PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Krystian Soszynski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryan Mayhem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Soszynski comes to the ring accompanied by Sabaton - 40 : 1. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Bryan Mayhem was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Soszynski
vs
Mayhem

188 cm
23
207 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

180 cm
30
224 lbs
16 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

RAGS of a RONIN
Pit Bull Development

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 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Krystian Soszynski!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bryan Mayhem!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Sosuke Kotani and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good work by Mayhem as he checks the leg kick.
It seemed like Mayhem was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Mayhem misses with a shot to the body
and Soszynski counters with a left to the body.
Soszynski throws a jab when Mayhem was well out of range.
Soszynski is looking to score with low kicks.
Mayhem swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Mayhem tries to clinch but Soszynski moves out of range.
Soszynski lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Soszynski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mayhem has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Soszynski on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A big left from Soszynski misses.
Mayhem swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soszynski misses with a hook to the body
letting Mayhem counter with a right hand.
Soszynski has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Mayhem avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Krystian Soszynski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Mayhem is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Soszynski's half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayhem misses with a head shot. Soszynski uses the momentum to regain guard.
Soszynski keeping moving, preventing Mayhem from controlling successfully.
Mayhem in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Soszynski keeping moving, preventing Mayhem from controlling successfully.
Mayhem throwing strikes but missing.
Mayhem slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Mayhem trying to control the position from guard on top but Soszynski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mayhem might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Soszynski haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
A head kick misses from Soszynski.
Mayhem has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mayhem there as he acknowledges the shot.
Soszynski bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mayhem's head.
Soszynski digs a good body shot into Mayhem's ribs.
Soszynski throws a hook but Mayhem avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem misses with a hook.
Soszynski gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mayhem uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Soszynski.
Soszynski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mayhem displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Soszynski throws out the jab.
Mayhem looks for a takedown but Soszynski sprawls well.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Soszynski, right into the meat.
Krystian Soszynski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mayhem ducks under a wild hook from Soszynski.
It seemed like Mayhem was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Mayhem misses with a hook. Soszynski ducked under it nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Soszynski misses the target.

Mayhem shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Soszynski manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soszynski working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mayhem.
Soszynski controls Mayhem momentarily but Mayhem frees himself.
Mayhem scoring with punches to the head and body.
Mayhem is looking to work some ground and pound but Soszynski has wrist control.
Mayhem postures up in Soszynski's guard and throws a big left but Soszynski blocks it.
Mayhem is looking to work some ground and pound but Soszynski has wrist control.
Mayhem with a flurry of punches that miss.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Soszynski avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mayhem in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Krystian Soszynski will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Soszynski misses with a leg kick
enabling Mayhem to counter with a crisp jab.
Soszynski throws a leg kick

and Mayhem counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Mayhem not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Mayhem thows a huge punch but Soszynski dodges it nicely.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Mayhem in particular looking to stall.
Mayhem lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Mayhem thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soszynski is staying active underneath Mayhem, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayhem misses with a head shot. Soszynski uses the momentum to regain guard.
Mayhem throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Soszynski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mayhem wants to control from the top but Soszynski keeps moving.
Soszynski has control of Mayhem's left arm, preventing Mayhem from doing any damage.
Mayhem is looking to work some ground and pound but Soszynski has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Mayhem trying to control the position from guard on top but Soszynski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Soszynski with a hook.
Soszynski cracks Mayhem with a right hand to the side of the head.
Soszynski throws an off balance right hand
and Soszynski takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Soszynski dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mayhem. That did some damage!

Mayhem rushes Soszynski and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Soszynski works on Mayhem's body with a couple of short punches.
Soszynski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Mayhem jumps guard and drags Soszynski to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Soszynski wants to pass the guard but Mayhem is keeping the position.
Mayhem is adopting a defensive guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem working a defensive guard here.
Mayhem doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Mayhem is looking to sweep but instead, Soszynski has passed into half guard.
Mayhem has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Mayhem wants to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Mayhem trying to hold on to Soszynski's head to control him but Soszynski postures up.
Mayhem slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Mayhem wants to control the position but Soszynski says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Mayhem wants to improve his position but Soszynski is controlling well.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mayhem is concentrating on defense, preventing Soszynski from advancing position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bryan Mayhem showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Soszynski connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mayhem's hands.
Mayhem tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A low kick from Soszynski misses
and Mayhem counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Mayhem tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Soszynski misses with a body punch
and Mayhem counters with a nice uppercut.
Soszynski lands a front kick.
Mayhem uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Soszynski.
Soszynski lands a slapping body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soszynski cracks a nice hook into Mayhem's ribs.
Soszynski throws a hook but Mayhem avoids it easily.
A little jabbing left from Mayhem on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Krystian Soszynski is winning the standup battle so far.
Soszynski motions for Mayhem to come forward. Soszynski throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayhem misses with a body shot
and Soszynski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Soszynski throws a push kick but Mayhem slaps the foot to one side.
Mayhem catches Soszynski with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Soszynski connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mayhem. Mayhem circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Soszynski throws a low kick, looking for Mayhem's leg but Mayhem calmly moves out of range.
Mayhem drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Soszynski defends it well.
Soszynski throws a jab but it's blocked by Mayhem.
Mayhem with the counter takedown but Soszynski avoids it easily.
Mayhem rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Soszynski makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Soszynski keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Mayhem takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Mayhem keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Soszynski throws a shot from downtown. Mayhem moves away and avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soszynski scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Soszynski punishes Mayhem's body with a nice straight punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Soszynski throws a front kick that sends Mayhem stumbling back into the ropes.
Nice cross by Soszynski.
Soszynski throws out a loose jab but Mayhem uses good head movement to avoid it.
Soszynski throws a leg kick that is checked

