PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pops Maellard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jari Byczynski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jari Byczynski will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Maellard
vs
Byczynski

183 cm
32
188 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

202 cm
28
202 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
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 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pops Maellard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jari Byczynski!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Steve Erwin and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Maellard rushes Byczynski and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Maellard working aggressively here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Byczynski creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Maellard slows down the pace here.
Maellard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maellard looking to stall.
Maellard throws a head punch that misses.
Maellard lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Good body shot from Byczynski.
Maellard displaying some good clinch control by pressing Byczynski up against the cage.
Maellard lands a left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good body shot from Maellard.
Maellard blocks an uppercut.
Maellard scores with a hook to the body.
Maellard throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Byczynskis head.
Byczynski misses with a hook from the clinch.
Byczynski is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A short right from Maellard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maellard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maellard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maellard blocks a body shot from Byczynski.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Byczynski misses with the head strike.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Maellard tries to stall but Byczynski uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Byczynski tries to stall but Maellard uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Maellard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Maellard lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Maellard misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maellard.
Byczynski lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Maellard backwards.
Byczynski prevents a body shot from Maellard.
A nice left hand lands by Maellard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski looking to throw knees to the head but Maellard is blocking nicely.
Maellard cracks Byczynski with a nice body shot.
A body shot lands from Maellard.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Maellard.
Maellard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Byczynski's elbow.
Maellard tries to work over Byczynski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Maellard displaying some good clinch control by pressing Byczynski up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Maellard fails to land.
Byczynski tries to break the clinch but Maellard is controlling the position.
Maellard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Byczynski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Maellard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Byczynski.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maellard lands with a left to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maellard.
Byczynski tries a body shot but Maellard blocks it.
Byczynski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maellard is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Byczynski is keeping busy.
Byczynski working aggressively here.
Byczynski lands a body punch.
Maellard lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Byczynski backwards.
Maellard lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Maellard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Byczynski tries to land knees in the clinch but Maellard avoids the damage to the body.
Maellard lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Byczynski being controlled against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Byczynski.
Maellard has a couple of punches blocked by Byczynski.
Byczynski trying to land knees to the body.
Maellard tries to throw a body punch but Byczynski avoids it by throwing Maellard back against the cage.
Maellard avoids a wild elbow strike from Byczynski.
Maellard struggles to land a body shot inside as Byczynski controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maellard lands with a right to the head.
Maellard lands a shot to the body.
Maellard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Byczynski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Come on Byczynski - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Maellard lands a hook that snaps the head of Byczynski backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maellard tries to work over Byczynski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Byczynski lands an uppercut.
Byczynski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Maellard throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Byczynski throws an elbow but misses.
Byczynski takes a shot to the head.
Byczynski has Maellard pressed against the cage, preventing Maellard from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pops Maellard dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Maellard fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Byczynski, pushing him back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Byczynski.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Byczynski.
Maellard throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Byczynski.
Maellard swings wildly with an uppercut but Byczynski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Byczynski stalling in the clinch but Maellard improves position.
Byczynski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Maellard misses with the head strike.
A short right from Byczynski on the inside.
Nice body punch from Maellard - that landed with a thud.
The referee calls for Byczynski to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maellard tries to stall but Byczynski uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Byczynski is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Maellard tries a body shot but Byczynski blocks it.
Byczynski softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Byczynski.
Byczynski throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Maellards head.
Maellard tries a body shot but Byczynski blocks it.
Byczynski taking a breather.
Byczynski content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Maellard dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Maellard.
Maellard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Byczynski is trying to maintain a safe position but Maellard gets an underhook and turns Byczynski into the cage.
Maellard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Maellard scores with a shot to the side of Byczynski's head.
Byczynski blocks an uppercut.
Maellard slowing the pace effectively.
Maellard slows down the pace here.
Maellard gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Byczynski struggles to land a body shot inside as Maellard controls his hands.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Maellard creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Maellard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Byczynski can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski blocking some punches.
Byczynski prevents a body shot from Maellard.
Maellard misses with some punches.
Maellard managing to block the knees to the body from Byczynski.
Maellard stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Byczynski lands an elbow just above Maellard 's eye.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Byczynski looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Byczynski misses with a hook from the clinch.
Byczynski is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Maellard tries to work over Byczynski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Maellard can't find room to land a body shot as Byczynski controls the action.
Byczynski blocks a body shot from Maellard.
Maellard controlling the action here for a moment.
Byczynski lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Maellard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maellard lands a body shot.
Byczynski has a couple of punches blocked by Maellard.
Maellard working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Byczynski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Byczynski misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Byczynski.
Maellard leaning against his opponent.
A short left from Byczynski.
Maellard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Byczynski lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Maellard backwards.
Maellard dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Maellard fails to land.
Byczynski misses with a body punch.
Maellard prevents a body shot from Byczynski.
Byczynski misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maellard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Byczynski swings wildly with an uppercut but Maellard uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Maellard.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Byczynski misses with some punches.
Byczynski is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Maellard is keeping busy.
Maellard tries to work over Byczynski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Maellard lands a body shot in the clinch.
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!
Maellard misses with a punch on the inside.
Byczynski trying to control the position but instead, Maellard has worked for underhooks and has pushed Byczynski into the cage.
Byczynski working aggressively here.
Byczynski misses with a body punch.
Maellard stalling in the clinch but Byczynski improves position.
Byczynski throws a head punch that misses.
Maellard blocks an uppercut.
Byczynski lands a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jari Byczynski will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Maellard tries to clinch up.
Maellard misses with a series of wild punches.
Maellard cracks Byczynski with a good jab.
Maellard throws a hook to the side of Byczynski's head but Byczynski sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It seemed like Byczynski was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Byczynski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maellard moves away.
Byczynski throws a looping overhand right but Maellard ducks down to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Maellard.

