PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Pee Wee Sasaki (ranked 490 p4p, 645 weight class) and Marek Brychczy (ranked 33 p4p, 45 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Sasaki
vs
Brychczy

168 cm
29
142
21 - 7 - 0

166 cm
26
135
13 - 8 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pee Wee Sasaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marek Brychczy!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brychczy thuds a left hand into Sasaki's body.
Sasaki defending well as Brychczy loads up on a big left hand.
Brychczy throws a hook but Sasaki blocks it.
Sasaki attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Brychczy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sasaki. Sasaki obviously looking to wear him down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brychczy. Sasaki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sasaki displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brychczy throws out the jab.
A little feinted left hand from Sasaki on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Brychczy with a hook.
Sasaki dodges the punch combination from Brychczy.
Sasaki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brychczy.
Jab from Brychczy.
Sasaki throws out a loose jab but Brychczy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sasaki scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Brychczy throws a right hand that Sasaki ducks under and follows up with a left that Sasaki also avoids with ease.
Sasaki feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Sasaki has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Brychczy finds it's way round the side to connect with Sasaki's head.
Sasaki 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.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sasaki tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Brychczy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Brychczy has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Brychczy lands with a nice combination. Sasaki backs away looking to recover.
Sasaki walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sasaki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brychczy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Sasaki.
An inside leg kick from Sasaki misses.
Sasaki takes a swing at Brychczy's ribcage but misses.
Sasaki scores with a hook.
Brychczy tests Sasaki's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A jab from Brychczy does it's job there.
Brychczy takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Brychczy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sasaki.
Sasaki shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sasaki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brychczy.
Sasaki shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Brychczy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Marek Brychczy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brychczy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sasaki was well out of range. Poor timing from Brychczy.
Sasaki thumps Brychczy with a low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brychczy checks a low kick from Sasaki.
Brychczy misses with a straight left.
Brychczy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sasaki manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sasaki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brychczy.
Brychczy dips to his left and cracks Sasaki with an uppercut!
Sasaki throws a hook but Brychczy blocks it.
Sasaki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brychczy throws a jab when Sasaki was well out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Sasaki on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Brychczy misses with a two punch combination.
Sasaki takes one to the chin there.
Brychczy throws a right hand that Sasaki ducks under and follows up with a left that Sasaki also avoids with ease.
Brychczy blocks a jab.
Sasaki scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Brychczy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brychczy looks to score with a jab to the body but Sasaki is just out of range.
Brychczy connects with the punch.
Brychczy is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Sasaki had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Sasaki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brychczy.
Brychczy thuds a left hand into Sasaki's body.
Sasaki fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Brychczy checks it well.
Brychczy cracks Sasaki with a good jab.
Brychczy takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sasaki moves in looking to clinch but Brychczy pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sasaki. That's going to slow Brychczy down.
Brychczy scores with a jab. Sasaki acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Sasaki moves into the clinch.
Brychczy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sasaki or not.
Brychczy tries to work over Sasaki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A shot in the inside from Brychczy.
Sasaki lands a hook that snaps the head of Brychczy backwards.
Sasaki lands with a light punch inside.
Brychczy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sasaki tries to work over Brychczy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sasaki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sasaki swings wildly with an uppercut but Brychczy uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brychczy.
Sasaki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brychczy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sasaki makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Brychczy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sasaki misses with a punch on the inside.
Brychczy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brychczy tries to work over Sasaki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brychczy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brychczy tries to work over Sasaki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sasaki misses with a body punch.
Brychczy prevents a body shot from Sasaki.
Brychczy throws a punch but it's blocked by Sasaki.
Brychczy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brychczy blocks an uppercut.
Brychczy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sasaki misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sasaki.
Sasaki misses with some punches.
Brychczy lands a hook that snaps the head of Sasaki backwards.
Sasaki lands a shoulder strike.
Sasaki misses with a body punch.
