PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marek Brychczy (ranked 653 p4p, 2902 weight class) and Lito Alcala (ranked 54 p4p, 194 weight class). Alcala comes into a darkened arena with his song building. MORTAL KOMBAT kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Brychczy
vs
Alcala

166 cm
26
135
12 - 8 - 1

169 cm
47
146
41 - 27 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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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 12 - 8 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marek Brychczy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 41 - 27 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lito Alcala!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brychczy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alcala manages to avoid it.
Brychczy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Alcala moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Brychczy moves into range and connects with a jab.
Brychczy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Brychczy looks to score with a jab to the body but Alcala is just out of range.
Brychczy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
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.
A swing and a miss from Alcala.
Brychczy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Alcala.
Brychczy swings for the body but Alcala moves out of range.
Brychczy misses the shot to the body.
Alcala was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Alcala throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brychczy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brychczy swings for the body but Alcala moves out of range.
Alcala throws a low kick but Brychczy moves out of range easily.
Brychczy is looking for a counter combo.
Brychczy lands with a nice body punch.
Marek Brychczy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brychczy misses with an uppercut
and Alcala counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Brychczy throws a shot from downtown. Alcala moves away and avoids it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brychczy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alcala.
Alcala swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Alcala connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Brychczy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brychczy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brychczy misses with a double jab.
Alcala attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alcala uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brychczy.
Brychczy just misses with a punch to the body.
Brychczy backing away here, and Alcala unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Alcala uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brychczy.
Brychczy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Alcala slips a jab from Brychczy.
Alcala lands a front kick.
Alcala avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brychczy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Brychczy misses the shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Alcala.
Alcala throws a right hand that Brychczy ducks under and follows up with a left that Brychczy also avoids with ease.
Alcala keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brychczy lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Brychczy avoids the head kick by Alcala.
Brychczy misses the shot to the body.
Alcala swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brychczy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alcala.
Alcala tries to land a leg kick but Brychczy saw it coming and moves away.
Brychczy just misses with a punch to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brychczy throws a jab when Alcala was well out of range.
Alcala is trying to counter with his kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alcala throws a hook but Brychczy blocks it.
Good work by Brychczy as he checks the leg kick.
The fighters circling - Alcala throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Brychczy ducks under a wild hook from Alcala.
A bone on bone clash there as Brychczy blocks the leg kick.
Alcala misses with an uppercut.
Nice shot by Brychczy.
Alcala takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jab, jab by Brychczy - just one landing.
Brychczy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Alcala looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A slow jab from Alcala misses its intended target.
Brychczy changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Alcala tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brychczy was well out of range. Poor timing from Alcala.
Brychczy takes a swing at Alcala's ribcage but misses.
Alcala throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Brychczy fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Alcala on the side of the head.
Brychczy throws a shot to the body.
Alcala misses with a straight right.
Brychczy is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Brychczy connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Alcala's hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alcala looks to land a left hand but Brychczy moved out of range nicely.
Brychczy takes a swing at Alcala's ribcage but misses.
Brychczy uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Brychczy ducks right into an uppercut from Alcala.
Brychczy checks the leg kick nicely there.
Alcala pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Brychczy is looking to counter punch.
Alcala takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Alcala ducks under a wild hook from Brychczy.
Alcala bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nice straight punches there by Brychczy. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Brychczy.
Alcala fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Brychczy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Brychczy throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alcala tries a low kick but Brychczy avoids it.
Brychczy digs a good hook to Alcala's body.
Alcala throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Alcala misses with a body kick.
Brychczy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alcala.
A cross from Alcala lands.
Brychczy throws out a loose jab but Alcala uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brychczy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Alcala doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alcala takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Brychczy misses the shot to the body.
Brychczy defending well as Alcala loads up on a big left hand.
Brychczy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alcala.
Alcala slips a straight right by Brychczy.
Alcala uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brychczy.
Brychczy connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Alcala's hands.
Alcala fails to land with a series of punches.
Brychczy cracks Alcala with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Brychczy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Alcala.
Brychczy with a jab.
