PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Seery (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Szczęsny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Seery's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, An Irish Pub Song. Patrick Seery has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Seery
vs
Szczęsny

175 cm
30
147 lbs
22 - 3 - 0

225 cm
36
135 lbs
34 - 16 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Patrick Seery!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Victor Szczęsny!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Felipe Paraventi and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid leg kick lands there for Szczęsny.
Szczęsny lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Szczęsny looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Szczęsny keeps the fight on the outside.
Seery throws a body punch but Szczęsny moves out of range.
Szczęsny ducks under a wild hook from Seery.
Szczęsny looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
An inside leg kick lands from Szczęsny.
Szczęsny lands with a thumping leg kick.
Seery misses the jab.
Seery misses with a double jab
and Szczęsny counters with a good low kick that Seery was not able to check.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Szczęsny looks to score with a jab to the body but Seery is just out of range.
Seery appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Szczęsny turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Szczęsny throws a nice outside leg kick.
Szczęsny blocks a jab.
Seery has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Szczęsny misses with a two punch combination.
Szczęsny takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Szczęsny lands a head kick. Seery smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Seery lands a slapping body shot.
Seery misses with a hook.
Szczęsny pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Seery tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Szczęsny was well out of range. Poor timing from Seery.
Danga de danga de dang - Szczęsny scores with a four punch combination!
Szczęsny misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Seery. Szczęsny does a little dance to reset his feet.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Szczęsny.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Szczęsny fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Seery jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Seery misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Seery takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Szczęsny connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Szczęsny lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Szczęsny throws a nice outside leg kick.
Seery on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Szczęsny forces Seery back against the cage and clinches.
Seery misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice right hand lands inside from Szczęsny.
Szczęsny lands a body punch in the clinch.
Szczęsny comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Patrick Seery has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seery wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Seery throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Seery is trying to break the clinch but Szczęsny has him pressed against the cage.
Seery manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Szczęsny prevents a body shot from Seery.
Seery is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Seery's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Seery taking a breather.
Seery presses Szczęsny against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Seery misses with a hook to the ribs.
Seery tries a body shot but Szczęsny blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Szczęsny blocks a body shot from Seery.
Seery lands a left hand.
Szczęsny keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Seery's efforts to push away.
Seery can't find room to land a body shot as Szczęsny controls the action.
Szczęsny lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Seery tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Szczęsny lands an elbow that stopped Seery in his tracks for a moment.
Seery stalling against the cage.
Seery stalling in the clinch but Szczęsny improves position.
Seery tries to throw a body punch but Szczęsny avoids it by throwing Seery back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Szczęsny dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Patrick Seery's cut.
That's time! Seery's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Szczęsny throws a nice outside leg kick.
Seery with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Szczęsny to score with a decent uppercut.
Seery throws a lazy right hand but Szczęsny sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Szczęsny throws out a counter right but Seery avoids it with no problem.
Seery misses with a straight right.
Seery slips under a jab from Szczęsny.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Szczęsny.
Seery wants to clinch up but Szczęsny keeps it at a distance.
Szczęsny uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Seery.
Szczęsny tries a quick counter leg kick but Seery is wise to it.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Szczęsny in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Szczęsny swats away the attempt to clinch by Seery.
Szczęsny is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A jab from Seery misses.
Seery misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Szczęsny connects with a solid leg kick.
Szczęsny is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Szczęsny lands a leg kick that knocks Seery off balance momentarily.
Seery misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Szczęsny counters with a nice leg kick.
Szczęsny has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Seery takes a swing at Szczęsny's ribcage but misses.
A big left from Seery misses.
Seery throws a body punch but Szczęsny moves out of range.
Seery misses the shot to the body.
Seery tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Szczęsny was well out of range. Poor timing from Seery.
Szczęsny let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

Szczęsny has taken the fight to the clinch.
Szczęsny tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Seery's elbow.
Seery wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Seery taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seery lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Szczęsny backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Szczęsny.
Szczęsny tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Seery can't find room to land a body shot as Szczęsny controls the action.
Szczęsny working aggressively here.
Victor Szczęsny seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Seery has had enough of the clinch but Szczęsny keeps him there for the moment.
Seery managing to block the knees to the body from Szczęsny.
Szczęsny has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Szczęsny lands an elbow inside that Seery shrugs off.
Szczęsny keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Seery's efforts to push away.
Seery lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Szczęsny backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Szczęsny prevents a body shot from Seery.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seery on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Szczęsny misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Seery makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Seery misses with a body punch.
Seery lands with a left to the head.
Seery tries a body shot but Szczęsny blocks it.
Szczęsny gets through Seery's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Seery wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Seery fails to land.
Seery misses with a hook to the ribs.
Seery takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seery misses with a punch to the body.
Seery tries to circle away but Szczęsny has him pinned against the cage.
Seery misses with a punch on the inside.
Seery throws a punch but it's blocked by Szczęsny.
Szczęsny connects with a knee to the head.
Seery working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Seery.
Seery working aggressively here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Seery misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Seery wants to break the clinch but can't.
Seery can't break the clinch.
Seery is trying to break the clinch but Szczęsny is controlling him.
Seery doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Victor Szczęsny will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Patrick Seery's cut.
That's time! Seery's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Seery defending well as Szczęsny loads up on a big left hand.
Szczęsny tests Seery's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Victor Szczęsny seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Szczęsny pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Seery scores with a shot to the body.
Seery misses with a straight right.
Szczęsny lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Szczęsny gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Seery lands a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seery throws a head punch that misses.
Seery wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Szczęsny misses with a knee strike.

Seery breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seery's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Szczęsny connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Seery scrambles back to his feet.
Szczęsny keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Szczęsny swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Szczęsny misses the shot to the body.
Szczęsny throws a hook but Seery avoids it easily.
Seery keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Seery fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A shot to the liver by Szczęsny. Beautiful body shot.
Seery fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Szczęsny manages to avoid it.
Seery throws a right hand that Szczęsny ducks under and follows up with a left that Szczęsny also avoids with ease.
Szczęsny scores with a hook.
Seery throws a hook to the side of Szczęsny's head but Szczęsny sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Szczęsny misses with a straight right.
Victor Szczęsny seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Szczęsny throws a predictable looking body shot

and Seery counters by clinching up.
Seery swings wildly with an uppercut but Szczęsny uses good head movement to avoid it.
Seery misses with a short punch on the inside.
Szczęsny throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Seery stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Seery misses with a body punch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Szczęsny throws an elbow but misses.
Szczęsny lands a nice shot to the body.
Seery blocks an elbow strike from Szczęsny.
Seery doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Patrick Seery has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seery tries a body shot but Szczęsny blocks it.
Seery gets through Szczęsny's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Seery misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Seery.
Seery misses with a punch on the inside.
Seery lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Seery fails to land.
Szczęsny lands a nice uppercut.
Seery working aggressively here.
Szczęsny blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Seery is trying to break the clinch but Szczęsny has him pressed against the cage.
Seery wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seery on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Szczęsny lands a nice elbow.
Szczęsny lands a body shot in the clinch.
Seery doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Szczęsny tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Seery avoids it.
Seery misses with a hook to the ribs.
Victor Szczęsny is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Seery has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Seery lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Szczęsny backwards.
Seery is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Szczęsny's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
A shot in the inside from Seery.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Seery has a couple of punches blocked by Szczęsny.
Seery can't find room to land a body shot as Szczęsny controls the action.
Seery blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Seery misses with a punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Patrick Seery.
I think Szczęsny 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:29
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30

The fight is ruled a majority draw!