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Play by Play - Manager's Fight Commentary
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Event:
WOVA Fight Night: Unchained
Date: Apr 13, 2025 |
#R1#
Nice body kick there by Twardowsky.
Twardowsky lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.#CL#
Mendoza closes the distance and clinches.
Twardowsky misses with a hook from the clinch. #BC#
Mendoza's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Twardowsky lands a nice hook to Mendoza's body. Mendoza takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Twardowsky lands the left hand.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Twardowsky. Mendoza shrugs it off though.
Twardowsky throws a lazy right hand but Mendoza sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Twardowsky. Mendoza does a little dance to reset his feet.#CL#
Mendoza moves into range and clinches up with Twardowsky.
Twardowsky takes a shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!#BC#
Mendoza manages to break the clinch.
Twardowsky pushes Mendoza away with a front kick.
Artur Twardowsky seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Twardowsky bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Twardowsky thuds a left hand into Mendoza's body.#CL#
Twardowsky tries to keep at a distance but Mendoza has taken the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Mendoza's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Twardowsky has a couple of punches blocked by Mendoza.
Mendoza blocking some punches.
#T1##BC#
Mendoza's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Twardowsky scores with a nice body kick.
#CL#
Mendoza drives through and clinches with Twardowsky against the cage.
#BC#
Mendoza pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Twardowsky avoids the body shot from Mendoza.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mendoza. Twardowsky does a little dance to reset his feet.#CL#
Mendoza gets a clinch.
Twardowsky wants to break the clinch but can't.
A left hand lands to the body for Mendoza.
Mendoza lands with a short shot to the head. #BC#
Mendoza manages to break the clinch.
Twardowsky loads up on a big right hand but Mendoza slips the punch.
Twardowsky thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Mendoza if he has to take too many more of those.
Twardowsky is looking to land body kicks.
Mendoza listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Donk. Twardowsky catches Mendoza right on the button with a cross.
Twardowsky lands a front kick.
Twardowsky scores with a spinning back kick!
The crowd cheers as Twardowsky lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mendoza doesn't seem phased though.#T2#
A slapping body kick lands there for Twardowsky.#CL#
Mendoza moves into the clinch successfully.
Mendoza lands a body punch in the clinch.
Twardowsky wants to get back to striking at distance but Mendoza won't allow it.
Twardowsky working aggressively here.
Twardowsky is trying to break the clinch but Mendoza is controlling him.
A right hook to the body lands for Mendoza.
Mendoza lands a body shot.
Mendoza lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Twardowsky.
Mendoza will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.#BC#
Mendoza pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Twardowsky.
Mendoza walks into a stiff left hand from Twardowsky.
A punch lands to the side of Twardowsky 's head but he takes it in his stride.#CL#
Mendoza has Twardowsky up against the cage in a clinch.
Mendoza keeps control of Twardowsky as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. #BC#
Mendoza manages to break the clinch.
Twardowsky connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. #T3##CL#
Mendoza gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A short left from Mendoza.
Twardowsky wants to break free but Mendoza has control.
#BC#
Mendoza escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Twardowsky swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.#CL#
Mendoza pushes Twardowsky up against the cage in a clinch.
Mendoza lands a nice shot to the body.
Mendoza lands a nice shot to the body. #BC#
Mendoza breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mendoza walks into a jab.
Twardowsky looks to land a right hand but Mendoza moved out of range.#CL#
Mendoza closes the distance and pushes Twardowsky back into the cage.
Mendoza is leaning against Twardowsky and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.#BC#
Mendoza breaks from the clinch.
Twardowsky lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mendoza throws a series of punches but Twardowsky moves out of range.
Twardowsky swinging wildly here.
Mendoza is looking for a counter combo.
Mendoza fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
#T4##CL#
Mendoza clinches. #BC#
Mendoza manages to break the clinch.
#CL#
Mendoza instigates a clinch.
Twardowsky misses with a shot to the kidneys.
#BC#
Mendoza manages to break the clinch.
Nice body kick from Twardowsky.
Twardowsky misses with an uppercut.
Twardowsky misses with an attempted mid kick.
Mendoza takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Twardowsky missing with a left hand there. Mendoza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Twardowsky is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Mendoza had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Twardowsky connects with an inside leg kick.
Twardowsky connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.#CL#
Mendoza fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Twardowsky, pushing him back against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.#BC#
Mendoza breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Twardowsky looks for the body kick but Mendoza saw that one coming.
Mendoza takes a jab right on the kisser.
#CL#
Mendoza moves into range and clinches up with Twardowsky.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Isagani Mendoza will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!#R2##CL#
Mendoza has managed to clinch.
Mendoza lands with a light punch inside. #BC#
Mendoza breaks from the clinch.
A big left from Twardowsky misses. #CL#
Mendoza gets a clinch. #BC#
Mendoza breaks from the clinch.
