PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stevie Larson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Big Show (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Larson
vs
Show

200 cm
23
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
25
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stevie Larson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Big Show!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Stewart Dunkirk and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Show fails with an attempt to clinch.
Larson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Larson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Show tries to avoid it but Larson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Show to the ground. Show escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Show tries to clinch but Larson moves out of range.
Show tries to clinch but Larson moves out of range.
Show takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Show closes the distance and clinches.
Larson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Show pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stevie Larson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Larson moves into the clinch.
Show lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Stevie Larson has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Larson is trying to pull guard but Show has him pressed against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Larson.
Show tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larson avoids the elbow strike from Show, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Show throws an elbow but misses.
Show creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Larson's defenses.
Larson blocks an elbow strike.
Larson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Show lands a damaging elbow.
Show lands an elbow inside that Larson shrugs off.
Larson takes a knee right on the jaw!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Show.
Show tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Show lands a damaging elbow.
Show using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Larson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Show comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Show tries a knee to the head but Larson blocks it.
Larson is trying to pull guard but Show turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Show throws an elbow but it misses.
Show tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Larson pulls Show into guard.
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!
Larson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Show wants to control but Larson is having none of it.

Larson looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Show tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Larson tries to control but Show wriggling away.
Show really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Larson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Larson working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Show is in all sorts of trouble here.

Larson is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Show has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Show is trying to stand up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Larson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Show can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Larson cracks Show with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Stevie Larson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Stevie Larson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Show tries to clinch but Larson moves out of range.
Larson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Show moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Larson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Larson counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Show is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Show doesn't manage to clinch there - Larson circles away.
Show tries to clinch up.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Larson is defended easily by Show.
Stevie Larson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Show tries to clinch up.
Show closes the distance but Larson moves to the side

and Larson moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Show looking to throw knees to the head but Larson is blocking nicely.
Larson is trying to break free.
Show keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Larson's efforts to push away.

Larson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Show tries to close the distance and clinch up but Larson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Larson misses with a two punch combination.
Nice takedown defense from Show. No joy for Larson on that attempt.

Show rushes Larson and presses him up against the cage.
Larson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Larson tries to circle away but Show has him pinned against the cage.
Larson dodges an elbow strike from Show.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larson tries to pull guard but Show forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stevie Larson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Show on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Show.
Show throws a knee to the head but misses.
Show landing knees to the head.
Larson blocks the elbow strike.
Larson avoids the elbow strike from Show, against the cage.
Show lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Show throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Larson avoids the elbow strike from Show, against the cage.
Larson blocks an elbow strike.
Show tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Show throws a knee to the head but misses.
Larson tries to circle away but Show has him pinned against the cage.
Show tries to land a knee to the head but Larson blocks with his arms.
Larson is looking to take this one to the mat.
Larson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Show lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Larson can't find room to land a body shot as Show controls the action.
Larson takes an elbow to the temple.
Show using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Larson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Show throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from Show.
Larson jumps guard but Show stands there with Larson around his waist. Larson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larson dodges an elbow strike from Show.
Show throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Show lands an elbow inside that Larson shrugs off.
Show comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Show connects with a nasty looking knee right to Larson's face.

Larson pulls Show into guard.
Show wants to stand but Larson has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Larson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Show defends it easily.
Show must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Larson throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Big Show will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Stevie Larson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Show wants to clinch but Larson slips to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

Larson has managed to clinch.
Larson is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Show to keep the fight standing.
Larson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Show.
Show misses with a knee strike.
Show lands an elbow inside.
Larson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Larson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Show smiles and moves away.
A low kick from Larson misses
and Show counters with a slapping leg kick.
Show tries to clinch but Larson moves away

and Larson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Larson.
Show managing to block the knees to the body from Larson.
Show connects with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Show.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Show walks away with a smile on his face. Larson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stevie Larson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Larson keeps the fight on the outside.

Show takes the fight into the clinch.
Show lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Larson is trying to pull guard but Show has him pressed against the cage.
Show tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Larson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Show pushes off an throws an elbow but Larson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nice elbow from Show.
Larson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Larson is looking to break free of the clinch but Show has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Show misses with a knee strike.
Show comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Larson can't get the takedown.
Larson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Show lands a damaging elbow.
Show connects with a knee to the head.
Show connects with a knee to the head.
Show landing knees to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Larson breaks the clinch.
Show fails with an attempt to clinch.

Show has closed the distance and engaged Larson in a clinch.
Show with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larson wants a takedown.
Show tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Larson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Larson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Show gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Larson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Show lands an elbow just above Larson 's eye.
Show looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Larson takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by Show.
Show tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Show throws a knee to the head but misses.
Show using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Larson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Larson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Show prevents it.
Show lands an elbow inside that Larson shrugs off.
Show gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Show misses with an elbow over the top.
Show with an attempt at a knee that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Show misses with a knee strike.
Show misses with a knee strike.
Show with an attempt at a knee that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Big Show comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Show has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight for Big Show!
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight for Big Show!
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Big Show!

Big Show wins by unanimous decision!