Brychczy can't find room to land a body shot as Sasaki controls the action.
Brychczy misses with a punch on the inside.
Brychczy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brychczy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brychczy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brychczy misses with the head strike.
Brychczy lands a left hand.
Sasaki misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marek Brychczy dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Brychczy checks the leg kick.
Sasaki avoids the body shot from Brychczy.
Brychczy connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Brychczy checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Brychczy is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sasaki with a body shot.
Sasaki throws a leg kick that misses.
Sasaki misses with a looping right.
Sasaki throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Brychczy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sasaki tries to clinch but Brychczy is having none of it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Brychczy! But no joy.
Sasaki connects with a crisp jab.
Brychczy scores with a hook.
Sasaki tries to move into range but Brychczy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nice uppercut there from Brychczy.
Brychczy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sasaki.
A big right from Brychczy misses.
Brychczy scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sasaki in his tracks.
Sasaki wants to slow Brychczy down by chopping away at his legs.
Brychczy connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sasaki takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Brychczy throws out a powerful jab.
Sasaki takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Marek Brychczy seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sasaki uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brychczy.
Sasaki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sasaki throws a counter high kick but Brychczy was just alert enough to avoid it.
Sasaki ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sasaki throws an overhand right that lands on Brychczy's shoulder, as Brychczy tries to avoid the shot.
Sasaki attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Brychczy missing with a left hand there. Sasaki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brychczy lands with a hook. Sasaki tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sasaki doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sasaki throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sasaki steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Brychczy.
Brychczy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Brychczy swings widly with a right hand
enabling Sasaki to counter with a crisp jab.
Brychczy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sasaki was well out of range. Poor timing from Brychczy.
Sasaki was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Brychczy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sasaki counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Brychczy thinking.
Sasaki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sasaki throws an overhand right that lands on Brychczy's shoulder, as Brychczy tries to avoid the shot.
Brychczy throws an overhand right that lands on Sasaki's shoulder, as Sasaki tries to avoid the shot.
Brychczy swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brychczy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sasaki moves away.
Decent striking displayed by Sasaki there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sasaki.
Brychczy looks to land a right hand but Sasaki moved out of range.
Brychczy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sasaki tries to score with a low kick but Brychczy moves his leg out of the way.
A big right from Sasaki misses.
Brychczy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sasaki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brychczy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brychczy. Sasaki does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big left from Brychczy misses.
Brychczy stuns Sasaki with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Brychczy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sasaki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sasaki looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sasaki slips under a jab.
Sasaki misses the shot to the body.
Sasaki lands the left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brychczy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A big right from Brychczy misses.
Sasaki throws a nice head kick!
Brychczy lands with an overhand left.
Brychczy throws the left hand but Sasaki avoids the punch easily.
Sasaki is looking for a counter combo.
Brychczy throws out a loose jab but Sasaki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sasaki looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Brychczy takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sasaki. Brychczy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brychczy throws a hook but Sasaki avoids it easily.
Brychczy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Brychczy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sasaki.
Sasaki connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Brychczy scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sasaki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brychczy lands with a hook. Sasaki tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sasaki scores with a jab to the head.

Brychczy is rocked!
Brychczy scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Brychczy is still on wobbly legs! Can Sasaki finish him?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brychczy lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Sasaki will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brychczy checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Brychczy seems to have recovered his senses.
Sasaki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brychczy.
Sasaki jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Brychczy checks a low kick from Sasaki.
Brychczy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sasaki was well out of range. Poor timing from Brychczy.
An attempted straight right counter from Sasaki misses the target.
A punch lands to the side of Sasaki 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nice defenses there by Brychczy.
Brychczy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sasaki manages to avoid it.
Brychczy throws a hook but Sasaki blocks it.
Sasaki looks to land a left hand but Brychczy moved out of range nicely.
Sasaki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sasaki defending well as Brychczy loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A shot to the body from Brychczy misses
letting Sasaki counter with a right hand.
