|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Don Flamenco (ranked 1062 p4p, 1027 weight class) and Dionizy Kruczek (ranked 121 p4p, 117 weight class). Flamenco comes to the cage accompanied by Punch Out Theme. Kruczek has chosen Born To Raise Hell as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
 |
|
 |
| 178 cm
34
148
16 - 5 - 0 |
|
185 cm
33
169
21 - 14 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
|
Excellent grappler
World class MT
Fast |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Don Flamenco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dionizy Kruczek!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Kruczek misses.
Flamenco has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Tran MMA Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Kruczek jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kruczek takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Flamenco takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kruczek. Flamenco does a little dance to reset his feet.
Flamenco lands a slapping body shot.
Kruczek throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Flamenco is looking for a counter combo.
Nice straight punches there by Flamenco. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Flamenco.
Flamenco darts in and clinches Kruczek up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Flamenco.
Flamenco keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kruczek's efforts to push away.
Flamenco has a couple of punches blocked by Kruczek.
Kruczek has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kruczek tries to break free but Flamenco pushes him back against the cage.
Flamenco taking a breather.
Kruczek is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Flamenco scores with a nice hook to the head.
Flamenco scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Flamenco taking a breather.
A shot in the inside from Flamenco.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruczek manages to break the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kruczek pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Flamenco is looking to clinch.
Kruczek uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Flamenco.
Kruczek takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Flamenco is looking to clinch.
Kruczek looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kruczek scores with a nice head shot.
Flamenco swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kruczek.
Kruczek throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Flamenco sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dionizy Kruczek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slow jab from Flamenco misses its intended target.
Kruczek slips a jab from Flamenco.
Kruczek avoids the body shot from Flamenco.
Kruczek circles away from the clinch attempt.
Flamenco swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kruczek.
Kruczek throws a jab when Flamenco was well out of range.
Kruczek 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.
Kruczek scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kruczek swings for the body but Flamenco moves out of range.
Kruczek throws a jab when Flamenco was well out of range.
Kruczek avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kruczek lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flamenco displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kruczek throws out the jab.
Kruczek misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Flamenco.
A jab from Kruczek misses.
Flamenco throws a body shot but no joy.
Decent striking displayed by Flamenco there.
Flamenco connects with a body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A punch lands to the side of Flamenco 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kruczek ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Flamenco moves away.
Kruczek swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A big right from Flamenco misses.
Flamenco lands with a hook. Kruczek tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kruczek slips a straight right by Flamenco.
Flamenco lands a jab to Kruczek's midsection.
Flamenco connects with a right hand. Kruczek shakes it off.
Kruczek misses with a series of wild punches.
Flamenco stuns Kruczek with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Flamenco scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Flamenco misses with a hook.
Kruczek cracks a nice hook into Flamenco's ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flamenco dodges the punch combination from Kruczek.
Kruczek scores with a hook.
Flamenco connects with a nice looking jab.
Flamenco's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kruczek connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Flamenco scrambles back to his feet.
Flamenco throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Flamenco with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kruczek throws a jab but it's blocked by Flamenco.
Kruczek gets tackled into the cage by Flamenco. Flamenco maintains the clinch.
Flamenco scores with a hook to the body.
Flamenco is trying to stall.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Flamenco can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Flamenco stalling in the clinch but Kruczek improves position.
Kruczek is trying to force a seperation but Flamenco has the dominant position.
Flamenco lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kruczek is trying to force a seperation but Flamenco has the dominant position.
Kruczek trying to control the position but instead, Flamenco has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kruczek into the cage.
Flamenco throws a punch but it's blocked by Kruczek.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Flamenco lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kruczek's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kruczek slips a jab from Flamenco.
Kruczek avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kruczek ducks under a wild hook from Flamenco.
Flamenco fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kruczek cracks Flamenco with an open hand slap.
Kruczek takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Flamenco fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kruczek manages to avoid it.
Kruczek uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Flamenco.
Flamenco misses with a straight right.
Kruczek misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Flamenco.
Kruczek throws a hook but Flamenco avoids it easily.
Flamenco misses with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kruczek slips a jab and a cross from Flamenco.
Kruczek misses the shot to the body.
Flamenco swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kruczek swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Flamenco thows a left - swing and a miss!
