PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Blazej Byczkiewicz (ranked 76 p4p, 1026 weight class) and Pertti Naulakko (ranked 12 p4p, 157 weight class). Byczkiewicz comes to the cage accompanied by The Analogs - Szczecin. Naulakko has chosen Amon Amarth - First Kill as his entrance music. Blazej Byczkiewicz had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Byczkiewicz
vs
Naulakko

180 cm
35
215
29 - 14 - 0

180 cm
44
213
31 - 19 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

NARCOS
Vegan Gains

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Blazej Byczkiewicz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 19 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pertti Naulakko!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Radbod Blank and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Byczkiewicz checks a leg kick.
Byczkiewicz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Naulakko.
A slow jab from Naulakko misses its intended target.
Naulakko displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Byczkiewicz throws out the jab.
Naulakko missing with a left hand there. Byczkiewicz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Naulakko gets tackled into the cage by Byczkiewicz. Byczkiewicz maintains the clinch.
Naulakko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Naulakko cracks Byczkiewicz with a nice body shot.
Naulakko trying to control the position but instead, Byczkiewicz has worked for underhooks and has pushed Naulakko into the cage.
Byczkiewicz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice left hand lands by Byczkiewicz.
Byczkiewicz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Naulakko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Naulakko cracks Byczkiewicz with a nice body shot.
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.
Byczkiewicz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Byczkiewicz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Byczkiewicz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Byczkiewicz scores with a shot to the side of Naulakko's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Byczkiewicz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Naulakko backwards.

Naulakko is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Byczkiewicz.
Byczkiewicz pushes Naulakko back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Naulakko is still on wobbly legs! Can Byczkiewicz finish him?

Byczkiewicz jumps into guard, dragging Naulakko to the mat.
Naulakko seems to have recovered his senses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Naulakko slips nicely into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Byczkiewicz tries to roll over but Naulakko keeps him under control.
Byczkiewicz is working hard here to advance position.
Byczkiewicz moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Byczkiewicz wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Byczkiewicz is on top in guard.

Byczkiewicz tries to free his leg and advance position but Naulakko is retaining full guard.
Naulakko seems keen to control Byczkiewicz's posture.
Byczkiewicz advances position into side control!
Naulakko takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Byczkiewicz prevents Naulakko from escaping the position.
Byczkiewicz working the ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Byczkiewicz is putting a hurting on Naulakko here, landing some big shots from side control.
Byczkiewicz sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Naulakko is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byczkiewicz working the ground and pound.
Byczkiewicz looking to control but instead Naulakko has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Byczkiewicz lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Naulakko has hold of Byczkiewicz's hands but Byczkiewicz slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Byczkiewicz is nestled in close to Naulakko, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Byczkiewicz perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Byczkiewicz lands strikes from half guard.
Byczkiewicz prevents Naulakko from standing back up.
Byczkiewicz thows a huge punch but Naulakko dodges it nicely.
Byczkiewicz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Byczkiewicz is trying to control the action in half guard but Naulakko is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Naulakko wants to get back to his feet.
Byczkiewicz winds up and cracks Naulakko with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Naulakko gets back to full guard.
Byczkiewicz wants to control from the top but Naulakko keeps moving.
Byczkiewicz content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Byczkiewicz sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Naulakko's guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Byczkiewicz connects with a nice short shot to Naulakko's temple.
Byczkiewicz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Byczkiewicz wants to control but Naulakko is keeping him busy.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Byczkiewicz lands a nice short elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Byczkiewicz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Blazej Byczkiewicz dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Naulakko's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Byczkiewicz connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Naulakko scrambles back to his feet.
Byczkiewicz misses with a lunging right hand
and Naulakko connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Naulakko looks to score with a jab to the body but Byczkiewicz is just out of range.
Byczkiewicz connects with a picture perfect right hand that knocks Naulakko out cold! This one is over in a flash!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Blazej Byczkiewicz!
Blazej Byczkiewicz retains his light heavyweight title!
A relieved looking Blazej Byczkiewicz thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.