PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jordan Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nataniel Byczynski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by The Town by Macklemore. Byczynski has chosen War is My Destiny as his entrance music. Nataniel Byczynski has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jordan Johnson's chin.

Johnson
vs
Byczynski

192 cm
45
285 lbs
41 - 28 - 1

200 cm
43
260 lbs
40 - 36 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 41 - 28 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jordan Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 36 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nataniel Byczynski!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Aleksandr Martynov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Byczynski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Byczynski finds it's way round the side to connect with Johnson's head.
Johnson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Byczynski lands a glancing blow to the side of Johnson's head.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Byczynski.
Byczynski misses with a wild combination.
Byczynski throws a head kick that half lands.
Byczynski misses with a left hand
and Johnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Johnson!

It looks like Nataniel Byczynski has been cut.
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!
Nice uppercut lands for Johnson. That snapped Byczynski's head back.
Johnson misses with a double jab
and Byczynski finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Jordan Johnson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byczynski sizes up Johnson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Byczynski lands a nice shot to the body.
Byczynski feints and then cracks Johnson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Johnson down.
Byczynski slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Byczynski tests Johnson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A nice combination there by Byczynski.
Byczynski closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Byczynski is looking to slow Johnson down with leg kicks.

Byczynski clinches up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Byczynski pushes Johnson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Byczynski throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Johnson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson pushes Byczynski back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Byczynski misses with a hook to the ribs.
Byczynski unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Johnson is breathing heavily.

Byczynski breaks from the clinch.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
Byczynski lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Byczynski throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Byczynski.
Byczynski cracks Johnson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Johnson looks to throw the jab but Byczynski is out of range.
Byczynski tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
Byczynski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Byczynski tries to clinch
and Johnson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Byczynski connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Byczynski throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Byczynski finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Johnson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Byczynski.
Johnson connects with the punch.
Byczynski throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Johnson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Byczynski lands with a kick to the temple. Johnson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Johnson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Byczynski stuns Johnson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Johnson moves out of range of the strikes.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Byczynski connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Johnson scrambles back to his feet.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
Byczynski goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Johnson throwing a counter right hand but Byczynski manages to avoid it.
Byczynski moves out of range as Johnson strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson moves out of range as Byczynski strikes.
Johnson misses with a two punch combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Byczynski.
Byczynski moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Byczynski plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Byczynski scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Johnson doesn't seem bothered though.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
Byczynski scores with a jab to the head.
Byczynski is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Johnson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Byczynski tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
Byczynski tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Johnson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Johnson lands a jab to Byczynski's midsection.
Nice cross by Byczynski.
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 Nataniel Byczynski's cut.
That's time! Johnson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Byczynski!
Byczynski moves to clinch but Johnson breaks away
and Johnson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Byczynski with a hook.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Byczynski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Johnson checks the leg kick.
Byczynski misses with a wild combination.

Byczynski rushes Johnson and presses him up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Byczynski tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Johnson digs a right hand into Byczynski's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Byczynski's gas tank.
Byczynski has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Byczynski is breathing heavily.

Byczynski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nataniel Byczynski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Byczynski closes the distance but Johnson moves to the side
and Johnson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Byczynski is just out of range.
Nataniel Byczynski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Byczynski lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Byczynski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice sprawl there from Johnson as Byczynski shoots in.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnson. Byczynski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Byczynski lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Byczynski takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

That has opened up Nataniel Byczynski's cut even more.
Johnson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Byczynski looks to land a combination but Johnson avoids it well.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.

Byczynski moves into the clinch successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Byczynski back against the cage.
Byczynski has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Byczynski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Byczynski throws a jab but it's blocked by Johnson.
Johnson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Johnson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Byczynski is looking to clinch.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Byczynski.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Byczynski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Byczynski replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Johnson blocks it well.
Johnson lands a body shot.
Byczynski swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Johnson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Byczynski in his tracks.
Johnson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Byczynski swings widly with a right hand
and Johnson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Byczynski throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.
It looked like Johnson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
Byczynski has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Johnson finds it's way round the side to connect with Byczynski's head.

The cut above Nataniel Byczynski's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Johnson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Byczynski avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Johnson throws a body punch but Byczynski moves out of range.

Byczynski clinches up with Johnson and pushes him back against the cage.
Byczynski tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Byczynski.
Johnson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Byczynski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Johnson lands a body shot.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Byczynski.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski blocking some punches.

Byczynski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Byczynski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Byczynski darts in looking for a takedown but Johnson gets double underhooks and turns Byczynski into the cage.
Nataniel Byczynski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Byczynski.
Johnson lands a slapping body shot.
Byczynski lands a nice leg kick that just misses Johnson's sensitive parts.
Johnson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Johnson duly obliges.
Johnson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Byczynski counters with a nice uppercut.
The fighters circling - Johnson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Johnson throws a body shot but no joy.
Byczynski throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Johnson counter with a right hand.
Byczynski ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jordan Johnson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nataniel Byczynski's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Byczynski closes the distance and clinches.
Byczynski stalling in the clinch but Johnson improves position.
Byczynski tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson lands a nice shot to the body.
Byczynski trying to land knees to the body.
Byczynski tries a knee to the head but Johnson blocks it.
Byczynski throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Johnson avoiding damage as Byczynski throws knees to the body.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Byczynski using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Byczynski.
Byczynski missing with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Byczynski scores with a hook to the body.
Johnson avoiding damage as Byczynski throws knees to the body.
Johnson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Johnson.
Byczynski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byczynski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Byczynski tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Byczynski.
Byczynski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.
Johnson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Byczynski.
A hook to the body from Johnson.
A shot in the inside from Johnson.
Johnson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Byczynski backwards.
Johnson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Byczynski.
Johnson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Johnson.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Byczynski controls the action.
Byczynski creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nataniel Byczynski seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Byczynski wants to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byczynski blocks a body shot from Johnson.

Byczynski breaks the clinch.
Byczynski dives in for a single leg takedown but Johnson sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
An attempted straight right counter from Johnson misses the target.
Johnson lunges at Byczynski with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Byczynski's hand.

Byczynski is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson throws a jab but it's blocked by Byczynski.
Byczynski throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Johnson throws a body shot but no joy.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Byczynski moves away.
Johnson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Byczynski makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Johnson throws a poor cross that misses
and Byczynski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Byczynski tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Johnson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Byczynski throws a looping overhand right but Johnson ducks down to avoid it.
Johnson throws a big counter combination but Byczynski scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Byczynski has closed the distance and engaged Johnson in a clinch.
Byczynski misses with a body punch.

Byczynski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Byczynski keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johnson.
Johnson works the jab nicely.

Nataniel Byczynski's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Byczynski has a takedown stuffed.
Byczynski changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Johnson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson swinging wildly here.
A punch combination from Johnson misses.
A shot to the body from Johnson misses
and Byczynski counters with a stiff right hand.

Byczynski closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
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 right handed body shot lands from Byczynski.
Byczynski lands an elbow that stopped Johnson in his tracks for a moment.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Byczynski controls the action.
Byczynski throws a knee to the head but misses.
Byczynski avoiding damage.
Byczynski lands a body shot in the clinch.
Byczynski lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Good body shot from Byczynski.
Byczynski is stalling here.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Nataniel Byczynski.
Well Byczynski 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nataniel Byczynski!
Nataniel Byczynski really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Untouchable Fight Nutrition Q160 $125 logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.