PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rainn Hewitt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Synephrine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Synephrine has chosen Hammerfall - Hearts On Fire as his entrance music. Sam Synephrine has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Hewitt
vs
Synephrine

180 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
18
171 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rainn Hewitt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sam Synephrine!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body punch from Hewitt.
Hewitt feints a jab promting Synephrine to slip. Hewitt then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Synephrine slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like Sam Synephrine has been cut.

Synephrine drives through and clinches with Hewitt against the cage.
Synephrine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Hewitt pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Synephrine tries for a takedown but Hewitt sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Synephrine has Hewitt up against the cage in a clinch.
Hewitt wants to get back to striking at distance but Synephrine won't allow it.

Hewitt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Synephrine fails to land the takedown.
Hewitt tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Synephrine. That snapped Hewitt's head back.
Synephrine swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Synephrine misses with a low kick.
A head kick misses from Hewitt.
Hewitt throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Synephrine's head.
Hewitt bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Synephrine throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hewitt connects with an inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Synephrine steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Hewitt. That one must have hurt.
Synephrine looks gassed!
Hewitt digs a good body shot into Synephrine's ribs.
Synephrine will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hewitt cracks the inside of Synephrine's front leg.
Synephrine drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hewitt connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hewitt fails with an attempt to clinch.
Synephrine takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hewitt goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hewitt lands with a kick to the temple. Synephrine shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Hewitt lands a nice leg kick that just misses Synephrine's sensitive parts.
Hewitt lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Sam Synephrine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hewitt tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Synephrine manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Synephrine throws a leg kick
and Hewitt counters with a left and a right that stings Synephrine.
Hewitt goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

That has opened up Sam Synephrine's cut even more.
Synephrine sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Hewitt.
Hewitt tries to clinch up.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hewitt.
Synephrine takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Hewitt forces Synephrine back against the cage and clinches.
Synephrine can't break the clinch.
Hewitt leaning his opponent against the cage.

Hewitt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Synephrine swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hewitt counters with a head kick.
Synephrine walks into a jab.
Hewitt throws a head kick that half lands.
Hewitt tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Synephrine paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hewitt lands with a kick to the temple. Synephrine shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Hewitt lands with a thumping leg kick.

Hewitt gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hewitt breaks the clinch.
Hewitt bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Hewitt tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hewitt lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Hewitt lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hewitt.
Synephrine throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hewitt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Synephrine takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

The cut above Sam Synephrine's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Hewitt keeps Synephrine at a distance using the push kick.
Synephrine takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Hewitt works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hewitt tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Synephrine has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Hewitt.
Hewitt tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Synephrine manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hewitt lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hewitt goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Hewitt throws a nice head kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hewitt wants to clinch.
Hewitt plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Hewitt uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Synephrine has time to react.
Rainn Hewitt is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hewitt tries to close the distance and clinch but Synephrine swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Synephrine avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hewitt has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hewitt there as he acknowledges the shot.
Synephrine misses with a takedown attempt - Hewitt sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Rainn Hewitt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sam Synephrine.
Hewitt throws a right and a left that Synephrine avoids nicely.
Both fighters circling a little - Hewitt finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Synephrine showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hewitt.
Nice body kick from Hewitt.

Hewitt moves into the clinch successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rainn Hewitt dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sam Synephrine's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Synephrine throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Hewitt counters with a nice body shot.
Synephrine looks for a takedown but Hewitt sprawls well.
Hewitt throws a front kick that sends Synephrine stumbling back into the cage.
Hewitt is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Synephrine can do to turn this around?
Hewitt lands with a kick to the temple. Synephrine shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Synephrine takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Hewitt connects with a high kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Hewitt. That snapped Synephrine's head back.
Synephrine has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hewitt.
No joy there for Hewitt, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hewitt fails with an attempt to clinch.
Synephrine misses with a series of wild punches.
Hewitt throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Synephrine's head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hewitt is looking to slow Synephrine down with leg kicks.
Hewitt lands a high kick!
Hewitt throws a series of punches but Synephrine avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Synephrine throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hewitt makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hewitt plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Hewitt bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Synephrine's head.
Hewitt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hewitt lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Hewitt lands with a slapping head kick.

