PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Stevenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jari Byczynski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stevenson
vs
Byczynski

195 cm
26
220 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

202 cm
21
202 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jon Stevenson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jari Byczynski!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Darius Henderson and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Byczynski throws a nice outside leg kick.
Stevenson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Stevenson cracks Byczynski with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Byczynski gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Stevenson.

It looks like Jari Byczynski has been cut.
Stevenson throws a right and a left that Byczynski avoids nicely.
Byczynski throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stevenson.
Stevenson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Byczynski.
Jon Stevenson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stevenson throws a lazy right hand but Byczynski sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Some wild striking there from Stevenson.
Byczynski lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Stevenson misses with the combination.
Stevenson misses with a left hand
and Byczynski counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Byczynski forces Stevenson back against the cage and clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Stevenson's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byczynski throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stevenson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Byczynski avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Byczynski has Stevenson pushed against the cage.
Stevenson tries to score a body lock takedown but Byczynski shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Byczynski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stevenson's elbow.
Stevenson can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jon Stevenson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Byczynski keeps control of Stevenson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Byczynski breaks the clinch.

Byczynski pushes Stevenson up against the cage in a clinch.
Byczynski gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Stevenson.
Byczynski tries to work over Stevenson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Byczynski can't find room to land a body shot as Stevenson controls the action.
Stevenson tries to break free but Byczynski pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski lands with a short shot to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Byczynski.
Byczynski landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Stevenson is breathing heavily.
Byczynski landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Byczynski works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Byczynski manages to break the clinch.
Byczynski scores with the left hand. Stevenson knows he should have avoided that one.
A slapping body kick lands there for Byczynski.
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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A chopping leg kick lands by Byczynski.

Byczynski gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Byczynski lands a body shot.
Stevenson avoiding damage as Byczynski throws knees to the body.
Byczynski lands a left hand.
Byczynski missing with knees to the body.
Byczynski tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stevenson tries for a takedown. No joy.
Byczynski utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Byczynski.
Byczynski stalling against the cage.
Byczynski gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Stevenson.
Byczynski prevents a takedown attempt there.
Stevenson letting Byczynski take a breather here.
Stevenson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Byczynski fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Byczynski clinches with his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski stalls.
Byczynski lands a left hand.
Byczynski scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Byczynski working Stevenson over with knees to the body.
Byczynski missing with knees to the body.
Stevenson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stevenson can't break the clinch.
Byczynski lands a nice knee to the body.
Stevenson has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Byczynski after a bit of a struggle.
Byczynski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stevenson is defending well for now.
Byczynski is stalling here.
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!
Byczynski is stalling here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jari Byczynski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jari 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.

Byczynski throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Byczynski connects with a jab.
Stevenson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Byczynski.
Byczynski is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Stevenson tries to keep at a distance but Byczynski has taken the fight into the clinch.
Byczynski creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Stevenson's defenses.
Byczynski trying to land knees to the body.
Byczynski scores a nice knee to the body.
Byczynski stalling against the cage.

Byczynski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Byczynski lands the left hand.
Byczynski lands with an overhand left.
Byczynski has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
No joy there for Byczynski, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Byczynski, right into the meat.
Byczynski scores with a three punch combo!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevenson connects with a looping right hand.
Stevenson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Byczynski in his tracks.
A swing and a miss from Stevenson.
Stevenson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Byczynski blocks a jab.
Stevenson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Byczynski moves away.
Byczynski lands with a nice body kick.
Byczynski dodges the punch combination from Stevenson.
Jon Stevenson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A nice combination there by Byczynski.
Byczynski connects with a crisp jab.
Nice shot by Byczynski.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stevenson throws an off balance right hand
and Byczynski counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Byczynski has Stevenson up against the cage in a clinch.
Stevenson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

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. Stevenson is defending well for now.
Byczynski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Byczynski tries to work over Stevenson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stevenson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Byczynski gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Stevenson managing to block the knees to the body from Byczynski.
Stevenson wants to break the clinch but can't.

