PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marcin Lewandowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryce Mizarian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mizarian is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Move - Thousand Foot Krutch. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Bryce Mizarian enters the cage!

Lewandowski
vs
Mizarian

178 cm
18
140 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

173 cm
18
131 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marcin Lewandowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bryce Mizarian!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Shimada and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mizarian is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mizarian is looking to clinch but Lewandowski is avoiding it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Lewandowski.
Lewandowski circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lewandowski stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Lewandowski misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lewandowski tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Mizarian swivels and escapes.
Lewandowski looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Mizarian is fending him off so far but Lewandowski persists. Nope, Mizarian circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcin Lewandowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mizarian tries to clinch but Lewandowski is having none of it.
Lewandowski shoots in for a takedown but Mizarian shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Mizarian is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Lewandowski.
Mizarian tries to clinch there but Lewandowski circles away.
Mizarian showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lewandowski.
Lewandowski scores with a crisp jab that stopped Mizarian in his tracks.
Mizarian tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lewandowski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lewandowski is trying hard to land a takedown here. Mizarian sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Mizarian tries to close the distance and clinch but Lewandowski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lewandowski really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mizarian takes one to the chin there.
Lewandowski shoots for a takedown but Mizarian saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Mizarian tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lewandowski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mizarian tries to clinch up.
Lewandowski moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lewandowski misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marcin Lewandowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mizarian is looking to clinch but Lewandowski is avoiding it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Lewandowski.
Bryce Mizarian is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lewandowski circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mizarian tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lewandowski changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mizarian looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mizarian is looking to clinch but Lewandowski is avoiding it.
Lewandowski misses with a series of wild punches.
Lewandowski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lewandowski misses with a takedown attempt - Mizarian sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's four 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.
Lewandowski looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Lewandowski keeps the fight on the outside.
Lewandowski shoots in but no luck this time.
Some wild striking there from Lewandowski.
No joy there for Lewandowski, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mizarian is looking to clinch.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Lewandowski.
Mizarian fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mizarian is looking to clinch but Lewandowski is avoiding it.
Lewandowski shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Mizarian as he avoids it easily.
Lewandowski misses with a wild combination.
Lewandowski fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Mizarian tries to close the distance and clinch but Lewandowski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Lewandowski swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lewandowski scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Lewandowski scores with a decent looking hook.
Lewandowski shoots in for a takedown but Mizarian shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Lewandowski lands a two punch combo.
Mizarian is looking to clinch.
Mizarian tries to clinch up but Lewandowski circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice sprawl there from Mizarian as Lewandowski shoots in.
Mizarian moves in looking to clinch but Lewandowski pushes him off.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Lewandowski!
Lewandowski shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Mizarian but Mizarian pushes him off and we're back to square one.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mizarian looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mizarian tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mizarian moves in looking to clinch but Lewandowski pushes him off.
Lewandowski throws a series of punches but Mizarian moves out of range.
Lewandowski rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mizarian moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's eight 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.
Lewandowski shoots in looking for a takedown but Mizarian manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Lewandowski's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Mizarian fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mizarian takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mizarian is looking to clinch but Lewandowski is avoiding it.
Lewandowski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lewandowski shoots in looking for a takedown but Mizarian manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Lewandowski's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Lewandowski circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mizarian tries to clinch but Lewandowski moves out of range.
Lewandowski will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mizarian looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lewandowski fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lewandowski shoots in looking for a takedown. Mizarian tries to sprawl out of it but Lewandowski keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Mizarian manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Lewandowski misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lewandowski's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mizarian under the eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcin Lewandowski dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Lewandowski looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Lewandowski scores with a one two! Mizarian had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Lewandowski shoots in but Mizarian avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Mizarian tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lewandowski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mizarian stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Mizarian wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcin Lewandowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lewandowski throws a nice looking combination but Mizarian bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mizarian tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lewandowski looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewandowski works over Mizarian's head and body with a nice combination.
Lewandowski lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mizarian circles away quickly and effectively.
Lewandowski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mizarian moves away.
Lewandowski shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Mizarian sprawls well. Mizarian wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Lewandowski gets slowly back to his feet.
Mizarian tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lewandowski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lewandowski throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mizarian.

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.
Mizarian fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mizarian tries to close the distance and clinch but Lewandowski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lewandowski shoots in but Mizarian avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Mizarian tries to close the distance and clinch but Lewandowski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lewandowski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A swing and a miss from Lewandowski.
A punch combination from Lewandowski misses.
Lewandowski throws a nice looking combination but Mizarian bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mizarian defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Lewandowski.

Lewandowski shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Mizarian napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Lewandowski stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Lewandowski misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lewandowski shoots in for a double leg but Mizarian sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Mizarian displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Lewandowski.
Lewandowski shoots for a takedown but Mizarian saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lewandowski tries to bum rush Mizarian with a series of wild strikes but Mizarian uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mizarian tries to close the distance and clinch but Lewandowski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mizarian fails in his attempt to clinch.
Marcin Lewandowski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Mizarian gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Mizarian lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lewandowski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mizarian using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lewandowski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mizarian scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Marcin Lewandowski has been cut.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Mizarian lands a knee to the head.
Lewandowski takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mizarian using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lewandowski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mizarian pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mizarian throws an elbow but misses.
Lewandowski is trying to break the clinch but Mizarian is controlling him.
Mizarian pushes off an throws an elbow but Lewandowski leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Lewandowski wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lewandowski is trying to break free.
Mizarian misses with a knee to the head.
Lewandowski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mizarian misses with an elbow over the top.
Mizarian throws an elbow that misses.
Mizarian with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Mizarian lands an elbow that stopped Lewandowski in his tracks for a moment.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lewandowski is looking to break free of the clinch but Mizarian has double underhooks.
Lewandowski wants to get back to striking at distance but Mizarian won't allow it.
Mizarian with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lewandowski is looking to break free of the clinch but Mizarian has double underhooks.
Lewandowski tries to break the clinch but Mizarian is controlling the position.
Mizarian lands a nice knee to the body.

That's eight 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.
Lewandowski has had enough of the clinch but Mizarian keeps him there for the moment.
Lewandowski is trying to force a seperation but Mizarian has the dominant position.
Mizarian looking to throw knees to the head but Lewandowski is blocking nicely.
Lewandowski is trying to break free.
Lewandowski tries to break free but Mizarian pushes him back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mizarian throws an elbow but misses.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Mizarian landing knees to the head.
Lewandowski working hard to break the clinch.
Lewandowski is trying to break free.
Lewandowski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A frustrated look appears on Lewandowski's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mizarian using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lewandowski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lewandowski blocks an elbow strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcin Lewandowski showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Lewandowski has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Marcin Lewandowski!
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Marcin Lewandowski!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Marcin Lewandowski!

Marcin Lewandowski wins by unanimous decision!