PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tomasz Szczakowiecki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fernando Egardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Szczakowiecki
vs
Egardo

169 cm
35
145 lbs
17 - 4 - 0

168 cm
26
154 lbs
13 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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 17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tomasz Szczakowiecki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fernando Egardo!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Szczakowiecki throws a body punch but Egardo moves out of range.
Egardo doesn't manage to clinch there - Szczakowiecki circles away.
Egardo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Egardo wants to clinch up but Szczakowiecki keeps it at a distance.
Szczakowiecki looks to land a left hand but Egardo moved out of range nicely.
Szczakowiecki keeps the fight on the outside.
Szczakowiecki on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Szczakowiecki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Egardo misses with a few strikes there.
Egardo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Szczakowiecki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
No joy there for Egardo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Szczakowiecki throws a series of strikes that have Egardo backpedaling.

It looks like Fernando Egardo has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Szczakowiecki.
Egardo lands with a good body shot.
Szczakowiecki takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Szczakowiecki circles away from the clinch attempt.
Szczakowiecki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Egardo.
Egardo takes a swing at Szczakowiecki's ribcage but misses.
Egardo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Szczakowiecki has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Egardo misses with a body shot.
Egardo closes the distance but Szczakowiecki moves to the side
and Szczakowiecki counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egardo swings for the body but Szczakowiecki moves out of range.

Egardo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Egardo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Szczakowiecki misses with a hook from the clinch.

Egardo breaks the clinch.
A punch combination from Szczakowiecki misses.
Egardo tries to clinch up but Szczakowiecki circles away and keeps his distance.
Egardo wants to clinch.
Szczakowiecki darts in trying to clinch

and Egardo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Szczakowiecki lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Szczakowiecki lands with a left to the head.

Egardo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Szczakowiecki is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Egardo.

It looks like Tomasz Szczakowiecki has been cut.
Egardo punishes Szczakowiecki's body with a nice straight punch.
Egardo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Egardo has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Egardo there as he acknowledges the shot.
Szczakowiecki ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fernando Egardo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Egardo closes the distance but Szczakowiecki moves to the side
and Szczakowiecki counters with a nice body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Egardo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Szczakowiecki.
Egardo looks to score with a jab to the body but Szczakowiecki is just out of range.
Egardo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Egardo misses with a hook to the body
and Szczakowiecki counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Szczakowiecki tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Egardo counters with a leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Szczakowiecki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Egardo.
Szczakowiecki tries to clinch but Egardo is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fernando Egardo dominated that round.
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.

Egardo has Szczakowiecki up against the cage in a clinch.
Szczakowiecki lands a left hand.

Szczakowiecki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Egardo tries to clinch but Szczakowiecki moves away
and Szczakowiecki counters with a stiff right hand.
Egardo tests Szczakowiecki's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Egardo misses with a body shot.
Egardo is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Szczakowiecki rather than just go for the knockout.
Egardo doesn't manage to clinch there - Szczakowiecki circles away.
Egardo tries to clinch but Szczakowiecki is having none of it.
Egardo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Szczakowiecki was well out of range. Poor timing from Egardo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Egardo is looking to slow Szczakowiecki down with leg kicks.
Egardo is looking to clinch.
Egardo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Egardo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Szczakowiecki to score with a decent uppercut.
Egardo misses with a hook to the body
and Szczakowiecki makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Szczakowiecki throws a series of strikes that have Egardo backpedaling.
Szczakowiecki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Egardo throws a body kick that misses.

Egardo moves into the clinch.
Egardo tries a body shot but Szczakowiecki blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egardo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Szczakowiecki is defending well for now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Szczakowiecki working hard to break the clinch.
Szczakowiecki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Egardo trying to land knees to the body.
Egardo misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Egardo.
Egardo lands a nice elbow.

Egardo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Egardo pushes Szczakowiecki up against the cage in a clinch.
Egardo tries to break the clinch but Szczakowiecki is controlling the position.
Egardo struggles to land a body shot inside as Szczakowiecki controls his hands.
Egardo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Egardo lands a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egardo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Egardo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Szczakowiecki is defending well for now.
Szczakowiecki managing to block the knees to the body from Egardo.
Szczakowiecki lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Egardo.
Szczakowiecki prevents a body shot from Egardo.
Szczakowiecki lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Szczakowiecki.
Egardo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Egardo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Szczakowiecki is defending well for now.
Egardo tries to land knees in the clinch but Szczakowiecki avoids the damage to the body.
Szczakowiecki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Egardo throws a punch but it's blocked by Szczakowiecki.
Egardo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Szczakowiecki's defenses.
A nice left hand lands by Szczakowiecki.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Egardo can't find room to land a body shot as Szczakowiecki controls the action.
Egardo tries a body shot but Szczakowiecki blocks it.
Szczakowiecki lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Egardo tries to land knees in the clinch but Szczakowiecki avoids the damage to the body.
A short right from Szczakowiecki.
A body shot lands from Szczakowiecki.

Egardo breaks the clinch.
Egardo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Egardo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Egardo clinches up with Szczakowiecki and pushes him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Egardo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Szczakowiecki.
Egardo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Szczakowiecki or not.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fernando Egardo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Egardo doesn't manage to clinch there - Szczakowiecki circles away.
Szczakowiecki takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Egardo misses with the combination.
Egardo misses the jab.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Egardo lands with a right to the head.
A right hand to the body from Egardo.
Szczakowiecki misses with the head strike.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Egardo.
Egardo tries to land knees in the clinch but Szczakowiecki avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Egardo trying to land knees to the body.

Egardo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Egardo swings for the body but Szczakowiecki moves out of range.
Fernando Egardo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Egardo circles away from the clinch attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Egardo. Szczakowiecki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Egardo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A shot to the body from Egardo misses
enabling Szczakowiecki to counter with a crisp jab.
Szczakowiecki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Egardo throws a body punch but Szczakowiecki moves out of range.
Egardo just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egardo tries to clinch
and Szczakowiecki counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Egardo clinches up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Egardo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Szczakowiecki fails to land.

Egardo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Szczakowiecki moves in looking to clinch but Egardo pushes him off.
Egardo misses the shot to the body.
Egardo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Egardo misses with a body punch
and Egardo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Egardo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Szczakowiecki doesn't seem bothered though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Egardo pushes Szczakowiecki up against the cage in a clinch.
Egardo tries to throw a body punch but Szczakowiecki avoids it by throwing Egardo back against the cage.
Egardo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Szczakowiecki misses with the head strike.
Szczakowiecki softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Szczakowiecki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Szczakowiecki gets through Egardo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Szczakowiecki.

Egardo breaks the clinch.

Egardo clinches.

Egardo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A swing and a miss from Szczakowiecki.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Szczakowiecki circles away from the clinch attempt.
Egardo tries to clinch there but Szczakowiecki circles away.
Egardo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Szczakowiecki was well out of range. Poor timing from Egardo.
Szczakowiecki works the jab nicely.
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!
Szczakowiecki fails with an attempt to clinch.

Szczakowiecki gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Szczakowiecki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Egardo is trying to break the clinch but Szczakowiecki is controlling him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Szczakowiecki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Egardo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Szczakowiecki.
Egardo misses with a punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fernando Egardo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Egardo 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Fernando Egardo!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Fernando Egardo!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Fernando Egardo!

Fernando Egardo wins by unanimous decision!
As Fernando Egardo got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Wooooooooooooo wow this is my first ever TRFC debut and also my first TRFC win Arigato guys arigato '.