PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between frank hansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harold Sumrall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). hansen comes to the cage accompanied by st anger. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

hansen
vs
Sumrall

225 cm
20
298 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

198 cm
24
295 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, frank hansen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Harold Sumrall!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Sumrall.
hansen is looking for a sweep.
hansen taking a bit of punishment here - Sumrall scoring with strikes.
Sumrall landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
hansen tries to buck Sumrall off but Sumrall is having none of it.
hansen wants to control but Sumrall postures up.
hansen is trying to get back to half guard.
hansen wants to control but Sumrall postures up.
Sumrall cracks hansen with a big right hand but hansen just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
hansen tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Sumrall wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Sumrall wants to control but hansen is keeping him busy.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
hansen is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sumrall cracks hansen with a big right hand but hansen just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
hansen is looking to regain half guard here but Sumrall keeps moving and retains side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sumrall cracks hansen with a big right hand but hansen just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Sumrall lands an elbow.
Sumrall creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
hansen struggling a bit here.
hansen is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
hansen is trying to control Sumrall's posture but Sumrall avoids it.
hansen takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Sumrall is working hansen over with some ground and pound from side control.
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!
Sumrall is working hansen over with some ground and pound from side control.
Sumrall working the body and head with strikes.
You can see the frustration on hansen's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
hansen tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Sumrall wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
hansen is breathing heavily.
hansen taking punishment in the form of punches.
Sumrall working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Sumrall working the ground and pound.
hansen wants to control but Sumrall postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
hansen is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
hansen is trying to control Sumrall's posture but Sumrall avoids it.
Sumrall in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
hansen manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
hansen is positioning himself well to prevent Sumrall advancing to mount.
Sumrall working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Sumrall lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sumrall working the head and body with strikes.
Sumrall working the head and body with strikes.
Sumrall stops hansen from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sumrall seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Sumrall lands with a punch from half guard.
Sumrall winds up and cracks hansen with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

hansen looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Sumrall scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Sumrall winds up and cracks hansen with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
hansen is in trouble now - Sumrall has advanced to mount!
hansen can't escape the position.
Sumrall has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of hansen's face.
Sumrall working hansen over with strikes here.
Sumrall connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The referee warns hansen that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sumrall landing shots from mount.
hansen is trying desperately to improve position.
Sumrall landing shots from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sumrall avoids the attempt from hansen to control.
Sumrall in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
hansen is trying to escape the mount.
Sumrall cracks hansen with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sumrall lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Sumrall dominating with strikes here.
Sumrall lands a nice shot to the head.
Sumrall punishing his opponent with strikes.
Sumrall raining down shots from the mount!
Sumrall is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Sumrall landing strikes from the mount.
hansen taking shots to the head.
Sumrall lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
hansen is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Sumrall landing punches.
The referee warns hansen that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

hansen doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Sumrall counters with a lovely shot to the body.

hansen tries to keep at a distance but Sumrall has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sumrall stalls.
Sumrall cracks hansen with a nice body shot.
hansen lands a good knee to the midsection. Sumrall won't want to take too many of those.
Sumrall is trying to drag hansen to the mat but hansen just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
hansen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sumrall has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. hansen is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Sumrall working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

hansen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
hansen tries to clinch up

and Sumrall counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
hansen has control of Sumrall's left arm, preventing Sumrall from doing any damage.
hansen has momentary wrist control but Sumrall slips an elbow through the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
hansen wants to stand and escape but Sumrall is having none of it.
Sumrall has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.

hansen looking for a guillotine here but Sumrall defends easily.
hansen is trying to keep Sumrall in close.
Sumrall is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
hansen wants to get back to his feet but Sumrall is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
hansen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sumrall is one step ahead there.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Sumrall clinches up against the cage.
hansen gets underhooks to prevent Sumrall's takedown attempt.
frank hansen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Harold Sumrall.

