PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lukasz Sajewski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wasim Kayani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kayani comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Audioslave - Exploder 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.

Sajewski
vs
Kayani

177 cm
33
169 lbs
17 - 6 - 1

170 cm
30
167 lbs
20 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Fury Nutrition Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Lukasz Sajewski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Wasim Kayani!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kayani tries a head kick but it misses.
Kayani throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kayani checks a leg kick nicely.
Sajewski takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kayani. That's going to slow Sajewski down.
Kayani looks to land a body kick but Sajewski moved away.
Kayani closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sajewski throws a right hand that Kayani ducks under and follows up with a left that Kayani also avoids with ease.
Sajewski throws a lazy uppercut
and Kayani counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sajewski checks a low kick from Kayani.
Sajewski explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Kayani bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kayani jabs at Sajewski's body.
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!
Kayani bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sajewski's head.
Sajewski rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kayani counters with a good low kick that Sajewski was not able to check.
Kayani thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kayani is looking to slow Sajewski down with leg kicks.
Sajewski throws a combination that misses
and Kayani counters with a head kick. That will keep Sajewski thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Kayani has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Kayani scores with a body shot.
Kayani lands a really nice looking cross but Sajewski seems unphased.
Sajewski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kayani manages to avoid it.
Kayani let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Kayani throws a leg kick but Sajewski moved away.
Kayani throws a head kick that misses.
Sajewski appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Sajewski lands with an uppercut that bounces Kayani off the cage and back into range.
Sajewski avoids the head kick by Kayani.
Lukasz Sajewski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sajewski with a nice cross.
Kayani clobbers Sajewski with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sajewski scores with a jab to the body.
Kayani lands a nice shot that snaps Sajewski's head back.
A good leg kick by Kayani.
Kayani moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kayani lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sajewski throws a jab when Kayani was well out of range.
Kayani fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sajewski manages to avoid it.
Sajewski listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
An inside leg kick lands from Kayani.
Kayani thumps Sajewski with a low kick.
Sajewski is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Kayani throws a solid leg kick but Sajewski takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kayani.
Kayani moves out of range of the leg kick from Sajewski.
Sajewski keeps the fight on the outside.
Kayani takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sajewski goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sajewski misses with a body punch
and Kayani cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kayani is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Sajewski had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Kayani cracks a nice hook into Sajewski's ribs.
Nice uppercut there from Sajewski.
Sajewski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kayani.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sajewski misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kayani throws a head kick but Sajewski moves out of range.
Kayani buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kayani throws a jab when Sajewski was well out of range.
Sajewski takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kayani staying out of range there.
Sajewski throws a good cross that connects.
Kayani throws a shot from downtown. Sajewski moves away and avoids it.
Sajewski scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kayani scores with a decent looking hook.
Kayani fails with an attempt to clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kayani.
Sajewski just misses with a punch to the body.
Kayani wants to land a leg kick but Sajewski is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sajewski just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kayani blocks a head kick by Sajewski.
Sajewski looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kayani misses with a head kick.
Sajewski is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sajewski misses with a kick to the body
and Kayani counters with a nice uppercut.
Kayani scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kayani fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sajewski has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kayani checks the leg kick.
Sajewski takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sajewski stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kayani.
Kayani misses with an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab lands there for Kayani.
Sajewski misses with the combination.
A jab from Kayani does it's job there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wasim Kayani dominated that 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.

