PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lauri Louhikko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nataniel Byczynski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Louhikko kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Electric Light Orchestra - Don't Bring Me Down. Byczynski is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: War is My Destiny. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Louhikko
vs
Byczynski

190 cm
30
305 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

200 cm
33
260 lbs
21 - 20 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Untouchable Fight Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lauri Louhikko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nataniel Byczynski!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Byczynski throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Louhikko moves out of range of the body kick from Byczynski.
Byczynski throws a right and a left that Louhikko avoids nicely.
A combination from Louhikko does no damage.
Louhikko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Louhikko throws a lazy right hand but Byczynski sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Byczynski just misses with a punch to the body.
Louhikko misses with a jab, cross combination.
Byczynski keeps Louhikko at a distance using the push kick.
Louhikko throws out a loose jab but Byczynski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Louhikko swinging wildly here.
Byczynski catches Louhikko with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Byczynski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Louhikko.
Louhikko looks to land a combination. Byczynski sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Nataniel Byczynski has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byczynski falls off balance throwing a combination
and Louhikko counters with a nice uppercut.
Louhikko throws a head kick that misses
and Byczynski counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Louhikko throws a body punch but Byczynski moves out of range.
Louhikko shoots in but Byczynski avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Byczynski tries to clinch up but Louhikko circles away and keeps his distance.
Lauri Louhikko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Byczynski misses with a wild combination.
Louhikko checks a leg kick.
Byczynski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Louhikko paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Byczynski wants to clinch but Louhikko slips to the side
and Louhikko counters with a thumping low kick.
Louhikko swings away with a body shot that misses
and Byczynski counters with a two punch combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Louhikko misses with an uppercut. Byczynski saw that one coming.
Louhikko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Byczynski was well out of range. Poor timing from Louhikko.
Louhikko looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Louhikko is looking to wear down Byczynski with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Louhikko misses with a right hand
and Byczynski counters with a nice uppercut.
Louhikko jabs Byczynski right on the nose. Byczynski blinks but takes it well.
Byczynski catches Louhikko with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Byczynski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Louhikko scores with a hook to the body. Byczynski takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Louhikko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Byczynski manages to avoid it.
Byczynski moves away from the strike by Louhikko.
Louhikko just misses with a punch to the body.
Louhikko swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Byczynski.
Byczynski misses with a wild combination.
Louhikko throws a good cross that connects.
Louhikko will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Louhikko misses with a double jab.
Byczynski tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Louhikko manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Byczynski takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A big right from Louhikko misses.
Byczynski throws a head kick that Louhikko semi-blocks.
Louhikko lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Byczynski at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Louhikko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Byczynski.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Byczynski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Louhikko paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Louhikko connects with a looping right hand.
Byczynski scoring well with a low kick there.

