PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcin Kisiel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Malice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kisiel comes to the cage accompanied by Frank Stallone - Peace in Our Life . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kisiel
vs
Malice

191 cm
25
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcin Kisiel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Tyler Malice!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Steven Brown and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malice fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kisiel is out of range.

Kisiel fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Malice, pushing him back against the cage.

Malice pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Malice attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kisiel scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Malice throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Malice connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

It looks like Marcin Kisiel has been cut.
Kisiel misses with a combination
and Malice counters with an outside leg kick.
Malice darts in trying to clinch
and Kisiel counters with a one-two to the body.
Kisiel delivers a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Malice throws a head kick that half lands.

Kisiel has Malice up against the cage in a clinch.

Kisiel breaks from the clinch.
Kisiel scores with a one two! Malice had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Malice has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Malice lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Malice has his takedown stuffed
and Kisiel counters with a three punch combo that has Malice backing up. Malice nods at Kisiel to acknowledge the strikes.
Malice looks gassed!
Malice takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kisiel comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Malice shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kisiel throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Malice.

Kisiel moves into the clinch successfully.
Kisiel lands a nice knee to the body.

Kisiel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kisiel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Kisiel misses.
Malice throws a combination that misses
and Kisiel counters with a nice uppercut.
Kisiel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kisiel is working the combinations to good effect here.
Kisiel keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kisiel lands with an overhand left.
Kisiel lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kisiel scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Kisiel closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Kisiel gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Kisiel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malice takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kisiel throws a one two combo.
Kisiel throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Kisiel lands with a nice combination. Malice backs away looking to recover.
Malice takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kisiel lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kisiel.
Kisiel lands a nice looking body shot.
Kisiel throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kisiel lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Malice backs up against the cage.
Kisiel moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Kisiel lands a nice shot that snaps Malice's head back.
Kisiel lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kisiel scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Kisiel - that will leave a mark!
Kisiel throws a right and a left that Malice avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kisiel lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Malice takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

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

Kisiel postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Malice to stand up.

Kisiel drives through with a takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Malice working a defensive guard here.

Kisiel gets to his feet - Malice follows without any prompting.
Malice wants to clinch

and Kisiel counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kisiel.

Kisiel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Malice throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kisiel counters with a left and a right that stings Malice.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kisiel!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malice throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kisiel counters with a two punch combo.
Malice misses with a takedown
and Kisiel counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Malice throws a series of punches but Kisiel moves out of range.

Kisiel clinches.

Kisiel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Malice misses with a few strikes there.
Kisiel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Malice.
Kisiel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kisiel misses with a double jab.
Malice rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kisiel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kisiel throws a head kick but Malice moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Malice misses with a two punch combination.
Malice tries for a takedown but Kisiel circles away easily

and Kisiel counters with a shoot takedown. Malice fights it but they end up in guard.
Marcin Kisiel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyler Malice.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Kisiel stands up from guard. Let's bang!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcin Kisiel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcin Kisiel's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Malice throws a chopping leg kick but Kisiel manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Malice has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Malice misses with a takedown
and Kisiel counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kisiel scores with a nice right hand.
Kisiel lands with a nice combination. Malice backs away looking to recover.
Kisiel takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jab, jab by Kisiel - just one landing.
Malice has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Malice swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Kisiel counters with a single leg into guard. Malice didn't expect that.
Kisiel postures up in Malice's guard and throws a big left but Malice blocks it.

Kisiel gets to his feet. Malice looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kisiel fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Malice, pushing him back against the cage.

