PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Minerva Wulf (ranked 645 p4p, 201 weight class) and Marek Brychczy (ranked 47 p4p, 15 weight class). Wulf comes to the cage accompanied by Sanctus Dominus. Marek Brychczy has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Minerva Wulf's chin.

Wulf
vs
Brychczy

150 cm
30
145
21 - 13 - 0

166 cm
27
135
15 - 9 - 1

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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 21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Minerva Wulf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marek Brychczy!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Aafke Stam and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brychczy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Brychczy has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Brychczy dips to his left and cracks Wulf with an uppercut!
Marek Brychczy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wulf throws a shot from downtown. Brychczy moves away and avoids it.
Brychczy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wulf was well out of range. Poor timing from Brychczy.
A big left from Brychczy misses.
Wulf staying out of range there.
Brychczy takes a swing at Wulf's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wulf. Brychczy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wulf throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wulf scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wulf is looking to clinch but Brychczy is avoiding it.
Brychczy lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Wulf feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Brychczys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Brychczy misses with a body shot.
Wulf misses with a straight right.
Brychczy drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Brychczy misses with a looping right.
A punch lands to the side of Wulf 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Brychczy fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wulf on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Brychczy misses with a series of wild punches.
Brychczy throws the left hand but Wulf avoids the punch easily.
Brychczy connects with a body shot.
Brychczy misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brychczy misses with a wild body shot.
Marek Brychczy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brychczy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Brychczy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wulf has been working on his boxing with his coaches at K.O MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Wulf throws a jab but it's blocked by Brychczy.
Wulf swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brychczy lands a head shot.
Wulf misses with a few strikes there.
Brychczy misses with a wild body shot.
Brychczy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wulf takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Wulf just misses with a punch to the body.
Brychczy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brychczy just misses with a punch to the body.
Brychczy lands a jab to the head.
A big left from Brychczy misses.
Wulf throws a jab when Brychczy was well out of range.
Brychczy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wulf.
Brychczy defending well as Wulf loads up on a big left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slow jab from Wulf misses its intended target.
Brychczy moves out of range as Wulf strikes.
Brychczy slips a straight right by Wulf.
Brychczy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Brychczy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brychczy misses with an uppercut. Wulf saw that one coming.
Wulf cracks Brychczy with an open hand slap.
Wulf takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wulf thuds a left hand into Brychczy's body.
Brychczy cracks Wulf with a good jab.
Brychczy throws a series of punches but Wulf moves out of range.
Wulf throws a right hand that Brychczy ducks under and follows up with a left that Brychczy also avoids with ease.
Brychczy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brychczy throws a nice looking combination but Wulf bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wulf connects with a crisp jab.
Wulf misses with an uppercut. Brychczy saw that one coming.
Brychczy misses with a wild body shot.
Brychczy's jab looks to have found its range, popping Wulf under the eye.
Wulf swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brychczy lands with a shot to the body.
Wulf throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brychczy moves out of range as Wulf strikes.
Brychczy just misses with a punch to the body.
Wulf uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brychczy.
Brychczy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wulf.
Wulf fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sloppy strikes from Brychczy. Those never looked like landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wulf moves out of range of the strikes.
Wulf throws out a powerful jab.
Brychczy slips under a jab from Wulf.
Brychczy throws a body shot but no joy.
Wulf takes one to the chin there.
Brychczy throws a body shot but no joy.
Brychczy misses the shot to the body.
Wulf throws an overhand right that lands on Brychczy's shoulder, as Brychczy tries to avoid the shot.
It seemed like Brychczy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Wulf throws an overhand right that lands on Brychczy's shoulder, as Brychczy tries to avoid the shot.
A little jabbing left from Brychczy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Wulf takes a swing at Brychczy's ribcage but misses.
Brychczy misses with a wild body shot.
A combination from Brychczy does no damage.
Wulf misses with a hook.
Brychczy throws a hook but Wulf blocks it.
An attempted straight right counter from Wulf misses the target.
Wulf waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Brychczy.
Brychczy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wulf.
Wulf avoids the body shot from Brychczy.
Brychczy looks to land a left hand but Wulf moved out of range nicely.
Brychczy is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Wulf had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Wulf just misses with a punch to the body.
Brychczy cracks a nice hook into Wulf's ribs.
Brychczy is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Wulf rather than just go for the knockout.
Wulf misses with a body shot.
Brychczy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brychczy misses with a straight right.
Wulf connects with a nice looking jab.
Wulf lands a glancing blow to the side of Brychczy's head.
Brychczy fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Wulf on the side of the head.
Brychczy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Brychczy misses with a wild combination.
