PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marek Brychczy (ranked 1989 p4p, 3736 weight class) and Shiro Ivancala (ranked 111 p4p, 204 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Brychczy
vs
Ivancala

166 cm
21
135
4 - 2 - 0

150 cm
20
135
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marek Brychczy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shiro Ivancala!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Andrew Berry and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ivancala has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ivancala working aggressively here.
Brychczy works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Brychczy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Brychczy lands an uppercut.
Brychczy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ivancala slows down the pace here.
Ivancala misses with the head strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Brychczy.
Brychczy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A right hook to the body lands for Brychczy.
Ivancala misses with the head strike.
Brychczy digs a right hand underneath Ivancala's ribcage. Ivancala let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ivancala misses with the head strike.
Brychczy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ivancala's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ivancala.
Brychczy digs a right hand into Ivancala's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ivancala's gas tank.
Ivancala goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ivancala misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brychczy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Brychczy gets through Ivancala's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Brychczy lands a shoulder strike.
Brychczy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Brychczy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ivancala's elbow.
A short right from Brychczy on the inside.
Brychczy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ivancala struggles to land a body shot inside as Brychczy controls his hands.
Brychczy digs a right hand into Ivancala's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ivancala's gas tank.
Ivancala misses with a hook from the clinch.

Brychczy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Ivancala forces Brychczy back against the cage and clinches.
Brychczy scores with a shot to the side of Ivancala's head.
Brychczy lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ivancala is working Brychczy over against the cage.
Brychczy lands a shot to the body.
Brychczy lands a nice uppercut.
Brychczy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brychczy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ivancala tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brychczy struggles to land a body shot inside as Ivancala controls his hands.
Brychczy blocking some punches.
Brychczy prevents a body shot from Ivancala.
Ivancala's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ivancala throws a head punch that misses.
Brychczy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brychczy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ivancala backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Brychczy.
Brychczy lands a shoulder strike.
Brychczy scores with a shoulder strike.
Brychczy digs a right hand underneath Ivancala's ribcage. Ivancala let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A left hand lands to the body for Brychczy.
Ivancala looks winded!
A nice left hand lands by Brychczy.
Ivancala throws a head punch that misses.
Brychczy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ivancala misses with some punches.
Brychczy lands an uppercut.
Brychczy lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ivancala.
Ivancala misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brychczy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Brychczy tries to work over Ivancala's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ivancala taking a breather.
Brychczy is leaning against Ivancala and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Brychczy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Brychczy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ivancala backwards.
Brychczy lands a hook that snaps the head of Ivancala backwards.

