PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Cechini Muszyna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyson Hollyfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hollyfield has chosen Paris as his entrance music. 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.

Muszyna
vs
Hollyfield

168 cm
35
143 lbs
14 - 13 - 2

175 cm
32
156 lbs
12 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Cechini Muszyna!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Tyson Hollyfield!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Stewart Dunkirk and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muszyna looks to score with a jab to the body but Hollyfield is just out of range.
Hollyfield steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Muszyna.
Hollyfield moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hollyfield tries to clinch up but Muszyna circles away and keeps his distance.
Hollyfield staying out of range there.
Hollyfield wants to clinch.
Hollyfield ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Muszyna scores with a punch to the head.
Hollyfield moves away from the strike by Muszyna.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hollyfield doesn't manage to clinch there - Muszyna circles away.
Muszyna throws a body shot but no joy.
Hollyfield closes the distance but Muszyna moves to the side
letting Muszyna counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hollyfield takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hollyfield uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Muszyna.
Hollyfield looks to clinch
and Muszyna counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A swing and a miss from Muszyna.
Muszyna avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Hollyfield closes the distance and pushes Muszyna back into the cage.
Hollyfield tries to land a knee to the head but Muszyna blocks with his arms.
Hollyfield tries to land a knee to the head but Muszyna blocks with his arms.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hollyfield takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A bit of stalling here from Muszyna.
Muszyna dodges an elbow strike from Hollyfield.
Hollyfield throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muszyna avoiding damage as Hollyfield throws knees to the body.
Hollyfield misses with a knee strike.
Hollyfield tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Muszyna's elbow.
Muszyna managing to block the knees to the body from Hollyfield.
Muszyna letting Hollyfield take a breather here.
Muszyna taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hollyfield tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hollyfield trying to control the position but instead, Muszyna has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hollyfield into the cage.
Hollyfield throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Muszyna blocks it with crossed arms.
Muszyna takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hollyfield misses with an elbow strike.
Hollyfield tries a knee to the head but Muszyna blocks it.
Hollyfield misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Muszyna.
Hollyfield looking to throw knees to the head but Muszyna is blocking nicely.
Hollyfield tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hollyfield creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Muszyna's defenses.
Hollyfield tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hollyfield misses with an elbow strike.
Hollyfield tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Muszyna avoids it.
Hollyfield tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Muszyna dodges an elbow strike from Hollyfield.
Hollyfield lands an elbow that stopped Muszyna in his tracks for a moment.
Muszyna avoiding damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hollyfield misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Muszyna.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hollyfield just misses with a elbow thrown towards Muszyna's brow.
Hollyfield misses with a knee strike.
Hollyfield throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hollyfield tries to land a knee to the head but Muszyna blocks with his arms.
Hollyfield tries to land a knee to the head but Muszyna blocks with his arms.
Muszyna on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hollyfield creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hollyfield.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hollyfield controlling the action here for a moment.
Hollyfield misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Hollyfield staying out of range there.
Hollyfield tries to close the distance and clinch up but Muszyna swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hollyfield checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hollyfield tries to close the distance and clinch up but Muszyna swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Hollyfield gets a clinch.
Hollyfield creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Muszyna's defenses.
Hollyfield is looking to control Muszyna's arms but Muszyna gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hollyfield has his back to the cage.
Hollyfield looking to throw knees to the head but Muszyna is blocking nicely.
Hollyfield lands a damaging elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stalling in the clinch from Muszyna.
Muszyna blocks the elbow strike.
Hollyfield missing with knees to the body.
Hollyfield throws an elbow but it misses.
Hollyfield using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Muszyna has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muszyna blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Muszyna.
Hollyfield misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Muszyna.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Muszyna dodges an elbow strike from Hollyfield.
Hollyfield tries to land a knee to the head but Muszyna blocks with his arms.
Hollyfield has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Muszyna blocks an elbow strike from Hollyfield.
Hollyfield misses with an elbow strike.
Hollyfield lands an elbow that stopped Muszyna in his tracks for a moment.
Hollyfield misses with a knee strike.
Hollyfield working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Muszyna blocks an elbow strike from Hollyfield.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hollyfield just misses with a elbow thrown towards Muszyna's brow.
Muszyna takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hollyfield lands an elbow inside that Muszyna shrugs off.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hollyfield just misses with a elbow thrown towards Muszyna's brow.
Muszyna content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Muszyna wants to break free but Hollyfield has control.

