PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lukasz Patryk (ranked 5149 p4p, 605 weight class) and Raheem Nazir (ranked 8914 p4p, 744 weight class). The key to victory for Lukasz Patryk has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Patryk
vs
Nazir

187 cm
25
208 lbs
4 - 15 - 0

185 cm
24
210 lbs
9 - 17 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lukasz Patryk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Raheem Nazir!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nazir pushes Patryk up against the cage in a clinch.
Nazir tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Patryk breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nazir is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nazir goes for a double leg but Patryk avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Patryk continues to drive forward.
Patryk seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

Patryk has managed to clinch.
Nazir is looking to take this one to the mat.
Lukasz Patryk has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Raheem Nazir.

Nazir jumps into guard, dragging Patryk to the mat.
Patryk cracks Nazir with a solid left hand.

Patryk got a little sloppy there for a moment and Nazir has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Patryk has managed to get both his arms back between Nazir's legs - danger averted.
Patryk loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Patryk postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Patryk controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Nazir is trying to keep Patryk in close.
Patryk with a flurry of punches that miss.
Patryk trying to control but Nazir is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patryk is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Patryk has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Nazir is trying to control the position but Patryk postures up.
Nazir looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Patryk pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nazir is keeping the position for now.
Patryk is stalling in the full guard.
Patryk throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Patryk landing some decent shots from guard.
Nazir looking to hit a scissor sweep but Patryk is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Patryk scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Nazir wants to stand up but Patryk is controlling him.

Patryk decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Nazir fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Nazir is defended easily by Patryk.
Nazir tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Patryk manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nazir shoots in looking for a takedown. Patryk tries to sprawl out of it but Nazir keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Patryk manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Patryk takes the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Patryk manages to break the clinch.
Patryk stuffs the takedown attempt from Nazir. Nazir gets slowly back to his feet.
Patryk fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nazir tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Patryk shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Nazir sprawls well. Nazir wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Patryk gets slowly back to his feet.

Patryk clinches with his opponent.
Nazir wants a takedown.
Patryk lands a shot to the body.

Patryk's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Patryk throws a combination. Nazir tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

It looks like Raheem Nazir has been cut.

Patryk clinches up against the cage.
Patryk scores with a shot to the side of Nazir's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Patryk on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Patryk wants to take the fight to the mat but Nazir manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

Patryk manages to break the clinch.
Nazir closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Patryk closes the distance and clinches.
Patryk looking to slow down the pace here.

Patryk manages to pull guard.
Nazir wants to control from the top but Patryk keeps moving.
Patryk is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Nazir trying to control but Patryk is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lukasz Patryk dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Raheem Nazir's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Patryk shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Nazir defends it nicely.
Patryk chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Patryk has been working on his balance at 3Band MMA ($700/week), so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Nazir.
Patryk goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Patryk connects with a good right hand that stumbles Nazir. Nazir circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nazir misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
It looked like Patryk was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

Patryk fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nazir, pushing him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Patryk goes for a takedown attempt but Nazir pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Nazir takes the fight into the clinch.
Patryk is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Nazir pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lukasz Patryk. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patryk jumps guard but Nazir stands there with Patryk around his waist. Patryk gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Patryk ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Patryk no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Nazir pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Patryk is keeping the position for now.
Nazir working some strikes from top position.
Patryk lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Nazir is trying to keep Patryk in close.
Patryk slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Patryk gets to his feet - Nazir follows without any prompting.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nazir tries to keep at a distance but Patryk has taken the fight into the clinch.
Patryk is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Nazir has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Patryk is trying to keep an underhook but Nazir manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Patryk manages to get to full guard.
Nazir connects with a couple of short punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Nazir gets to his feet - Patryk follows without any prompting.
Patryk throws a series of strikes that have Nazir backpedaling.
Patryk with a lazy takedown attempt

and Nazir counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Patryk is looking to get back to is feet but Nazir passes into side control.
Patryk takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Patryk is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nazir can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patryk tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Nazir wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Nazir working the body and head with strikes.
Patryk wants to control but Nazir postures up.

Nazir working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Patryk tries to improve position but can't.
Nazir is working Patryk over with some ground and pound from side control.
Patryk can't do much from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patryk has one of Nazir's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
Nazir lands an elbow.
Nazir lands an elbow.

Nazir looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Patryk is trying to improve his position.
Nazir creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Patryk sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Lukasz Patryk will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Raheem Nazir's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Patryk lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Patryk is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Patryk breaks the clinch.
Nazir leaves Patryk with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Nazir unleashes a big counter combination but Patryk bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

Nazir gets tackled into the cage by Patryk. Patryk maintains the clinch.
Lukasz Patryk has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Patryk drags the fight down to the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nazir tries to free his leg and advance position but Patryk is retaining full guard.
Nazir not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Patryk controls Nazir momentarily but Nazir frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazir slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Nazir wants to take a breather but Patryk manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Nazir.
Nazir throws a big elbow that misses.
Nazir wants to control from the top but Patryk keeps moving.
Nazir trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Patryk manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

Patryk landing some decent shots from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patryk with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Patryk thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Patryk decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Nazir blocks a head kick by Patryk.
Nice sprawl there from Nazir as Patryk shoots in.
Nazir replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Patryk blocks it well.
Nazir leaves Patryk with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lukasz Patryk. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Patryk shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Nazir as he avoids it easily.

Nazir looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nazir is keen to just control but Patryk is a slippery customer.

Patryk manages to escape and get back to his feet!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patryk tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Nazir swivels and escapes.

Nazir shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Patryk is trying to defend but Nazir finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Nazir lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Nazir scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Patryk is not content to let Nazir control the position.
Patryk gets back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazir stays in close to Patryk's body and controls the position.
Patryk wants to sweep but no luck.
Nazir pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Patryk is keeping the position for now.
Nazir content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Nazir scoring with some ground and pound.
Nazir working some strikes from top position.
Raheem Nazir has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lukasz Patryk is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nazir stands up over Patryk, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lukasz Patryk showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Patryk has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lukasz Patryk!
Lukasz Patryk tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.