PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Krystian Soszynski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ernest Shackleton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Soszynski comes to the ring accompanied by Żółf, Miexon - K S W. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Soszynski
vs
Shackleton

188 cm
21
207 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

180 cm
20
220 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Krystian Soszynski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ernest Shackleton!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Kenichi Hosakawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shackleton misses with a lunging right hand
and Soszynski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Ernest Shackleton has been cut.
Soszynski lands a nice shot to the body.
Soszynski misses with an attempted mid kick.
A nice side step and Shackleton releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Shackleton ducks under a wild hook from Soszynski.
Soszynski throws a lazy right hand but Shackleton sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Shackleton is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Soszynski with a body shot.
Soszynski tests Shackleton's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Shackleton takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Soszynski throws a jab when Shackleton was well out of range.
A slow jab from Soszynski misses its intended target.
Nice shot lands for Shackleton.
Soszynski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shackleton moves away.
Shackleton swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Soszynski sizes up Shackleton with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Shackleton works Soszynski's body with a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shackleton takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Soszynski thumps Shackleton with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soszynski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shackleton tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Krystian Soszynski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shackleton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Soszynski moves away.
Soszynski lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Shackleton walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Shackleton lands a jab to the head.
Soszynski definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Soszynski moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Shackleton tries to close the distance and clinch but Soszynski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Soszynski ducks under a wild hook from Shackleton.
Soszynski fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Shackleton lands a glancing blow to the side of Soszynski's head.
Shackleton checks a leg kick.
Soszynski is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shackleton.
Soszynski throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Soszynski swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Shackleton.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shackleton takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Soszynski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shackleton.
Shackleton let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Soszynski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Shackleton throws out a loose jab but Soszynski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Soszynski moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Soszynski throws a hook but Shackleton blocks it.
Shackleton tries to clinch
and Soszynski counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Shackleton blocks a jab.
Soszynski is looking to land body kicks.
Soszynski motions for Shackleton to come forward. Soszynski throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Shackleton ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Soszynski misses with a kick to the body.
Shackleton has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Soszynski.
Soszynski connects with the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soszynski missing with a left hand there. Shackleton was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Soszynski lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Shackleton uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Soszynski.
Soszynski dodges the punch combination from Shackleton.
Soszynski's corner calls for a 1-2. Soszynski obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Soszynski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Soszynski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Shackleton.
Shackleton walks into a stiff left hand from Soszynski.
Soszynski throws a hook to the side of Shackleton's head but Shackleton sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Soszynski misses with a looping left.
Shackleton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Soszynski.
Soszynski throws a right hand that misses
and Shackleton counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A big left from Shackleton misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soszynski misses with a straight right.
Soszynski tries a head kick but it misses.
Shackleton throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A little feinted left hand from Soszynski on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shackleton moves out of range of the strikes.
Soszynski throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Shackleton stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Shackleton cracks Soszynski with a good jab.
Shackleton misses with a looping right.
Soszynski missing with a left hand there. Shackleton was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Soszynski throws a sloppy head kick and Shackleton moves out of range easily.
Shackleton showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Soszynski.
Shackleton takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Soszynski lunges at Shackleton with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Shackleton's hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Krystian Soszynski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ernest Shackleton's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Soszynski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shackleton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Shackleton swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fighters circling - Soszynski throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Shackleton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Soszynski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shackleton throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Soszynski sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Shackleton checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Shackleton might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Soszynski has got the better of the exchanges.
Soszynski jabs Shackleton right on the nose. Shackleton blinks but takes it well.
Soszynski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A lazy left from Shackleton finds it's target.
Shackleton looks to score with a jab to the body but Soszynski is just out of range.
Shackleton is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Soszynski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shackleton manages to avoid it.
Soszynski throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Shackleton stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soszynski moves out of range of the strikes.
Krystian Soszynski is winning the standup battle so far.
Soszynski bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Shackleton's head.
Soszynski throws a body punch but Shackleton moves out of range.
Shackleton misses with a body punch
and Soszynski counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Soszynski scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Soszynski takes a swing at Shackleton's ribcage but misses.
Soszynski displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Shackleton throws out the jab.
Soszynski ducks under a wild hook from Shackleton.
Soszynski scores with a jab to the head.
Soszynski looks to score with a jab to the body but Shackleton is just out of range.
Shackleton on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That has opened up Ernest Shackleton's cut even more.
Soszynski avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Soszynski works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Shackleton uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Soszynski.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soszynski connects with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Soszynski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shackleton manages to avoid it.
Shackleton avoids the body shot from Soszynski.
Shackleton tries to counter by closing the distance.
Shackleton jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Shackleton swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shackleton misses with a hook to the body
and Soszynski counters with a stiff right hand.
Soszynski staying out of range there.
Soszynski misses with a wild body shot.
Shackleton takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Soszynski throws a leg kick
and Shackleton counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A shot to the body from Shackleton misses
and Shackleton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Soszynski lunges at Shackleton with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Shackleton's hand.
The crowd cheers as Soszynski lands an impressive looking overhand right. Shackleton doesn't seem phased though.

Shackleton is rocked!

The cut above Ernest Shackleton's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Shackleton throws out a loose jab but Soszynski uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Soszynski!
Shackleton misses with an uppercut
and Soszynski counters with a crisp right that sends Shackleton to the canvas! Soszynski follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Krystian Soszynski!
A victorious Krystian Soszynski thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.