PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rung Thrym (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jarek Nadzieja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thrym comes to the cage accompanied by The Rains of Castamere. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Thrym
vs
Nadzieja

195 cm
20
240 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

193 cm
19
272 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Meet the Future

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Rung Thrym!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jarek Nadzieja!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nadzieja lands with a right hand.
Nadzieja loads up on a big right hand but Thrym slips the punch.
Nadzieja lands a nice looking body shot.
Nadzieja misses with an uppercut.
Nadzieja throws the left hand but Thrym avoids the punch easily.
Nadzieja lands a head shot.
Thrym lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Jarek Nadzieja has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thrym misses the shot to the body.
Nadzieja moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Thrym ducks under a wild hook from Nadzieja.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Nadzieja!

Nadzieja instigates a clinch.
Nadzieja stalling in the clinch but Thrym improves position.
Thrym lands a hook that snaps the head of Nadzieja backwards.
Nadzieja blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nadzieja.
Thrym lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Thrym misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thrym prevents a body shot from Nadzieja.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nadzieja has a couple of punches blocked by Thrym.
Nadzieja lands a shoulder strike.
Thrym blocking some punches.
Thrym blocks a body shot from Nadzieja.
Nadzieja scores with a hook to the body.
Thrym lands an uppercut.
Nadzieja swings wildly with an uppercut but Thrym uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nadzieja fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Thrym's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nadzieja fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thrym manages to avoid it.
A head kick from Thrym lands but Nadzieja takes it in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thrym takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nadzieja misses with a lunging right hand
and Thrym counters with a slapping leg kick.
Thrym throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Nadzieja.
Nadzieja is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Thrym.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thrym misses with a double jab.
Thrym connects with a right hand. Nadzieja shakes it off.
Nadzieja digs a good hook to Thrym's body.
Thrym looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Nadzieja thuds a left hand into Thrym's body.
Some bone on bone action there as Nadzieja checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Thrym moves forwards but Nadzieja connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Thrym drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nadzieja uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Thrym.
Jarek Nadzieja seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thrym walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Thrym scoring well with a low kick there.
Thrym lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nadzieja has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Thrym avoids the body shot from Nadzieja.
A left lands for Thrym.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nadzieja throws a lazy uppercut
and Thrym counters with a solid body kick.
Nadzieja throws a lazy uppercut
and Thrym connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Thrym staying out of range there.
Thrym throws a hook but Nadzieja blocks it.
Thrym throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Thrym misses with a body kick.
Nadzieja scores with a jab.
Nadzieja blocks a jab.
Nadzieja throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thrym throws a nice inside leg kick.
A combination from Nadzieja does no damage.
A slow jab from Nadzieja misses its intended target.
Thrym misses with a body shot.
A slow jab from Nadzieja misses its intended target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nadzieja. Thrym does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nadzieja misses with a looping right.
Thrym thuds a left hand into Nadzieja's body.
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!
Thrym throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Thrym connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nadzieja takes one to the chin there.
Thrym takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Thrym throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The fighters circling - Nadzieja throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nadzieja keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nadzieja throws a lazy uppercut
and Thrym counters with a solid body kick.
Nadzieja swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nadzieja misses with a straight right.
Thrym lands a head kick. Nadzieja smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That has opened up Jarek Nadzieja's cut even more.
Nadzieja gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nadzieja dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jarek Nadzieja will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jarek Nadzieja's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

