PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam McCullen (ranked 500 p4p, 70 weight class) and Yun Won Hyang (ranked 701 p4p, 97 weight class). McCullen comes into the arena with The Foggy Dew blaring out of the sound system. Sam McCullen could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Yun Won Hyang's chin.

McCullen
vs
Won Hyang

195 cm
31
225 lbs
18 - 13 - 1

190 cm
28
210 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Sam McCullen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yun Won Hyang!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCullen swings for the body but Hyang moves out of range.
Hyang tries to counter with a clinch but McCullen shakes him off and moves away.
McCullen takes a swing at Hyang's ribcage but misses.
Hyang feints a counter leg kick.
McCullen ducks under a wild hook from Hyang.
McCullen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hyang misses the jab.
McCullen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hyang throws a body punch but McCullen moves out of range.
A quick step to the side and McCullen tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
McCullen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hyang throws out a counter right but McCullen avoids it with no problem.
A swing and a miss from Hyang.
Hyang throws a series of punches but McCullen avoids them all with ease.
McCullen throws a wild body kick that Hyang sees coming a mile off.
McCullen just misses with a punch to the body.
Hyang throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCullen throws a right hand that Hyang ducks under and follows up with a left that Hyang also avoids with ease.
Hyang shoots in and drives through. McCullen sprawls well.
Hyang scores with the left hand. McCullen knows he should have avoided that one.
Hyang throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck McCullen on the side of the head.
McCullen avoids a punch combination nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from McCullen misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCullen scores with a kick to the body.
Hyang misses with a low kick.
McCullen swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Hyang throws a looping overhand right but McCullen ducks down to avoid it.
McCullen slips under a jab from Hyang.
Hyang looks to land a right hand but McCullen moved out of range.
Nice defenses there by McCullen.
McCullen takes a head kick and keeps coming.
McCullen misses with a wild body shot.
McCullen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hyang throws out the jab.
McCullen is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
McCullen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McCullen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hyang counters with a nice leg kick.
McCullen keeps the fight on the outside.
Hyang uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McCullen.
McCullen throws out a loose jab but Hyang uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCullen cracks the inside of Hyang's front leg.
McCullen looks to throw the jab but Hyang is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hyang dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on McCullen. That did some damage!
McCullen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
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!
Hyang throws a jab but it's blocked by McCullen.
McCullen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hyang connects with an inside leg kick.

Hyang moves into the clinch successfully.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McCullen.
Hyang throws a punch but it's blocked by McCullen.

Hyang breaks the clinch.
Hyang looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

McCullen tries to keep at a distance but Hyang has taken the fight into the clinch.
McCullen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hyang's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hyang lands with a light punch inside.
Hyang misses with some punches.

Hyang breaks from the clinch.
Hyang uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before McCullen has time to react.
Hyang uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before McCullen has time to react.
McCullen is looking to wear down Hyang with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
McCullen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hyang moves away.
McCullen throws out a loose jab but Hyang uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hyang takes a shot to the body in his stride.
McCullen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McCullen throws a quick counter head kick but Hyang was just out of range.
A low kick from Hyang misses
and McCullen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hyang throws a one two combo.

It looks like Sam McCullen has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCullen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice shot by Hyang.
McCullen swings for the body but Hyang moves out of range.
Hyang walks forward, straight into a front kick from McCullen.
McCullen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hyang doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
McCullen swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hyang.
Hyang fails with a takedown attempt.
McCullen throws out a loose jab but Hyang uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hyang scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hyang throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hyang throws a leg kick but McCullen moved away.

Hyang manages to get an easy takedown there - catching McCullen on his heels. He'll look to pass McCullen's guard now, I'm sure.

Hyang gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yun Won Hyang dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sam McCullen's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Hyang getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hyang throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hyang takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hyang avoids the head kick by McCullen.
Hyang throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hyang feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits McCullens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hyang is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
McCullen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hyang throws a counter combo.
Hyang throws a jab when McCullen was well out of range.
Yun Won Hyang seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hyang looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCullen misses with a kick to the body.
Hyang throws a combination that misses
and McCullen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McCullen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
McCullen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hyang doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hyang just misses with a punch to the body.
McCullen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCullen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hyang manages to avoid it.
McCullen swings for the body but Hyang moves out of range.
McCullen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hyang was well out of range. Poor timing from McCullen.
A left lands for Hyang.
Hyang ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McCullen moves away.
Hyang throws a looping overhand right but McCullen ducks down to avoid it.
McCullen throws a head kick but Hyang moves out of range.
Hyang moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hyang looks for a takedown but McCullen sprawls well.
Hyang moves in looking to clinch but McCullen pushes him off.
Hyang lands a jab-cross combination.
Decent striking displayed by McCullen there.
Hyang is looking to chop away at McCullen's legs.
McCullen scores with a leg kick.
McCullen throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Good standup being displayed there by McCullen as he connects with a hook.
Hyang is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McCullen.
Hyang misses with an uppercut. McCullen saw that one coming.
Hyang uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Hyang has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A big left from Hyang misses.
Hyang slips a straight right by McCullen.
McCullen moves away from the strike by Hyang.
McCullen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McCullen blocks the body kick.
McCullen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hyang takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
McCullen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hyang.
McCullen throws a head kick that misses
and Hyang counters with a stiff right hand.
Danga de danga de dang - McCullen scores with a four punch combination!

