PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Wayne Gnay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Filip Szczecinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Szczecinski has chosen Dopoki jestem as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Gnay
vs
Szczecinski

169 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
19
132 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wayne Gnay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Filip Szczecinski!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Daniel Cesar and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gnay has taken the fight to the clinch.
Szczecinski takes an elbow to the temple.
Gnay lands with a light punch inside.
Gnay dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Szczecinski avoiding damage as Gnay throws knees to the body.
Gnay lands a damaging elbow.
Gnay comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gnay lands a nice elbow.
Gnay lands an elbow just above Szczecinski 's eye.
Gnay with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Szczecinski jumps guard but Gnay stands there with Szczecinski around his waist. Szczecinski gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Szczecinski fails to pull guard.
Gnay using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gnay comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Szczecinski throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gnay gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gnay lands an elbow that stopped Szczecinski in his tracks for a moment.
Gnay creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Szczecinski's defenses.
Szczecinski is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gnay manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Szczecinski wants a takedown but no success here.
Wayne Gnay has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Filip Szczecinski.
Szczecinski tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Gnay just stands there and leans against the cage.
Gnay lands an elbow that stopped Szczecinski in his tracks for a moment.
Gnay lands with a short shot to the head.
Gnay slowing the pace effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gnay looking to throw knees to the head but Szczecinski is blocking nicely.
Gnay keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Szczecinski's efforts to push away.
Szczecinski takes an elbow to the temple.
Gnay creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Szczecinski's defenses.
Gnay throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Szczecinski blocks it with crossed arms.
Gnay lands an elbow that stopped Szczecinski in his tracks for a moment.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gnay creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gnay stalling the fight.
Szczecinski's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gnay lands a right hand that snaps the head of Szczecinski backwards.
Gnay lands an elbow that stopped Szczecinski in his tracks for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gnay effectively controlling the action here.
Gnay lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gnay tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gnay throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gnay lands an elbow that stopped Szczecinski in his tracks for a moment.
Gnay lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gnay lands an elbow that stopped Szczecinski in his tracks for a moment.
Gnay lands an elbow that stopped Szczecinski in his tracks for a moment.
Gnay lands an elbow inside.

Szczecinski is rocked!
Szczecinski tries to pull guard but Gnay forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gnay lands a damaging elbow.
Gnay using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Szczecinski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gnay pressing his opponent against the cage.
Szczecinski tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Gnay just stands there and leans against the cage.
Gnay is stalling here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gnay.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wayne Gnay dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Szczecinski throws a solid leg kick but Gnay takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Szczecinski.
A left and a right from Gnay both land. Nice combination.
Jab from Gnay.
A punch combination from Gnay misses.
Gnay scores with a jab to the jaw.
Szczecinski shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gnay as he avoids it easily.

Gnay instigates a clinch.
Szczecinski drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Gnay gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Gnay lands an elbow that stopped Szczecinski in his tracks for a moment.
Szczecinski tries to pull guard but Gnay won't allow it.
Wayne Gnay has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Filip Szczecinski.
Gnay stalling the fight.
Szczecinski takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gnay lands an elbow just above Szczecinski 's eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gnay.
Gnay lands an elbow inside.
Szczecinski is still on wobbly legs! Can Gnay finish him?
Wayne Gnay has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Szczecinski tries to pull guard but Gnay forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Szczecinski seems to have recovered his senses.
Szczecinski is breathing heavily.
Gnay lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Szczecinski takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gnay makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gnay lands a nice elbow.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Szczecinski wants to get back to striking at distance but Gnay won't allow it.
Gnay with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Szczecinski being controlled against the cage.
Gnay working Szczecinski over with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gnay creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Szczecinski's defenses.
Gnay gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gnay lands a damaging elbow.
Gnay lands an elbow inside that Szczecinski shrugs off.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gnay obliges.
Szczecinski fails to pull guard.
Szczecinski takes an elbow to the forehead.
Szczecinski avoiding damage as Gnay throws knees to the body.
Gnay lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gnay lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Szczecinski backwards.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gnay creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Szczecinski's defenses.
Gnay lands an elbow inside that Szczecinski shrugs off.
Gnay scores with a shoulder strike.
Gnay controlling the action here for a moment.
Gnay comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Szczecinski letting Gnay take a breather here.
Gnay tries a knee to the head but Szczecinski blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gnay lands a left hand that snaps the head of Szczecinski backwards.
Still in the clinch, Gnay scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gnay connects with a knee to the head.
Gnay lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gnay lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Szczecinski fails to pull guard.
Gnay lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice elbow from Gnay.
Gnay working Szczecinski over with knees to the body.
Gnay unloads a knee to the mid-section.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wayne Gnay dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Gnay wants to slow Szczecinski down by chopping away at his legs.
Szczecinski shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gnay as he jumps to the side.
Szczecinski closes this distance looking for a takedown but Gnay circles away.
Szczecinski shoots in but Gnay avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wayne Gnay has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Filip Szczecinski.
Gnay misses with a series of wild punches.
Gnay scores with a three punch combo!
Szczecinski throws a poor cross that misses
and Gnay counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Gnay clinches up against the cage.
Gnay lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Szczecinski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gnay lands a damaging elbow.
Gnay gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gnay stalling against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Szczecinski takes an elbow to the temple.
Gnay lands an elbow just above Szczecinski 's eye.
Szczecinski tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Gnay lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gnay.
Gnay stalls.
Gnay gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gnay lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gnay gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gnay slowing the pace effectively.
Gnay lands an elbow inside.
Gnay working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gnay slowing the pace effectively.
Gnay lands a right hand that snaps the head of Szczecinski backwards.
Gnay prevents a takedown attempt there.
Gnay lands a damaging elbow.
Gnay lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Szczecinski backwards.
Gnay has Szczecinski pressed against the cage.
Gnay comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gnay creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Szczecinski's defenses.
Gnay landing knees to the body.
Gnay throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Gnay.
Gnay lands a nice knee to the body.
Gnay lands an elbow just above Szczecinski 's eye.
Szczecinski takes an elbow to the temple.
Gnay with a knee to the head.
Gnay lands with a right to the head.
Gnay scores with a hook to the body.
A shot in the inside from Gnay.
Gnay lands an elbow inside that Szczecinski shrugs off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gnay's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Gnay missing with knees to the body.
Gnay lands a left hand that snaps the head of Szczecinski backwards.
Gnay lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gnay lands an elbow that stopped Szczecinski in his tracks for a moment.
Gnay tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Szczecinski jumps guard but Gnay turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gnay using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Szczecinski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Szczecinski takes an elbow to the temple.
Filip Szczecinski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gnay lands a nice elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wayne Gnay showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gnay has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wayne Gnay!