Flamenco lands a jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Don Flamenco dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Flamenco ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Flamenco throws a jab but it's blocked by Kruczek.
Kruczek takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Flamenco tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kruczek swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kruczek throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Flamenco pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kruczek uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Flamenco.
Kruczek lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Flamenco misses with a series of wild punches.
Kruczek misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kruczek connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Flamenco scores with a body shot.
Kruczek throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kruczek throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Don Flamenco is winning the standup battle so far.
Flamenco feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kruczeks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kruczek.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kruczek throws a nice looking combination but Flamenco bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kruczek looks to score with a jab to the body but Flamenco is just out of range.
Kruczek misses with a looping right.
Flamenco connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Flamenco slips a jab from Kruczek.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flamenco misses with an uppercut. Kruczek saw that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Flamenco. Kruczek does a little dance to reset his feet.
Flamenco thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kruczek looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kruczek slips under a jab from Flamenco.
Flamenco slips a jab and a cross from Kruczek.
It looked like Flamenco was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Kruczek.
Flamenco lands a body shot.
Kruczek avoids the body shot from Flamenco.
Flamenco throws out a loose jab but Kruczek uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kruczek swats away the attempt to clinch by Flamenco.
Kruczek unleashes a big counter combination but Flamenco bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Kruczek bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Flamenco tries to clinch but Kruczek moves out of range.
Flamenco avoids the body shot from Kruczek.
Flamenco thuds his right hand into Kruczek's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Kruczek misses with a hook. Flamenco ducked under it nicely.
Flamenco stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Flamenco throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kruczek looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kruczek scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Flamenco showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kruczek.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flamenco lands with a straight right. Kruczek didn't see that one coming.
Kruczek lands with an overhand left.
Flamenco slips under a jab.
A little feinted left hand from Flamenco on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Flamenco looks to land a right hand but Kruczek moved out of range.
Flamenco throws a sloppy head kick and Kruczek moves out of range easily.
Kruczek swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
An attempted straight right counter from Flamenco misses the target.
Flamenco is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kruczek can do to turn this around?
Kruczek throws a nice looking combination but Flamenco bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kruczek misses with a two punch combination.
Kruczek connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Flamenco's hands.
Kruczek looks to score with a jab to the body but Flamenco is just out of range.
Kruczek is breathing heavily.
Kruczek misses with a body shot.
Flamenco takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Flamenco throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Flamenco scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kruczek doesn't seem bothered though.
Flamenco misses with a looping left.
Kruczek thumps Flamenco with a low kick.
Flamenco throws an overhand right that lands on Kruczek's shoulder, as Kruczek tries to avoid the shot.
Flamenco throws a body shot but no joy.
Flamenco wants to clinch up but Kruczek keeps it at a distance.
Kruczek ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Flamenco moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flamenco connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kruczek momentarily.
Flamenco is looking to clinch.
Kruczek ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Flamenco tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kruczek was well out of range. Poor timing from Flamenco.
Flamenco just misses with a punch to the body.
Flamenco throws a hook to the side of Kruczek's head but Kruczek sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Flamenco throws a big shot that misses.
Flamenco throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Flamenco 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.
Flamenco throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kruczek only half commits to the counter leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Kruczek.
Flamenco misses with a head kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kruczek! But no joy.
Flamenco pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Flamenco tries to clinch up but Kruczek circles away and keeps his distance.
Kruczek takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kruczek fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kruczek avoids the head kick by Flamenco.
Kruczek ducks under a wild hook from Flamenco.
Flamenco scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kruczek lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Flamenco backs up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kruczek displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Flamenco throws out the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Flamenco. Kruczek does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kruczek gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Flamenco.
Kruczek staying out of range there.
Kruczek's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Kruczek duly obliges.
Flamenco misses with an uppercut. Kruczek saw that one coming.
Kruczek steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Flamenco.
Kruczek lands a nice looking body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Kruczek 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kruczek throws a right hand that Flamenco ducks under and follows up with a left that Flamenco also avoids with ease.
A cross from Flamenco lands.
Flamenco looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kruczek lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kruczek throws a shot from downtown. Flamenco moves away and avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kruczek blocks a jab.
Flamenco throws the left hand but Kruczek avoids the punch easily.
Flamenco lands the left hand.
