PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam McCullen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Krystian Soszynski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Soszynski's choice of entrance music: Sabaton - 40 : 1. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

McCullen
vs
Soszynski

195 cm
22
215 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

188 cm
22
207 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

RAGS of a RONIN

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Sam McCullen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Krystian Soszynski!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCullen looks to score with a jab to the body but Soszynski is just out of range.
McCullen throws a right hand that misses
enabling Soszynski to counter with a crisp jab.
McCullen throws a head kick but Soszynski moves out of range.
Jab, jab by Soszynski - just one landing.

It looks like Sam McCullen has been cut.
A slow jab from McCullen misses its intended target.
McCullen connects with a high kick.

It looks like Krystian Soszynski has been cut.
Soszynski lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Soszynski lands a nice hook to McCullen's body. McCullen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Soszynski moves away from the strike by McCullen.
Soszynski lunges at McCullen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by McCullen's hand.
Soszynski connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McCullen motions for Soszynski to come forward. McCullen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Soszynski paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Soszynski on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Soszynski thuds a left hand into McCullen's body.
McCullen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
McCullen walks into a stiff left hand from Soszynski.
Sam McCullen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from McCullen misses.
Soszynski looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Soszynski clinches up against the ropes.
McCullen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McCullen can't find room to land a body shot as Soszynski controls the action.
McCullen lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Soszynski fails to land.
Soszynski prevents a body shot from McCullen.
Soszynski tries to throw a body punch but McCullen avoids it by throwing Soszynski back against the ropes.
McCullen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Soszynski scores with a hook to the body.
Soszynski lands on the inside with an uppercut.
McCullen blocking some punches.
McCullen throws a head punch that misses.
Good body shot from Soszynski.
A short left from McCullen.
McCullen misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Soszynski.
A shot in the inside from Soszynski.
Soszynski blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from McCullen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McCullen misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soszynski lands on the inside with an uppercut.
McCullen tries to break free but Soszynski pushes him back against the ropes.
McCullen tries to throw a body punch but Soszynski avoids it by throwing McCullen back against the ropes.
McCullen lands a body shot.
McCullen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McCullen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
McCullen can't find room to land a body shot as Soszynski controls the action.
McCullen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
McCullen misses with a body punch.
Soszynski working some nice short punches in the clinch.
McCullen misses with a hook from the clinch.
McCullen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Soszynski misses with a short punch on the inside.
McCullen lands a left hand.
Soszynski working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Soszynski.
Soszynski blocks a body shot from McCullen.
McCullen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McCullen takes a shot to the head.
Soszynski works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Soszynski lands a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCullen misses with a body punch.
Soszynski lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McCullen backwards.
McCullen is breathing heavily.

McCullen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Soszynski keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Soszynski takes the fight into the clinch.
Soszynski lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Soszynski works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Soszynski digs a right hand into McCullen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on McCullen's gas tank.
Soszynski lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Soszynski lands an uppercut.
McCullen working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Soszynski.
Soszynski pushes McCullen back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Soszynski lands a hook to the side of the head.
Soszynski lands a hook to the side of the head.
McCullen is trying to push Soszynski away but Soszynski has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Soszynski lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down McCullen.
Soszynski working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Sam McCullen's cut is getting worse.
Soszynski lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McCullen or not.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Soszynski on the inside.
Soszynski lands with a short head shot on the inside.

McCullen is rocked!
Soszynski unloads with a big right hand that wobbles McCullen! He's leaning against the ropes trying to keep his feet but Soszynski is unloading with more strikes now! McCullen drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Krystian Soszynski!
Krystian Soszynski is the new light heavyweight champion!
Krystian Soszynski seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.