Brychczy connects with a single shot there.
Brychczy lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sasaki backs up against the cage.
Sasaki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marek Brychczy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Good leg kick by Sasaki.
Brychczy misses with a hook
and Sasaki counters with a right hand to the body.
Brychczy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sasaki.
Brychczy misses with a hook.
Sasaki finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sasaki misses with a low kick.
Sasaki scores with a jab to the head.
Brychczy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sasaki.
Brychczy throws a series of punches but Sasaki avoids them all with ease.
Brychczy misses with a right hand
and Sasaki counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Brychczy misses with a straight right.
Brychczy throws a looping overhand right but Sasaki ducks down to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sasaki misses with a low kick.
Nice body punch from Sasaki.
Brychczy scores with a hook to the body. Sasaki takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sasaki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sasaki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sasaki throws a push kick but Brychczy slaps the foot to one side.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Brychczy, as that shot connected.
Sasaki's jab looks to have found its range, popping Brychczy under the eye.
Brychczy moves out of range of the strikes.
Sasaki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sasaki pivots, looking for a leg kick but Brychczy is out of range and Sasaki settles back down.
Brychczy moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Brychczy scores with a jab to the body.
Sasaki moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Brychczy smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Brychczy lands a body shot.
Brychczy is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Brychczy throws a body punch but Sasaki moves out of range.
Sasaki ducks under a wild hook from Brychczy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brychczy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sasaki throws a quick counter head kick but Brychczy was just out of range.
Good shot there by Sasaki.
Sasaki throws a body shot but no joy.
Brychczy slips a jab from Sasaki.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sasaki misses with a looping right.
Brychczy let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sasaki throws a hook but Brychczy blocks it.
Brychczy looks to land a left hand but Sasaki moved out of range nicely.
Sasaki looks to land a left hand but Brychczy moved out of range nicely.
Sasaki with a jab.
Sasaki throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Brychczy misses with an uppercut.
Sasaki looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Sasaki dodges the punch combination from Brychczy.
Brychczy lands with a right hand.
Sasaki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brychczy.
Sasaki lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Brychczy lands with a hook. Sasaki tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A cross from Brychczy lands.
Brychczy scores with a body shot.
Brychczy slips under a jab from Sasaki.
Brychczy looks to throw the jab but Sasaki is out of range.
Brychczy throws a lazy right hand but Sasaki sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pee Wee Sasaki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sasaki defending well as Brychczy loads up on a big left hand.
Brychczy moves away from the strike by Sasaki.
Brychczy blocks a jab.
Brychczy throws a body punch but Sasaki moves out of range.
Brychczy changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Brychczy defending well as Sasaki loads up on a big left hand.
Sasaki connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Brychczy's hands.
Sasaki throws a solid leg kick but Brychczy takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sasaki.
Sasaki connects with a leg kick.
Brychczy is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Brychczy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sasaki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brychczy lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sasaki takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sasaki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brychczy.
Sasaki fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sasaki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sasaki throwing a counter right hand but Brychczy manages to avoid it.
Sasaki misses with an uppercut.
Sasaki moves in looking to clinch but Brychczy pushes him off.
Brychczy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sasaki finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Brychczy throws a body punch but Sasaki moves out of range.
Sasaki fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brychczy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sasaki.
Sasaki will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sasaki misses with a kick to the body.
Sasaki throws a hook to the side of Brychczy's head but Brychczy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brychczy lands a nice hook to Sasaki's body. Sasaki takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sasaki cracks Brychczy with an open hand slap.
Brychczy has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sasaki finds it's way round the side to connect with Brychczy's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brychczy connects with a looping right hand.
A big left from Sasaki misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Marek Brychczy.
I've got Brychczy winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 28:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marek Brychczy!
Pee Wee Sasaki spoke after the fight, saying 'Back to the gym...'.