It looks like Yun Won Hyang has been cut.
McCullen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hyang throws a right and a left that McCullen avoids nicely.
A little feinted left hand from McCullen on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hyang avoids the body shot from McCullen.
Hyang avoids the body shot from McCullen.
Sam McCullen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McCullen misses with a few strikes there.
McCullen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hyang throws a counter combo.
Hyang throws a left and a right that both miss
and McCullen counters with a two punch combo.
McCullen throws a head kick that misses.
McCullen tries a head kick but it misses.
Hyang looks like he wants to counter punch here.
McCullen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hyang thuds his right hand into McCullen's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
McCullen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hyang moves away.
Hyang lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Hyang darts in and clinches McCullen up against the cage.
McCullen blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Hyang pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hyang tries to work over McCullen's front leg with a kick but McCullen checks it.
Hyang throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hyang lands a right hook to the body.
Hyang is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McCullen.
McCullen takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hyang throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hyang takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hyang is looking to clinch.
McCullen bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hyang's head backwards.
A big left from Hyang misses.
Hyang misses with a straight left.
Hyang swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hyang lands a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McCullen misses with an attempted mid kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Yun Won Hyang will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Hyang thuds his right hand into McCullen's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hyang walks into a left hand.
Hyang needs to keep his hands up - McCullen had a free shot at his head there.
Hyang tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. McCullen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from McCullen. Hyang does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hyang uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McCullen.
McCullen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
McCullen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
McCullen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hyang manages to avoid it.
McCullen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
McCullen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hyang was well out of range. Poor timing from McCullen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hyang pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McCullen seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A big right from McCullen misses.
Good leg kick by Hyang there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
McCullen throws a leg kick which misses Hyang's front leg but catches the back leg as Hyang tries to avoid it.
McCullen throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hyang.
McCullen blocks a head kick by Hyang.
A big left from Hyang misses.
Hyang scores with a sloppy right hand. McCullen should have avoided that one.
Hyang blocks a jab.
Hyang scores with a nice right hand.
Hyang has a takedown stuffed.
Hyang lands with a nice combination. McCullen backs away looking to recover.
Hyang scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hyang throws a good cross that connects.
McCullen throws a body kick that misses.
McCullen lands the left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McCullen throws out a loose jab but Hyang uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCullen shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCullen lands with a right hand.
Hyang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McCullen.
McCullen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hyang.
Hyang looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
McCullen misses with an uppercut. Hyang saw that one coming.
McCullen swings for the body but Hyang moves out of range.
McCullen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hyang.
McCullen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
McCullen ducks under a wild hook from Hyang.
McCullen jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
McCullen misses the shot to the body.
Hyang works McCullen's body with a nice hook.
Hyang avoids a kick to the body.
Hyang throws out a counter right but McCullen avoids it with no problem.
A jab lands there for Hyang.
Hyang throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around McCullen's waist but McCullen gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hyang off to one side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hyang scoring well with a low kick there.
A bone on bone clash there as Hyang blocks the leg kick.
McCullen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hyang.
McCullen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
McCullen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McCullen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hyang connects with a solid leg kick.
Hyang scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
McCullen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hyang misses with the combination.
McCullen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
McCullen scores with a hook.
Hyang throws an overhand right that lands on McCullen's shoulder, as McCullen tries to avoid the shot.
McCullen is looking to counter punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hyang swings for the body but McCullen moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from McCullen misses the target.
Hyang's corner calls for a 1-2. Hyang obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hyang misses the shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Hyang has managed to clinch.
Yun Won Hyang is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Hyang fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Sam McCullen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yun Won Hyang.

McCullen manages to break the clinch.
Hyang darts in looking for a takedown but McCullen gets double underhooks and turns Hyang into the cage.
McCullen takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A clash of legs there as McCullen blocks the low kick.
McCullen just misses with a punch to the body.
Hyang misses with a series of wild punches.
Sam McCullen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McCullen looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hyang scores with a nice strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yun Won Hyang comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hyang has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yun Won Hyang!
Yun Won Hyang bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.