Ivancala is rocked!
A short right from Brychczy on the inside.
Ivancala is still on wobbly legs! Can Brychczy finish him?
Ivancala misses with a punch on the inside.
Brychczy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ivancala seems to have recovered his senses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Brychczy.
Ivancala looking to stall.
Brychczy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ivancala prevents a body shot from Brychczy.
Brychczy lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ivancala misses with some punches.
Brychczy pushes Ivancala back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brychczy works on Ivancala's body with a couple of short punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brychczy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Brychczy is working Ivancala over against the cage.
Ivancala takes a shot to the head.
Ivancala tries a body shot but Brychczy blocks it.
Brychczy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brychczy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ivancala backwards.
Good body shot from Brychczy.
Brychczy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ivancala's elbow.
Ivancala misses with a punch to the body.
Ivancala tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brychczy blocks a body shot from Ivancala.
Ivancala takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Brychczy.
Brychczy lands with a right to the head.
Brychczy lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ivancala tries to throw a body punch but Brychczy avoids it by throwing Ivancala back against the cage.
Brychczy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Brychczy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ivancala misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marek Brychczy dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Ivancala tries to clinch up
and Brychczy counters with a nice uppercut.
Ivancala tries to clinch up.
Ivancala tries to clinch but Brychczy moves away
and Brychczy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Brychczy lands a jab to the nose.
Brychczy scores with a body shot.
Ivancala wants to clinch.
Brychczy connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ivancala. Ivancala circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brychczy connects with a looping right hand.
Ivancala wants to clinch
and Brychczy counters with a stiff right hand.
Brychczy is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Ivancala tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Brychczy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Brychczy is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Ivancala tries to clinch but Brychczy moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Brychczy lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ivancala doesn't seem phased though.
Ivancala tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Brychczy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Brychczy listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
It looks like Brychczy has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Brychczy looks to score with a jab to the body but Ivancala is just out of range.
Shiro Ivancala seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brychczy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ivancala tries to clinch but Brychczy moves away
and Brychczy counters with a straight right hand.
Brychczy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brychczy fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ivancala looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Ivancala darts in and clinches Brychczy up against the cage.
The referee calls for Ivancala to work.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brychczy.
Ivancala has a couple of punches blocked by Brychczy.
Ivancala misses with the head strike.
Ivancala lands a right hand that snaps the head of Brychczy backwards.
A short right from Brychczy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brychczy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ivancala fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Brychczy manages to break the clinch.
Brychczy lands a nice looking body shot.
Brychczy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ivancala can do to turn this around?
Ivancala on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ivancala tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Brychczy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ivancala throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Brychczy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Brychczy jabs at Ivancala's body.
A telegraphed right hand from Ivancala misses the target.
Brychczy throws a big counter combination but Ivancala scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Ivancala tries to close the distance and clinch but Brychczy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brychczy appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Ivancala wants to clinch
and Brychczy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Brychczy stuns Ivancala with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Brychczy swats away the attempt to clinch by Ivancala.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brychczy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ivancala was well out of range. Poor timing from Brychczy.
Ivancala has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Brychczy finds it's way round the side to connect with Ivancala's head.
Ivancala looks to clinch
letting Brychczy counter with a right hand.
Brychczy connects with the punch.
Brychczy scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Brychczy looks to score with a jab to the body but Ivancala is just out of range.
Brychczy fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ivancala on the side of the head.
Jab by Brychczy.
Ivancala tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A little feinted left hand from Brychczy on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ivancala moves forwards but Brychczy connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Marek Brychczy is winning the standup battle so far.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ivancala. Brychczy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ivancala tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brychczy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brychczy is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Brychczy lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brychczy closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ivancala looks to clinch
and Brychczy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ivancala misses with a jab to the body
and Brychczy counters with a stiff right hand.
Ivancala moves in looking to clinch but Brychczy pushes him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ivancala fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice shot lands for Brychczy.
Brychczy lands a lovely overhand right.
Ivancala takes a swing at Brychczy's ribcage but misses.
Brychczy tries to bum rush Ivancala with a series of wild strikes but Ivancala uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ivancala moves in looking to clinch but Brychczy pushes him off.
Brychczy appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Brychczy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A slow jab from Brychczy misses its intended target.
Ivancala tries to clinch
letting Brychczy counter with a right hand.
Ivancala is looking to clinch but Brychczy is avoiding it.
Brychczy circles away from the clinch attempt
and Brychczy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ivancala darts in trying to clinch
and Brychczy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ivancala tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Brychczy to counter with a crisp jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marek Brychczy 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!

Ivancala gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ivancala misses with a hook
and Brychczy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ivancala has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Good standup being displayed there by Brychczy as he connects with a hook.
Ivancala is looking to clinch but Brychczy is avoiding it.
Donk. Brychczy catches Ivancala right on the button with a cross.
Brychczy is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Ivancala misses with a hook
and Brychczy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Brychczy throws a one two combo.
Brychczy lands with a straight right. Ivancala didn't see that one coming.
Brychczy scores with the left hand. Ivancala knows he should have avoided that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ivancala tries to clinch but Brychczy moves out of range.
Ivancala rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Brychczy to counter with a crisp jab.
Brychczy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ivancala.

Ivancala closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Brychczy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ivancala.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brychczy prevents a body shot from Ivancala.
Brychczy works on Ivancala's body with a couple of short punches.
Ivancala takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Brychczy lands a nice uppercut.
Ivancala misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brychczy lands a hook that snaps the head of Ivancala backwards.
Brychczy misses with a body punch.
Brychczy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ivancala misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Brychczy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Brychczy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brychczy scores with a shot to the side of Ivancala's head.
Brychczy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ivancala throws a punch but it's blocked by Brychczy.
Brychczy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brychczy cracks Ivancala with a nice body shot.
Shiro Ivancala has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ivancala is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Ivancala fails to land.
Brychczy digs a right hand into Ivancala's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ivancala's gas tank.
Ivancala has a couple of punches blocked by Brychczy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brychczy pushes Ivancala back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Brychczy.
Brychczy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ivancala backwards.
Brychczy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ivancala backwards.
Brychczy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ivancala backwards.
Ivancala tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brychczy's elbow.
Brychczy cracks Ivancala with a nice body shot.
Brychczy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ivancala backwards.
Brychczy unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Ivancala! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Brychczy is unloading with more strikes now! Ivancala drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marek Brychczy!