PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Sycek (ranked 2134 p4p, 5153 weight class) and Billy Conforto (ranked 257 p4p, 486 weight class). Conforto has chosen Alabama- Bishop Gunn as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Sycek
vs
Conforto

178 cm
28
193
13 - 12 - 0

185 cm
27
185
10 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Samuel Sycek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Billy Conforto!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Daniel Bishop and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sycek closes the distance but Conforto moves to the side
and Conforto cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sycek tries to close the distance and clinch but Conforto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Conforto rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sycek moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Conforto throws a looping overhand right but Sycek ducks down to avoid it.
Sycek with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Conforto counter with a right hand.
Sycek bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sycek takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sycek looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Sycek gets a takedown into half guard.
Sycek looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Conforto with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sycek lands strikes from half guard.
Conforto wants to get back to his feet.
Conforto is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sycek scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
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. Sycek connects with a nice short shot to Conforto's temple.
Conforto is looking to escape.
Sycek takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Conforto pushes Sycek off looking to stand but Sycek dives back in and keeps control.
Sycek is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Conforto wants to get back to his feet.
Sycek seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Sycek throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Conforto is looking to escape.
Sycek is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Conforto felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Conforto is trying to stand up here but Sycek is controlling him well.
Sycek working the head and body with strikes.
Conforto on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sycek working the head and body with strikes.
Conforto is looking to escape.
We've been hearing that Sycek has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Sycek 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.
Sycek lands strikes from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sycek working Conforto over with strikes.
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!
Sycek takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sycek scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Sycek stops Conforto from getting back to his feet.
Sycek seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Sycek scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ground and pound from Sycek.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Conforto can do anything to dispel that myth.
Sycek is nestled in close to Conforto, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Conforto really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sycek. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Conforto wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sycek working Conforto over with strikes.
Sycek is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Conforto is trying to stand up here but Sycek is controlling him well.
Sycek drops an elbow to the side of Conforto's head.
Conforto is trying to stand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sycek is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Sycek working over Conforto with some ground and pound. Conforto looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sycek takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Conforto taking some punishment here, with Sycek in his half guard.
Sycek seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sycek lands a nice short elbow.
Sycek scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Sycek scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Conforto is rocked!
Conforto wants to get back to his feet.
Sycek working the head and body with strikes.
Conforto is still in real trouble! Can Sycek finish him?
Conforto pushes Sycek off looking to stand but Sycek dives back in and keeps control.
Conforto seems to have recovered his senses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sycek 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.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Conforto is trying to stand back up but Sycek is controlling him
Sycek scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Conforto wants to get back to his feet.
Sycek looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Conforto with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Conforto taking some punishment here, with Sycek in his half guard.
Sycek slips a nice elbow through Conforto's hands, connecting with Conforto's forehead.
Conforto wants to get back to his feet.
Sycek drops an elbow to the side of Conforto's head.
Conforto wants to get back to his feet.
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. Sycek connects with a nice short shot to Conforto's temple.
Sycek seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Sycek scores with a big shot! Conforto's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Conforto! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Samuel Sycek!