A big left from Nadzieja misses.
Thrym lands with a shot to the body.
Thrym throws a quick inside leg kick.
Thrym on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Crunch! Thrym slams his shin into Nadzieja's torso.
Nadzieja wants to clinch.
Nadzieja fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rung Thrym is winning the standup battle so far.
Thrym throws a body punch but Nadzieja moves out of range.
Thrym moves away from the strike by Nadzieja.
Thrym fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nadzieja has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Thrym throws a head kick that misses.
Nadzieja throws a hook but Thrym avoids it easily.
Nadzieja throws a hook but Thrym avoids it easily.
Nadzieja scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Thrym doesn't seem bothered though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thrym walks into a stiff left hand from Nadzieja.
Nadzieja tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thrym swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Left hook, right uppercut from Thrym.
Thrym scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Nadzieja doesn't seem bothered though.
Nice defenses there by Thrym.
Nadzieja thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice jab there from Thrym.
Nadzieja lands a nice shot that snaps Thrym's head back.
Nadzieja fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thrym manages to avoid it.
Thrym lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Thrym throws a head kick that half lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nadzieja with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nadzieja slips under a jab from Thrym.
Nadzieja tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thrym swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nadzieja misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nadzieja has a couple of punches blocked by Thrym.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thrym.
Thrym's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Thrym misses with the head strike.
Nadzieja misses with a punch on the inside.
Nadzieja working aggressively here.
Nadzieja misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hook to the body lands for Thrym.
Nadzieja takes a shot to the head.
Nadzieja misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nadzieja lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Thrym backwards.
Thrym lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Thrym pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thrym with a hook.
Nadzieja has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Thrym finds it's way round the side to connect with Nadzieja's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Thrym.
Thrym keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nadzieja.
Nadzieja misses with a left hand
and Thrym counters with a nice body kick.
Nadzieja tries to bum rush Thrym with a series of wild strikes but Thrym uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nadzieja is breathing heavily.
Nice shot lands for Nadzieja.
Thrym sizes up Nadzieja with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nadzieja has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Thrym.
Nadzieja tries to clinch up but Thrym circles away and keeps his distance.
Thrym throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Thrym slips under a jab from Nadzieja.
Thrym displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nadzieja throws out the jab.
Nadzieja fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nadzieja's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Thrym slips a jab from Nadzieja.
Nadzieja throws a right and a left that Thrym avoids nicely.
Thrym throws a nice outside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nadzieja connects with the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thrym delivers a nice body kick.
A left lands for Thrym.
Nice uppercut there from Thrym.
Nadzieja misses with a looping left.
Thrym throws a hook but Nadzieja blocks it.
Nadzieja tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Thrym thuds his shin into the meat of Nadzieja's side.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Thrym.
Thrym throws a head kick that Nadzieja semi-blocks.
Nadzieja lands a nice hook to Thrym's body. Thrym takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nadzieja on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nadzieja tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thrym swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nadzieja throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nadzieja misses with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rung Thrym dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jarek Nadzieja's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Nadzieja tries to move into range but Thrym moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nadzieja uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Thrym has time to react.
Nadzieja throws a nice looking combination but Thrym bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nadzieja throws a lazy uppercut
and Nadzieja takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Thrym avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Thrym. Those never looked like landing.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Thrym.
Thrym fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Thrym tries a head kick but it misses.
Thrym connects with a looping right hand.
Nadzieja tries to clinch but Thrym is having none of it.
Nadzieja looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nadzieja lands a jab.
Thrym just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donk. Nadzieja catches Thrym right on the button with a cross.
Nadzieja misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Nadzieja slips under a jab.
Nadzieja misses with a wild body shot.
Thrym lands a nice looking body kick.
Nadzieja takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Thrym goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nadzieja on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Thrym throws a sloppy head kick and Nadzieja moves out of range easily.

Nadzieja closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nadzieja swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nadzieja tries a body shot but Thrym blocks it.
Nadzieja digs a right hand underneath Thrym's ribcage. Thrym let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Thrym scores with a shoulder strike.
Nadzieja working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Thrym lands a right hand.
Thrym pushes Nadzieja back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thrym throws a head punch that misses.
Nadzieja makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Thrym tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Thrym throws a punch but it's blocked by Nadzieja.
Nadzieja tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nadzieja throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Thryms head.
Thrym misses with some punches.
The referee calls for Nadzieja to work.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Thrym works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Thrym misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Thrym.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Thrym here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Thrym pressing his opponent against the cage.
Nadzieja misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nadzieja is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Thrym is keeping busy.
Thrym digs a right hand underneath Nadzieja's ribcage. Nadzieja let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Thrym softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

The cut above Jarek Nadzieja's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Nadzieja misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Thrym.
Nadzieja looking to slow down the pace here.
Thrym lands a body punch in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Thrym.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thrym working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thrym lands with a left to the head.

Thrym breaks the clinch.
Thrym catches Nadzieja with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Thrym works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Nice body kick from Thrym.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nadzieja shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Thrym throws a head kick but Nadzieja moves out of range.
Thrym lands with a kick to the temple. Nadzieja shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Thrym turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nadzieja throws a looping overhand right but Thrym ducks down to avoid it.
Thrym lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nadzieja misses with a jab to the body
and Thrym counters with a nice uppercut.
A solid leg kick lands there for Thrym.
Nadzieja takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Jarek Nadzieja's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Thrym scores with a jab to the jaw.
Thrym connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Nadzieja's hands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thrym steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nadzieja.
Thrym bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Thrym throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rung Thrym showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Thrym 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:28
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rung Thrym!
Rung Thrym seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.