Sam Synephrine's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Synephrine has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Synephrine there as he acknowledges the shot.
Synephrine throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hewitt finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Synephrine misses with a leg kick
and Hewitt counters with a big head kick but Synephrine shrugs it off.
Hewitt lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hewitt.
Hewitt throws a series of strikes that have Synephrine backpedaling.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hewitt!
Hewitt lands with an uppercut that bounces Synephrine off the cage and back into rage.
Rainn Hewitt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hewitt goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Donk. Hewitt catches Synephrine right on the button with a cross.
Hewitt catches Synephrine with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hewitt throws a nice outside leg kick.
Synephrine will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hewitt plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hewitt thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Synephrine if he has to take too many more of those.
Hewitt lands a head kick!
Hewitt lands with a slapping head kick.
Synephrine takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hewitt lands a right hook to the body.
Hewitt scores with a hook to the body. Synephrine takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hewitt with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Synephrine on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hewitt. Hewitt obviously looking to wear him down.
Hewitt thumps Synephrine with a low kick.
Hewitt throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hewitt lands a high kick!
Hewitt scores with a body shot.
Hewitt lands with a good body shot.
Hewitt ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Hewitt moves into the clinch successfully.
Hewitt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Synephrine has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hewitt avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Hewitt has a couple of punches blocked by Synephrine.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hewitt is trying to maintain a safe position but Synephrine gets an underhook and turns Hewitt into the cage.

Hewitt breaks from the clinch.
Synephrine on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hewitt. Hewitt obviously looking to wear him down.
Hewitt goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Synephrine.
Hewitt moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hewitt pushes Synephrine away with a front kick.
Hewitt connects with a nice looking jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Synephrine fails with the takedown.
Rainn Hewitt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sam Synephrine.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Hewitt - that will leave a mark!
Hewitt throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hewitt lands an overhand right.
Hewitt defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Synephrine.

Synephrine moves into the clinch.
Synephrine tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Synephrine is trying desperately to land a takedown but Hewitt is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Synephrine.
Hewitt is trying to stall.

Hewitt breaks the clinch.
Hewitt plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Good leg kick by Hewitt there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Synephrine shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hewitt as he jumps to the side.
Synephrine takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rainn Hewitt dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sam Synephrine's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Hewitt scores with a head kick. Synephrine tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Hewitt lands a jab to the nose.
Hewitt stuffs the takedown.
An inside leg kick lands from Hewitt.
Hewitt tries to clinch but Synephrine moves out of range.
Synephrine swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hewitt counters with a straight right hand.
Synephrine takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hewitt throws a quick inside leg kick.

Hewitt has taken the fight to the clinch.

Hewitt breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Synephrine sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Synephrine takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hewitt throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Rainn Hewitt is winning the standup battle so far.
Synephrine takes one to the chin there.
Hewitt moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Synephrine shoots in looking for a takedown. Hewitt tries to sprawl out of it but Synephrine keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Hewitt manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hewitt closes the distance and clinches.

Hewitt escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Synephrine ducks right into an uppercut from Hewitt.
Crunch! Hewitt slams his shin into Synephrine's torso.
Hewitt stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Synephrine.
Synephrine has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hewitt lands with a nice body kick.
Hewitt throws a right and a left that Synephrine avoids nicely.

Hewitt gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Synephrine changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Hewitt fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Rainn Hewitt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sam Synephrine.
Hewitt throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hewitt tries to clinch but Synephrine is having none of it.
Hewitt lands a head kick. Synephrine smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Synephrine fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hewitt manages to avoid it.
Synephrine takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Synephrine motions for Hewitt to come forward. Synephrine throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hewitt scores with a head kick.
Synephrine is looking to clinch but Hewitt is avoiding it.
Hewitt moves in looking to clinch but Synephrine pushes him off.
Synephrine on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hewitt. Hewitt obviously looking to wear him down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hewitt, right into the meat.
Synephrine's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hewitt looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Synephrine is trying hard to land a takedown here. Hewitt sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Hewitt tries to clinch there but Synephrine circles away.
Hewitt lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hewitt doesn't manage to clinch there - Synephrine circles away.
Synephrine stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hewitt.
Hewitt lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Hewitt!
Hewitt thumps Synephrine with a low kick.
Synephrine stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hewitt.
Hewitt lands with a nice body kick.
Hewitt wants to clinch.
Hewitt lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hewitt lands a two punch combo.
Synephrine looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hewitt is fending him off so far but Synephrine persists. Nope, Hewitt circles away and we're back to standing.
Hewitt throws a head kick that Synephrine semi-blocks.
Synephrine on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Hewitt closes the distance and clinches.

Hewitt manages to break the clinch.
Synephrine on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Hewitt throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hewitt looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hewitt connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hewitt lands a jab-cross combination.
Hewitt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A nice combination there by Synephrine.
Hewitt fails with an attempt to clinch.
Synephrine keeps the fight on the outside.
Hewitt throws a front kick that sends Synephrine stumbling back into the cage.
Hewitt is looking to clinch.
Sam Synephrine 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.
Hewitt scores with a spinning back kick!
Hewitt goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hewitt.
Rainn Hewitt is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hewitt, right into the meat.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rainn Hewitt showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hewitt 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:25
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:24
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rainn Hewitt!