Brychczy takes a swing at Alcala's ribcage but misses.
Brychczy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Alcala.
A little feinted left hand from Brychczy on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Brychczy listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alcala takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Brychczy takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Alcala slips a jab and a cross from Brychczy.
Alcala moves out of range of the strikes.
Alcala tries to bum rush Brychczy with a series of wild strikes but Brychczy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marek Brychczy dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Brychczy connects with a body shot.
Alcala slips a jab and a cross from Brychczy.
Alcala throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Marek Brychczy is winning the standup battle so far.
Alcala misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brychczy.
Alcala throws a jab but it's blocked by Brychczy.
Brychczy lands a jab to Alcala's midsection.
Brychczy misses with a straight left.
Brychczy misses with a hook
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Alcala lands a glancing blow to the side of Brychczy's head.
A telegraphed right hand from Brychczy misses the target.
Alcala wants to land a leg kick but Brychczy is out of range.
Brychczy moves out of range as Alcala strikes.
Brychczy looks to score with a jab to the body but Alcala is just out of range.
Brychczy moves out of range as Alcala throws a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brychczy avoids the head kick by Alcala.
Alcala bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Nice shot by Brychczy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alcala takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Brychczy throws a looping overhand right but Alcala ducks down to avoid it.
Brychczy misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brychczy takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Brychczy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Good exchange - Alcala coming out on top.
Brychczy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brychczy ducks right into an uppercut from Alcala.
Brychczy misses the jab.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Alcala might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Brychczy has got the better of the exchanges.
A nice leg kick lands there from Alcala.
Brychczy misses with an uppercut. Alcala saw that one coming.
Alcala avoids a punch combination nicely.
Alcala throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A big left from Brychczy misses.
Brychczy checks a low kick from Alcala.
Brychczy looks to score with a jab to the body but Alcala is just out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Alcala! But no joy.
Alcala tries to work over Brychczy's front leg with a kick but Brychczy checks it.
Brychczy fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Brychczy fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brychczy ducks under a wild hook from Alcala.
Brychczy lands a nice looking body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brychczy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Alcala stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Brychczy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Alcala takes a swing at Brychczy's ribcage but misses.
Brychczy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Brychczy takes a swing at Alcala's ribcage but misses.
Brychczy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Brychczy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Alcala defending well as Brychczy loads up on a big left hand.
Nice jab there from Alcala.
Brychczy checks a low kick from Alcala.
Alcala moves out of range of the strikes.
Alcala jabs Brychczy right on the nose. Brychczy blinks but takes it well.
Brychczy lands a nice looking body shot.
The fighters circling - Brychczy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Alcala tries a head kick but it misses.
Brychczy scores with a body shot.
Brychczy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Alcala.
A countering left hand to the body from Alcala misses.
Brychczy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alcala can do to turn this around?
Alcala gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Alcala gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Brychczy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alcala misses with a few strikes there.
Brychczy stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Brychczy scores with a jab to the body.
Alcala darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Brychczy lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Alcala at a distance.
Alcala ducks under a wild hook from Brychczy.
Alcala walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Brychczy checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nice body punch from Alcala.
Alcala misses with a low kick as Brychczy jumps back.
Brychczy bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Alcala's head.
Brychczy fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Alcala looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Alcala misses with a straight left.
Alcala ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brychczy moves away.
Brychczy throws a body punch but Alcala moves out of range.
Alcala looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Alcala ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alcala misses with a jab, cross combination.
Brychczy misses with a body shot.
Brychczy lands an overhand right.
Alcala keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brychczy scores with a body shot.
Alcala takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Brychczy lands the left hand.
Brychczy darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Brychczy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alcala was well out of range. Poor timing from Brychczy.
Alcala takes one to the chin there.
Alcala tries to move into range but Brychczy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Brychczy swings for the body but Alcala moves out of range.
Alcala swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Left hook, right uppercut from Alcala.
Alcala lands a nice leg kick that just misses Brychczy's sensitive parts.
Nice shot by Brychczy.
Alcala misses with a low kick as Brychczy jumps back.
Alcala takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alcala misses with a hook. Brychczy ducked under it nicely.
