PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jari Byczynski (ranked 2556 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karol Tarczynski (ranked 2593 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Byczynski
vs
Tarczynski

202 cm
32
202 lbs
11 - 11 - 0

186 cm
42
198 lbs
40 - 19 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jari Byczynski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 19 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Karol Tarczynski!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Summer Carpenter and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tarczynski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Byczynski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tarczynski.
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.
Byczynski throws a hook but Tarczynski avoids it easily.
Byczynski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tarczynski doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Tarczynski!
Byczynski has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Zen Balance Monastery in the buildup to the fight.
Byczynski scores with the left hand. Tarczynski knows he should have avoided that one.
Byczynski goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Byczynski looks to land a left hand but Tarczynski moved out of range nicely.
Byczynski misses with a kick to the body.
A countering left hand to the body from Tarczynski misses.
Tarczynski bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Byczynski's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Tarczynski gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tarczynski throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tarczynski stalling.
Tarczynski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tarczynski missing with knees to the body.
Tarczynski misses with the head strike.
Byczynski misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarczynski is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Byczynski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Byczynski throws a jab but it's blocked by Tarczynski.
Tarczynski lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Byczynski at a distance.
Tarczynski throws a sloppy head kick and Byczynski moves out of range easily.
Byczynski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tarczynski thows a left - swing and a miss!
Byczynski ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Byczynski misses with a left hand
and Tarczynski counters with an outside leg kick.
Byczynski misses with a right hand
letting Tarczynski counter with a right hand.
Karol Tarczynski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tarczynski with a hook.
Byczynski misses with a body shot.
Nice jab there from Byczynski.

Tarczynski tries to keep at a distance but Byczynski has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Byczynski trying to land knees to the body.
Tarczynski misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tarczynski takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Karol Tarczynski has been cut.
Byczynski avoiding damage as Tarczynski throws knees to the body.
Byczynski pushes off an throws an elbow but Tarczynski leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Good body shot from Tarczynski.
Byczynski tries to land knees in the clinch but Tarczynski avoids the damage to the body.
Tarczynski tries a body shot but Byczynski blocks it.
Tarczynski lands a knee to the body.
Byczynski lands a shoulder strike.
Come on Tarczynski - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Byczynski blocks a body shot from Tarczynski.
Tarczynski is pushing Byczynski up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Tarczynski wants to stall.
Tarczynski misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tarczynski struggles to land a body shot inside as Byczynski controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Tarczynski fails to land.
Tarczynski is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Byczynski is keeping busy.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tarczynski.
Byczynski working hard to break the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Tarczynski slows down the pace here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Karol Tarczynski.
Byczynski scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tarczynski tries to clinch but Byczynski moves out of range.
Tarczynski scoring well with a low kick there.
Tarczynski with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Byczynski displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tarczynski throws out the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski works the jab nicely.
Tarczynski has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Byczynski finds it's way round the side to connect with Tarczynski's head.
Tarczynski lands a leg kick that knocks Byczynski off balance momentarily.

Byczynski fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tarczynski, pushing him back against the cage.
Byczynski has a couple of punches blocked by Tarczynski.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Byczynski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tarczynski lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Byczynski lands with a left to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Byczynski lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tarczynski backwards.
Tarczynski looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A nice left hand lands by Tarczynski.
Tarczynski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Byczynski avoids it.

Tarczynski breaks the clinch.
Tarczynski looks to land a right hand but Byczynski moved out of range.
Tarczynski misses with a jab to the body
and Byczynski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Byczynski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
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 Jari Byczynski will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Karol Tarczynski's cut.
That's time! Byczynski's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Tarczynski on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Tarczynski shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Byczynski wants to clinch.
Byczynski 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.
Byczynski takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Tarczynski throws a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Byczynski scores with a jab. Tarczynski acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jari Byczynski is winning the standup battle so far.
Tarczynski fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Byczynski on the side of the head.
Tarczynski tries a head kick but it misses.
Byczynski gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tarczynski.
Jari Byczynski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byczynski connects with a nice looking jab.
Tarczynski shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Tarczynski lands with a nice body kick.
Tarczynski dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tarczynski. Byczynski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tarczynski fails to land with a series of punches.
Tarczynski walks into a stiff left hand from Byczynski.
Byczynski throws a series of punches but Tarczynski avoids them all with ease.
Byczynski will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tarczynski uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Byczynski uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tarczynski.
Tarczynski feints and then cracks Byczynski's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Byczynski down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tarczynski throws a head kick but Byczynski moves out of range.
Byczynski scores with a hook.
Byczynski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Byczynski.
Byczynski misses with a few strikes there.
Byczynski is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Byczynski misses with a lunging right hand
and Tarczynski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Byczynski is rocked!
Byczynski gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Tarczynski gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Karol Tarczynski!