hansen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
hansen shoots and misses

and Sumrall counters with a takedown into side control.
hansen takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
hansen is trying to buck Sumrall off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
hansen taking a bit of punishment here - Sumrall scoring with strikes.
hansen is looking for a sweep.
Sumrall lands a nice forearm strike.
hansen is looking to reverse the position.
Sumrall working away.
Sumrall landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Check out the look on Sumrall's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Sumrall working the body and head with strikes.
You can see the frustration on hansen's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Sumrall trying to control the position but hansen is working away.
hansen is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
hansen struggling a bit here.
Sumrall working the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sumrall scoring with punches and elbows.
hansen wants to control but Sumrall postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A big left from Sumrall misses.

hansen fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Sumrall sprawls well initially but hansen persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Sumrall has hold of hansen's hands but hansen slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
hansen drops an elbow to the side of Sumrall's head.
hansen thows a huge punch but Sumrall dodges it nicely.
hansen with the ground and pound but Sumrall uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Sumrall wants to sweep but no luck.
hansen will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
hansen throwing strikes from guard but Sumrall blocks nicely.
Sumrall striking from his own guard.
hansen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
hansen wants to clinch but Sumrall slips to the side

and Sumrall counters with a takedown into side control.
Sumrall lands a few punches from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
hansen manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

hansen looking for submissions off his back.
Sumrall working over hansen with some ground and pound. hansen looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
hansen manages to get to full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
hansen not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sumrall lands a couple of digs.
Sumrall is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
hansen lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Sumrall!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Poor strikes thrown by hansen there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Harold Sumrall has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sumrall throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harold Sumrall showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Sumrall circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sumrall counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

hansen clinches with his opponent.
hansen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sumrall blocks it with crossed arms.

hansen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
hansen misses with a takedown attempt
and Sumrall counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sumrall cracks the inside of hansen's front leg.

Sumrall gets the takedown into side control.
hansen taking punishment in the form of punches.
hansen trying to control but Sumrall flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
hansen trying to control the hands but Sumrall won't let him.
Sumrall lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
hansen tries to escape but Sumrall has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
hansen is trapped and Sumrall is scoring with shots to the head and body.
hansen is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Sumrall is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften hansen up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sumrall has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for hansen.
Sumrall lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Sumrall.
Sumrall tries to get the hooks in deep but hansen pushed the leg off.
hansen manages to reverse the position and now he's in Sumrall's guard. Nice work there by hansen.
hansen connects with a couple of short punches.
Sumrall is trying to control the position from the bottom.
hansen landing with the ground and pound.
Sumrall punching from the bottom.
Sumrall working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from hansen.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sumrall throws a body punch but hansen moves out of range.

hansen clinches with his opponent.
hansen has Sumrall pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Sumrall manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Sumrall working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sumrall lands a left hand that snaps the head of hansen backwards.

Sumrall lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Sumrall.
hansen tries to roll over but Sumrall keeps him under control.
Sumrall winds up and cracks hansen with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
hansen pushes Sumrall off looking to stand but Sumrall dives back in and keeps control.
hansen has hold of Sumrall's hands but Sumrall slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

hansen actively working from the bottom here.
hansen tries to roll over but Sumrall keeps him under control.
hansen has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sumrall is working away from the top position though.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
hansen with a poor takedown

and Sumrall counters with a takedown into side control.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for frank hansen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
hansen is looking for a sweep.
hansen manages to work his way to half guard, despite Sumrall's best efforts.
hansen makes his way to full guard. A much better position for hansen.
Sumrall stands up over hansen, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
hansen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sumrall is one step ahead there.
hansen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sumrall's guard.
hansen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sumrall swivels though and keeps the full guard.
hansen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sumrall keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
hansen trying to control but Sumrall is working from the bottom.
hansen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
hansen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
hansen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sumrall manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Harold Sumrall is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sumrall scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sumrall lands a big elbow.
Sumrall putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
hansen tries to lock up and control but Sumrall gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Sumrall lands with some vicious ground and pound - can hansen hang on?
Sumrall is landing with some decent strikes but hansen is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sumrall prevents hansen from getting the reversal.
BOOM! Sumrall connects with a massive shot to the dome!
hansen keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sumrall landing strikes from the mount.
Sumrall working away from the top, dropping strikes.
frank hansen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
hansen is trying desperately to improve position.
hansen is working hard here to advance position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Harold Sumrall comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Sumrall 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 26:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 26:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harold Sumrall!