Kisiel breaks the clinch.
Malice has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Malice gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Malice looking to control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kisiel gets to his feet. Malice looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kisiel!
Malice motions for Kisiel to come forward. Malice throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Malice throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kisiel counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kisiel rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Malice moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Malice throws a leg kick that is checked

and Kisiel counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Kisiel stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Kisiel misses with a double jab.
Malice fails with a takedown attempt.
Marcin Kisiel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Malice throws a lazy right hand but Kisiel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kisiel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Malice throws an overhand right that lands on Kisiel's shoulder, as Kisiel tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kisiel lands a jab-cross combination.
Malice tries to clinch there but Kisiel circles away.
Kisiel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Malice showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kisiel.
Malice fails with the takedown
and Kisiel makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Marcin Kisiel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyler Malice.
Malice tries to clinch there but Kisiel circles away.
Kisiel throws a one two combo.
Kisiel stalks Malice and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Malice's face. Malice staggers backwards, shaken.
Malice misses with a jab, cross combination.
The fighters circling - Malice throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Good standup being displayed there by Kisiel as he connects with a hook.
Kisiel swinging wildly here.
Kisiel connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Malice's hands.
Kisiel lands with a good body shot.
Kisiel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Malice can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kisiel shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Malice napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Kisiel misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

Kisiel decides to stand up, so the ref orders Malice to his feet.
Kisiel works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Malice lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kisiel falls off balance throwing a combination
and Malice counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Malice shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kisiel as he avoids it easily.
Malice wants to clinch
and Kisiel counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kisiel connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kisiel slaps away a takedown attempt from Malice, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kisiel!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malice fails with the takedown
and Kisiel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kisiel darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Malice avoids a punch combination nicely.
Malice throws an overhand right that lands on Kisiel's shoulder, as Kisiel tries to avoid the shot.
Some wild striking there from Kisiel.
Malice throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kisiel counters with a series of strikes. Malice will be more careful next time no doubt.
Malice gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Kisiel counters with a one-two to the body.
Kisiel lands a body shot.
Malice lands a jab-cross combination.
Marcin Kisiel is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Malice misses with a combination

and Kisiel counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Kisiel.
Malice wants to stand and escape but Kisiel is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcin Kisiel dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marcin Kisiel's cut.
That's time! Kisiel's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Kisiel misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Malice takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Malice looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Kisiel!
Kisiel wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Malice.
Kisiel is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Malice lands a nice shot to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kisiel is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malice looking to ground and pound but Kisiel is blocking nicely.
Malice connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Marcin Kisiel overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Malice with good strikes from the mount here!
Kisiel throwing hammer fists to the chest of Malice. What's that going to do exactly?
A nice elbow there by Malice.
Malice dominating with strikes here.
Malice won't let Kisiel get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Kisiel is in a horrible position here. Malice smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Malice scoring with strikes but Kisiel is staying in there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Malice lands a nice shot to the head.
Malice throwing strikes but Kisiel bucks up and reverses the position. He's now in guard on top.

Kisiel has his foot on Malice's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Malice works his way back into a safe position though.

Kisiel is working an open guard so Malice takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Malice misses with a takedown
and Kisiel counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kisiel lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Malice circles away quickly and effectively.
Kisiel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Malice shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Kisiel counters with a thumping low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malice has his takedown stuffed
and Kisiel counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Marcin Kisiel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyler Malice.

Kisiel clinches with his opponent.
Malice tries to circle away but Kisiel has him pinned against the cage.

Kisiel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kisiel is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Malice.
Kisiel misses with a two punch combination.
Kisiel fails to land with a series of punches.
Kisiel stuffs the takedown attempt from Malice. Malice gets slowly back to his feet.
Malice shoots and misses
and Kisiel counters with a two punch combo.
Malice wants to clinch
and Kisiel counters with a nice uppercut.
Kisiel stalks Malice and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Malice's face. Malice staggers backwards, shaken.
Malice swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kisiel.
A punch combination from Malice misses.
Malice closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kisiel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Malice tries to land a front kick but Kisiel steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kisiel throws a right and a left that both miss.

Kisiel clinches up with Malice and pushes him back against the cage.
Malice gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Kisiel.

Kisiel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Kisiel misses.
Kisiel avoids the head kick by Malice.
Malice tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kisiel counters with a two punch combo.
Malice looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kisiel lands with a slapping head kick.
Tyler Malice has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marcin Kisiel is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kisiel scores with a three punch combo!

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tyler Malice.
Well Kisiel 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 James Glass scores the fight 29:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcin Kisiel!