connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Osterman's hands.
Kaczmarek connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kaczmarek lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kaczmarek scores with a nice strike.
Osterman throws a hook to the side of Kaczmarek's head but Kaczmarek sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
An attempted straight right counter from Kaczmarek misses the target.
Osterman has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Osterman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kaczmarek lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Osterman circles away quickly and effectively.
Kaczmarek defending well as Osterman loads up on a big left hand.
Kaczmarek throws a quick counter head kick but Osterman was just out of range.
Kaczmarek lands a nice looking body kick.
Osterman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kaczmarek moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Osterman misses with a wild body shot.
Osterman just misses with a punch to the body.
Kaczmarek misses with a double jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kaczmarek chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Osterman shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kaczmarek avoids the body shot from Osterman.
A looping hook to the body misses from Osterman. Kaczmarek does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaczmarek tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kaczmarek scores with a decent looking hook.
Kaczmarek uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Osterman.
Osterman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Osterman lands a right hook to the body.
Osterman lands with a nice combination. Kaczmarek backs away looking to recover.

It looks like TJ Kaczmarek has been cut.
Osterman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kaczmarek was well out of range. Poor timing from Osterman.
Kaczmarek takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Osterman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kaczmarek blocks a jab.
Kaczmarek turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Osterman throws a shot to the body.
Kaczmarek fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Osterman thuds a left hand into Kaczmarek's body.
Osterman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Donk. Kaczmarek catches Osterman right on the button with a cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaczmarek throws the left hand but Osterman avoids the punch easily.
Osterman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kaczmarek circles away quickly and effectively.
Osterman's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Osterman duly obliges.
Osterman paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kaczmarek lands a nice looking body shot.
Osterman moves into range and connects with a jab.
Osterman takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kaczmarek steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Osterman.
Osterman takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Osterman lands with a nice body punch.
Osterman connects with a body shot.
Osterman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice body punch from Osterman.
Osterman closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Osterman tries to move into range but Kaczmarek moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Osterman. Kaczmarek does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaczmarek lands with a shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Kaczmarek.
Osterman looks to score with a jab to the body but Kaczmarek is just out of range.
Osterman takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Osterman misses with a wild body shot.
Osterman misses with a hook.
Kaczmarek uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kaczmarek is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kaczmarek misses with a looping left.
Osterman defending well as Kaczmarek loads up on a big left hand.
Kaczmarek throws the left hand but Osterman avoids the punch easily.
Osterman jabs Kaczmarek to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kaczmarek uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Osterman has time to react.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Osterman lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kaczmarek thuds a left hand into Osterman's body.
Osterman slips under a jab.
Osterman staying out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kevin Osterman will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Osterman sizes up Kaczmarek with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Osterman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kaczmarek moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kaczmarek comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A jab from Osterman misses.
Osterman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kaczmarek moves away.
Osterman 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.
Kaczmarek throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Osterman scores with a jab to the body.
Osterman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Osterman swings for the body but Kaczmarek moves out of range.
Kaczmarek feints and then cracks Osterman's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Osterman down.
Osterman missing with a left hand there. Kaczmarek was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Osterman throws an off balance right hand
and Kaczmarek counters with a straight right hand.
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!
Kaczmarek takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Osterman avoids the body shot from Kaczmarek.
Kaczmarek throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Osterman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaczmarek throws a series of punches but Osterman avoids them all with ease.
Osterman is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kaczmarek rather than just go for the knockout.
Osterman misses with a two punch combination.
Kaczmarek scores with a leg kick.
Osterman throws a one two combo.
Kaczmarek fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kaczmarek scores with a hook to the body. Osterman takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kaczmarek misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Osterman.
Osterman with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Osterman throws an overhand right that lands on Kaczmarek's shoulder, as Kaczmarek tries to avoid the shot.
Nice defenses there by Osterman.
Osterman throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kaczmarek counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Osterman lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kaczmarek at a distance.
A jab from Kaczmarek finds it's way through Osterman's defenses.

That has opened up Kevin Osterman's cut even more.
Kaczmarek looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Osterman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaczmarek scoring well with a low kick there.
Kaczmarek throws a hook to the side of Osterman's head but Osterman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Osterman throws a big shot that misses.
Kaczmarek misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
TJ Kaczmarek is winning the standup battle so far.
Osterman lands a body shot.
Osterman scores with a jab to the head.
Kaczmarek thows a left - swing and a miss!
Osterman throws a right and a left that both miss.
It looked like Kaczmarek wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Osterman throws a hook but Kaczmarek avoids it easily.
Kaczmarek throws a nice outside leg kick.
Osterman lands with a nice body punch.
Kaczmarek connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kaczmarek throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Kaczmarek moves out of range of the strikes.
Kaczmarek was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kaczmarek scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Osterman falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kaczmarek counters with a nice kick to the body.
Osterman is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Osterman misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kaczmarek stuns Osterman with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kaczmarek with a jab.
Osterman throws a hook but Kaczmarek avoids it easily.
Kaczmarek scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Osterman misses with a two punch combination.
Kaczmarek connects with a leg kick. Osterman looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Osterman slips under a jab.
Osterman throws a hook to the side of Kaczmarek's head but Kaczmarek sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kaczmarek swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Osterman misses with a wild body shot.
Kaczmarek displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Osterman throws out the jab.
Osterman moves out of range as Kaczmarek strikes.
Osterman unleashes a big counter combination but Kaczmarek bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Kaczmarek scores with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaczmarek throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kaczmarek moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kaczmarek defending well as Osterman loads up on a big left hand.
Kaczmarek misses with a hook. Osterman ducked under it nicely.
Osterman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kaczmarek sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kaczmarek misses with a wild combination.
Kaczmarek darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kaczmarek uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Osterman.
Osterman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kaczmarek.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from Kaczmarek does it's job there.
Kaczmarek lands with an uppercut that bounces Osterman off the cage and back into range.
Kaczmarek avoids the body shot from Osterman.
Osterman 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.

TJ Kaczmarek dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Nice defenses there by Kaczmarek.
Osterman scores with a sloppy right hand. Kaczmarek should have avoided that one.
Osterman has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Osterman takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Osterman looks to land a right hand but Kaczmarek moved out of range.
Kaczmarek smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kaczmarek throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Osterman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kaczmarek was well out of range. Poor timing from Osterman.
Osterman throws a right hand that Kaczmarek ducks under and follows up with a left that Kaczmarek also avoids with ease.
A lazy left from Osterman finds it's target.
Kaczmarek displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Osterman is rocked!
Kaczmarek throws a monster overhand right that drops Osterman! Kaczmarek follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). TJ Kaczmarek!
In defeat, Kevin Osterman stepped up to the mic, saying 'where am i?'.