Byczynski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stevenson lands a jab to the head.
Stevenson misses the jab.
Stevenson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Byczynski.
Stevenson misses with a straight left.

Byczynski moves into the clinch.
Byczynski misses with a punch to the body.
Jari Byczynski seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Byczynski lands an elbow inside.
Byczynski tries a body shot but Stevenson blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson wants to take the fight to the mat but Byczynski manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Byczynski prevents Stevenson from breaking the clinch.
Byczynski tries to land knees in the clinch but Stevenson avoids the damage to the body.
Stevenson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Byczynski gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jon Stevenson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A right hook to the body lands for Byczynski.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stevenson is trying to break free.

Byczynski breaks the clinch.
Byczynski ducks under a wild hook from Stevenson.
Stevenson throws a jab when Byczynski was well out of range.
Stevenson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Byczynski lands a nice hook to Stevenson's body. Stevenson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Byczynski moves into the clinch successfully.
Byczynski works on Stevenson's body with a couple of short punches.
Byczynski lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Byczynski pulls his leg out and moves away.
Byczynski changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A left lands for Byczynski.
Byczynski lands a nice leg kick that just misses Stevenson's sensitive parts.
Byczynski scores with a nice right hand.
Jari Byczynski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An inside leg kick lands from Byczynski.
Byczynski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Stevenson.
Stevenson throws a series of punches but Byczynski moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Byczynski there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Stevenson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Byczynski throws a good cross that connects.
Stevenson walks into a stiff left hand from Byczynski.

Byczynski closes the distance and clinches.
Byczynski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stevenson avoids it.
Byczynski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stevenson's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jari Byczynski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jari 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 thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Stevenson if he has to take too many more of those.
Byczynski feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Stevensons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A nice combination there by Byczynski.
Byczynski throws a series of strikes that have Stevenson backpedaling.
Stevenson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Stevenson misses with a left hand
and Byczynski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jon Stevenson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Byczynski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stevenson throws a right and a left that Byczynski avoids nicely.
Byczynski uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Stevenson.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Byczynski has Stevenson up against the cage in a clinch.
Byczynski leaning his opponent against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Stevenson tries to score a body lock takedown but Byczynski shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Byczynski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stevenson is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byczynski is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A right hook to the body lands for Byczynski.
Stevenson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stevenson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Byczynski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Byczynski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Byczynski gets a clinch.

Byczynski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Byczynski fails to land with a series of punches.
Stevenson misses with a combination
and Byczynski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Byczynski closes the distance and clinches.

Byczynski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stevenson avoids the head kick by Byczynski.
Stevenson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson throws a lazy uppercut
and Byczynski counters with a thumping low kick.
Byczynski throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Stevenson misses with a straight left.
Stevenson throws a jab but it's blocked by Byczynski.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stevenson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Byczynski.
Stevenson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Stevenson misses the shot to the body.

Byczynski clinches up with Stevenson and pushes him back against the cage.
Byczynski scores a nice knee to the body.
Byczynski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stevenson.
Byczynski lands a nice uppercut.
Stevenson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Byczynski avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Byczynski looking to throw knees to the head but Stevenson is blocking nicely.
Byczynski landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Byczynski misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Byczynski.
Byczynski lands a good knee to the midsection. Stevenson won't want to take too many of those.

Byczynski breaks from the clinch.
Byczynski fails to land with a series of punches.

Byczynski clinches up with Stevenson and pushes him back against the cage.
A short left from Byczynski.
Byczynski lands a knee to the head.
Byczynski missing with knees to the body.
Byczynski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stevenson's elbow.
Byczynski stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Byczynski is leaning against Stevenson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Byczynski.
Jari 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.
Byczynski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stevenson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Byczynski scores a nice knee to the body.
Byczynski is working Stevenson over against the cage.
Byczynski avoiding damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Byczynski.
Byczynski is working Stevenson over against the cage.
Byczynski has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Byczynski content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Byczynski avoiding damage.
Stevenson is trying to force a seperation but Byczynski has the dominant position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jari 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jari Byczynski!
After winning the bout, Jari Byczynski thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.