PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Castle (ranked 4590 p4p, 445 weight class) and Lenny Kowalski (ranked 6644 p4p, 487 weight class). Castle comes to the cage accompanied by Arsonist's Lullaby. Frank Castle has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Castle
vs
Kowalski

187 cm
18
220 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

190 cm
18
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Frank Castle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lenny Kowalski!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castle is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Castle tries to clinch up

and Kowalski counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Kowalski.

Castle kicks Kowalski off and gets to his feet.
Kowalski scores with a nice head shot.

It looks like Frank Castle has been cut.
Castle connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Castle tries to clinch but Kowalski moves out of range.
Castle tries to clinch but Kowalski moves out of range.
Castle wants to clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Castle moves to clinch but Kowalski breaks away

and Kowalski counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Castle!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kowalski is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Castle is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Castle is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

Kowalski tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kowalski has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
We've been hearing good reports from Castle's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Castle is trying to get back to his feet.
Kowalski wants to lay and pray for a moment but Castle keeps working.
Castle is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Kowalski asserts his dominance and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Kowalski is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Castle is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Castle is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Kowalski working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Castle is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Castle is not content to let Kowalski control the position.
Kowalski controls the position.
Kowalski has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at AK Beasties. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kowalski wants to lay and pray for a moment but Castle keeps working.
Castle pushes Kowalski away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Kowalski gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Castle trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Kowalski wants to lay and pray for a moment but Castle keeps working.
Castle pushes Kowalski away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Kowalski gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Castle is being controlled here.
Kowalski trying to control the position but Castle is working away.

Kowalski tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Castle is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Kowalski is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Castle is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Kowalski has hold of Castle's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Castle tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Kowalski cranks the arm and Castle screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Castle, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Lenny Kowalski!