Muszyna breaks from the clinch.
Muszyna avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Hollyfield clinches up with Muszyna and pushes him back against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hollyfield misses with a knee strike.
Hollyfield looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Muszyna.
Hollyfield misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muszyna avoiding damage as Hollyfield throws knees to the body.
Muszyna is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hollyfield lands a left hand.
Hollyfield tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Muszyna avoids it.
Hollyfield tries a knee to the head but Muszyna blocks it.
Muszyna avoids the elbow strike from Hollyfield, against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Hollyfield.
Hollyfield pushes off an throws an elbow but Muszyna leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hollyfield will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Muszyna up against the cage.
Muszyna avoids the elbow strike from Hollyfield, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hollyfield creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Muszyna's defenses.
Muszyna wants to stall.
Muszyna stalling against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Muszyna for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Hollyfield landing knees to the body.
Hollyfield tries to land a knee to the head but Muszyna blocks with his arms.
Hollyfield lands a damaging elbow.
Muszyna blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hollyfield just leaning against Muszyna, taking a breather.
Muszyna leaning against his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyson Hollyfield showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Muszyna misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hollyfield.
Muszyna throws a looping overhand right but Hollyfield ducks down to avoid it.
Muszyna throws a leg kick but Hollyfield moved away.
Hollyfield fails with an attempt to clinch.
Muszyna cracks Hollyfield with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Muszyna jabs Hollyfield to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hollyfield closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hollyfield takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muszyna rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hollyfield counters with a head kick. That will keep Muszyna thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Cechini Muszyna is winning the standup battle so far.
Muszyna scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Muszyna tries to score with a low kick but Hollyfield moves his leg out of the way.
Hollyfield chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Muszyna can pounce on him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hollyfield takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Muszyna wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Muszyna just misses with a punch to the body.
Muszyna swats away the attempt to clinch by Hollyfield.
Hollyfield wants to clinch but Muszyna slips to the side
and Muszyna counters with a stiff right hand.
Muszyna lands a slapping body shot.
Muszyna misses with a hook. Hollyfield ducked under it nicely.
Hollyfield tries to clinch up but Muszyna circles away and keeps his distance.
Muszyna misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Hollyfield clinches.
Hollyfield pushes off an throws an elbow but Muszyna leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hollyfield throws an elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hollyfield connects with a knee to the head.
Hollyfield looking to throw knees to the head but Muszyna is blocking nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee calls for Muszyna to work.
Muszyna blocks the elbow strike.
Hollyfield throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Muszyna blocks it with crossed arms.
Muszyna takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hollyfield tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Muszyna blocks the elbow strike.
Hollyfield with a knee to the head.
Hollyfield tries a knee to the head but Muszyna blocks it.
Muszyna stalling in the clinch but Hollyfield improves position.
Cechini Muszyna has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hollyfield misses with a knee strike.
Hollyfield throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hollyfield lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Muszyna effectively controlling the action here.
Hollyfield throws an elbow but it misses.
Muszyna on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hollyfield misses with a knee to the head.
Hollyfield creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hollyfield lands a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hollyfield swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Muszyna slows down the pace here.
A knee to the head by Hollyfield.
Muszyna trying to control the position but instead, Hollyfield has worked for underhooks and has pushed Muszyna into the cage.
Muszyna blocks an elbow strike from Hollyfield.
Tyson Hollyfield is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Nice body punch from Muszyna - that landed with a thud.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tyson Hollyfield.
I've got Hollyfield 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyson Hollyfield!
Our winner, Tyson Hollyfield, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.