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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marek Brychczy (ranked 1802 p4p, 3796 weight class) and Lochlain OBrien (ranked 112 p4p, 207 weight class). OBrien is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Come out and fight!. Marek Brychczy could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Lochlain OBrien's chin.
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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 6 - 3 - 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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lochlain OBrien!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Lou da Vinci and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Brychczy misses.
OBrien changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Brychczy tries to avoid it but OBrien manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Brychczy to the ground. Brychczy escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
OBrien looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Brychczy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
OBrien shoots in and drives through. Brychczy sprawls well.
OBrien tries to clinch there but Brychczy circles away.
OBrien has a takedown stuffed.
Marek Brychczy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lochlain OBrien.
Brychczy throws a shot from downtown. OBrien moves away and avoids it.
OBrien shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Brychczy sprawls well. Brychczy wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. OBrien gets slowly back to his feet.
OBrien misses with a takedown attempt - Brychczy sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Brychczy scores with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
OBrien is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Brychczy's half guard.
OBrien is controlling the pace.
Brychczy has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Brychczy is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brychczy trying to control but OBrien postures up.
OBrien slows the pace down in half guard.
Brychczy blocking the ground and pound attempt from OBrien.
OBrien prevents Brychczy from improving his position.
OBrien scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
OBrien with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Brychczy wants to get back to full guard.
Brychczy wants to control but OBrien is keeping busy.
OBrien thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
OBrien tries to pass the half guard into mount. Brychczy knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
OBrien not doing much here.
Brychczy on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Brychczy tries to get out of the position.
Brychczy is looking to control OBrien's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Brychczy avoid being mounted?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Brychczy is doing well to control the position and prevent OBrien from advancing to side control.
Brychczy is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Brychczy preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
OBrien looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Brychczy with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Brychczy trying to control but OBrien postures up.
Brychczy keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
OBrien landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
OBrien trying to control the action but Brychczy is working from the bottom.
Brychczy avoiding damage under a succession of punches from OBrien.
Brychczy is looking for a sweep. OBrien is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Brychczy is trying to control but can't.
Brychczy knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for OBrien on the ground.
Brychczy has hold of OBrien's hands but OBrien slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Brychczy is trying to maintain the position but OBrien is very close to passing his half guard.
OBrien performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
OBrien working Brychczy over with strikes.
Brychczy wants to control but OBrien is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Brychczy controlling the position for now.
Brychczy wants to get back to full guard.
OBrien is trying to control the action in half guard but Brychczy is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
OBrien lands strikes from half guard.
Brychczy trying to hold on to OBrien's head to control him but OBrien postures up.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with OBrien in particular looking to stall.
OBrien is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brychczy is not content to let OBrien control the position.
OBrien is controlling the pace.
Nice strikes from OBrien there.
Well, if OBrien is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Brychczy is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Brychczy tries to get to full guard but OBrien has control of the leg.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
OBrien wants to control but Brychczy is keeping him busy.
OBrien slows the pace down in half guard.
OBrien sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Brychczy defending well though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lochlain OBrien dominated that round.
That's time! Brychczy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
OBrien shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Brychczy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice sprawl there from Brychczy as OBrien shoots in.
Brychczy jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
OBrien tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Brychczy defends well and OBrien ends up having to push Brychczy into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Marek Brychczy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lochlain OBrien.
Brychczy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Brychczy swings wildly with an uppercut but OBrien uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Brychczy.
Brychczy misses with some punches.
Brychczy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Brychczy scores with a shot to the side of OBrien's head.
OBrien gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Brychczy regains guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
OBrien wants to control from the top but Brychczy keeps moving.
OBrien postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Brychczy looking for a sweep. Not yet Brychczy, not yet.
Brychczy is working hard here to advance position.
Lochlain OBrien has got the better of the ground game so far.
OBrien landing with the ground and pound.
OBrien trying to control but Brychczy is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
OBrien is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
OBrien being controlled here momentarily.
Brychczy might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
OBrien won't allow Brychczy to sweep him here.
OBrien wants to control from the top but Brychczy keeps moving.
OBrien tries to free his leg and advance position but Brychczy is retaining full guard.
Brychczy trying to keep a closed guard but OBrien is proving a slippery customer.