Wulf connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nice uppercut lands for Brychczy. That snapped Wulf's head back.
Brychczy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brychczy misses with an uppercut.
Brychczy smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Brychczy throws a shot from downtown. Wulf moves away and avoids it.
Wulf lands with a hook. Brychczy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Brychczy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brychczy throws an overhand right that lands on Wulf's shoulder, as Wulf tries to avoid the shot.
Brychczy slips a jab from Wulf.
Wulf misses with a hook. Brychczy ducked under it nicely.
A big left from Wulf misses.
Nice cross by Brychczy.
A big left from Brychczy misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marek Brychczy dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Brychczy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brychczy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wulf.
Brychczy connects with a looping right hand.
Brychczy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wulf was well out of range. Poor timing from Brychczy.
Wulf throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brychczy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brychczy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wulf throws a body punch but Brychczy moves out of range.
Brychczy slips under a jab.
A jab from Wulf misses.
Wulf is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brychczy.
Wulf bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Brychczy misses the target.
Brychczy throws a jab but it's blocked by Wulf.
Wulf looks to land a right hand but Brychczy moved out of range.
Wulf takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brychczy comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Brychczy lands a nice shot that snaps Wulf's head back.
Brychczy swats away the attempt to clinch by Wulf.
A slow jab from Brychczy misses its intended target.
Wulf tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brychczy was well out of range. Poor timing from Wulf.
Brychczy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wulf.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wulf throws a looping overhand right but Brychczy ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brychczy throws a shot to the body.
Brychczy scores with the left hand. Wulf knows he should have avoided that one.
Wulf connects with a looping right hand.
Brychczy walks into a straight right hand from Wulf.
Wulf scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Brychczy connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Wulf lands a body shot.
A slow jab from Wulf misses its intended target.
Brychczy on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Brychczy moves out of range of the body kick.
Brychczy misses with a two punch combination.
A big right from Brychczy misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wulf misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brychczy.
Brychczy looks to throw the jab but Wulf is out of range.
A jab from Wulf misses.
Jab from Brychczy.
Wulf slips under a jab.
Wulf jabs Brychczy right on the nose. Brychczy blinks but takes it well.
Brychczy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wulf showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brychczy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brychczy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brychczy. Wulf does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wulf jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wulf lands a head shot.
Wulf lands with a straight right. Brychczy didn't see that one coming.
Wulf avoids the body shot from Brychczy.
Wulf fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Brychczy looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Wulf lands a body shot.
Wulf goes for a double leg but Brychczy avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Brychczy continues to drive forward.
Brychczy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wulf.
Wulf fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brychczy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Brychczy lands a nice uppercut.
Brychczy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brychczy swings wildly with an uppercut but Wulf uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wulf blocking some punches.
Wulf lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brychczy backwards.
Brychczy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brychczy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brychczy gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Wulf.
Wulf throws an elbow but it misses.
Wulf swings wildly with an uppercut but Brychczy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wulf blocking some punches.
Wulf prevents a body shot from Brychczy.
Wulf misses with a punch on the inside.
Wulf tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brychczy's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Brychczy fails to land.
Brychczy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wulf or not.
A right hand to the body from Brychczy.
Brychczy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wulf throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Brychczy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wulfs head.
Wulf lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Brychczy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Marek Brychczy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Brychczy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wulf misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brychczy misses with a punch to the body.
Brychczy lands a hook that snaps the head of Wulf backwards.
Wulf is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Minerva Wulf. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brychczy misses with the head strike.
Wulf has a couple of punches blocked by Brychczy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A body shot lands from Brychczy.
Wulf tries to land knees in the clinch but Brychczy avoids the damage to the body.
Brychczy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wulf prevents a body shot from Brychczy.
Brychczy lands a nice uppercut.
Wulf blocks an uppercut.
Brychczy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wulf's elbow.
Brychczy blocking some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wulf creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Brychczy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brychczy tries a body shot but Wulf blocks it.
Wulf misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wulf trying to land knees to the body.
Brychczy lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brychczy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Marek Brychczy will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, 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.

