PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Krzys Soszynski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bam Bam Beastly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beastly comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Boadicea by Enya kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Bam Bam Beastly told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Soszynski
vs
Bam Beastly

186 cm
26
210 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

190 cm
25
204 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Crippler's Corner

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 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Krzys Soszynski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bam Bam Beastly!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soszynski looks to land a left hand but Beastly moved out of range nicely.
Soszynski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Beastly throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Soszynski sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Beastly misses with a straight left.
Beastly shoots in for a takedown but Soszynski shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Soszynski shoots in for a takedown but Beastly shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Soszynski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soszynski shoots in but Beastly avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Soszynski is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Beastly's half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beastly is trying to get back to full guard.
Soszynski throwing shots but Beastly is blocking nicely.
Beastly is trying to maintain the position but Soszynski is very close to passing his half guard.
Soszynski wants to take a breather but Beastly is having none of it.
Soszynski seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Soszynski throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two 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.
Soszynski wants to take a breather but Beastly is having none of it.

Beastly is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Soszynski pulls his head out easily.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Beastly circles away from the clinch attempt.
Soszynski tries to close the distance and clinch but Beastly swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Beastly closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Soszynski moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Beastly is fighting to break Soszynski's control of his arms but Soszynski is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Beastly drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Soszynski manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Beastly has Soszynski in his guard.

Soszynski avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Soszynski won't allow Beastly to get back to his feet.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Soszynski's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Beastly is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Soszynski is aware though and is defending well.
Soszynski with a flurry of punches that miss.
Beastly lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
Soszynski throwing strikes from guard but Beastly blocks nicely.
Soszynski throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Beastly works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Beastly can't keep his opponent in guard - Soszynski advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Soszynski tries to pass the half guard into mount. Beastly knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Beastly wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Krzys Soszynski will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Beastly misses with a takedown

and Soszynski counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Soszynski stands up from half guard.
Soszynski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Soszynski fails with the takedown

and Beastly counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Soszynski's guard now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Beastly drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Beastly jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soszynski has momentary wrist control but Beastly slips an elbow through the middle.
Beastly throws a big right hand that misses.

Beastly postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Soszynski is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Beastly, into his guard.
Beastly utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Beastly has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Soszynski can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Soszynski landing with the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beastly manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Soszynski manages to get himself to full guard.

Soszynski pushes Beastly off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Krzys Soszynski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Soszynski shoots in but no luck this time.
A swing and a miss from Soszynski.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Soszynski looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Beastly!
Beastly sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Ground and pound from Soszynski.
Beastly wants to control but Soszynski is keeping busy.
Soszynski missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Beastly wants to get back to full guard.
Soszynski not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Beastly looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Soszynski trying to control from Beastly's half guard. Beastly has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Soszynski looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Beastly has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Soszynski can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beastly looking for a sweep. Not yet Beastly, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Krzys Soszynski will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

A big right from Beastly misses.
Beastly throws a sloppy body shot

and Soszynski counters with a single leg into guard. Beastly didn't expect that.
Soszynski wants to control from the top but Beastly keeps moving.
Beastly looking to hit a scissor sweep but Soszynski is one step ahead there.
Soszynski content to stall in guard here.
Beastly keeping moving, preventing Soszynski from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Beastly is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Soszynski throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Beastly looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Soszynski looking to sit in guard and control but Beastly gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Beastly drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Soszynski dives on top into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soszynski with a nice head shot there.

Beastly has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Soszynski can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Soszynski tries to stand but Beastly is controlling from the bottom.
Soszynski with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Soszynski postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beastly trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

Beastly working for a triangle but Soszynski defends it easily.
Beastly takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Soszynski slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Beastly preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Krzys Soszynski overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Soszynski working some strikes from top position.

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.
Soszynski throwing strikes from guard but Beastly blocks nicely.
Soszynski cracks Beastly with a solid left hand.
Soszynski with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Beastly preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Soszynski stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Beastly swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Soszynski postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Soszynski stays in close to Beastly's body and controls the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Krzys Soszynski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Soszynski, 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight for Krzys Soszynski!
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight for Krzys Soszynski!
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight for Krzys Soszynski!

Krzys Soszynski wins by unanimous decision!