PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kane Yamada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nataniel Byczynski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Byczynski is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: War is My Destiny. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Yamada
vs
Byczynski

190 cm
40
197 lbs
45 - 17 - 1

200 cm
43
260 lbs
40 - 35 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

KnockOut

Spartan Nutrition
FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 45 - 17 - 1, fighting out of London, Kane Yamada!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 35 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nataniel Byczynski!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Illya Tyunina and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Byczynski forces Yamada back against the cage and clinches.
Byczynski blocking some punches.
Yamada tries a body shot but Byczynski blocks it.
Yamada digs a right hand underneath Byczynski's ribcage. Byczynski let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Byczynski tries a body shot but Yamada blocks it.
Yamada scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Byczynski misses with a body punch.
Byczynski digs a right hand underneath Yamada's ribcage. Yamada let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Yamada misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yamada.
Yamada lands a shoulder strike.
Yamada lands a hook that snaps the head of Byczynski backwards.
Yamada misses with the head strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Yamada.
Yamada blocks an elbow strike from Byczynski.
Byczynski lands with a left to the head.
Yamada is trying to break free.
Yamada blocks a body shot from Byczynski.
Byczynski is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Yamada lands a right hand that snaps the head of Byczynski backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamada lands with a left to the head.
Byczynski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yamada pushes Byczynski back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Yamada.
Come on Yamada - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Good body shot from Yamada.
Byczynski tries to stall but Yamada uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Yamada lands a body shot.
Yamada misses with a body punch.
Byczynski landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Byczynski scores a nice knee to the body.
Good body shot from Yamada.
A hook to the body from Yamada.
Yamada is stalling here.
Byczynski throws a knee to the head but misses.
Byczynski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamada misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Yamada fails to land.
Yamada lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Byczynski or not.
Yamada lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yamada working aggressively here.
Byczynski blocking some punches.
Yamada swings wildly with an uppercut but Byczynski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Byczynski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yamada avoids it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yamada creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Byczynski using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yamada has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yamada scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Byczynski is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Byczynski using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yamada has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yamada softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yamada lands with a short shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamada blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yamada lands a right hand.
Byczynski tries to work over Yamada's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yamada fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Byczynski breaks the clinch.
Yamada lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Yamada.

It looks like Nataniel Byczynski has been cut.
Byczynski throws a series of punches but Yamada moves out of range.
Yamada fails with an attempt to clinch.
Byczynski swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Byczynski avoids the body shot from Yamada.
Byczynski throws a shot to the body.
Yamada throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Byczynski.
Byczynski blocks a jab.
Byczynski looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Yamada lands with an overhand left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yamada feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Byczynski's calf.
Kane Yamada is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yamada throws a series of punches but Byczynski avoids them all with ease.
Yamada pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski checks the leg kick nicely there.
Byczynski dodges the punch combination from Yamada.
Byczynski throws a series of punches but Yamada avoids them all with ease.

Byczynski has Yamada up against the cage in a clinch.
Good body shot from Byczynski.
Byczynski with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yamada avoiding damage as Byczynski throws knees to the body.
Yamada gets through Byczynski's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Byczynski tries a body shot but Yamada blocks it.
Yamada tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Yamada fails to land.
Yamada swings wildly with an uppercut but Byczynski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yamada lands a shoulder strike.
Yamada pushes Byczynski back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kane Yamada dominated that round.
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.

