PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tomasz Drwal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Management (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Management is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Walk by Pantera. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Drwal
vs
Management

190 cm
21
199 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

190 cm
21
190 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tomasz Drwal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ray Management!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Aafke Stam and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drwal stuns Management with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Drwal moves into the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Management just misses with a elbow thrown towards Drwal's brow.
Drwal tries to circle away but Management has him pinned against the cage.

Drwal breaks the clinch.
Management keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Drwal.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Drwal.
Drwal lands a two punch combo.
Drwal tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Management throws a leg kick which misses Drwal's front leg but catches the back leg as Drwal tries to avoid it.
A head kick misses from Management.
Drwal throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Management scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Management avoids the head kick by Drwal.
Drwal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Management throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Drwal's head.
Drwal throws a body punch but Management moves out of range.
Management avoids the head kick by Drwal.
A looping hook to the body misses from Drwal. Management does a little dance to reset his feet.
Drwal throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Management.
Drwal swings for the body but Management moves out of range.
Drwal is breathing heavily.
Drwal misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Drwal misses with a double jab
and Drwal takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A slapping leg kick lands for Management.
Drwal uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Management.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Management lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Management slowing the pace effectively.
Management receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Drwal managing to block the knees to the body from Management.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Management trying to land knees to the body.
Drwal swings wildly with an uppercut but Management uses good head movement to avoid it.
Drwal tries to break free but Management pushes him back against the cage.
Drwal blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Management tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Drwal avoids it.
Management leaning his opponent against the cage.
Drwal avoiding damage as Management throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drwal blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Drwal.
Management scores a nice knee to the body.
Drwal avoiding damage as Management throws knees to the body.
Management misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Drwal.
Drwal blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Drwal managing to block the knees to the body from Management.
Management blocks a body shot from Drwal.
Drwal is trying to push Management away but Management has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Drwal escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Drwal tries to clinch but Management is having none of it.
Drwal throws a head kick but Management moves out of range.
Drwal has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Management.
Management lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Management lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Management scores with a kick to the body.
Management throws an overhand right that lands on Drwal's shoulder, as Drwal tries to avoid the shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Management.
Drwal takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Drwal takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

Management instigates a clinch.
Drwal on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Management lands a knee to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Drwal on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Management tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Management misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Management 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.

Drwal misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sloppy strikes from Drwal. Those never looked like landing.
Management looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Drwal wants to clinch
and Management counters with a slapping leg kick.
Drwal throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Drwal throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Drwal ducks under a wild hook from Management.
Drwal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Management misses with an uppercut. Drwal saw that one coming.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Management.
Management lands a nice leg kick that just misses Drwal's sensitive parts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drwal steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Management. That one must have hurt.
Management connects with an inside leg kick.
Management connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Management lands with a nice body kick.

Management instigates a clinch.
Knees to the body from Management.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Management has Drwal pushed against the cage.
Management trying to land knees to the body.
Come on Management - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Management tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Drwal avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Drwal's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Management.
Management is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Drwal is defending well for now.
Drwal blocks the elbow strike.
The referee is keeping an eye on Management - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Drwal tries to break free but Management pushes him back against the cage.
Management trying to land knees to the body.
Management trying to control the position but instead, Drwal has worked for underhooks and has pushed Management into the cage.
Management tries to land knees in the clinch but Drwal avoids the damage to the body.
Drwal blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Drwal tries to break the clinch but Management is controlling the position.
Drwal blocks an elbow strike from Management.
Management has Drwal pressed against the cage.
Management tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Drwal avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drwal blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Management will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Drwal up against the cage.
Management tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Drwal avoids it.
Management landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Drwal looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Drwal working hard to break the clinch.
Management pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Drwal blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice elbow from Management.
Drwal on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Drwal manages to break the clinch.
Management tries to clinch but Drwal is having none of it.
Drwal tries to clinch up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Management thumps Drwal with a low kick.
Drwal moves in looking to clinch but Management pushes him off.
Tomasz Drwal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drwal throws a hook but Management blocks it.
Management looks to land a left hand but Drwal moved out of range nicely.
No joy there for Drwal, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Management throws a quick inside leg kick.
Tomasz Drwal is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Management fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Drwal.
Management throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Drwal takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Drwal chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Management can pounce on him.
Drwal has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Management.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Management showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Management.
No joy there for Drwal, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Management, right into the meat.
That kick from Management tenderised Drwal's leg. Drwal is trying to keep his angry face on.
Management throws a nice head kick!
The fighters circle, before Management throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Drwal's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Management lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Ray Management!