PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jari Byczynski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Genghis Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khan has chosen Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World as his entrance music. Genghis Khan acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Byczynski
vs
Khan

202 cm
24
202 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

175 cm
33
187 lbs
20 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jari Byczynski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Genghis Khan!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Hugh Johnson and Topper Green.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan throws a wild body kick that Byczynski sees coming a mile off.
Khan swats away the attempt to clinch by Byczynski.
The fight stays on the outside here - Byczynski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Byczynski throws a right hand that Khan ducks under and follows up with a left that Khan also avoids with ease.
Byczynski connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Byczynski throws a body punch but Khan moves out of range.
Khan lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Khan throws the left hand but Byczynski avoids the punch easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Byczynski scores with a body shot.
Khan ducks under a wild hook from Byczynski.

Byczynski forces Khan back against the cage and clinches.
Byczynski is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Byczynski misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Byczynski is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Byczynski lands a hook that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Khan tries to work over Byczynski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A shot in the inside from Byczynski.
Khan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Khan presses Byczynski against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Khan.
Byczynski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Byczynski.
Khan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Khan lands a body punch.
Khan misses with a punch on the inside.
Khan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Byczynski misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khan swings wildly with an uppercut but Byczynski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Byczynski throws an elbow but it misses.
Khan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khan struggles to land a body shot inside as Byczynski controls his hands.
Khan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Byczynski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khan throws a head punch that misses.
Khan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khan.
Khan throws a head punch that misses.
Khan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Byczynski misses with a body punch.
Khan lands a hook that snaps the head of Byczynski backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Khan.
Khan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Byczynski softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Khan scores with a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Byczynski breaks from the clinch.
Khan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Byczynski.
It looked like Byczynski was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Khan.
Byczynski misses with a straight left.
Byczynski will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Khan scoring well with a low kick there.
Khan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Byczynski doesn't seem bothered though.
Khan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jab, jab by Byczynski - just one landing.
Byczynski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice body punch from Khan.
Byczynski listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Khan wants to slow Byczynski down by chopping away at his legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Byczynski was well out of range. Poor timing from Khan.
Byczynski takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khan looks to score with a jab to the body but Byczynski is just out of range.
Byczynski lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Byczynski dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Khan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Khan closes the distance and clinches.
Byczynski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Byczynski really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Khan lands an uppercut.
Khan swings wildly with an uppercut but Byczynski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Byczynski misses with a body punch.
Byczynski takes a shot to the head.
Khan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Byczynski blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Genghis Khan dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Byczynski tries to clinch there but Khan circles away.
Byczynski stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Jari Byczynski is winning the standup battle so far.
Byczynski moves away from the strike by Khan.
Byczynski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khan misses with a body shot.
Byczynski was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Khan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Byczynski.
Byczynski takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Khan misses with a wild body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Byczynski misses the target.
Khan takes a swing at Byczynski's ribcage but misses.
A big right from Khan misses.
Jari Byczynski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Byczynski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Byczynski misses with a wild combination.
Byczynski stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Byczynski wants it to stay on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byczynski takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Khan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Byczynski is out of range and Khan settles back down.
Khan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Byczynski lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Khan backs up against the cage.

Khan drives through and clinches with Byczynski against the cage.
Byczynski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khan misses with the head strike.
Khan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Byczynski misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Byczynski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khan lands a nice uppercut.
Byczynski misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Byczynski.
Byczynski throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Byczynski breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski misses with a low kick.
Byczynski is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Byczynski wants to clinch.
A combination from Byczynski does no damage.
Khan connects with a nice looking jab.
Khan loads up on a big right hand but Byczynski slips the punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Byczynski. Khan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Byczynski dodges the punch combination from Khan.
Byczynski will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Khan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Khan throws a jab but it's blocked by Byczynski.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan throws a hook but Byczynski avoids it easily.
Khan looks to throw the jab but Byczynski is out of range.
Khan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
An attempted straight right counter from Byczynski misses the target.
Byczynski tries to clinch up but Khan circles away and keeps his distance.
Byczynski throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khan throws a fast counter high kick but Byczynski manages to duck under it in time.
Khan swings for the body but Byczynski moves out of range.
Byczynski feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Khan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Byczynski at a distance.
Byczynski checks the leg kick.
Byczynski scores with a jab to the body.
Byczynski takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Byczynski lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Donk. Byczynski catches Khan right on the button with a cross.
Khan misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A left lands for Byczynski.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Byczynski avoids the body shot from Khan.
Byczynski misses with a looping right.
Khan now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Khan.
Byczynski throws a nice looking combination but Khan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Khan drops his hands momentarily and Byczynski takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jab from Khan.
Khan misses with a takedown attempt
and Byczynski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Byczynski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Khan misses with a straight left.

Byczynski moves into the clinch.
Byczynski is trying to maintain a safe position but Khan gets an underhook and turns Byczynski into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Genghis Khan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Byczynski looks to land a left hand but Khan moved out of range nicely.
A countering left hand to the body from Khan misses.
Byczynski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Byczynski lands a head shot.
Khan takes one to the chin there.
Nice jab there from Byczynski.
Byczynski is looking to clinch.
Khan steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Byczynski.
Byczynski wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Byczynski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khan was well out of range. Poor timing from Byczynski.
It looks like Byczynski has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
A head kick misses from Khan.
Byczynski is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Khan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Byczynski is out of range.
Khan throws a shot from downtown. Byczynski moves away and avoids it.
A telegraphed right hand from Byczynski misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byczynski shoots for a double leg takedown but Khan sprawls well. He's pushed Byczynski's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A countering left hand to the body from Khan misses.
Khan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Byczynski throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

Byczynski clinches.
Khan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Byczynski lands a knee to the head.
Khan blocks a body shot from Byczynski.
Byczynski lands with a right to the head.
Byczynski lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Byczynski stalling in the clinch but Khan improves position.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Khan as Byczynski tries to tie him up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khan.
Khan works on Byczynski's body with a couple of short punches.
Khan swings wildly with an uppercut but Byczynski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khan swings wildly with an uppercut but Byczynski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jari Byczynski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Byczynski.
Khan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Khan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Khan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Khan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Byczynski struggles to land a body shot inside as Khan controls his hands.
Khan lands with a left to the head.
Khan tries to throw a body punch but Byczynski avoids it by throwing Khan back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
Khan lands a nice uppercut.
Khan can't find room to land a body shot as Byczynski controls the action.
Byczynski blocks a body shot from Khan.
Khan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Byczynski blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Byczynski.
Khan lands a nice uppercut.

Byczynski is rocked!
Byczynski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Khan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khan tries to throw a body punch but Byczynski avoids it by throwing Khan back against the cage.
Khan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Byczynski's elbow.
Genghis Khan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Byczynski misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Genghis Khan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Oh Byczynski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Khan working aggressively here.
Byczynski is trying to maintain a safe position but Khan gets an underhook and turns Byczynski into the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Byczynski.
Khan presses Byczynski against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Byczynski.
Byczynski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Byczynski blocking some punches.
Khan lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Khan.
Khan lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Byczynski to his knees! Khan keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Genghis Khan!
Genghis Khan seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.