PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nataniel Byczynski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Haisseli Menuriin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Menuriin has chosen Seventh Heaven - Ässät Going to Win as his entrance music. Nataniel Byczynski has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Byczynski
vs
Menuriin

200 cm
24
260 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

195 cm
19
274 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nataniel Byczynski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Haisseli Menuriin!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Byczynski lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

It looks like Haisseli Menuriin has been cut.
Byczynski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Menuriin is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Byczynski.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Byczynski lands a glancing blow to the side of Menuriin's head.
Byczynski throws a hook to the side of Menuriin's head but Menuriin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Byczynski misses with a series of wild punches.

Byczynski takes the fight into the clinch.
Byczynski throws a knee to the head but misses.
Byczynski keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Menuriin's efforts to push away.
Menuriin can't break the clinch.
Menuriin tries to circle away but Byczynski has him pinned against the cage.
Menuriin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Menuriin is trying to break the clinch but Byczynski is controlling him.
Menuriin avoiding damage as Byczynski throws knees to the body.
Menuriin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Menuriin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Menuriin is trying to force a seperation but Byczynski has the dominant position.

Byczynski breaks from the clinch.
Byczynski scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Menuriin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Byczynski counters with a left and a right that stings Menuriin.
Menuriin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Byczynski.
Byczynski throws a jab when Menuriin was well out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Byczynski, right into the meat.
Menuriin looks gassed!
Byczynski throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Menuriin's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byczynski lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Menuriin at a distance.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Byczynski - that will leave a mark!
Menuriin should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Byczynski lands a high kick!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Byczynski connects with a body shot.

Byczynski takes the fight into the clinch.
Byczynski throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Menuriin blocks it with crossed arms.
Menuriin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Byczynski taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Byczynski breaks from the clinch.
Byczynski moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Byczynski throws a series of strikes that have Menuriin backpedaling.
Byczynski misses with a jab, cross combination.
Byczynski lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Menuriin backs up against the cage.

Byczynski gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Byczynski.

Byczynski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Menuriin wants to clinch but Byczynski slips to the side

and Byczynski holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Byczynski lands with a light punch inside.
Byczynski lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Menuriin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Byczynski softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski looking to throw knees to the head but Menuriin is blocking nicely.
Byczynski keeps control of Menuriin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Byczynski looking to throw knees to the head but Menuriin is blocking nicely.
Byczynski tries to land a knee to the head but Menuriin blocks with his arms.
Menuriin wants to get back to striking at distance but Byczynski won't allow it.
Byczynski throws a head punch that misses.

Byczynski breaks from the clinch.
Menuriin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Menuriin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Menuriin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Byczynski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Byczynski.
Byczynski fails to land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Byczynski.
A big left from Byczynski misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Menuriin throws a wild body kick that Byczynski sees coming a mile off.
Menuriin swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Byczynski counters with a thumping low kick.
Byczynski throws a series of punches but Menuriin moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski with a nice cross.
Good standup being displayed there by Byczynski as he connects with a hook.
Byczynski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Byczynski moves into range and connects with a jab.

Menuriin rushes Byczynski and presses him up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Menuriin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Byczynski.
Byczynski scores with a knee to the head.
Menuriin can't break the clinch.
Byczynski tries to land a knee to the head but Menuriin blocks with his arms.
Byczynski putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Menuriin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Byczynski landing knees to the head.
Byczynski is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Byczynski tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Menuriin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Menuriin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Byczynski scores with a knee to the head.
Menuriin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Byczynski lands a knee to the head.
Menuriin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Menuriin has had enough of the clinch but Byczynski keeps him there for the moment.
Menuriin wants to get back to striking at distance but Byczynski won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski stalls.
Byczynski lands with a left to the head.
Menuriin avoiding damage as Byczynski throws knees to the body.
Byczynski keeps control of Menuriin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Byczynski misses with a knee to the head.
Byczynski keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Menuriin's efforts to push away.

