PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Back Stabber (ranked 6367 p4p, 6481 weight class) and Krzysztof Ulatowski (ranked 449 p4p, 453 weight class). 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.

Stabber
vs
Ulatowski

166 cm
22
138
6 - 4 - 0

166 cm
21
148
1 - 1 - 0

Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Back Stabber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Krzysztof Ulatowski!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, John Mangel and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ulatowski connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Stabber fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ulatowski, pushing him back against the ropes.
Stabber tries to circle away but Ulatowski has him pinned against the ropes.
Stabber wants to break free but Ulatowski has control.
Ulatowski tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ulatowski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stabber avoids it.
Stabber tries to circle away but Ulatowski has him pinned against the ropes.

Stabber manages to break the clinch.
Ulatowski just misses with a punch to the body.
Stabber has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Punch Out Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Ulatowski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stabber manages to avoid it.
Stabber seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Ulatowski misses.
No joy there for Ulatowski, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Stabber went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Ulatowski scores with a kick to the midsection.
Ulatowski wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Stabber lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Ulatowski.
Ulatowski lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ulatowski attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ulatowski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Stabber moves into the clinch.
Stabber blocks an uppercut.
Ulatowski looking to throw knees to the head but Stabber is blocking nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stabber.
Stabber blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ulatowski tries to work over Stabber's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ulatowski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Stabber breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stabber has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ulatowski finds it's way round the side to connect with Stabber's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stabber tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Ulatowski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ulatowski throws an overhand right that lands on Stabber's shoulder, as Stabber tries to avoid the shot.
Krzysztof Ulatowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Stabber rushes Ulatowski and presses him up against the ropes.
Ulatowski will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Stabber up against the ropes.
Stabber prevents a body shot from Ulatowski.
Stabber is trying to break the clinch but Ulatowski is controlling him.
Stabber blocks an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A frustrated look appears on Stabber's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Stabber blocks an elbow strike.
Stabber is trying to break the clinch but Ulatowski has him pressed against the ropes.
Ulatowski misses with a knee strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Krzysztof Ulatowski dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Stabber forces Ulatowski back against the ropes and clinches.
Stabber blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Stabber manages to break the clinch.
Ulatowski throws a jab but it's blocked by Stabber.
Ulatowski connects with a leg kick.
Stabber uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ulatowski.
Ulatowski swats away the attempt to clinch by Stabber.
Ulatowski swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Stabber moves into range and clinches up with Ulatowski.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ulatowski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ulatowski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stabber prevents a body shot from Ulatowski.
Ulatowski lands a hook that snaps the head of Stabber backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ulatowski trying to stall but Stabber improves his position.

Stabber pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Krzysztof Ulatowski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stabber fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ulatowski is out of range.
Krzysztof Ulatowski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ulatowski connects with a right hand. Stabber shakes it off.
Ulatowski circles away from the clinch attempt.

Stabber instigates a clinch.
Ulatowski trying to stall but Stabber improves his position.
Ulatowski tries to land knees in the clinch but Stabber avoids the damage to the body.
Ulatowski wants to stall.
Ulatowski tries to land a knee to the head but Stabber blocks with his arms.
Ulatowski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stabber is defending well for now.

Stabber breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ulatowski misses with an uppercut
and Stabber connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Stabber tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stabber takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ulatowski just misses with a punch to the body.
Stabber is looking to counter the offense by Ulatowski and move into the clinch.
Ulatowski misses with a double jab
letting Stabber counter with a right hand.

Ulatowski has taken the fight to the clinch.

Stabber breaks from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ulatowski uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Stabber has time to react.
Stabber uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ulatowski.
Stabber wants to clinch up but Ulatowski keeps it at a distance.
Back Stabber is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ulatowski delivers a nice body kick.
Ulatowski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Stabber clinches up with Ulatowski and pushes him back against the ropes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Krzysztof Ulatowski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Ulatowski connects with a single shot there.
Ulatowski looks to land a left hand but Stabber moved out of range nicely.
Stabber seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Ulatowski blocks a jab.
Ulatowski is looking to chop away at Stabber's legs.
Stabber seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Ulatowski misses with a kick to the body
and Stabber counters with a nice uppercut.
Ulatowski has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ulatowski misses with a combination
and Stabber connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ulatowski throws an overhand right that lands on Stabber's shoulder, as Stabber tries to avoid the shot.
It looked like Stabber was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Ulatowski throws a left and a right that both miss

and Stabber counters by moving into the clinch.
Come on Ulatowski - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ulatowski throws a punch but it's blocked by Stabber.

Stabber breaks the clinch.
Ulatowski digs a good hook to Stabber's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Ulatowski misses.
Stabber is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A lazy left from Ulatowski finds it's target.
Ulatowski keeps the fight on the outside.
Ulatowski misses with an uppercut
and Stabber counters with a nice body shot.
Ulatowski lands a slapping body shot.
Stabber gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Stabber on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ulatowski cracks Stabber with a good jab.
Ulatowski tries a head kick but it misses.
Stabber wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stabber steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ulatowski.
Stabber wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Ulatowski tries a head kick but it misses.
Stabber tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Ulatowski paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Ulatowski forces Stabber back against the ropes and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short left from Ulatowski.
Stabber is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Ulatowski swings wildly with an uppercut but Stabber uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ulatowski lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ulatowski.
Ulatowski connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stabber's face.

Stabber is rocked!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Stabber as Ulatowski tries to tie him up.
Back Stabber has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Krzysztof Ulatowski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Oh Stabber is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Stabber swings away with an uppercut that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Krzysztof Ulatowski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ulatowski has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Skip Squint scores the fight for Krzysztof Ulatowski!
Judge John Mangel scores the fight for Krzysztof Ulatowski!
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight for Krzysztof Ulatowski!

Krzysztof Ulatowski wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking Krzysztof Ulatowski made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.