PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Blazej Byczkiewicz (ranked 876 p4p, 842 weight class) and Seamus Ohoulihan (ranked 115 p4p, 111 weight class). Byczkiewicz's entrance music is The Analogs - Szczecin. A fine choice. Ohoulihan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bill Conti - Going The Distance kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Byczkiewicz
vs
Ohoulihan

180 cm
28
215
15 - 8 - 0

189 cm
27
203
15 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition
Vegan Gains

Brooklyn Apothecary

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 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Blazej Byczkiewicz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seamus Ohoulihan!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Roger Salmon and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Byczkiewicz misses with a straight right.
Byczkiewicz keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

It looks like Seamus Ohoulihan has been cut.
Ohoulihan catches Byczkiewicz with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

It looks like Blazej Byczkiewicz has been cut.
Byczkiewicz throws an off balance right hand
letting Ohoulihan counter with a right hand.
Ohoulihan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Byczkiewicz at a distance.
Ohoulihan lands a really nice looking cross but Byczkiewicz seems unphased.
Byczkiewicz throws a right and a left that Ohoulihan avoids nicely.
Byczkiewicz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Byczkiewicz moves out of range as Ohoulihan strikes.
Ohoulihan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ohoulihan throws a hook but Byczkiewicz blocks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Byczkiewicz misses with an uppercut.

Byczkiewicz fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ohoulihan, pushing him back against the cage.

Byczkiewicz manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Byczkiewicz has a closed guard, preventing Ohoulihan from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byczkiewicz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ohoulihan tries to stand but Byczkiewicz is controlling from the bottom.
Byczkiewicz wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Byczkiewicz is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Byczkiewicz throws out a loose jab but Ohoulihan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ohoulihan is looking for the big counter here.
A swing and a miss from Byczkiewicz.
Byczkiewicz missing with a left hand there. Ohoulihan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Byczkiewicz walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Byczkiewicz gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Byczkiewicz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Byczkiewicz pushes Ohoulihan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ohoulihan stalling the fight.
A short uppercut from Byczkiewicz.
I was talking to Byczkiewicz's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Ohoulihan stalls.
Ohoulihan receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Byczkiewicz tries to work over Ohoulihan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ohoulihan tries to stall but Byczkiewicz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A right hook to the body lands for Byczkiewicz.
A right hand to the body from Byczkiewicz.
Ohoulihan looks winded!
Byczkiewicz tries a body shot but Ohoulihan blocks it.
Ohoulihan looking to stall.
Ohoulihan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Byczkiewicz lands a nice uppercut.
Byczkiewicz tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ohoulihan blocking some punches.
Byczkiewicz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Byczkiewicz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Byczkiewicz throws a head punch that misses.

Byczkiewicz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Byczkiewicz gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ohoulihan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Ohoulihan.
Byczkiewicz lands a jab to the head.

Ohoulihan is rocked!
Byczkiewicz throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Byczkiewicz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Byczkiewicz is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ohoulihan missing with a left hand there. Byczkiewicz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blazej Byczkiewicz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Byczkiewicz scores with a jab to the body.

Byczkiewicz moves into the clinch.

Byczkiewicz breaks from the clinch.
Ohoulihan gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Byczkiewicz gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Blazej Byczkiewicz!
An out of breath Blazej Byczkiewicz thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.