Flamenco works over Kruczek's head and body with a nice combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Kruczek misses the target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Don Flamenco will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Kruczek looks to score with a jab to the body but Flamenco is just out of range.
Flamenco takes the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Kruczek's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Flamenco manages to break the clinch.
Flamenco moves out of range as Kruczek strikes.
Kruczek bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Flamenco avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Flamenco cracks a nice hook into Kruczek's ribs.
Kruczek throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It looked like Flamenco wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Flamenco lands with a nice body punch.
Flamenco misses with a body shot.
Kruczek changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Flamenco pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flamenco fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Flamenco looks to score with a jab to the body but Kruczek is just out of range.
Kruczek looks to land a right hand but Flamenco moved out of range.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Flamenco here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Flamenco scores with a nice right hand.
Flamenco misses with an uppercut.
Kruczek ducks under a wild hook from Flamenco.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kruczek!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flamenco works the jab nicely.
Kruczek has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Flamenco misses with an uppercut.
Flamenco throws a shot from downtown. Kruczek moves away and avoids it.
Kruczek looks to land a left hand but Flamenco moved out of range nicely.
Flamenco sizes up Kruczek with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A lazy left from Flamenco finds it's target.
Kruczek throws a lazy right hand but Flamenco sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kruczek ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kruczek feints a counter leg kick.
Kruczek keeps the fight on the outside.
As Flamenco backs off Kruczek throws a huge counter combo but Flamenco manages to avoid it all.
Flamenco's corner calls for a 1-2. Flamenco obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kruczek looks to land a combination but Flamenco avoids it well.
Flamenco swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kruczek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Flamenco avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kruczek, as that shot connected.
Flamenco throws a body punch but Kruczek moves out of range.
Kruczek avoids the body shot from Flamenco.
Kruczek tries to bum rush Flamenco with a series of wild strikes but Flamenco uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kruczek takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kruczek on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Dionizy Kruczek has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kruczek buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kruczek waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Flamenco.
Kruczek throws a left and a right that both miss
and Flamenco connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kruczek moves out of range as Flamenco strikes.
Flamenco scores with a nice right hand.
Kruczek swats away the attempt to clinch by Flamenco.
Kruczek now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Kruczek with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Flamenco to score with a decent uppercut.
Kruczek throws out a leg kick but Flamenco moves out of range and Kruczek only half commits.
Flamenco checks a low kick from Kruczek.
Flamenco looks to land a left hand but Kruczek moved out of range nicely.
Flamenco lands a nice looking body shot.
Flamenco throws a right and a left that Kruczek avoids nicely.
Flamenco getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Flamenco is looking to clinch.
Flamenco cracks Kruczek with an open hand slap.
The fighters circling - Kruczek throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Flamenco swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Kruczek lands with a shot to the body.
Kruczek moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruczek finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Flamenco tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kruczek was well out of range. Poor timing from Flamenco.
Kruczek let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Kruczek throws a low kick, looking for Flamenco's leg but Flamenco calmly moves out of range.
Flamenco scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kruczek waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Flamenco.
Flamenco moves into the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Flamenco swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The referee calls for Flamenco to work.
Flamenco digs a right hand underneath Kruczek's ribcage. Kruczek let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Flamenco tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Flamenco slowing the pace effectively.
The referee is keeping an eye on Flamenco - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Good body shot from Flamenco.
Kruczek looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Still in the clinch, Flamenco scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flamenco can't find room to land a body shot as Kruczek controls the action.
Flamenco is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kruczek is keeping busy.
Flamenco swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kruczek is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Flamenco swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Flamenco throws a head punch that misses.
Kruczek pushes Flamenco back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kruczek wants to get back to striking at distance but Flamenco won't allow it.
Kruczek manages to break the clinch.
Flamenco clinches with his opponent.
Flamenco gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kruczek manages to break the clinch.
Kruczek throws a looping overhand right but Flamenco ducks down to avoid it.
Flamenco uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kruczek.
Flamenco throws the left hand but Kruczek avoids the punch easily.
Don Flamenco is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Flamenco moves out of range of the strikes.
Flamenco lands a leg kick that knocks Kruczek off balance momentarily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Don Flamenco showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Flamenco has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Don Flamenco!
After winning the bout, Don Flamenco thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
84% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