Sajewski tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kayani cracks a nice hook into Sajewski's ribs.
Sajewski looks to land a right hand but Kayani moved out of range.
Kayani raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
The crowd cheers as Kayani lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sajewski doesn't seem phased though.
Sajewski misses with a kick to the body.
Kayani tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kayani throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Sajewski throws out a powerful jab.
Sajewski keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kayani.
Sajewski walks into a stiff left hand from Kayani.
A head kick by Sajewski misses
and Kayani counters with a good low kick that Sajewski was not able to check.
Kayani swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Sajewski might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
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!
Sajewski displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kayani throws out the jab.
Sajewski looks to score with a jab to the body but Kayani is just out of range.
Kayani ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sajewski moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kayani throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sajewski's head.
Kayani moves out of range as Sajewski strikes.
Sajewski lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kayani circles away quickly and effectively.
Sajewski misses with a left hand
and Kayani counters with an outside leg kick.
Sajewski throws a hook but Kayani blocks it.
Sajewski throws a head kick that misses.
Sajewski comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sajewski closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Sajewski rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kayani moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kayani throws out a counter right but Sajewski avoids it with no problem.
Kayani misses with an uppercut. Sajewski saw that one coming.
Sajewski feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kayanis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sajewski throws a sloppy head kick and Kayani moves out of range easily.
Wasim Kayani seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sajewski tries a head kick but it misses.
Kayani appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kayani is looking to land body kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kayani moves into the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Sajewski - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kayani.
Kayani swings wildly with an uppercut but Sajewski uses good head movement to avoid it.

Kayani has picked Sajewski up - he's going for a ride! Kayani dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Kayani lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Kayani not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kayani sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sajewski defending well though.
Kayani not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kayani sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Nice strikes from Kayani there.
Kayani controlling the action here.
Kayani throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Sajewski keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Kayani throws a body punch but Sajewski moves out of range.
Kayani displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sajewski throws out the jab.
Kayani missing with a left hand there. Sajewski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kayani scores with a nice body kick.
Kayani moves out of range of the body kick from Sajewski.
Sajewski looks to throw the jab but Kayani is out of range.
Kayani slips a jab and a cross from Sajewski.
Sajewski moves out of range as Kayani strikes.
Sajewski appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Sajewski throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kayani tries a quick counter leg kick but Sajewski is wise to it.
Kayani connects with an inside leg kick.
Sajewski's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kayani connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sajewski scrambles back to his feet.
Sajewski misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wasim Kayani 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Kayani throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Sajewski looks to score with a jab to the body but Kayani is just out of range.
A jab from Sajewski misses.
Kayani doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Kayani looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kayani throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Sajewski.
Sajewski on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kayani pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sajewski misses with a body kick.
Sajewski throws a combination that misses
and Kayani counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sajewski's knee momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sajewski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sajewski tries to land a front kick but Kayani steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kayani lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Lukasz Sajewski has been cut.
Sajewski throws a lazy uppercut
and Kayani counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Kayani moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kayani lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kayani misses with a punch to the body.
Kayani displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sajewski up against the cage.
Kayani doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sajewski working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sajewski being controlled against the cage.
Kayani content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Kayani receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Wasim Kayani is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kayani misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kayani is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sajewski is keeping busy.
Kayani taking a breather.
Lukasz Sajewski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sajewski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sajewski tries to break the clinch but Kayani is controlling the position.

Kayani pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That kick from Kayani tenderised Sajewski's leg. Sajewski is trying to keep his angry face on.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kayani.
Sajewski misses with a leg kick
and Kayani counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sajewski throws a nice looking combination but Kayani bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kayani throws a looping overhand right but Sajewski ducks down to avoid it.
Sajewski seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kayani connects with a solid leg kick.
Sajewski darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sajewski misses with a low kick.
Kayani looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kayani has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sajewski is looking to land body kicks.
Kayani lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Kayani lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Kayani throws a nice head kick!
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!
A jab from Kayani finds it's way through Sajewski's defenses.
Sajewski lands with an overhand left.
Kayani jabs Sajewski to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sajewski thumps Kayani with a low kick.
Sajewski throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Kayani uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sajewski.
Kayani flicks out a counter leg kick but Sajewski steps away.
Sajewski tests Kayani's chin there with a solid looking shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wasim Kayani comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kayani has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wasim Kayani!
A victorious Wasim Kayani thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.