and Mayhem counters by moving into the clinch.
Mayhem tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Soszynski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mayhem's elbow.
Soszynski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mayhem swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Soszynski lands a body shot.
Mayhem tries to throw a body punch but Soszynski avoids it by throwing Mayhem back against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Soszynski.
Mayhem takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Soszynski lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mayhem is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Soszynski pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Soszynski presses Mayhem against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Soszynski misses with a body punch.
Mayhem misses with a hook from the clinch.
Soszynski misses with a body punch.
Soszynski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mayhem struggles to land a body shot inside as Soszynski controls his hands.
Mayhem misses with the head strike.
Mayhem pushes Soszynski back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Soszynski lands an uppercut.
Mayhem tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mayhem is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Soszynski is defending well.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Soszynski.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soszynski tries a body shot but Mayhem blocks it.
Soszynski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mayhem misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mayhem throws a head punch that misses.
Soszynski misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mayhem wants a takedown but no success here.
Krystian Soszynski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bryan Mayhem.
Mayhem blocks an uppercut.

Soszynski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Soszynski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mayhem moves away.
Mayhem swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Soszynski lands with a good body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mayhem staying out of range there.
Mayhem throws out a counter right but Soszynski avoids it with no problem.
Mayhem tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Krystian Soszynski clearly takes that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Mayhem on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Soszynski connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Mayhem bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Mayhem throws an elbow but Soszynski slips to the side and avoids it well.
Mayhem trying to control the action but Soszynski is working from the bottom.
Soszynski tries to improve position but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mayhem looks up at the clock and then as Soszynski takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Mayhem smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

It looks like Krystian Soszynski has been cut.
Mayhem working away.
Soszynski avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Mayhem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Soszynski taking a bit of punishment here - Mayhem scoring with strikes.
Mayhem in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Mayhem throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Mayhem tries to advance to mount but Soszynski denies him.
Soszynski tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The ground and pound from Mayhem seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Soszynski parries the strikes from Mayhem easily there. Mayhem is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Soszynski to escape.
Mayhem throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Mayhem throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Soszynski works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Mayhem throwing shots but Soszynski is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem not doing much here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Mayhem throws a right hand that misses
and Soszynski counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Soszynski lands a slapping body shot.
Mayhem throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Soszynski throws a chopping leg kick but Mayhem manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Mayhem feints the counter takedown.
Soszynski throws a sloppy head kick
and Mayhem counters with a stiff right hand.
Soszynski comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Soszynski looks to score with a jab to the body but Mayhem is just out of range.
Soszynski jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Soszynski jabs at Mayhem's body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem moves out of range of the leg kick from Soszynski.
Soszynski throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Mayhem.
Soszynski throws a leg kick but Mayhem checks it.
Mayhem drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Soszynski defends it well.
Mayhem ducks under a wild hook from Soszynski.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mayhem! But no joy.
Soszynski misses with an uppercut
and Mayhem cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
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!
Mayhem misses with a body shot.
Soszynski throws a body punch but Mayhem moves out of range.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nice defenses there by Mayhem.
Soszynski is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Mayhem.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mayhem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Bryan Mayhem will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Krystian Soszynski's cut.
That's time! Soszynski's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

A big left from Soszynski misses.
Soszynski misses with a low kick.
Soszynski scores with a shot to the body.
Soszynski swings for the body but Mayhem moves out of range.
Mayhem throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Soszynski sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Soszynski lunges at Mayhem with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mayhem's hand.
Mayhem takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soszynski throws an off balance right hand

so Mayhem counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Mayhem trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mayhem scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soszynski pulls Mayhem in close to prevent any damage.
Mayhem is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Mayhem trying to control the position from guard on top but Soszynski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Soszynski trying to keep a closed guard but Mayhem is proving a slippery customer.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A lazy left from Mayhem finds it's target.
Soszynski throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mayhem walks into a straight right hand from Soszynski.
A telegraphed right hand from Mayhem misses the target.
Soszynski throws a big shot that misses.
Soszynski's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mayhem under the eye.
Soszynski fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mayhem.
Mayhem avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Mayhem tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Soszynski scores with a nice head shot.
Mayhem shoots in looking for a takedown but Soszynski manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Mayhem's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soszynski throws a hook to the side of Mayhem's head but Mayhem sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mayhem thows a left - swing and a miss!
Soszynski scores with a shot to the body.
Soszynski throws a quick inside leg kick.
Soszynski connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bryan Mayhem has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A nice inside leg kick there by Soszynski. That's going to slow Mayhem down.
Mayhem scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Soszynski throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Soszynski smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Mayhem throws a looping overhand right but Soszynski ducks down to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Soszynski on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Soszynski.
Soszynski misses with an uppercut. Mayhem saw that one coming.
Mayhem looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Soszynski lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Soszynski takes a swing at Mayhem's ribcage but misses.
Mayhem let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Mayhem throws a hook but Soszynski avoids it easily.
Mayhem avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Soszynski looks to score with a jab to the body but Mayhem is just out of range.
Mayhem tries to clinch but Soszynski moves out of range.
Soszynski went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Soszynski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Krystian Soszynski showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Soszynski has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Krystian Soszynski!
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Krystian Soszynski!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Krystian Soszynski!

Krystian Soszynski wins by unanimous decision!
Krystian Soszynski retains his light heavyweight title!
After winning the bout, Krystian Soszynski thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.