PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lukasz Patryk (ranked 7066 p4p, 116 weight class) and Maciej Gorski (ranked 6597 p4p, 113 weight class). Gorski has chosen Harnaś as his entrance music. Maciej Gorski is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Patryk
vs
Gorski

187 cm
29
208 lbs
8 - 22 - 0

173 cm
33
156 lbs
7 - 22 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

RESISTANCE

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 22 - 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 7 - 22 - 1, fighting out of London, Maciej Gorski!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Patryk scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Patryk lands a few punches from side control.
Gorski is letting Patryk control him for a moment.
Patryk working the ground and pound from side control.
Patryk will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Gorski can't do much from the bottom here.
Patryk connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Gorski some visible discomfort.

Patryk is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Gorski is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
We've been hearing good reports from Patryk's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
An elbow from Patryk crashes against the mat.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

Patryk tries for a kimura but Gorski is defending well.
Patryk cracks Gorski with a big elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Patryk creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Gorski sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Gorski tries to improve position but can't.
Gorski is working to avoid the ground and pound but Patryk connects with a decent elbow.
Gorski tries to improve position but can't.
Patryk landing strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patryk controlling from side mount.

Patryk is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Gorski is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Patryk is chipping away with strikes.
Patryk scoring with punches and elbows.
Gorski is trying to get back to his feet.
Gorski tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Patryk wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Gorski gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Gorski has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Patryk is working away from the top position though.
Patryk is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Patryk is trying to work for a kimura but Gorski is defending well.
Gorski is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gorski is refusing to be controlled, as Patryk sits in half guard.
Patryk scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Patryk drops an elbow to the side of Gorski's head.
Patryk controlling the action here.
Patryk seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Patryk is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!

Patryk decides to stand up.
Gorski shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Patryk connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
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!
Gorski fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gorski closes the distance and clinches up with Patryk, looking for a takedown. Gorski pushes Patryk against the cage but Patryk circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Gorski tries for a takedown but Patryk circles away easily

and Patryk counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Patryk.
Lukasz Patryk has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maciej Gorski.
Gorski drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Patryk gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Patryk gets control of Gorski's arms and successfully pulls guard. Patryk will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Patryk is pulling down on Gorski's head to control his posture.
Gorski preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gorski is fighting to break Patryk's control of his arms but Patryk is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Patryk preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gorski in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gorski looking to sit in guard and control but Patryk gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Patryk gets to his feet. Gorski looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gorski throws a lazy uppercut
and Patryk counters with a straight right hand.
Gorski thows a leg kick but Patryk checks it

and Patryk counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
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!
Patryk content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Patryk trying to control but Gorski is working from the bottom.
Patryk keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Gorski's head.
Patryk connects with a couple of short punches.
Patryk is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Patryk lands a couple of elbows.
Patryk advances position into side control!
Gorski takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Patryk connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Gorski some visible discomfort.
Patryk lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Patryk working the head and body with strikes.
Gorski takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lukasz Patryk dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Gorski rushes Patryk and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Patryk with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Patryk jumps guard.
Gorski preventing the sweep.
Gorski is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Patryk is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Patryk thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Patryk lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Gorski wants to control but Patryk is keeping busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Patryk lands strikes from half guard.
Patryk working over Gorski with some ground and pound. Gorski looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Gorski trying to control but Patryk postures up.
Gorski taking some punishment here, with Patryk in his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gorski is trying to control but can't.
Gorski taking some punishment here, with Patryk in his half guard.
Nice strikes from Patryk there.
Lukasz Patryk overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gorski taking some punishment here, with Patryk in his half guard.
Patryk is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Nice strikes from Patryk there.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Patryk lands a nice short elbow.
Patryk scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Patryk looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gorski with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Gorski is looking for a sweep. Patryk is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ground and pound from Patryk.
Patryk scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Patryk stands up out of the half guard.
Patryk is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gorski can do to turn this around?
Gorski misses with a takedown attempt - Patryk sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patryk scores with a three punch combo!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gorski with a poor takedown
enabling Patryk to counter with a crisp jab.

