PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stephan Evurts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nataniel Byczynski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Evurts comes to the cage accompanied by Welcome to the Jungle. Byczynski has chosen War is My Destiny as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Evurts
vs
Byczynski

201 cm
37
276 lbs
22 - 12 - 0

200 cm
38
260 lbs
29 - 28 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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 22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stephan Evurts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 28 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nataniel Byczynski!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Byczynski misses with a wild body shot.
Byczynski throws a right hand that Evurts ducks under and follows up with a left that Evurts also avoids with ease.
Byczynski throws a right and a left that both miss.
Evurts looks to land a combination but Byczynski avoids it well.
Evurts throws a series of punches but Byczynski avoids them all with ease.
Byczynski misses with a hook. Evurts ducked under it nicely.
Evurts fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Evurts just misses with a punch to the body.
Evurts throws a hook to the side of Byczynski's head but Byczynski sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Evurts throws a left and a right that both miss
and Byczynski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Evurts misses with a two punch combination.
Byczynski has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Evurts showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Byczynski.
Byczynski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Evurts.
Evurts throws an overhand right that lands on Byczynski's shoulder, as Byczynski tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evurts avoids the head kick by Byczynski.
No joy there for Evurts, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Byczynski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Evurts.
Evurts definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Evurts misses with a combination
and Byczynski counters with an outside leg kick.
Evurts fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Evurts misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Byczynski misses with a looping left.
Byczynski fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Evurts tries to bum rush Byczynski with a series of wild strikes but Byczynski uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Byczynski moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Evurts lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Byczynski circles away quickly and effectively.
Byczynski swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Byczynski clinches up against the cage.
Byczynski lands a left hand that snaps the head of Evurts backwards.
Byczynski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Evurts is defending well for now.
Byczynski crunches a lovely knee into Evurts's ribcage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Byczynski with a knee to the head.
Byczynski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Evurts's elbow.
Byczynski lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Byczynski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Evurts is defending well for now.
Evurts on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Evurts tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Byczynski missing with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Byczynski obliges.
Knees in the clinch landing for Byczynski.
Evurts is breathing heavily.
Byczynski tries a knee to the head but Evurts blocks it.
Byczynski scores with a knee to the head.

Byczynski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Byczynski.
Evurts jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Evurts swinging wildly here.
Byczynski looks to land a combination. Evurts sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Byczynski tries to clinch but Evurts is having none of it.
Byczynski misses with a series of wild punches.
The fighters circling - Evurts throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Byczynski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Evurts paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Evurts cracks Byczynski with a good jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Byczynski connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Evurts momentarily.
Evurts misses with a right hand
and Byczynski counters with a two punch combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evurts rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Byczynski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Evurts throws a right and a left that Byczynski avoids nicely.
Evurts throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Byczynski cracks a nice hook into Evurts's ribs.

Byczynski moves into the clinch.
Byczynski trying to land knees to the body.
Evurts is trying to break the clinch but Byczynski is controlling him.

Byczynski manages to break the clinch.
Byczynski wants to clinch.
Evurts pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Evurts keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nataniel Byczynski 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.

Byczynski thows a body shot but no joy.
Evurts looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Byczynski scores with a punch to the head.

Byczynski moves into the clinch.
Evurts avoiding damage as Byczynski throws knees to the body.
Evurts has a couple of punches blocked by Byczynski.
Evurts misses with a body punch.

Byczynski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Byczynski instigates a clinch.
Byczynski putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Evurts in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Byczynski tries a knee to the head but Evurts blocks it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Evurts takes a knee to the side of the body.

Byczynski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Byczynski throws a right and a left that both miss.
Byczynski will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Byczynski has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byczynski fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Evurts has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Evurts avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Stephan Evurts seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Evurts throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Byczynski counters with a straight right hand.
Byczynski uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A left and a right from Evurts both land. Nice combination.
Byczynski scores with a leg kick.
Byczynski scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Byczynski tests Evurts's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Byczynski looks to land a combination but Evurts avoids it well.
Byczynski tries a head kick but it misses.
Evurts takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Evurts.
Stephan Evurts is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Byczynski throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Evurts.
Byczynski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nataniel Byczynski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Evurts lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Byczynski circles away quickly and effectively.
Byczynski swings for the body but Evurts moves out of range.
Byczynski takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jab by Evurts.
Evurts fails to land with a series of punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Byczynski. Evurts does a little dance to reset his feet.
Evurts throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Evurts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Byczynski rushes Evurts and presses him up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evurts avoiding damage as Byczynski throws knees to the body.
Byczynski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Evurts is defending well for now.
Byczynski tries a body shot but Evurts blocks it.
Byczynski looking to throw knees to the head but Evurts is blocking nicely.
Byczynski throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Evurts managing to block the knees to the body from Byczynski.
Byczynski connects with a nasty looking knee right to Evurts's face.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Evurts.