Byczynski drives through and clinches with Louhikko against the cage.
Louhikko pushes off an throws an elbow but Byczynski leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Byczynski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Louhikko.
Byczynski lands a knee to the body.
Louhikko is breathing heavily.
Byczynski trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Byczynski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Louhikko.
Byczynski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Louhikko is defending well for now.
Byczynski is trying to push Louhikko away but Louhikko has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Nataniel Byczynski will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nataniel Byczynski's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Louhikko throws a big shot that misses.
Byczynski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Louhikko.
Nataniel Byczynski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Louhikko swings for the body but Byczynski moves out of range.
A jab from Louhikko does it's job there.
Byczynski throws the kick towards the body but Louhikko avoids it.
Louhikko misses with a hook. Byczynski ducked under it nicely.
Byczynski takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Louhikko looks to score with a jab to the body but Byczynski is just out of range.
Byczynski lands with a nice body punch.
A jab lands there for Louhikko.
Byczynski throws a hook to the side of Louhikko's head but Louhikko sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Louhikko.
Louhikko misses with a hook to the body
and Byczynski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byczynski misses with a straight left.
The fighters circling - Louhikko throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Byczynski closes the distance but Louhikko moves to the side
and Louhikko counters with a straight right hand.
Louhikko doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Louhikko rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Byczynski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Byczynski throws a quick inside leg kick.
Byczynski thows a body kick. Louhikko tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Byczynski throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Louhikko.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Byczynski. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Byczynski just misses with a punch to the body.
Louhikko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Byczynski manages to avoid it.
Louhikko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Byczynski manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louhikko lands a nice looking body shot.
Louhikko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Byczynski.
Louhikko lands with a good body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Louhikko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Byczynski tries to close the distance and clinch but Louhikko swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Byczynski scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Byczynski moves away from the strike by Louhikko.
A shot to the liver by Byczynski. Beautiful body shot.
Byczynski has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Byczynski lands a jab-cross combination.
Louhikko missing with a left hand there. Byczynski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Byczynski clinches up against the cage.
Louhikko scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Byczynski manages to break the clinch.
Byczynski tries to clinch up.
Byczynski with a nice cross.
Louhikko misses with the combination.
Louhikko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Byczynski misses with a head kick.
Byczynski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Louhikko paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Louhikko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Byczynski manages to avoid it.
Louhikko scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Byczynski doesn't seem bothered though.
Louhikko throws a leg kick
and Byczynski counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Louhikko tries to clinch but Byczynski is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Byczynski is looking to score with low kicks.
Byczynski misses with a series of wild punches.
Byczynski is looking to clinch but Louhikko is avoiding it.
Byczynski staying out of range there.
Byczynski lands with a nice combination. Louhikko backs away looking to recover.
Louhikko closes the distance looking to clinch

and Byczynski moves into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Louhikko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Byczynski tries to land knees in the clinch but Louhikko avoids the damage to the body.
Louhikko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nataniel Byczynski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Nataniel Byczynski's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Louhikko swings for the body but Byczynski moves out of range.
Byczynski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Louhikko.
Louhikko avoids the head kick by Byczynski.
Byczynski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Louhikko throws a lazy uppercut
and Byczynski makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Louhikko really felt that one!
Byczynski looks for the body kick but Louhikko saw that one coming.
Byczynski lands a body shot.
Byczynski smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

Louhikko forces Byczynski back against the cage and clinches.
Byczynski missing with knees to the body.

Louhikko breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Louhikko throws a right hand that Byczynski ducks under and follows up with a left that Byczynski also avoids with ease.
Byczynski scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byczynski moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Louhikko throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Byczynski counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Louhikko misses with a body shot.
Jab by Byczynski.

Louhikko tries to keep at a distance but Byczynski has taken the fight into the clinch.
Byczynski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Louhikko.
Louhikko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Byczynski's elbow.
Byczynski throws a knee to the head but misses.

Byczynski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Louhikko. Byczynski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Louhikko swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Byczynski to counter with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Byczynski dodges the punch combination from Louhikko.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Byczynski throws a right and a left that both miss.
Byczynski doesn't manage to clinch there - Louhikko circles away.
Byczynski cracks a nice hook into Louhikko's ribs.
Byczynski is looking to clinch but Louhikko is avoiding it.

Louhikko clinches up with Byczynski and pushes him back against the cage.
Louhikko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Louhikko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Byczynski wants to break the clinch but can't.
Byczynski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Louhikko.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Louhikko.
Louhikko managing to block the knees to the body from Byczynski.
Byczynski tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Louhikko.
Louhikko managing to block the knees to the body from Byczynski.
Louhikko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nataniel Byczynski is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Byczynski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Byczynski unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nataniel Byczynski seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Byczynski utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Byczynski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lauri Louhikko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louhikko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Louhikko can't find room to land a body shot as Byczynski controls the action.
A frustrated look appears on Byczynski's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Louhikko tries to throw a body punch but Byczynski avoids it by throwing Louhikko back against the cage.
Byczynski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Louhikko is defending well for now.
Byczynski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Louhikko avoids it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Byczynski missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Louhikko managing to block the knees to the body from Byczynski.
Louhikko can't find room to land a body shot as Byczynski controls the action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nataniel Byczynski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Byczynski has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nataniel Byczynski!
An out of breath and clearly excited Nataniel Byczynski thanked Untouchable Fight Nutrition for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).