PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Amish Hardcore Irish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ashur Syrian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hardcore Irish comes to the cage accompanied by Devil's Dance Floor. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hardcore Irish
vs
Syrian

200 cm
22
265 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

190 cm
26
275 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

Springfield HW Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Amish Hardcore Irish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ashur Syrian!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardcore Irish misses with a few strikes there.
Hardcore Irish waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Syrian.
Syrian tries to clinch but Hardcore Irish moves away
and Hardcore Irish counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hardcore Irish rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Syrian moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hardcore Irish throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hardcore Irish scores with a sloppy right hand. Syrian should have avoided that one.

It looks like Ashur Syrian has been cut.
Hardcore Irish lands with a straight right. Syrian didn't see that one coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A combination from Hardcore Irish does no damage.
Hardcore Irish throws a series of punches but Syrian avoids them all with ease.
Syrian takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Syrian shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hardcore Irish sprawls well. Hardcore Irish wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Syrian gets slowly back to his feet.
Syrian throws a poor cross that misses
and Hardcore Irish counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Syrian shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Hardcore Irish manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardcore Irish keeping moving, preventing Syrian from controlling successfully.
Hardcore Irish is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Syrian is controlling him.
Syrian trying to control the position from guard on top but Hardcore Irish is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hardcore Irish wants to stand up but Syrian is controlling him.
Syrian scoring with punches to the head and body.
Syrian thows a big elbow that misses.
Syrian stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hardcore Irish swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hardcore Irish knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Syrian on the ground.

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.
Syrian postures up in Hardcore Irish's guard and throws a big left but Hardcore Irish blocks it.
Syrian throwing strikes but missing.
Syrian prevents Hardcore Irish from getting back to his feet.
Syrian missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Syrian prevents Hardcore Irish from getting back to his feet.
Hardcore Irish keeping moving, preventing Syrian from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hardcore Irish keeping full guard, as Syrian tries to pass.
Hardcore Irish utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Syrian has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Syrian in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Syrian throwing strikes but missing.
Hardcore Irish keeping moving, preventing Syrian from controlling successfully.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Syrian stops Hardcore Irish from standing up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hardcore Irish is breathing heavily.
Syrian throwing strikes but missing.
Syrian throws a big right hand that misses.
Hardcore Irish wants to stand up but Syrian is controlling him.

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.
Syrian throws a big right hand that misses.
Hardcore Irish on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hardcore Irish tries to get out of the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Syrian throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Syrian thows a big elbow that misses.
Syrian with a nice head shot there.
Syrian distracts Hardcore Irish with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Syrian postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Syrian pushes down on Hardcore Irish's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Syrian 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.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice strikes from Syrian there.
Syrian frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amish Hardcore Irish dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ashur Syrian's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hardcore Irish displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Hardcore Irish misses with a two punch combination.
Hardcore Irish throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Syrian.
Syrian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hardcore Irish takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hardcore Irish looks to land a combination but Syrian avoids it well.
Syrian looks to land a right hand but Hardcore Irish moved out of range.

Syrian shoots in and gets a takedown into Hardcore Irish's guard.
Syrian lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Syrian tries to free his leg and advance position but Hardcore Irish is retaining full guard.
Syrian throwing strikes from guard but Hardcore Irish blocks nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Syrian is working Hardcore Irish over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hardcore Irish wants to stand but Syrian is controlling the position.
Syrian scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hardcore Irish avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Syrian with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Syrian throwing strikes from guard but Hardcore Irish blocks nicely.
Syrian throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Syrian forces his way into half guard.
Hardcore Irish avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Syrian.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Syrian is looking for a kimura here.
Syrian is trying to control. Hardcore Irish wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Syrian slips a nice elbow through Hardcore Irish's hands, connecting with Hardcore Irish's forehead.
Syrian throwing shots but Hardcore Irish is blocking nicely.
Hardcore Irish is refusing to be controlled, as Syrian sits in half guard.
Syrian thows a huge punch but Hardcore Irish dodges it nicely.
Syrian content to control rather than advance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hardcore Irish pushes Syrian off and gets back to his feet.
Syrian looks to land a left hand but Hardcore Irish moved out of range nicely.
Hardcore Irish misses with a two punch combination.
Syrian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hardcore Irish moves away.
Hardcore Irish throws a right hand that Syrian ducks under and follows up with a left that Syrian also avoids with ease.
Amish Hardcore Irish is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hardcore Irish keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hardcore Irish misses with a double jab.

Syrian gets a takedown into half guard.
Syrian trying to mount his opponent but Hardcore Irish defends it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Syrian wants to control but Hardcore Irish is keeping him busy.
Hardcore Irish wants to get back to his feet.
Syrian thows a huge punch but Hardcore Irish dodges it nicely.

Syrian is looking for a kimura here.
Syrian working Hardcore Irish over with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ashur Syrian showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ashur Syrian's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Hardcore Irish misses with a looping left.
Hardcore Irish tries to bum rush Syrian with a series of wild strikes but Syrian uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Amish Hardcore Irish is winning the standup battle so far.
Hardcore Irish fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Syrian throws a big shot that misses.
Hardcore Irish misses with a series of wild punches.
Hardcore Irish misses with an uppercut.
A slow jab from Syrian misses its intended target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A punch combination from Hardcore Irish misses.
Hardcore Irish moves out of range as Syrian strikes.
Amish Hardcore Irish seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hardcore Irish waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Syrian.
Syrian ducks under a wild hook from Hardcore Irish.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardcore Irish avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Syrian bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Hardcore Irish is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Syrian has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Syrian lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Syrian grinds an elbow into Hardcore Irish's temple.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Syrian working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Ashur Syrian has got the better of the ground game so far.
Syrian connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Hardcore Irish some visible discomfort.
Hardcore Irish taking punishment in the form of punches.
Syrian postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Syrian creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Hardcore Irish sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Syrian working the head and body with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Syrian tries to score with some ground and pound. Hardcore Irish controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Syrian scores with punches from side control.
Hardcore Irish takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Syrian working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

Syrian has an Americana. Hardcore Irish didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Syrian is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Syrian hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Ashur Syrian!