PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sami Hyypia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Jay Mutombo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hyypia comes to the cage accompanied by Al Bowlly - Hang out the stars in Indiana. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Hyypia
vs
Jay Mutombo

225 cm
26
301 lbs
14 - 6 - 1

195 cm
27
264 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin

KO Clothing

Backyard Fighting

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Sami Hyypia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jay Jay Mutombo!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksandr Martynov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hyypia throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hyypia takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hyypia 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.
Mutombo moves out of range of the body kick.
Mutombo takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hyypia just misses with a punch to the body.

Hyypia takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hyypia makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mutombo blocks a body shot from Hyypia.
Mutombo managing to block the knees to the body from Hyypia.
Hyypia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hyypia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mutombo's elbow.
Hyypia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mutombo's elbow.
Hyypia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hyypia can't find room to land a body shot as Mutombo controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mutombo.
Hyypia misses with a punch to the body.
Hyypia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mutombo digs a right hand underneath Hyypia's ribcage. Hyypia let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Mutombo has a couple of punches blocked by Hyypia.
Hyypia lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mutombo backwards.

Mutombo breaks the clinch.
Hyypia fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hyypia finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Mutombo.
A head kick misses from Hyypia.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mutombo thumps Hyypia with a low kick.
Good leg kick by Mutombo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mutombo staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hyypia avoids the head kick by Mutombo.
Mutombo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Mutombo checks a leg kick.
Mutombo throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Mutombo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Mutombo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hyypia.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mutombo. That's going to slow Hyypia down.
Mutombo tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mutombo misses the jab.
Mutombo throws a looping overhand right but Hyypia ducks down to avoid it.
Hyypia misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Mutombo.
Mutombo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Hyypia checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mutombo.
Hyypia throws a big shot that misses.
Mutombo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hyypia thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hyypia digs a good hook to Mutombo's body.
Hyypia waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mutombo.
Hyypia thows a body shot but no joy.
Crunch! Hyypia slams his shin into Mutombo's torso.
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!
Mutombo throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hyypia.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mutombo throws a low kick but Hyypia moves out of range easily.
Hyypia looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hyypia works the jab nicely.
Mutombo throws a leg kick but Hyypia sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hyypia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hyypia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mutombo was well out of range. Poor timing from Hyypia.
A good leg kick by Hyypia.
Hyypia lands with a shot to the body.
Hyypia cracks Mutombo with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hyypia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mutombo throws a lazy body kick
and Hyypia counters with a nice body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sami Hyypia dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hyypia lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Mutombo darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hyypia scoring well with a low kick there.
Hyypia throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Mutombo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hyypia counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Mutombo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hyypia lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Jay Jay Mutombo has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hyypia lands with a kick to the temple. Mutombo shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Hyypia bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Mutombo's head backwards.
Hyypia thows a body shot but no joy.
Sami Hyypia is winning the standup battle so far.

Hyypia forces Mutombo back against the cage and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hyypia misses with the head strike.
Hyypia misses with the head strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Hyypia.
Hyypia misses with a body punch.
Hyypia swings wildly with an uppercut but Mutombo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hyypia misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hyypia lands a right hand.
Hyypia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mutombo's elbow.
Mutombo avoids the elbow strike from Hyypia, against the cage.
Hyypia throws a punch but it's blocked by Mutombo.
Mutombo lands a right hand.
Hyypia lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mutombo backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hyypia.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hyypia.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hyypia trying to land knees to the body.
Hyypia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mutombo is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Mutombo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A shot in the inside from Mutombo.
Hyypia lands with a short shot to the head.
Hyypia lands a right hand.
Mutombo stalling in the clinch.
Hyypia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mutombo presses Hyypia against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hyypia misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hyypia lands an uppercut.
Mutombo working hard to break the clinch.
Hyypia misses with a body punch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hyypia can't find room to land a body shot as Mutombo controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hyypia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hyypia misses with a short punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hyypia as Mutombo tries to tie him up.
Mutombo blocks an uppercut.
Hyypia tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mutombo tries a body shot but Hyypia blocks it.
Hyypia throws a punch but it's blocked by Mutombo.
A short right from Mutombo on the inside.
Hyypia tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mutombo is trying to maintain a safe position but Hyypia gets an underhook and turns Mutombo into the cage.
Mutombo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hyypia struggles to land a body shot inside as Mutombo controls his hands.
Mutombo controlling the action here for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mutombo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Mutombo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hyypia up against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hyypia lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mutombo backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Mutombo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mutombo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mutombo throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mutombo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hyypia motions for Mutombo to come forward. Hyypia throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sami Hyypia dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jay Jay Mutombo's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hyypia bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hyypia lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mutombo throws a head kick that misses.
Mutombo throws a body kick that misses
and Hyypia counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Mutombo is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Hyypia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hyypia defending well as Mutombo loads up on a big left hand.
Hyypia misses with a lunging right hand
and Mutombo counters with a stiff right hand.
Mutombo walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Mutombo throws a leg kick
and Hyypia counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That has opened up Jay Jay Mutombo's cut even more.

Hyypia lands a big right hand that sends Mutombo crashing to the mat! Hyypia stays standing though and waves Mutombo back to his feet!

Mutombo is rocked!
A solid leg kick lands there for Hyypia.
Mutombo is still on wobbly legs! Can Hyypia finish him?
Mutombo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mutombo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mutombo seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hyypia ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hyypia is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Hyypia throws a monster overhand right that drops Mutombo! Hyypia follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sami Hyypia!
Sami Hyypia very nearly forgot to thank KO Clothing amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.