PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Mercedes Benz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dawid Kalina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Benz
vs
Kalina

155 cm
25
147 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

155 cm
25
145 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

Decent boxing
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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mercedes Benz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dawid Kalina!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benz scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kalina stalling.

Benz breaks from the clinch.

Benz darts in and clinches Kalina up against the cage.

Benz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Benz clinches up with Kalina and pushes him back against the cage.
Kalina is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Benz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Benz has closed the distance and engaged Kalina in a clinch.
Benz lands a good knee to the midsection. Kalina won't want to take too many of those.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Benz prevents Kalina from breaking the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Benz as Kalina tries to tie him up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalina has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Benz tries a body shot but Kalina blocks it.
Benz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kalina's efforts to push away.
Kalina is trying to break free.

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

Kalina closes the distance and clinches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kalina is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Benz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kalina avoids it.
Kalina is trying to break free.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Benz stalling.

Benz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Benz drives through and clinches with Kalina against the cage.

Benz breaks the clinch.
Benz throws a one two combo.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Benz avoiding damage.

Benz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Benz drives through and clinches with Kalina against the cage.
Kalina's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Kalina has Benz pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mercedes Benz dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Benz misses with a few strikes there.

Kalina clinches up with Benz and pushes him back against the cage.

Benz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Benz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Benz lands with a kick to the temple. Kalina shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Benz tries to land a leg kick but Kalina saw it coming and moves away.
Kalina wants to counter with a clinch but Benz pushes him away.
Benz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kalina is looking to clinch but Benz is avoiding it.
Kalina tries to clinch but Benz is having none of it.
Kalina avoids the body shot from Benz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Kalina closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Kalina's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Benz has Kalina pressed against the cage.
Mercedes Benz has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Benz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kalina forces Benz back against the cage and clinches.
Benz leaning his opponent against the cage.
Benz effectively controlling the action here.
Benz gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.

Benz breaks the clinch.
Dawid Kalina is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Kalina drives through and clinches with Benz against the cage.

Benz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Benz swats away the attempt to clinch by Kalina.

Kalina takes the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benz avoiding damage as Kalina throws knees to the body.
Benz tries a body shot but Kalina blocks it.
Kalina is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Benz is defending well for now.
Benz has a couple of punches blocked by Kalina.
Kalina slows down the pace here.
Benz could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Kalina avoids the elbow strike from Benz, against the cage.

Benz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kalina avoids a punch combination nicely.

Benz darts in and clinches Kalina up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mercedes Benz dominated that second round.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Kalina moves into range and clinches up with Benz.

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

Kalina clinches with his opponent.
Kalina wants to break the clinch but can't.

Benz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mercedes Benz is winning the standup battle so far.

Benz has taken the fight to the clinch.
Benz misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Benz manages to break the clinch.

Kalina closes the distance and clinches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kalina's efforts to push away.
Kalina is looking to break free of the clinch but Benz has double underhooks.
Benz has Kalina pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalina wants to get back to striking at distance but Benz won't allow it.
Benz prevents Kalina from breaking the clinch.
Kalina lands a nice shot to the body.
Benz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kalina throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kalina takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Kalina swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Benz breaks the clinch.

Benz clinches up with Kalina and pushes him back against the cage.

Benz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Benz has managed to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kalina is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kalina stalling.

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

Benz clinches up with Kalina and pushes him back against the cage.
Kalina blocks a body shot from Benz.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Benz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kalina pushes Benz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kalina tries to break the clinch but Benz is controlling the position.
Benz trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Benz manages to break the clinch.

Kalina takes the fight into the clinch.
Dawid Kalina has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mercedes Benz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice left hand lands by Kalina.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Dawid Kalina.
Well Benz 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mercedes Benz!