Patryk is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Gorski's half guard.
Patryk lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Patryk working Gorski over with strikes.
Patryk slows the pace down in half guard.
Patryk slips a nice elbow through Gorski's hands, connecting with Gorski's forehead.

Patryk seems to be working for a kimura but Gorski defends the submission attempt.
Ground and pound from Patryk.
Gorski is trying to stand.
Gorski wants to control but Patryk is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Patryk connects with a nice short shot to Gorski's temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patryk controlling the action here.
Patryk is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Patryk.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Patryk lands a nice short elbow.
Patryk lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Gorski punching from the bottom.
Gorski has hold of Patryk's hands but Patryk slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Patryk stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Gorski fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Lukasz Patryk has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maciej Gorski.
Nice takedown defense from Patryk. No joy for Gorski on that attempt.
Patryk went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Lukasz Patryk is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gorski is breathing heavily.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Gorski enables Patryk to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Gorski manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Patryk slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Gorski can't do much from the bottom here.
Patryk cracks Gorski with a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Patryk in side control lands a decent elbow.
Patryk taking a breather here.
Patryk is working Gorski over with some ground and pound from side control.
Patryk lands a few punches from side control.
Patryk lands a nice forearm strike.
Patryk cracks Gorski with a big elbow.
Gorski is being controlled here.

Patryk tries for a kimura but Gorski is defending well.
Patryk working away.
Gorski is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Patryk lands a few punches from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lukasz Patryk dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Patryk feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Patryk keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Gorski's head.
Gorski preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gorski looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Patryk lands a couple of digs.
Patryk makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Patryk connects with a couple of short punches.
Patryk is working Gorski over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Patryk advances to half guard.

Patryk decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Gorski with a lazy takedown attempt

and Patryk counters by clinching up.

Patryk has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Gorski is trying to keep an underhook but Patryk manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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!
Patryk with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Patryk is nestled in close to Gorski, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ground and pound from Patryk.
Patryk prevents Gorski from improving his position.
Gorski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Patryk escapes and gets back to his feet.
Patryk leaves Gorski with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Patryk is looking for a counter combo.

Patryk darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Gorski is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Patryk scores with a couple of nice shots.

Patryk seems to be looking for submissions.
Nice strikes from Patryk there.
Patryk slips a nice elbow through Gorski's hands, connecting with Gorski's forehead.

Patryk is looking for a kimura but Gorski is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Patryk to get the leverage.
Patryk content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gorski wants to get back to full guard.
Patryk content to control rather than advance.
Patryk's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Patryk is nestled in close to Gorski, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Patryk looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Patryk lands a nice short elbow.
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.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Patryk stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Gorski to get to his feet.
Gorski throws a leg kick

and Patryk counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Gorski!
Patryk lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Gorski down.
Gorski takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Gorski takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patryk landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Gorski is looking to reverse the position.

Patryk tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Gorski is trying to improve his position.
Patryk trying to control the position but Gorski is working away.
Patryk looks up at the clock and then as Gorski takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Patryk smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Patryk controls the position from side control.
Patryk seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Gorski for as long as he can get away with.
Patryk has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Patryk is trying to get an arm triangle but Gorski is defending well.
Gorski tries to bench press Patryk off him but Patryk keeps the position.
Patryk is putting a hurting on Gorski here, landing some big shots from side control.
Patryk in side control lands a decent elbow.

Patryk decides to stand up, so the ref orders Gorski to his feet.

Gorski closes the distance and clinches.
Patryk makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Patryk has Gorski pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Patryk pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Gorski tumbling to the mat - Patryk dives into Gorski's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Patryk lands a couple of elbows.
Maciej Gorski 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.
Patryk is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:26
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:26
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lukasz Patryk!
During a confident post fight interview, Lukasz Patryk thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.