Byczynski breaks the clinch.
Menuriin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Byczynski connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A punch combination from Byczynski misses.
Byczynski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Menuriin is looking to clinch.
Menuriin is looking to clinch.
Byczynski throws a right hand that Menuriin ducks under and follows up with a left that Menuriin also avoids with ease.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Menuriin misses with a head kick.
Byczynski stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Byczynski lands a head kick. Menuriin smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Byczynski rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Menuriin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nataniel Byczynski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Haisseli Menuriin's cut.
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.

Menuriin takes the fight into the clinch.
Byczynski landing knees to the body.
Menuriin tries to break free but Byczynski pushes him back against the cage.
Byczynski tries a knee to the head but Menuriin blocks it.
Byczynski keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Menuriin's efforts to push away.
Byczynski lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Byczynski lands a knee to the body.
Byczynski with a knee to the head.
Byczynski gets through Menuriin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Byczynski tries to land a knee to the head but Menuriin blocks with his arms.
Byczynski lands a nice shot to the body.
Byczynski scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Byczynski.
Menuriin wants to get back to striking at distance but Byczynski won't allow it.

Byczynski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Menuriin lands a slapping body shot.
Menuriin needs to keep his hands up - Byczynski had a free shot at his head there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Byczynski checks a leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Byczynski.
Good shot there by Byczynski.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Menuriin crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Byczynski - the referee stops the clock and Menuriin gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Byczynski. Menuriin manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Byczynski.
Byczynski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Menuriin can do to turn this around?
Byczynski scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Byczynski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Byczynski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Menuriin closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Some wild striking there from Byczynski.
Menuriin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Menuriin closes the distance but Byczynski moves to the side
and Byczynski counters with a two punch combo.
Byczynski circles away from the clinch attempt
and Byczynski counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Menuriin throws a right hand that Byczynski ducks under and follows up with a left that Byczynski also avoids with ease.

Byczynski rushes Menuriin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Menuriin wants to get back to striking at distance but Byczynski won't allow it.
Byczynski with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Byczynski.
Byczynski scores with a knee to the head.

Menuriin manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Menuriin is looking to clinch but Byczynski is avoiding it.
Byczynski fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Byczynski thuds his shin into the meat of Menuriin's side.
Menuriin is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Byczynski.
Byczynski throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Menuriin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Menuriin as Byczynski tries to tie him up.
Menuriin is trying to force a seperation but Byczynski has the dominant position.
Menuriin working hard to break the clinch.
Byczynski with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Menuriin is trying to force a seperation but Byczynski has the dominant position.
Byczynski lands with a right to the head.

Byczynski manages to break the clinch.
Byczynski looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nataniel Byczynski is winning the standup battle so far.
Byczynski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Byczynski lunges at Menuriin with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Menuriin's hand.
Byczynski tries to bum rush Menuriin with a series of wild strikes but Menuriin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Byczynski circles away from the clinch attempt.
Menuriin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski misses with a wild combination.
Menuriin has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Byczynski fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Menuriin, pushing him back against the cage.
Byczynski lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Menuriin backwards.
Byczynski working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Byczynski tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Menuriin working hard to break the clinch.
Byczynski is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Menuriin tries to break free but Byczynski pushes him back against the cage.
Byczynski using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Menuriin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Menuriin is trying to break free.
Byczynski misses with a knee to the head.