Byczynski shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Yamada eats them both and turns towards Byczynski to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Yamada has managed to clinch.
Byczynski is looking to control Yamada's arms but Yamada gets an underhook and turns him. Now Byczynski has his back to the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Byczynski.
Byczynski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yamada misses with the head strike.
Byczynski tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short left from Yamada.
Yamada scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Yamada being controlled against the cage.
Byczynski landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Byczynski missing with knees to the body.
Byczynski lands with a short shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Byczynski tries to land knees in the clinch but Yamada avoids the damage to the body.
Yamada managing to block the knees to the body from Byczynski.
Byczynski taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kane Yamada has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byczynski has Yamada pressed against the cage.
Byczynski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yamada is defending well for now.
Yamada is leaning against Byczynski and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Yamada managing to block the knees to the body from Byczynski.
Byczynski can't find room to land a body shot as Yamada controls the action.
Byczynski throws a punch but it's blocked by Yamada.
Byczynski tries to work over Yamada's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yamada managing to block the knees to the body from Byczynski.
Yamada softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yamada tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hand to the body from Yamada.
Yamada just leaning against Byczynski, taking a breather.
Yamada is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Yamada lands with a left to the head.
Yamada is trying to maintain a safe position but Byczynski gets an underhook and turns Yamada into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski trying to land 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. Yamada is defending well for now.
Yamada tries to work over Byczynski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Byczynski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Yamada.
Yamada tries a body shot but Byczynski blocks it.
Yamada misses with a punch on the inside.
Yamada has a couple of punches blocked by Byczynski.
Yamada dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Byczynski digs a right hand underneath Yamada's ribcage. Yamada let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Byczynski is looking to break free of the clinch but Yamada has double underhooks.
Byczynski tries a knee to the head but Yamada blocks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yamada lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Yamada softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yamada misses with a punch to the body.
Byczynski blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski can't find room to land a body shot as Yamada controls the action.
Byczynski is trying to stall.
Yamada avoiding damage as Byczynski throws knees to the body.
Good body shot from Byczynski.
Yamada tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Byczynski's elbow.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Yamada.
Byczynski can't find room to land a body shot as Yamada controls the action.
Yamada swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A body shot lands from Yamada.
Byczynski is breathing heavily.
Byczynski blocks an uppercut.
Yamada throws a punch but it's blocked by Byczynski.
Yamada scores with a shot to the side of Byczynski's head.
Yamada blocks an uppercut.
Yamada prevents a body shot from Byczynski.
Byczynski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Byczynski looking to throw knees to the head but Yamada is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yamada scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Byczynski tries to work over Yamada's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yamada throws a punch but it's blocked by Byczynski.
Byczynski tries to land knees in the clinch but Yamada avoids the damage to the body.
Byczynski is leaning against Yamada and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Byczynski tries to land knees in the clinch but Yamada avoids the damage to the body.
Byczynski lands with a light punch inside.
Yamada tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Byczynski's elbow.
Byczynski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yamada.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Byczynski missing with knees to the body.
Yamada stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Yamada lands a nice uppercut.
Yamada avoids the elbow strike from Byczynski, against the cage.
Byczynski is trying to push Yamada away but Yamada has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Byczynski lands a hook that snaps the head of Yamada backwards.
A short uppercut from Yamada.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Kane Yamada 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.

Yamada throws a leg kick
and Byczynski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Byczynski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yamada fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Byczynski is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Yamada.

That has opened up Nataniel Byczynski's cut even more.

Yamada clinches up with Byczynski and pushes him back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yamada.

Byczynski is rocked!
Byczynski blocks an uppercut.
Byczynski has a couple of punches blocked by Yamada.
Byczynski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yamada.
Yamada cracks Byczynski with a nice body shot.
Yamada lands a body shot.
Yamada pushes Byczynski back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Byczynski is still on wobbly legs! Can Yamada finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Byczynski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yamada is defending well for now.
Byczynski seems to have recovered his senses.
Byczynski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Yamada can't find room to land a body shot as Byczynski controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byczynski tries to land knees in the clinch but Yamada avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Yamada fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yamada.
Yamada is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Byczynski can do to turn this around?
Byczynski struggles to land a body shot inside as Yamada controls his hands.

Yamada breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yamada jabs at Byczynski's body.
Yamada lands the left hand.
Yamada lands with a shot to the body.
Yamada lands a leg kick that knocks Byczynski off balance momentarily.
Yamada lands with an overhand left.
Byczynski misses with a looping left.
Yamada throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Byczynski stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Byczynski tries to keep at a distance but Yamada has taken the fight into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Yamada fails to land.
Yamada pushes Byczynski back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yamada lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski blocks a body shot from Yamada.
Yamada tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Byczynski's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Yamada scores with a hook to the body.
Yamada lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yamada misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yamada misses with a body punch.
Yamada scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Byczynski prevents a body shot from Yamada.
Yamada is leaning against Byczynski and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Yamada pushes Byczynski back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yamada.

The cut above Nataniel Byczynski's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Yamada lands a body punch in the clinch.
Yamada lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Yamada lands a body shot.
Yamada lands a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamada doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yamada lands with a left to the head.
Yamada pushes off and lands a massive hook that knocks Byczynski out cold! The fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kane Yamada!
Kane Yamada retains his super heavyweight title!
An intense looking Kane Yamada took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'Frank King you are an idiot for leaving Exiled for LOP of shit!'.