Byczynski manages to break the clinch.
Byczynski thows a left - swing and a miss!
Evurts rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Byczynski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Byczynski tries to close the distance and clinch but Evurts swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Evurts is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Evurts misses with a double jab.
Evurts scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Nataniel Byczynski has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evurts defending well as Byczynski loads up on a big left hand.
A cross from Byczynski lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Evurts throws a body punch but Byczynski moves out of range.
Evurts just misses with a punch to the body.
Byczynski uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Evurts.

Byczynski darts in and clinches Evurts up against the cage.
Evurts takes an elbow to the forehead.
Byczynski takes a shot to the head.
Evurts throws a head punch that misses.
Evurts managing to block the knees to the body from Byczynski.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Evurts misses with a hook to the ribs.
Byczynski unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Byczynski lands a good knee to the midsection. Evurts won't want to take too many of those.
Nataniel Byczynski seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Byczynski tries to land knees in the clinch but Evurts avoids the damage to the body.
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.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Byczynski lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Evurts backs up against the cage.
Evurts throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Byczynski.
Evurts rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Byczynski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Byczynski lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Evurts circles away quickly and effectively.
Byczynski misses with a two punch combination.
Evurts throws a right and a left that both miss.
Byczynski swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Evurts, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Byczynski is looking to clinch but Evurts is avoiding it.
Evurts swings for the body but Byczynski moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Byczynski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Byczynski throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A combination from Evurts does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byczynski lands with a nice body kick.
Byczynski throws a head kick that Evurts semi-blocks.
Byczynski moves in looking to clinch but Evurts pushes him off.
Evurts walks into a left hand.
Evurts swats away the attempt to clinch by Byczynski.
Evurts bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Byczynski's head backwards.
Evurts misses with a double jab.
Byczynski darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Evurts is rocked!

Byczynski rushes Evurts and presses him up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Byczynski trying to land knees to the body.
Evurts lands a body punch.
Evurts is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stephan Evurts has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Evurts is defending well for now.
Evurts is trying to push Byczynski away but Byczynski has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Evurts managing to block the knees to the body from Byczynski.

Byczynski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A combination from Byczynski does no damage.

Byczynski gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Byczynski misses with a hook to the ribs.
Byczynski tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Byczynski missing with knees to the body.
Byczynski lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Byczynski can't find room to land a body shot as Evurts controls the action.
Byczynski lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Byczynski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Evurts avoids it.
Byczynski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evurts tries to circle away but Byczynski has him pinned against the cage.
Byczynski misses with a body punch.
Evurts working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Byczynski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Evurts is defending well for now.
Evurts has a couple of punches blocked by Byczynski.
Byczynski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Evurts is defending well for now.
Byczynski tries to land a knee to the head but Evurts blocks with his arms.
Byczynski tries to throw a body punch but Evurts avoids it by throwing Byczynski back against the cage.
Byczynski lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Byczynski lands a body punch.
Byczynski landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
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!
Evurts managing to block the knees to the body from Byczynski.
Evurts tries a body shot but Byczynski blocks it.
Byczynski landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nataniel Byczynski is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evurts misses with a body punch.

Byczynski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Danga de danga de dang - Byczynski scores with a four punch combination!
Evurts misses the shot to the body.
Byczynski throws a right and a left that both miss.
Evurts throws a poor cross that misses
and Byczynski counters with a left and a right that stings Evurts.
Evurts lands with an overhand left.
Byczynski connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Evurts's hands.
Evurts lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Byczynski wants to clinch.
Evurts takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nataniel Byczynski!
Nataniel Byczynski took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Untouchable Fight Nutrition Q160 $125 for their support in the buildup to the fight.