Menuriin manages to break the clinch.
Menuriin looks to clinch
letting Byczynski counter with a right hand.
Menuriin lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Menuriin.
Menuriin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Menuriin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Byczynski scores with a push kick.
Byczynski connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Menuriin momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Menuriin at a distance.
Some wild striking there from Byczynski.
Byczynski lands a jab-cross combination.
Danga de danga de dang - Menuriin scores with a four punch combination!
Byczynski jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Menuriin misses with a hook. Byczynski ducked under it nicely.
Byczynski's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Byczynski duly obliges.
A big left from Menuriin misses.
Byczynski slips under a jab from Menuriin.
Byczynski scores with a one two! Menuriin had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Menuriin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Byczynski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Menuriin closes the distance looking to clinch
and Menuriin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Byczynski misses with the combination.
Menuriin takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nataniel Byczynski dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Haisseli Menuriin's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Byczynski looks to throw the jab but Menuriin is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Menuriin. Byczynski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Menuriin moves in looking to clinch but Byczynski pushes him off.
Menuriin clinches but Byczynski breaks the clinch
letting Byczynski counter with a right hand.
Byczynski lands a lovely overhand right.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Byczynski. Menuriin shrugs it off though.
Byczynski with a hook.
Menuriin takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Byczynski swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Byczynski gets a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Byczynski.
Byczynski crunches a lovely knee into Menuriin's ribcage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Byczynski lands with a left to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Byczynski throws a knee to the head but misses.

Byczynski breaks from the clinch.
Menuriin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Byczynski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Byczynski smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Byczynski uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Menuriin throws a body punch but Byczynski moves out of range.
Byczynski scores with a kick to the midsection.
Menuriin sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Byczynski paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Menuriin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Byczynski with a knee to the head.

Byczynski breaks the clinch.
Byczynski misses with a looping right.
Menuriin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Byczynski counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Byczynski looks to clinch
and Menuriin counters with a nice body shot.
Menuriin has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Byczynski.
Menuriin tries to close the distance and clinch but Byczynski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Menuriin wants to clinch
and Byczynski counters with a stiff right hand.
Some wild striking there from Byczynski.
Menuriin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Byczynski misses with a few strikes there.
Byczynski misses with the combination.
Haisseli Menuriin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Menuriin tries to clinch but Byczynski is having none of it.
Byczynski takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Byczynski lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Menuriin throws a right hand that Byczynski ducks under and follows up with a left that Byczynski also avoids with ease.
Menuriin takes one to the chin there.
Byczynski plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Byczynski misses with the combination.
Menuriin ducks right into an uppercut from Byczynski.
Menuriin lands a nice shot that snaps Byczynski's head back.
Byczynski lands the left hand.
Menuriin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Byczynski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Byczynski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Byczynski misses with a combination
and Menuriin counters with a one-two to the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Byczynski.
Menuriin darts in trying to clinch
and Byczynski counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Menuriin.
Byczynski lands a jab-cross combination.
Byczynski lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

Byczynski moves into the clinch.

Byczynski manages to break the clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Byczynski.
Menuriin is looking to clinch but Byczynski is avoiding it.
Menuriin takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Byczynski. Menuriin shrugs it off though.
Menuriin is looking to land body kicks.
Nataniel Byczynski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Byczynski avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Byczynski throws a series of punches but Menuriin avoids them all with ease.
Byczynski misses with a few strikes there.
Menuriin circles away from the clinch attempt
and Menuriin counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Byczynski thinking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Menuriin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Byczynski takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Menuriin punishes Byczynski's body with a nice straight punch.
Byczynski lets loose with a powerful body kick. Menuriin will feel that in the morning.
Byczynski scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Menuriin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Byczynski has taken the fight to the clinch.
Byczynski connects with a nasty looking knee right to Menuriin's face.
Byczynski scores with a knee to the head.
Menuriin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Menuriin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A knee to the head by Byczynski.
Byczynski tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Menuriin is trying to break the clinch but Byczynski is controlling him.
Menuriin wants to break free but Byczynski has control.
Byczynski scores with a knee to the head.
Nataniel Byczynski has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Byczynski using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Menuriin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Menuriin is looking to break free of the clinch but Byczynski has double underhooks.
Menuriin wants to break free but Byczynski has control.
A knee to the head by Byczynski.
Byczynski throws a knee to the head but misses.
Byczynski tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nataniel Byczynski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Menuriin struggles to land a body shot inside as Byczynski controls his hands.
Menuriin misses with a hook from the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nataniel Byczynski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Byczynski 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nataniel Byczynski!