PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ghazi Okah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Krystian Soszynski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Okah comes to the ring accompanied by Rock Stone. Soszynski comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Żółf, Miexon - K S W kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Okah
vs
Soszynski

195 cm
21
212 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

188 cm
21
207 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Sully's Bar & Grill

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, Ghazi Okah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Krystian Soszynski!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yuuki Gou and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Okah bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Soszynski's head.
Soszynski digs a good hook to Okah's body.
Okah takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

It looks like Krystian Soszynski has been cut.
Soszynski cracks a nice hook into Okah's ribs.
Okah misses with a left hand
and Soszynski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Okah moves out of range as Soszynski strikes.
Soszynski drops his hands momentarily and Okah takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Okah closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Soszynski creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Soszynski throws a punch but it's blocked by Okah.
Okah lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Soszynski or not.
A shot in the inside from Okah.

Okah breaks from the clinch.
Soszynski tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Okah counters with a body kick that stops Soszynski in his tracks momentarily.
Okah misses with a hook
and Okah takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soszynski wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Okah ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Soszynski moves away.
Soszynski only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Soszynski takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Okah misses with an uppercut.
Soszynski tries to clinch
and Okah counters with a nice uppercut.
Okah ducks under a wild hook from Soszynski.
Decent striking displayed by Okah there.
Okah throws out a loose jab but Soszynski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Soszynski throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Okah ducks under a wild hook from Soszynski.
A lazy left from Soszynski finds it's target.
Okah throws an overhand right that lands on Soszynski's shoulder, as Soszynski tries to avoid the shot.
Okah is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

Okah has Soszynski up against the ropes in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soszynski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Okah working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Soszynski misses with some punches.
Okah is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Okah tries a body shot but Soszynski blocks it.
Okah misses with some punches.
Soszynski digs a right hand underneath Okah's ribcage. Okah let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Okah breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Krystian Soszynski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Soszynski digs a good hook to Okah's body.
Soszynski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Okah paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Soszynski rushes Okah and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Soszynski.
Soszynski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Okah tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Soszynski.
The referee is keeping an eye on Okah - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Nice body punch from Soszynski.
Okah is breathing heavily.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Soszynski.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okah misses with a short punch on the inside.
Soszynski misses with a hook to the ribs.
Okah blocking some punches.
Okah swings wildly with an uppercut but Soszynski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Okah working aggressively here.
Okah misses with a punch on the inside.
Okah prevents a body shot from Soszynski.
Soszynski misses with a hook from the clinch.
Soszynski presses Okah against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Okah tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Soszynski's elbow.

Okah breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Soszynski scores with a nice head shot.

Soszynski rushes Okah and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Okah swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Soszynski.
Okah tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Soszynski struggles to land a body shot inside as Okah controls his hands.
Okah throws a punch but it's blocked by Soszynski.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okah lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Soszynski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Okah's elbow.
Okah doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Okah tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Soszynski's elbow.
Okah misses with a punch to the body.
Okah throws a punch but it's blocked by Soszynski.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Soszynski has a couple of punches blocked by Okah.
Okah lands a left hand.
Soszynski throws a head punch that misses.

Okah manages to break the clinch.
Okah moves into range and connects with a jab.
Soszynski throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Okah keeps the fight on the outside.
It looked like Okah wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A jab from Soszynski does it's job there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Okah misses the body punch
and Soszynski counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Okah thinking.
Soszynski scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Soszynski thuds his right hand into Okah's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Krystian Soszynski will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Krystian Soszynski's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Soszynski staying out of range there.
Okah misses with a body shot.
Krystian Soszynski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Okah swats away the attempt to clinch by Soszynski.
Soszynski lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Okah takes a jab right on the kisser.
Soszynski lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Okah throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Soszynski sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Okah avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Soszynski walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Okah checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Okah's jab looks to have found its range, popping Soszynski under the eye.
Okah swats away the attempt to clinch by Soszynski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Okah is looking to land body kicks.
Soszynski tries to clinch but Okah is having none of it.
As Soszynski tries to get set, Okah tries to push him back and clinch up but Soszynski manages to avoid the attempt.
Okah misses with a looping right.
An inside leg kick from Soszynski misses.
Okah feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Soszynski moves to clinch but Okah breaks away
and Soszynski takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Soszynski has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Okah tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Okah steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Soszynski.
Okah walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
It looks like Okah has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Okah misses with a straight left.
Okah throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Soszynski scores with a shot to the body.

