PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tomasz Soszynski (ranked 6040 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam McAfee (ranked 6146 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Soszynski
vs
McAfee

175 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
156 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tomasz Soszynski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Adam McAfee!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, David Hoff and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Soszynski. No joy for McAfee on that attempt.

Soszynski has closed the distance and engaged McAfee in a clinch.
Soszynski stops a takedown attempt from McAfee.
Soszynski will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning McAfee up against the cage.
McAfee is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
McAfee lands a hook to the side of the head.
McAfee is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Soszynski prevents the takedown attempt.
Tomasz Soszynski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adam McAfee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McAfee trying to stall but Soszynski improves his position.
Soszynski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Soszynski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Soszynski shoots in for a double leg but McAfee sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
McAfee swats away the attempt to clinch by Soszynski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McAfee shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Soszynski but Soszynski pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Soszynski defends well against a solid takedown attempt from McAfee.

McAfee clinches up against the cage.

Soszynski has picked McAfee up - he's going for a ride! Soszynski dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
McAfee keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Soszynski is looking to advance position but McAfee won't allow it.
McAfee trying to control from the bottom.
Soszynski is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
McAfee is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Soszynski is looking for a kimura here.
McAfee is looking to improve his position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
McAfee blocking the ground and pound attempt from Soszynski.

McAfee looking for submissions off his back.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
McAfee controlling the position well.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McAfee is looking to clinch.
McAfee tries to clinch up but Soszynski circles away and keeps his distance.
Soszynski moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
McAfee looks for a takedown but Soszynski sprawls well.
Soszynski misses with a wild combination.
McAfee shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Soszynski as he jumps to the side.
McAfee fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Soszynski closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. McAfee quickly recovers to half guard.
Soszynski wants to control but McAfee is keeping him busy.
McAfee trying to hold on to Soszynski's head to control him but Soszynski postures up.
Soszynski controlling the action here.
McAfee wants to get back to full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Soszynski trying to mount his opponent but McAfee defends it.
McAfee gets full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tomasz Soszynski dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Soszynski closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming McAfee to the mat! McAfee manages to get full guard.
Soszynski throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as McAfee works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
McAfee working a defensive guard but Soszynski passes into half guard.
McAfee has his hands clasped together around Soszynski's back. He's all about the action.
McAfee is staying active underneath Soszynski, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

McAfee looking for submissions off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McAfee wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soszynski wants to stand up but McAfee is controlling the position.
McAfee won't allow Soszynski to pass to mount.
McAfee throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
McAfee is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
McAfee misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Soszynski connects with a solid leg kick.

McAfee tries to sprawl but Soszynski drives through with a takedown into half guard.
McAfee scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Soszynski manages to mount him!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soszynski trying to control but he's not successful this time.
McAfee working to try and regain half guard.
McAfee is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Tomasz Soszynski overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Soszynski avoids the attempt from McAfee to control.
McAfee sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
McAfee wants to control but Soszynski is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soszynski wants to take a breather but McAfee is having none of it.
Soszynski is really struggling to control McAfee but he's trying to hold on to the position.
McAfee wants to get back to his feet.
McAfee is looking to improve his position.
McAfee trying to control here.
McAfee desperately trying to maintain half guard.

That's four 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.

Soszynski is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. McAfee doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Soszynski.
McAfee regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Soszynski.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Soszynski tries to free his leg and advance position but McAfee is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tomasz Soszynski dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

No luck for McAfee with that takedown attempt.
McAfee tries to close the distance and clinch but Soszynski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tomasz Soszynski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

McAfee pushes Soszynski up against the cage in a clinch.
Soszynski is looking for a takedown up against the cage. McAfee gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A frustrated look appears on McAfee's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Soszynski ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Soszynski no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soszynski wants to sweep here but McAfee controlling him for the moment.
McAfee throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McAfee has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Soszynski is proving hard to escape from.
Soszynski keeping moving, preventing McAfee from controlling successfully.
McAfee is looking to stand up but Soszynski won't let him.
Soszynski is controlling McAfee's posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A low kick from McAfee misses

and Soszynski counters with a shoot takedown. McAfee fights it but they end up in guard.
Soszynski throws a strike but McAfee rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

McAfee working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Soszynski controls McAfee momentarily but McAfee frees himself.
McAfee's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Soszynski keeping moving, preventing McAfee from controlling successfully.
Soszynski doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Soszynski tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McAfee not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
McAfee trying to control the position from guard on top but Soszynski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Soszynski controlling McAfee's posture.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
McAfee fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Soszynski keeps the fight on the outside.
McAfee tries to land a front kick but Soszynski steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
McAfee tries to clinch up.

Soszynski tries to keep at a distance but McAfee has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Soszynski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

McAfee gets tackled into the cage by Soszynski. Soszynski maintains the clinch.

Soszynski breaks the clinch.
McAfee fails with the takedown.
Tomasz Soszynski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adam McAfee.
McAfee is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Soszynski as McAfee shoots in.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Soszynski gets a takedown into half guard.
McAfee takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Soszynski takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tomasz Soszynski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Soszynski, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tomasz Soszynski!