#CL#
Mendoza clinches with his opponent.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mendoza.
Twardowsky swings wildly with an uppercut but Mendoza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Twardowsky swings wildly with an uppercut but Mendoza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mendoza blocks an uppercut.
Twardowsky swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Twardowsky misses with the head strike.
Twardowsky wants to break free but Mendoza has control.
Twardowsky tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mendoza scores with a shoulder strike.
Mendoza keeps control of Twardowsky as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mendoza works on Twardowsky's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Twardowsky misses with the head strike.
#T1##BC#
Mendoza breaks from the clinch.
A punch combination from Mendoza misses.
Mendoza takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Twardowsky lands an overhand right.
Mendoza pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mendoza takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Mendoza takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Mendoza's corner calls for a 1-2. Mendoza obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Twardowsky lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Mendoza tries to bum rush Twardowsky with a series of wild strikes but Twardowsky uses good footwork to avoid the assault.#CL#
Mendoza closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mendoza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mendoza has Twardowsky pressed against the cage, preventing Twardowsky from circling away and getting back to striking at range.#BC#
Mendoza breaks the clinch.
#CL#
Mendoza moves into range and clinches up with Twardowsky.
Mendoza pushes Twardowsky back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Twardowsky is looking to break free of the clinch but Mendoza has double underhooks.
Mendoza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
#T2#
Mendoza works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Twardowsky is breathing heavily.#BC#
Mendoza breaks the clinch.
#CL#
Mendoza closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mendoza blocking some punches.
Mendoza works on Twardowsky's body with a couple of short punches.
Mendoza works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Twardowsky tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mendoza's elbow.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mendoza.
Twardowsky misses with the head strike.
Twardowsky fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mendoza blocking some punches.
Nice body punch from Mendoza.
Twardowsky throws a head punch that misses.
Mendoza digs a right hand underneath Twardowsky's ribcage. Twardowsky let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Mendoza lands a shot to the body.#BC#
Mendoza's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.#CL#
Twardowsky tries to keep at a distance but Mendoza has taken the fight into the clinch.
Isagani Mendoza has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A right hook to the body lands for Mendoza.
Mendoza lands a shot to the body.#T3#
Mendoza lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Twardowsky tries to break the clinch but Mendoza is controlling the position.
Mendoza lands with a light punch inside. #BC#
Mendoza breaks the clinch.
#KD#
Mendoza catches Twardowsky napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Twardowsky to the canvas!
#ROC#Twardowsky is rocked!
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!
Mendoza would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Twardowsky is still in real trouble! Can Mendoza finish him?#SU#
Mendoza gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent. #CL#
Mendoza drives through and clinches with Twardowsky against the cage.
#BC#
Mendoza pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.#CL#
Mendoza fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Twardowsky, pushing him back against the cage.#BC#
Mendoza breaks the clinch.
#KD#
Mendoza waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Twardowsky. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Twardowsky to the canvas! Can he finish him!?
#SU#
Mendoza stands up and waves to Twardowsky to follow him.
Twardowsky connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. #CL#
Mendoza closes the distance and clinches.
A short uppercut from Mendoza.
Mendoza lands a shoulder strike.
Twardowsky swings wildly with an uppercut but Mendoza uses good head movement to avoid it. #T4##BC#
Mendoza escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A left lands for Twardowsky.
Mendoza takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
#CL#
Mendoza has Twardowsky up against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Mendoza on the inside.
A short left from Mendoza. #BC#
Mendoza breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Twardowsky throws a body kick that misses.
The fighters circling - Twardowsky throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mendoza throws a wild combination but nothing lands. #CL#
Mendoza closes the distance and pushes Twardowsky back into the cage.
Mendoza lands a right hand.
Mendoza lands a body shot.
Mendoza presses Twardowsky against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Mendoza works on Twardowsky's body with a couple of short punches.
Mendoza working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mendoza lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mendoza.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.#BC#
Mendoza pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Artur Twardowsky seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mendoza ducks down into range and throws a picture perfect right hook that connects with Twardowsky's jaw. Twardowsky's eyes stare off into space as he falls to the mat, out cold! Mendoza does the decent thing and steps back, rather than landing any shots to his unconscious opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Isagani Mendoza! |
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Event:
WOVA Fight Night: No Mercy
Date: Apr 12, 2025 |
#R1#
Winiewsky falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bird counters with a left to the body. #KD#
Bird lands a big head kick that sends Winiewsky tumbling to the mat! Bird takes a step backwards and waves Winiewsky back to his feet - he wants the finish!#CUT#It looks like Greg Winiewsky has been cut.
Winiewsky shoots and misses
and Bird counters with a big right hand! Oh Winiewsky is in trouble here! Bird follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yurem Bird!