Soszynski bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Okah! He dives into his guard looking to finish!

Okah is rocked!

It looks like Ghazi Okah has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Okah working for submissions but it's allowed Soszynski to get to half guard.
Oh Okah is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Soszynski seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Okah seems to have got his legs back now.

Okah looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Okah is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Soszynski jumps into side control!
Okah trying his best to control but Soszynski has mounted him.
Okah is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okah wants to hold on but Soszynski pushes him away.
Okah is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Okah tries to hold on but Soszynski postures up.
Soszynski controlling from mount.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Okah tries to reverse the position but Soszynski maintains control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soszynski looking to control and managing it successfully.
Okah is trying to escape the mount.
Okah wants to hold on but Soszynski pushes him away.
Soszynski can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Okah is looking to escape.
Okah can't escape the position.
Soszynski trying to control but Okah is having none of it.
Okah tries to hold on but Soszynski postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Krystian Soszynski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Okah circles away from the clinch attempt.
Okah is looking for a counter combo.
Okah lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Soszynski connects with an inside leg kick.
Soszynski has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Soszynski lands a nice shot that snaps Okah's head back.
Soszynski punishes Okah's body with a nice straight punch.
Okah keeps the fight on the outside.
Okah just misses with a punch to the body.
Okah looks for the body kick but Soszynski saw that one coming.
Soszynski tries to clinch up but Okah circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soszynski with a hook.
Okah lands with a straight right. Soszynski didn't see that one coming.
Soszynski tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Okah manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Okah avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soszynski lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Okah takes one to the side of the head.
Okah lands with a kick to the ribs.
Okah takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Soszynski closes the distance looking to clinch
and Okah counters with a nice body kick.
Okah delivers a nice body kick.
Soszynski misses with a left hand
and Okah counters with a left to the body.
Okah throws a nice inside leg kick.
Okah will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Soszynski wants to slow Okah down by chopping away at his legs.
A big right from Soszynski misses.
Okah swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ghazi Okah has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okah attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Okah.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Okah throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Soszynski clinches up with Okah and pushes him back against the ropes.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Okah.
A head punch on the inside from Okah fails to land.
Good body shot from Okah.
Okah working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Okah misses with the head strike.
Okah lands a hook to the side of the head.
Okah scores with a nice hook to the head.
Soszynski works on Okah's body with a couple of short punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Soszynski lands a right hand that snaps the head of Okah backwards.
Okah throws a head punch that misses.
Soszynski lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okah working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Soszynski lands a body shot.
Soszynski working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Soszynski is working Okah over against the ropes.
Soszynski lands a left hand that snaps the head of Okah backwards.
Okah lands a right hand.
Soszynski working aggressively here.
Okah misses with a body punch.
Okah blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Okah blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Soszynski misses with some punches.
Okah throws a punch but it's blocked by Soszynski.
Soszynski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Okah working aggressively here.
Okah doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Okah.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Soszynski.
Okah tries a body shot but Soszynski blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okah lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Soszynski tries a body shot but Okah blocks it.
Okah cracks Soszynski with a nice body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Okah is trying to pull guard but Soszynski turns him against the ropes and we stay in the clinch.
Okah misses with a punch on the inside.
Okah scores with a shot to the side of Soszynski's head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Okah.
Okah is leaning against Soszynski and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Okah tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Okah lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Soszynski.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Soszynski.
Okah struggles to land a body shot inside as Soszynski controls his hands.
Okah swings wildly with an uppercut but Soszynski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Soszynski misses with the head strike.
Okah presses Soszynski against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Okah softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Okah lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Okah misses with a body punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ghazi Okah showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Soszynski has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Krystian Soszynski!
Our winner, Krystian Soszynski, 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.