Brychczy uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brychczy. Alcala does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brychczy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alcala.
Alcala throws out a loose jab but Brychczy uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marek Brychczy dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Alcala motions for Brychczy to come forward. Alcala throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Alcala misses with a looping left.
Brychczy works the jab nicely.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Alcala.
Alcala throws out a loose jab but Brychczy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brychczy throws an off balance right hand
and Alcala counters with an outside leg kick.
Brychczy cracks Alcala with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Brychczy blocks a head kick by Alcala.
Brychczy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Alcala uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brychczy.
Brychczy blocks a leg kick.
Brychczy throws the left hand but Alcala avoids the punch easily.
Alcala throws a lazy right hand but Brychczy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A leg kick checked by Brychczy.
Brychczy just misses with a punch to the body.
Brychczy scores with a three punch combo!
A bone on bone clash there as Brychczy blocks the leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brychczy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alcala moves away.
Brychczy comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brychczy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alcala moves away.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Alcala.
Brychczy checks a low kick from Alcala.
Alcala goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Alcala throws a wild body kick that Brychczy sees coming a mile off.
Brychczy checks a low kick from Alcala.
Brychczy misses with a few strikes there.
A little jabbing left from Alcala on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Brychczy connects with a crisp jab.
Alcala takes one to the side of the head.
Brychczy cracks Alcala with an open hand slap.
Brychczy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Alcala has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Brychczy takes a swing at Alcala's ribcage but misses.
Alcala looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Alcala shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brychczy. Alcala does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brychczy blocks a jab.
Alcala lands a nice looking body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alcala takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Alcala misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lito Alcala has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alcala tries to land a leg kick but Brychczy saw it coming and moves away.
Brychczy scores with a shot to the body.
A big right from Alcala misses.
Brychczy connects with a crisp jab.
The fighters circling - Brychczy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Alcala loads up on a big right hand but Brychczy slips the punch.
Brychczy checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Brychczy appears to be looking for a big counter.
Brychczy throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Alcala throws a leg kick but Brychczy checks it.
Alcala throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Alcala throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Alcala takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Alcala closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Alcala throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Brychczy swings for the body but Alcala moves out of range.
Brychczy backing away here, and Alcala unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Brychczy cracks Alcala with a good jab.
Alcala takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Alcala walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Brychczy bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Alcala's head.
Alcala has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brychczy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Alcala.
Brychczy cracks a nice hook into Alcala's ribs.
Jab by Brychczy.
Brychczy with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Brychczy lands a nice shot that snaps Alcala's head back.
Alcala misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brychczy.
Alcala gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Brychczy.
Brychczy's corner calls for a 1-2. Brychczy obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Brychczy lands a glancing blow to the side of Alcala's head.
Alcala doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Alcala uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brychczy.
Brychczy lands a glancing blow to the side of Alcala's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alcala with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Alcala misses with a looping left.
A big right from Alcala misses.
Alcala looks for the body kick but Brychczy saw that one coming.
Brychczy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Brychczy is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Brychczy digs a good body shot into Alcala's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alcala throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Brychczy lands a nice hook to Alcala's body. Alcala takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A cross from Brychczy lands.
Brychczy takes a swing at Alcala's ribcage but misses.
Alcala throws a half hearted mid kick.
Brychczy defending well as Alcala loads up on a big left hand.
Alcala throws a hook to the side of Brychczy's head but Brychczy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Alcala dodges the punch combination from Brychczy.
Brychczy's corner calls for a 1-2. Brychczy obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Brychczy feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Alcalas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Nice straight punches there by Alcala. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Alcala.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alcala throws the kick towards the body but Brychczy avoids it.
Alcala has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Alcala there as he acknowledges the shot.
Brychczy misses the shot to the body.
Alcala was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Brychczy scores with a crisp jab that stopped Alcala in his tracks.
Brychczy feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Alcalas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

And that's the end of the fight!
Marek Brychczy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Brychczy 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marek Brychczy!
The defeated Lito Alcala had this to say: 'Free Hong Kong And Screw China'.