Maellard gets a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maellard tries to throw a body punch but Byczynski avoids it by throwing Maellard back against the cage.
Maellard lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Byczynski or not.
A short uppercut from Maellard.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Byczynski.
Maellard is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Maellard working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byczynski misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Maellard.
Byczynski blocking some punches.
Maellard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Maellard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Maellard throws a punch but it's blocked by Byczynski.
Maellard can't find room to land a body shot as Byczynski controls the action.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Good body shot from Maellard.
Maellard can't find room to land a body shot as Byczynski controls the action.
Maellard struggles to land a body shot inside as Byczynski controls his hands.
Byczynski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Maellard can't find room to land a body shot as Byczynski controls the action.
Maellard takes a knee to the side of the body.
Maellard misses with a body punch.
Maellard makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Maellard misses with a punch to the body.
Maellard is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Maellard is working Byczynski over against the cage.
Byczynski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Maellard swings wildly with an uppercut but Byczynski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Byczynski blocking some punches.
Byczynski misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Maellard as the two fighters clinch.
Byczynski blocking some punches.
Maellard gets through Byczynski's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Byczynski taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Maellard stalling in the clinch but Byczynski improves position.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Byczynski misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Maellard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maellard lands a nice uppercut.
Maellard misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Maellard.
Maellard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Maellard scores with a shoulder strike.
Maellard displaying some good clinch control by pressing Byczynski up against the cage.
Byczynski swings wildly with an uppercut but Maellard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maellard lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Byczynski.
A short right from Maellard.
Byczynski displaying some good clinch control by pressing Maellard up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Byczynski fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Maellard escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A jab from Byczynski finds it's way through Maellard's defenses.
Byczynski misses with a left hand
and Maellard counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Byczynski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Byczynski lands a nice shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maellard works Byczynski's body with a nice hook.
Byczynski is looking to clinch.
Byczynski takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Byczynski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Byczynski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Byczynski throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Byczynski takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Byczynski is rocked!
Maellard closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Byczynski! Maellard dives in looking to finish! Byczynski is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pops Maellard!
A relieved looking Pops Maellard thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.