Brychczy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brychczy slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Brychczy fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Wulf looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Brychczy moves out of range of the strikes.
Wulf uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brychczy.
Brychczy avoids the body shot from Wulf.
Brychczy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wulf.
Brychczy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brychczy scores with a nice head shot.
Brychczy throws an overhand right that lands on Wulf's shoulder, as Wulf tries to avoid the shot.
Wulf throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wulf takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wulf uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Brychczy slips under a jab from Wulf.
Brychczy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wulf misses with a straight left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brychczy. Wulf does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brychczy scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wulf throws a jab but it's blocked by Brychczy.
A lazy left from Wulf finds it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brychczy. Wulf does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brychczy walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wulf scores with a hook.
Brychczy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The fighters circling - Wulf throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wulf lands with a shot to the body.
Brychczy scores with the left hand. Wulf knows he should have avoided that one.
A big left from Wulf misses.
Wulf defending well as Brychczy loads up on a big left hand.
Brychczy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brychczy lands with a cross.
Brychczy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Brychczy misses with a body shot.
A lazy left from Brychczy finds it's target.
Brychczy throws a shot to the body.
Wulf keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brychczy.
Wulf displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brychczy throws out the jab.
Brychczy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brychczy misses the shot to the body.
Wulf slips a jab from Brychczy.
Brychczy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Brychczy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wulf.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Brychczy! But no joy.
Wulf throws a hook but Brychczy blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wulf throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wulf takes a swing at Brychczy's ribcage but misses.
Wulf ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brychczy moves away.
Wulf misses with a straight left.
Wulf throws a looping overhand right but Brychczy ducks down to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Brychczy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Wulf avoids the body shot from Brychczy.
Wulf slips under a jab.
Brychczy throws a hook but Wulf avoids it easily.
Brychczy blocks a jab.
Brychczy lands a jab to Wulf's midsection.
Brychczy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wulf.
Wulf has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Wulf there as he acknowledges the shot.
Brychczy throws a hook but Wulf blocks it.
A little feinted left hand from Wulf on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Brychczy looks to land a right hand but Wulf moved out of range.
Wulf throws a body punch but Brychczy moves out of range.
Brychczy moves out of range as Wulf strikes.
Nice cross by Brychczy.
Wulf throws out a loose jab but Brychczy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brychczy has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Brychczy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wulf moves away.
Wulf throws out a loose jab but Brychczy uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wulf closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Wulf lands strikes from half guard.
Brychczy keeping control of the position.
Wulf works his foot free and advances to mount.
Wulf landing strikes, looking to finish!
Brychczy working to try and regain half guard.
Wulf looking to finish with strikes here!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wulf throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Brychczy because Wulf loaded up on that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wulf unloads with some shots from mount but Brychczy bucks and avoids them well.
Wulf throws some wild stikes that Brychczy manages to avoid easily.
Wulf is landing with some decent strikes but Brychczy is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wulf throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Wulf looking to ground and pound but Brychczy is blocking nicely.
Wulf with good strikes from the mount here!
Minerva Wulf has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brychczy avoids a series of strikes thrown by Wulf.
Brychczy wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Wulf.
Brychczy tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Wulf is working for a guillotine from mount but Brychczy frees his head quite easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Wulf has control of Brychczy's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Brychczy regains control of the situation pretty easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Minerva Wulf showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Brychczy has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:29
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marek Brychczy!