PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hulk Hoosier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Sylvia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hulk Hoosier has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Hoosier
vs
Sylvia

225 cm
19
285 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
24
198 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hulk Hoosier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anderson Sylvia!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoosier shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sylvia sprawls well. Sylvia wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hoosier gets slowly back to his feet.
Hoosier avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sylvia lands a nice shot to the body.

Hoosier closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Hoosier looks to land a strike but Sylvia avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Hoosier in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hoosier in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hoosier throws a big right hand that misses.
Sylvia not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hoosier in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hoosier throws and elbow that misses. Sylvia uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hoosier's guard. Nice move by Sylvia!
Sylvia is looking to stand up but Hoosier won't let him.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hoosier steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sylvia.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sylvia misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sylvia jabs at Hoosier's body.
Sylvia swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Anderson Sylvia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sylvia misses with an uppercut.
Hoosier moves away from the strike by Sylvia.
No joy there for Sylvia, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hoosier fails with the takedown.
Sylvia defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hoosier.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hulk Hoosier. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hoosier is defended easily by Sylvia.
Hoosier avoids a punch combination nicely.
A big right from Sylvia misses.
Hoosier throws the left hand but Sylvia avoids the punch easily.
Hoosier slips a jab and a cross from Sylvia.
Hoosier shoots for a takedown but Sylvia saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The fighters circling - Sylvia throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sylvia lands a jab to the nose.
Sylvia listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sylvia fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hoosier tries for a takedown but Sylvia sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A combination from Sylvia does no damage.
Hoosier showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sylvia.
Sylvia slaps away a takedown attempt from Hoosier, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hoosier really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Sylvia looks to land a combination but Hoosier avoids it well.

Hoosier throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Sylvia was covering up waiting for the punch and Hoosier finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Hoosier throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hoosier with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sylvia avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hoosier throwing strikes from guard but Sylvia blocks nicely.
Sylvia wants to get back to his feet but Hoosier is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Hoosier loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sylvia is controlling Hoosier's posture.
Hoosier will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Sylvia working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hoosier.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hoosier tries to score a power double leg takedown but Sylvia sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Hoosier somewhat.
Sylvia with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Sylvia throws out a powerful jab.
Sylvia scores with a decent looking hook.
Hoosier misses with a takedown attempt - Sylvia sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sylvia throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hoosier sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Hoosier scores a takedown into full mount!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hoosier misses with a head shot.
Sylvia really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sylvia manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Sylvia, under a barage of strikes from Hoosier.
Hoosier with the ground and pound but Sylvia uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Hoosier in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Sylvia cracks Hoosier with a right hand to the side of the head.
Sylvia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sylvia stuffs the takedown attempt from Hoosier. Hoosier gets slowly back to his feet.
Sylvia lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Sylvia throws a hook to the side of Hoosier's head but Hoosier sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sylvia lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hoosier at a distance.
Hoosier ducks under a wild hook from Sylvia.
Hoosier fails with a takedown attempt.
Hoosier takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sylvia looks to throw the jab but Hoosier is out of range.
Hoosier will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hulk Hoosier. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sylvia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sylvia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hoosier is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sylvia.
A jab from Sylvia finds it's way through Hoosier's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoosier shoots for a takedown but Sylvia saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hoosier is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sylvia.
Sylvia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hoosier shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Sylvia as he avoids it easily.
Sylvia misses with a two punch combination.
Sylvia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sylvia throws out a powerful jab.
Sylvia throws a series of punches but Hoosier moves out of range.
Hulk Hoosier is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hoosier tries to clinch up but Sylvia circles away and keeps his distance.
Sylvia throws a body punch but Hoosier moves out of range.
Sylvia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hoosier.
Hoosier ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Anderson Sylvia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hoosier fails with a takedown attempt.
Hoosier shoots for a takedown but Sylvia saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Sylvia throws a jab when Hoosier was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoosier avoids a punch combination nicely.

Hoosier shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hoosier was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Sylvia avoids a series of strikes thrown by Hoosier.
Sylvia is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Hoosier thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
The referee warns Sylvia that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Hoosier looking to ground and pound but Sylvia is blocking nicely.
Hoosier thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Hoosier unloads with some shots from mount but Sylvia bucks and avoids them well.
Sylvia avoids a series of strikes thrown by Hoosier.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoosier working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Hoosier throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Hoosier looking to finish with strikes here!
Hoosier throwing strikes here but Sylvia is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Sylvia avoids a series of strikes thrown by Hoosier.
Hoosier lands a heavy elbow.
Hoosier throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Sylvia because Hoosier loaded up on that one.
Hoosier landing shots from mount.
Hoosier 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.
Poor strikes thrown by Hoosier there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Hoosier throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoosier throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Hoosier throwing strikes here but Sylvia is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Hoosier lands with some strikes.
Hoosier thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Poor strikes thrown by Hoosier there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Hoosier unloads with some shots from mount but Sylvia bucks and avoids them well.
Sylvia blocking the ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sylvia blocking the ground and pound.
Sylvia manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Sylvia, under a barage of strikes from Hoosier.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Anderson Sylvia will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Hoosier throws a head kick that misses.
Sylvia throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hoosier.
Hoosier fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sylvia throws a body punch but Hoosier moves out of range.
Sylvia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hoosier was well out of range. Poor timing from Sylvia.
Sylvia scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Sylvia scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hoosier fails with the takedown.
Sylvia's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Sylvia duly obliges.
Hoosier uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sylvia.
Sylvia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hoosier was well out of range. Poor timing from Sylvia.
Sylvia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sylvia paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sylvia cracks Hoosier with a good jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoosier throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sylvia's waist but Sylvia gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hoosier off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hulk Hoosier. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hoosier gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sylvia misses with an uppercut. Hoosier saw that one coming.
Hoosier slips under a jab from Sylvia.
Sylvia throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hoosier steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sylvia.
Hoosier avoids a punch combination nicely.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Hoosier.
Sylvia regains half guard, as Hoosier was trying to land strikes.
Hoosier misses with a head shot. Sylvia uses the momentum to regain guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoosier scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hoosier missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hoosier throws a big right hand that misses.
Sylvia preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sylvia working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hoosier.
Hoosier throws a big right hand that misses.
Hoosier throws a strike but Sylvia rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Hoosier bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sylvia's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoosier throws a big right hand that misses.
Hoosier throws a strike but Sylvia rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Hoosier holds on and takes a little breather.
Hoosier trying to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sylvia won't allow Hoosier to sweep him here.
Hoosier controls Sylvia momentarily but Sylvia frees himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Sylvia takes a swing at Hoosier's ribcage but misses.
Sylvia rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hoosier moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sylvia misses with a two punch combination.
Sylvia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hoosier circles away quickly and effectively.
Sylvia defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hoosier.
Sylvia stuffs the takedown.
Sylvia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sylvia swings for the body but Hoosier moves out of range.
Hoosier shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sylvia as he jumps to the side.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hoosier misses with a takedown attempt - Sylvia sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sylvia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anderson Sylvia comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Sylvia 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anderson Sylvia!