PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Peter Hare (ranked 2471 p4p, 297 weight class) and Karol Tarczynski (ranked 3279 p4p, 359 weight class). On his way into the ring it seems that Peter Hare has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Peter Hare seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Hare
vs
Tarczynski

190 cm
37
220 lbs
27 - 27 - 1

186 cm
48
215 lbs
51 - 26 - 2

World class boxer
Granite chin

Dangerous knees
Solid chin

Urban Fighter

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 - 27 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Peter Hare!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 51 - 26 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Karol Tarczynski!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Daniel Cesar and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hare sizes up Tarczynski with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Tarczynski takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tarczynski scores with a jab to the body.
Tarczynski scores with a jab to the body.
Tarczynski slips under a jab from Hare.
Nice uppercut there from Hare.
Hare looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hare looks to land a right hand but Tarczynski moved out of range.
Tarczynski keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Tarczynski walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hare takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hare throws a hook but Tarczynski blocks it.
Hare pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tarczynski is out of range and Hare settles back down.
Hare misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hare fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tarczynski on the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hare connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tarczynski misses with a shot to the body
and Hare counters with an outside leg kick.
Tarczynski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hare.
Hare looks to throw the jab but Tarczynski is out of range.
Tarczynski throws a poor cross that misses
and Hare counters with a straight right hand.
Hare throws a leg kick that misses.
Tarczynski throws a body kick that misses
letting Hare counter with a right hand.
Tarczynski takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hare misses with an uppercut
and Tarczynski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hare ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hare takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Tarczynski darts in and clinches Hare up against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hare blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A shot in the inside from Tarczynski.
Tarczynski scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Peter Hare has been cut.
We've been informed that Tarczynski has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Tarczynski leaning against his opponent.
Tarczynski is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hare blocking some punches.
Tarczynski displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hare up against the ropes.
Tarczynski takes a shot to the head.
Hare missing with knees to the body.
Hare misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tarczynski.
Tarczynski throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hares head.
Tarczynski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hare avoids it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hare as Tarczynski tries to tie him up.
Hare scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hare lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hare lands with a short shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Hare dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Peter Hare's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Tarczynski throws a leg kick but Hare sees it coming and moves out of range.
As Tarczynski looks to move away, Hare throws a big counter combo but Tarczynski just gets out of the way.
Hare slips under a jab.
Hare throws a push kick but Tarczynski slaps the foot to one side.
Tarczynski loads up on a big right hand but Hare slips the punch.
Hare is looking to counter with head kicks.
Hare moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nice shot lands for Tarczynski.
Hare swats away the attempt to clinch by Tarczynski.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tarczynski blocks the body kick.
Hare throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Tarczynski to counter with a crisp jab.
Tarczynski misses with a hook. Hare ducked under it nicely.
Hare throws a lazy uppercut
and Tarczynski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarczynski uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hare.
Tarczynski misses with a left hand
and Hare counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tarczynski looks to land a left hand but Hare moved out of range nicely.
Tarczynski lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hare feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tarczynskis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Tarczynski throws a chopping leg kick but Hare manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A low kick from Tarczynski misses
and Hare counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tarczynski rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hare counters with a right hand to the body.
Hare throws a combination that misses
and Tarczynski counters with a nice uppercut.
Tarczynski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tarczynski uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hare.
Hare fails to land with a series of punches.
Tarczynski swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hare moves out of range of the leg kick from Tarczynski.
Hare misses with a series of wild punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hare fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hare feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tarczynski's calf.
Tarczynski buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hare throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hare scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tarczynski in his tracks.
Hare misses with a straight right.
Peter Hare is winning the standup battle so far.
Hare thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tarczynski throws a sloppy head kick and Hare moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Hare dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Peter Hare's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Hare fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tarczynski digs a good body shot into Hare's ribs.
Tarczynski misses with a looping left.
Tarczynski throws a lazy right hand but Hare sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hare misses with a head kick.
Karol Tarczynski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hare avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hare throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hare avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tarczynski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tarczynski slips a jab and a cross from Hare.
Hare throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tarczynski on the side of the head.
Tarczynski tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hare displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tarczynski throws out the jab.
Hare misses with a two punch combination.
Tarczynski walks into a left hand.
Tarczynski takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tarczynski will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hare misses with a looping left.
Tarczynski appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Tarczynski swings widly with a right hand
and Hare makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Tarczynski really felt that one!
Hare moves away from the strike by Tarczynski.
Tarczynski cracks Hare with an open hand slap.
Tarczynski misses with a body kick.
A quick step to the side and Hare tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hare jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tarczynski tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hare counters with a right hand to the body.
Tarczynski gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tarczynski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hare.
Tarczynski misses with a body shot
and Hare cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A jab from Tarczynski misses.
Hare misses with an uppercut. Tarczynski saw that one coming.
Hare lands with a straight right. Tarczynski didn't see that one coming.
Hare lands with a nice body punch.
Hare misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A combination from Hare does no damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Peter Hare showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hare, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Peter Hare!
After winning the bout, Peter Hare thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.