PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maciej Dobrzynski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jozef Jankowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dobrzynski comes to the cage accompanied by Sabaton - Uprising. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dobrzynski
vs
Jankowski

183 cm
36
223 lbs
27 - 15 - 1

188 cm
31
205 lbs
16 - 10 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

AnonymouS
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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 27 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Maciej Dobrzynski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jozef Jankowski!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jankowski dives in for a single leg takedown but Dobrzynski sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Dobrzynski tries to land knees in the clinch but Jankowski avoids the damage to the body.
Dobrzynski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dobrzynski is pressed up against the cage. Jankowski has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Dobrzynski down to the mat. Dobrzynski avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Jankowski tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Dobrzynski swivels and escapes.
Maciej Dobrzynski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jozef Jankowski.
Dobrzynski throws out a loose jab but Jankowski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jankowski steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Dobrzynski.
Dobrzynski rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jankowski counters with a left to the body.
Dobrzynski throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dobrzynski throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Jankowski decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Dobrzynski's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dobrzynski being controlled here, momentarily.

Dobrzynski working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Jankowski has passed into half guard!
Jankowski is keen to just control but Dobrzynski is a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dobrzynski is trying to maintain the position but Jankowski is very close to passing his half guard.

Dobrzynski looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Dobrzynski blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jankowski.
Jankowski winds up and cracks Dobrzynski with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Dobrzynski looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Dobrzynski looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Jankowski is working for a submission of some sort.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Dobrzynski trying to control here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jankowski works his way into full mount!
Dobrzynski wants to hold on but Jankowski pushes him away.
Jankowski looking to ground and pound but Dobrzynski is blocking nicely.
Dobrzynski tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jankowski misses with a head shot.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jankowski breaks from Dobrzynski's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Jankowski raining down shots from the mount!

Jankowski looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jankowski unloading with bombs!
Dobrzynski wants to control but Jankowski is having none of it.
Jankowski controlling from mount.
Jankowski tries to control but Dobrzynski wriggling away.
Dobrzynski is trying to escape the mount.
Dobrzynski gets back to half guard.
Jankowski is trying to control the action in half guard but Dobrzynski is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Dobrzynski trying to control from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jankowski thows a huge punch but Dobrzynski dodges it nicely.
Jankowski wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dobrzynski keeps working.
Dobrzynski is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Jankowski's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Jankowski's back!
Dobrzynski controlling well, preventing Jankowski from escaping the position.
Dobrzynski is trying to stick to Jankowski's back but Jankowski is turning into Dobrzynski. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Dobrzynski's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Jankowski.
Jankowski is looking to work some ground and pound but Dobrzynski has wrist control.
Jankowski makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jankowski trying to control the position from guard on top but Dobrzynski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jankowski stays in close to Dobrzynski's body and controls the position.
Jankowski trying to control but Dobrzynski is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jozef Jankowski dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Dobrzynski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jankowski was well out of range. Poor timing from Dobrzynski.
Jankowski is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Dobrzynski throws a series of punches but Jankowski moves out of range.
Jankowski feints the counter takedown.
Jankowski bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jankowski is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Dobrzynski shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jankowski sprawls well. Jankowski wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Dobrzynski gets slowly back to his feet.
Dobrzynski missing with a left hand there. Jankowski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jankowski tries to counter with a clinch but Dobrzynski shakes him off and moves away.
Dobrzynski misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jankowski has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Jozef Jankowski has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dobrzynski shoots in looking for a takedown. Jankowski tries to sprawl out of it but Dobrzynski keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jankowski manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jankowski is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Jankowski has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maciej Dobrzynski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dobrzynski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Maciej Dobrzynski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jankowski slips a jab and a cross from Dobrzynski.
Jankowski shoots and misses
and Dobrzynski counters with a two punch combo.
Dobrzynski will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dobrzynski shoots in but Jankowski avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Dobrzynski sets himself, and Jankowski steps forward looking for the clinch! Dobrzynski avoids it this time.
Dobrzynski swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jankowski tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jankowski fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Dobrzynski throws a sloppy body shot
and Jankowski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dobrzynski lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jankowski shoots in but Dobrzynski avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Dobrzynski misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dobrzynski throws a combination that misses

and Jankowski counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Jankowski missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Dobrzynski is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jankowski is aware though and is defending well.
Jankowski is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jankowski working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jankowski trying to control but Dobrzynski is working from the bottom.
Jankowski keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Dobrzynski's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jankowski postures up in Dobrzynski's guard and throws a big left but Dobrzynski blocks it.
Jankowski postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jankowski is in close to Dobrzynski's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Dobrzynski is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Dobrzynski is trying to control the position but Jankowski postures up.
Jankowski trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dobrzynski has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Dobrzynski looking for a guillotine here but Jankowski defends easily.
Jankowski connects with a couple of short punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jankowski won't allow Dobrzynski to sweep him here.
Jankowski content to stall in guard here.
Jankowski trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Horrible takedown attempt by Dobrzynski or perhaps it was just good defense by Jankowski, which made it look bad.
Dobrzynski tests Jankowski's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dobrzynski tries to clinch but Jankowski is having none of it.
Dobrzynski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maciej Dobrzynski dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jozef Jankowski's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

A combination from Dobrzynski does no damage.
Dobrzynski misses with a series of wild punches.
Dobrzynski will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jankowski drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Dobrzynski defends it well.
Jankowski on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Dobrzynski misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dobrzynski swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dobrzynski throws a right hand that Jankowski ducks under and follows up with a left that Jankowski also avoids with ease.
Dobrzynski misses the shot to the body.

Jankowski looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jankowski prevents Dobrzynski from improving his position.
Jankowski throwing shots but Dobrzynski is blocking nicely.
Dobrzynski is looking for a sweep. Jankowski is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jankowski lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dobrzynski trying to control here.

Jankowski is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Jankowski has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jankowski putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Jankowski with good strikes from the mount here!
Jankowski prevents Dobrzynski from getting the reversal.
Jankowski connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Jankowski looking to control but Dobrzynski is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Dobrzynski manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Jankowski lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jankowski trying to control from half guard but Dobrzynski is working away.
Jozef Jankowski has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jankowski working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Jankowski missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jankowski is thwarting Dobrzynski's attempts to control the position.
Dobrzynski is trying to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are battling for position here. Dobrzynski manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Jankowski wants to control from the top but Dobrzynski keeps moving.
Jankowski with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Jankowski trying to control the position from guard on top but Dobrzynski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jankowski landing with the ground and pound.
Jankowski working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dobrzynski's head.
Jankowski postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jankowski pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dobrzynski is keeping the position for now.
Dobrzynski tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jankowski won't allow Dobrzynski to get back to his feet.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Dobrzynski throws a predictable looking body shot
and Jankowski counters with a nice uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jozef Jankowski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jankowski has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jozef Jankowski!
Jozef Jankowski decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
In defeat, Maciej Dobrzynski stepped up to the mic, saying 'I got fucked up last night last night, and wel... It happens'.