PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Victor Szczęsny (ranked 2761 p4p, 309 weight class) and Frankie Hollywood (ranked 1671 p4p, 200 weight class). Frankie Hollywood has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Szczęsny
vs
Hollywood

225 cm
44
135 lbs
48 - 30 - 2

165 cm
29
134 lbs
21 - 16 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Trashy Bar (158+q / 30$)

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 48 - 30 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Victor Szczęsny!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Frankie Hollywood!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Steve Montenegro and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Szczęsny fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hollywood on the side of the head.
Hollywood walks forward, straight into a front kick from Szczęsny.
Szczęsny moves out of range of the strikes.
A slapping leg kick lands for Szczęsny.
Hollywood waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Szczęsny.
Szczęsny looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jab by Hollywood.
Hollywood comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hollywood slips a straight right by Szczęsny.
Szczęsny ducks under a wild hook from Hollywood.
Szczęsny looks to land a right hand but Hollywood moved out of range.
Nice defenses there by Szczęsny.
Hollywood swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Szczęsny to counter with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Szczęsny throws a looping overhand right but Hollywood ducks down to avoid it.
Szczęsny takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Szczęsny is rocked!

It looks like Victor Szczęsny has been cut.
Hollywood misses the jab.
Oh Szczęsny is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Szczęsny throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Szczęsny seems to have got his legs back now.

Hollywood tries to keep at a distance but Szczęsny has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Szczęsny has Hollywood pressed against the cage, preventing Hollywood from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Szczęsny.
Szczęsny changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Hollywood fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Hollywood misses with a series of wild punches.
Hollywood loads up on a big right hand but Szczęsny slips the punch.
Szczęsny connects with the punch.
Sloppy strikes from Hollywood. Those never looked like landing.
Hollywood misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Szczęsny counters with a nice uppercut.
Hollywood displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Szczęsny throws out the jab.
Hollywood takes one on the button.

Szczęsny has Hollywood up against the cage in a clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hollywood dodges an elbow strike from Szczęsny.
Szczęsny taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Szczęsny pressing his opponent against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Szczęsny lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Frankie Hollywood has been cut.
Szczęsny really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Szczęsny trying to land knees to the body.
Szczęsny tries a body shot but Hollywood blocks it.
A bit of stalling here from Szczęsny.
Szczęsny prevents Hollywood from breaking the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Szczęsny.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Victor Szczęsny.
Hollywood throws a poor cross that misses
and Hollywood takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Frankie Hollywood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Szczęsny shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Szczęsny showed some decent athleticism there.
Szczęsny wants to control but Hollywood is keeping him busy.
Szczęsny throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hollywood is holding on to half guard well.
Hollywood is looking to improve his position.
Hollywood blocking the ground and pound attempt from Szczęsny.
Szczęsny throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Szczęsny wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hollywood keeps working.
Hollywood tries to get to full guard but Szczęsny has control of the leg.
Szczęsny throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Szczęsny slips a nice elbow through Hollywood's hands, connecting with Hollywood's forehead.
Hollywood is looking to improve his position.
Hollywood blocking the ground and pound attempt from Szczęsny.
Hollywood keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hollywood preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Szczęsny throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Hollywood to regain full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Szczęsny dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Szczęsny throws a jab when Hollywood was well out of range.
Szczęsny moves in looking to clinch but Hollywood pushes him off.
Szczęsny is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hollywood can do to turn this around?

Szczęsny looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Hollywood!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hollywood can't do much from the bottom here.
Szczęsny working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Hollywood is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Hollywood moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Hollywood is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hollywood scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Szczęsny is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Hollywood jumps into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hollywood wants to lay and pray for a moment but Szczęsny keeps working.
Hollywood lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Szczęsny down.
Szczęsny tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hollywood wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Szczęsny stops Hollywood from passing to mount.
Hollywood advances to mount.
Szczęsny tries to reverse the position but Hollywood maintains control.

Hollywood working for a submission but Szczęsny is keeping him at bay.
Szczęsny is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Szczęsny is looking to get to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hollywood lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Hollywood is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Szczęsny has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Hollywood misses with a head shot.
Szczęsny wants to try and get back to his feet.

Hollywood moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Szczęsny has worked his arm free - good work by Szczęsny!
Szczęsny tries to buck Hollywood off but Hollywood is having none of it.
Szczęsny gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hollywood is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Hollywood is thwarting Szczęsny's attempts to control the position.
Szczęsny wants to improve his position but Hollywood is controlling well.

Hollywood is trying to work for a kimura but Szczęsny is defending well.

Hollywood looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Szczęsny is defending against the submission attempts here by Hollywood.

Hollywood seems to be working for a kimura but Szczęsny defends the submission attempt.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hollywood content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frankie Hollywood 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 corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Hollywood falls off balance throwing a combination
and Szczęsny counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hollywood throws a right and a left that Szczęsny avoids nicely.
Hollywood has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
A combination from Hollywood does no damage.
Nice jab there from Szczęsny.
Szczęsny displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hollywood throws out the jab.
Szczęsny throwing a counter right hand but Hollywood manages to avoid it.
Szczęsny moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A big right from Hollywood misses.
Szczęsny with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Szczęsny misses with a double jab.
Hollywood lands a nice shot that snaps Szczęsny's head back.
Hollywood throws a right hand that misses
and Szczęsny cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hollywood might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Szczęsny lands a high kick!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hollywood misses with an uppercut
and Szczęsny counters with a stiff right hand.
Szczęsny defending well as Hollywood loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Szczęsny misses with a takedown attempt - Hollywood sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Hollywood swings for the body but Szczęsny moves out of range.
Hollywood throws a poor cross that misses
and Szczęsny counters with an outside leg kick.
Hollywood misses the jab.
Szczęsny is looking for a counter combo.
Szczęsny scores with a leg kick.
Szczęsny tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hollywood swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hollywood walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Hollywood misses with a few strikes there.
Szczęsny scores with a nice strike.
Szczęsny connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Szczęsny rushes Hollywood and presses him up against the cage.
Hollywood can't break the clinch.
Hollywood looking to slow down the pace here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hollywood is trying to break the clinch but Szczęsny has him pressed against the cage.
Szczęsny manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Szczęsny displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hollywood up against the cage.
Hollywood being controlled against the cage.
Hollywood can't break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Szczęsny utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hollywood wants to break free but Szczęsny has control.
Szczęsny has Hollywood pushed against the cage.
Hollywood blocks a body shot from Szczęsny.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Victor Szczęsny.
An inside leg kick lands from Szczęsny.
Szczęsny scores with a leg kick.
A big right from Hollywood misses.
Szczęsny throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Szczęsny uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hollywood.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Szczęsny ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hollywood moves away.
A little jabbing left from Hollywood on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hollywood takes a swing at Szczęsny's ribcage but misses.
It looked like Szczęsny wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

Szczęsny has Hollywood up against the cage in a clinch.
Szczęsny wants to take the fight to the mat but Hollywood manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Hollywood is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Hollywood prevents a body shot from Szczęsny.
Szczęsny struggles to land a body shot inside as Hollywood controls his hands.
Szczęsny taking a breather.
Szczęsny stalling the fight.
Szczęsny seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Szczęsny lands an elbow inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Szczęsny is pushing Hollywood up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

And that's the end of the fight!
Victor Szczęsny showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Szczęsny has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Victor Szczęsny!
Victor Szczęsny took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.