A victorious Yurem Bird thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter. |
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Event:
WOVA Fight Night: No Mercy
Date: Apr 12, 2025 |
#R1#
Pniak wants to clinch.
Bielak is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Sloppy strikes from Pniak. Those never looked like landing. #TD2#
Bielak feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Pniak not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Pniak is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Bielak is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Bielak with a nice head shot there.
Bielak sitting in guard, not really doing much.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
It looks like Bielak might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.#T1#
Bielak with a nice head shot there.#SUB#
Pniak looking for a guillotine here but Bielak defends easily.
Bielak is working Pniak over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bielak keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Pniak's head.
Bielak stays in close to Pniak's body and controls the position.
Bielak scores with a decent looking elbow strike.#T2#
Bielak pushing down on Pniak's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Pniak is in trouble now - Bielak has advanced to mount!
Bielak has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bielak lands with some strikes.
Bielak controlling his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#SUB2#
Bielak is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Pniak can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Bielak with the ground and pound from mount. #CUT2#It looks like Tomek Pniak has been cut.
Bielak content just to control the position here. #T3#
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bielak lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Bielak content just to control the position here.
Bielak fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Pniak throwing hammer fists to the chest of Bielak. What's that going to do exactly? #SUB2#
Bielak looking to secure an arm triangle but Pniak defends it well.
Pniak in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head. #ROC2#Pniak is rocked!#T4#
Bielak looking to control and managing it successfully.
Pniak keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
#SU2#
Bielak stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Pniak fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bielak avoids it really well and circles away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pniak shoots for a takedown but Bielak saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Bielak dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tomek Pniak's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.#R2##TD2#
Bielak throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Pniak tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Bielak is in Pniak's guard.
Pniak is looking to stand back up but Bielak counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Pniak. #REVR#
Pniak trying to hold on to Bielak's head to control him but Bielak postures up.
Bielak lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Still in half guard, Bielak seems content to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pniak tries to get to full guard but Bielak has control of the leg. #T1#
Pniak is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bielak scores with a couple of nice shots.
Still in half guard, Bielak seems content to control.
Bielak's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Bielak has been the more effective fighter overall so far.#SUB2#
Bielak is trying a forearm choke� I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Bielak passes to side control.
Robert Bielak has got the better of the ground game so far.#T2#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pniak is letting Bielak control him for a moment.
Pniak is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Bielak is controlling him well.
Bielak working the ground and pound.
Bielak controls the position from side control.#SU2#
Bielak decides to stand back up.
Pniak misses with a kick to the body.
#T3#
Pniak avoids the head kick by Bielak.
#TD2#
Bielak shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Bielak was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!#SU2#
Bielak decides to take the fight back to the feet. #CL2#
Bielak clinches.
Bielak jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Pniak walks away with a smile on his face. Bielak gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Tomek Pniak is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.#TD2#
Pniak gets caught flat footed, as Bielak shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Pniak working a defensive guard but Bielak passes into half guard.
Bielak uses his free foot to push down on Pniak's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Pniak.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bielak prevents Pniak from getting the reversal.#T4##SUB2#
Bielak has control of Pniak's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Pniak regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Bielak tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position. #SUB2#
Bielak looking for a guillotine from mount but Pniak is having none of it.
Bielak is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Pniak can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bielak controlling from mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Bielak showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tomek Pniak's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!#R3#
Bielak keeps the fight on the outside.
Pniak with a poor takedown #CL2#
and Bielak counters by clinching up. #BC#
Pniak breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
#CL2#
Bielak moves into the clinch.
Pniak looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pniak tries to pull guard but Bielak holds him up against the cage and eventually Pniak drops back down to his feet.
Pniak is trying to push Bielak away but Bielak has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.#BC#
Pniak manages to break the clinch.
#CL2#
Bielak gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#TD2#
Bielak gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Pniak regains guard.
Pniak is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Bielak dives into side control.
#REVR#
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#SUB2#
Bielak is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Pniak is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now. #T1#
Bielak has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Pniak is in a horrible position here. Bielak smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bielak controlling the pace for now. #T2#
Pniak is not a happy chappy� he wants out of there.
Bielak takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.#SUB2#
Pniak defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Bielak.
Pniak knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bielak on the ground.
Bielak tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position. #SUB2#
Bielak has control of Pniak's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Pniak regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Pniak tries to buck Bielak off but Bielak takes his back! #T3#
Pniak wants to control his opponent's hands but Bielak gets his hands free. #SUB2#
Pniak is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Bielak lands strikes to the head.
Bielak lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Bielak has the hooks in. Pniak is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted. #T4#
Bielak lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Pniak hold on?!
Oh Pniak is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bielak should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
I would not like to be Pniak right now.
Bielak lands shots to the head and Pniak turtles up! The ref has seen enough and stops the fight! This one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robert Bielak! |
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