Brychczy is pulling down on OBrien's head to control his posture.
Brychczy is trying to control the position but OBrien postures up.
OBrien postures up in Brychczy's guard and throws a big left but Brychczy blocks it.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Brychczy is pulling down on OBrien's head to control his posture.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
OBrien fails to land the takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
OBrien looks for a takedown but Brychczy sprawls well.
Brychczy misses with a body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Brychczy, as that shot connected.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Brychczy enables OBrien to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Brychczy manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Brychczy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Brychczy seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
OBrien is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
OBrien working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Brychczy controlling OBrien's posture.
OBrien throws a big elbow that misses.
OBrien stays in close to Brychczy's body and controls the position.
Brychczy is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
OBrien loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
OBrien is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
OBrien trying to control the position from guard on top but Brychczy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
OBrien is fighting to break Brychczy's control of his arms but Brychczy is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
OBrien wants to control from the top but Brychczy keeps moving.
OBrien has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Brychczy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Brychczy throws a jab when OBrien was well out of range.
Marek Brychczy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
OBrien changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Brychczy looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
OBrien moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Brychczy tries to bench press OBrien off him but OBrien keeps the position.
OBrien lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Brychczy down.
Brychczy can't do much from the bottom here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brychczy sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
OBrien passes to side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
OBrien takes a little break here. Brychczy wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Brychczy is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
OBrien working away.
Brychczy defending against the ground and pound.
OBrien lands some shots froms side control.
OBrien creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
OBrien wants to lay and pray for a moment but Brychczy keeps working.
OBrien cracks Brychczy with a big right hand but Brychczy just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Lochlain OBrien will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
OBrien shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. OBrien showed some decent athleticism there.
OBrien is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
OBrien content to control rather than advance.
Brychczy is positioning himself well to prevent OBrien advancing to mount.
OBrien is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Brychczy is trying to defend against the ground and pound but OBrien scores with a couple of nice shots.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brychczy tries to get to full guard but OBrien has control of the leg.
OBrien not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Brychczy trying to control from the bottom.
Brychczy is trying to defend against the ground and pound but OBrien scores with a couple of nice shots.
OBrien tries to pass the half guard into mount. Brychczy knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Brychczy preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
OBrien passes to full mount!
OBrien lands a big shot there that rocks Brychczy but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Brychczy wants to control but OBrien is having none of it.
OBrien is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Brychczy can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
OBrien lands a big elbow.
Brychczy is rocked!
OBrien looking to control but Brychczy is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Oh Brychczy is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
OBrien lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Brychczy hang on?
Brychczy working to try and regain half guard.
Brychczy tries to lock up and control but OBrien gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
OBrien pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
OBrien cracks Brychczy with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
OBrien landing shots from mount.
Brychczy tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Brychczy is in a horrible position here. OBrien smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
OBrien wants to control the pace but Brychczy is squirming around nicely.
Brychczy tries to get back to half guard but can't.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
OBrien landing punches.
Brychczy is trying to escape the mount.
Brychczy tries to hold on but OBrien postures up.
Brychczy seems to have got his legs back now.
Brychczy is wriggling around trying to escape.
Brychczy holds of for dear life.
OBrien fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
OBrien has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
OBrien is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Brychczy can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
OBrien lands a big shot there that rocks Brychczy but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Brychczy is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
OBrien lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
OBrien lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
OBrien lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Brychczy sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Brychczy trying to control but OBrien postures up.
OBrien working over Brychczy with some ground and pound. Brychczy looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Brychczy is not content to let OBrien control the position.
Brychczy on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Brychczy trying to control but OBrien postures up.
OBrien trying to control the pace.
OBrien seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brychczy is looking to control OBrien's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Brychczy avoid being mounted?
OBrien trying to control from half guard but Brychczy is working away.
OBrien takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
OBrien working the head and body with strikes.
OBrien missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Brychczy trying to control here.
OBrien working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Brychczy is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
OBrien sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Marek Brychczy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lochlain OBrien is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
OBrien is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
And that's the end of the fight!
Lochlain OBrien comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got OBrien winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 26:30
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 26:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lochlain OBrien!
A relieved looking Lochlain OBrien thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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