PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Enting Butikol (ranked 4909 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jari Byczynski (ranked 3734 p4p, 0 weight class). Jari Byczynski has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Butikol
vs
Byczynski

188 cm
39
192 lbs
27 - 16 - 0

202 cm
30
202 lbs
9 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very strong

Excellent grappler
World class 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 27 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Enting Butikol!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jari Byczynski!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Chris Dean and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Byczynski looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
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.
A slow jab from Byczynski misses its intended target.
Butikol lands a nice hook to Byczynski's body. Byczynski takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Butikol takes a swing at Byczynski's ribcage but misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Byczynski.
Byczynski thuds his right hand into Butikol's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Butikol takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Butikol misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Byczynski lands a nice hook to Butikol's body. Butikol takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Byczynski scores with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Byczynski closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Byczynski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Byczynski swings wildly with an uppercut but Butikol uses good head movement to avoid it.
Butikol missing with knees to the body.
Byczynski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Byczynski.
Byczynski gets through Butikol's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Butikol is rocked!
Byczynski blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Butikol throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Still in the clinch, Byczynski scores with a nice short uppercut.
Oh Butikol is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Byczynski working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Byczynski blocks an elbow strike.
Byczynski looking to throw knees to the head but Butikol is blocking nicely.
Butikol misses with an elbow over the top.
A hook to the body from Byczynski.
A body shot lands from Byczynski.
Butikol is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Byczynski is defending well for now.
Byczynski gets through Butikol's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Byczynski using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Butikol has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Byczynski lands with a short shot to the head.
Byczynski slowing the pace effectively.
Byczynski lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Butikol to his knees! Byczynski keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jari Byczynski!
An out of breath Jari Byczynski thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.