PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Hinmin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Earl Floyd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hinmin comes to the cage accompanied by Thunderstruck-ACDC. Floyd comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Welcome To The Jungle kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hinmin
vs
Floyd

192 cm
25
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

199 cm
22
280 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 Montreal, Chris Hinmin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Earl Floyd!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hinmin shoots for a takedown but Floyd saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Floyd looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Hinmin looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Floyd avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hinmin.
Hinmin looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Floyd with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Floyd won't allow Hinmin to pass to mount.
Hinmin throwing shots but Floyd is blocking nicely.
Hinmin missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Floyd has hold of Hinmin's hands but Hinmin slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Floyd is looking for a sweep. Hinmin is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hinmin throwing shots but Floyd is blocking nicely.
Hinmin throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Floyd regains full guard. Nicely done.
Hinmin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hinmin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hinmin lands a couple of digs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hinmin trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hinmin pushes down on Floyd's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Floyd avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hinmin.
Floyd won't allow Hinmin to pass to mount.
Floyd is looking to improve his position.
Hinmin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Hinmin takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hinmin throwing shots but Floyd is blocking nicely.
Floyd is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Hinmin takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hinmin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hinmin.
Hinmin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Floyd.

Hinmin throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Floyd was covering up waiting for the punch and Hinmin finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Floyd keeping full guard, as Hinmin tries to pass.
Hinmin postures up.
Floyd avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hinmin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hinmin looking to pass the guard.
Floyd tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Floyd is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hinmin stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Floyd swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hinmin shoots in for a takedown but Floyd shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Hinmin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hinmin changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Floyd tries to avoid it but Hinmin manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Floyd to the ground. Floyd escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Floyd fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Hinmin shoots in and bounces Floyd off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Floyd looking to control.
Hinmin is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hinmin pushes down on Floyd's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Hinmin thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Floyd to regain full guard.
Hinmin thows a big elbow that misses.
Hinmin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hinmin connects with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Hinmin dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Nice body punch from Floyd.

Hinmin shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Floyd manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Hinmin advances to half guard.
Floyd wants to get back to full guard.
Hinmin moves nicely into side control.
Hinmin looks up at the clock and then as Floyd takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Hinmin smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Floyd stops Hinmin from passing to mount.
Hinmin misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Hinmin is trying to ground and pound but Floyd uses the momentary lack of control by Hinmin to regain half guard.
Hinmin misses with a head shot. Floyd uses the momentum to regain guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hinmin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hinmin tries to free his leg and advance position but Floyd is retaining full guard.
Floyd has momentary wrist control but Hinmin slips an elbow through the middle.
Hinmin prevents Floyd from getting back to his feet.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hinmin tries for a takedown but Floyd circles away easily

and Floyd counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Floyd is looking to work some ground and pound but Hinmin has wrist control.
Hinmin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hinmin is working hard here to advance position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Floyd keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hinmin's head.
Hinmin wants to sweep here but Floyd controlling him for the moment.
Floyd trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Floyd throws a big right hand that misses.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Hinmin scores with a takedown into Floyd's guard.
Floyd is looking to stand up but Hinmin isn't so interested in that idea.
Floyd looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hinmin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Floyd can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hinmin with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hinmin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Floyd trying to control the position.
Hinmin throws and elbow that misses. Floyd uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hinmin's guard. Nice move by Floyd!
Floyd preventing the sweep.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hinmin misses with a takedown attempt
and Floyd counters with a slapping leg kick.
Floyd tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hinmin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hinmin doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Floyd cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Hinmin. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Hinmin closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Floyd did well to prevent Hinmin getting side control.
Hinmin not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Floyd is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Hinmin's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Hinmin's back!
You can see the frustration on Hinmin's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Floyd is punishing Hinmin with strikes - can he finish him?!
Floyd missing with strikes from the back.
Floyd lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hinmin turns into Floyd and is now in his guard.
Hinmin throwing strikes from guard but Floyd blocks nicely.
Hinmin content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Floyd manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hinmin manages to get himself to full guard.
Floyd working some strikes from top position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hinmin seems keen to control Floyd's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Chris Hinmin will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Floyd gets caught flat footed, as Hinmin shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Hinmin lands a couple of elbows.
Hinmin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hinmin throws a big right hand that misses.
Floyd keeping full guard, as Hinmin tries to pass.
Chris Hinmin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hinmin throws a big right hand that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Floyd working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hinmin.
Hinmin postures up and lands a big shot to Floyd's brow.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Floyd misses with a body shot.
Hinmin tries for a takedown but Floyd circles away easily

and Floyd holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Floyd lands with a left to the head.
Floyd gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hinmin.
Hinmin has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Floyd avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Hinmin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hinmin has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Floyd avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Floyd.
Floyd is pressed up against the cage. Hinmin has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Floyd down to the mat. Floyd avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Hinmin missing with a left hand there. Floyd was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hinmin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Floyd.
Chris Hinmin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Floyd gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Hinmin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hinminis looking to pass into half guard but Floyd pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Floyd is in guard.

Floyd drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Floyd jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Floyd has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Hinmin is proving hard to escape from.
Hinmin keeping moving, preventing Floyd from controlling successfully.
Floyd trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hinmin striking off his back but it's not causing Floyd any problems.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hinmin throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hinmin misses with a takedown attempt

and Floyd counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Floyd throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hinmin wants to improve his position but Floyd is controlling well.
Hinmin is trying to control but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hinmin is looking for a sweep. Floyd is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hinmin trying to control from the bottom.
Nice strikes from Floyd there.

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

Floyd darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Floyd landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nice strikes from Floyd there.
Hinmin moves into full guard.
Floyd trying to control but Hinmin is working from the bottom.
Hinmin managing to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Floyd wants to control from the top but Hinmin keeps moving.
Floyd postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hinmin managing to control the position.
Floyd preventing the sweep.
Floyd trying to stand up but can't free himself from Hinmin's guard.
Hinmin trying to control the position here.
Hinmin wants to sweep but no luck.

And that's the end of the fight!
Earl Floyd comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hinmin has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Hinmin!