PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Osama Akharraz (ranked 1970 p4p, 256 weight class) and Sam McCullen (ranked 1337 p4p, 187 weight class). McCullen comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Foggy Dew kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Osama Akharraz is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Akharraz
vs
McCullen

225 cm
35
215 lbs
22 - 23 - 0

195 cm
35
206 lbs
24 - 18 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
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 22 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Osama Akharraz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 18 - 1, fighting out of London, Sam McCullen!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Robert Twigg and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Akharraz lands with a good body shot.
McCullen is looking to slow Akharraz down with leg kicks.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short left from McCullen.
McCullen blocks the elbow strike.

Akharraz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Akharraz has McCullen up against the cage in a clinch.
McCullen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
McCullen tries to work over Akharraz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Akharraz really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Akharraz lands a left hand.
Akharraz working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Akharraz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Akharraz takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head kick by McCullen misses
and Akharraz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
McCullen throws a lazy head kick
and Akharraz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Akharraz has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Kaptajnernes Træningscenter in the buildup to the fight.
McCullen scores with a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Akharraz closes the distance and pushes McCullen back into the cage.
Akharraz lands a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Akharraz.
McCullen works on Akharraz's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch on the inside from Akharraz fails to land.
Akharraz gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from McCullen.
Akharraz misses with the head strike.
Akharraz pushes McCullen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
McCullen lands a body shot.
McCullen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McCullen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Akharraz's elbow.
Akharraz is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Akharraz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McCullen throws a head punch that misses.
McCullen throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCullen works on Akharraz's body with a couple of short punches.
Akharraz throws a punch but it's blocked by McCullen.
McCullen letting Akharraz take a breather here.
Akharraz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Akharraz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from McCullen.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McCullen working aggressively here.
McCullen throws a punch but it's blocked by Akharraz.
A nice left hand lands by McCullen.

Akharraz breaks from the clinch.
Akharraz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Osama Akharraz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McCullen looks to throw the jab but Akharraz is out of range.
McCullen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Akharraz tries to clinch but McCullen is having none of it.
McCullen misses with a body kick.
Akharraz misses with a head kick.
As Akharraz backs off McCullen throws a huge counter combo but Akharraz manages to avoid it all.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Akharraz.
Akharraz tries to clinch but McCullen moves out of range.
Akharraz fails with an attempt to clinch.
A nice side step and McCullen releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
McCullen keeps the fight on the outside.
A countering left hand to the body from McCullen misses.
Akharraz is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Nice defenses there by McCullen.
Good shot there by Akharraz.

Akharraz darts in and clinches McCullen up against the cage.
A body shot lands from Akharraz.
Akharraz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McCullen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Akharraz breaks the clinch.
Akharraz catches McCullen with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
McCullen takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Akharraz misses with a leg kick
and McCullen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McCullen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Akharraz.
Akharraz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McCullen circles away quickly and effectively.

Akharraz gets a clinch.
McCullen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
McCullen tries to throw a body punch but Akharraz avoids it by throwing McCullen back against the cage.
Akharraz lands with a short shot to the head.
McCullen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Akharraz holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Akharraz throws a punch but it's blocked by McCullen.
Akharraz taking a breather.
A short left from Akharraz.
McCullen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Akharraz is trying to force a seperation but McCullen has the dominant position.
Akharraz is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Akharraz throws a punch but it's blocked by McCullen.
Akharraz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Osama Akharraz dominated that round.
That's time! Akharraz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Akharraz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
McCullen is looking for the big counter here.
Akharraz throws a head kick that misses.
A swing and a miss from McCullen.
Akharraz fails in his attempt to clinch.
McCullen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It looked like Akharraz was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

Akharraz clinches up with McCullen and pushes him back against the cage.
McCullen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Akharraz.
Akharraz struggles to land a body shot inside as McCullen controls his hands.
Akharraz working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch on the inside from McCullen fails to land.
McCullen lands a shot to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Akharraz.
McCullen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Akharrazs head.
McCullen blocks a body shot from Akharraz.
McCullen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McCullen lands a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCullen misses with a punch on the inside.
McCullen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
McCullen pushes Akharraz against the cage. McCullen is working some dirty boxing. McCullen pushes off with a quick right hook! Akharraz goes down! Akharraz tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! McCullen moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sam McCullen!
A victorious Sam McCullen thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.