PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Crow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Subotai Hyrkanian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crow comes to the cage accompanied by Mgk- Spotlight. Hyrkanian has chosen Khan as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Crow
vs
Hyrkanian

170 cm
32
141 lbs
16 - 4 - 0

163 cm
25
145 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

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Excellent boxer
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BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
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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 16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sam Crow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Subotai Hyrkanian!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Lou da Vinci and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hyrkanian moves into the clinch successfully.
Crow lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hyrkanian working aggressively here.
Hyrkanian fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Crow displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hyrkanian up against the cage.
Hyrkanian misses with the head strike.
Hyrkanian misses with a short punch on the inside.
Our sources have told us that Crow has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Hyrkanian misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hyrkanian misses with some punches.
Hyrkanian has a couple of punches blocked by Crow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crow looking to throw knees to the head but Hyrkanian is blocking nicely.
Hyrkanian lands an uppercut.
Crow is trying to push Hyrkanian away but Hyrkanian has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hyrkanian misses with a punch on the inside.
Hyrkanian misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hyrkanian throws a punch but it's blocked by Crow.
A head punch on the inside from Hyrkanian fails to land.
Hyrkanian throws a head punch that misses.
Hyrkanian fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Crow blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hyrkanian misses with some punches.
Hyrkanian swings wildly with an uppercut but Crow uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crow blocking some punches.
Crow is trying to break the clinch but Hyrkanian is controlling him.
Hyrkanian throws a head punch that misses.
Crow scores with a knee to the head.

Crow breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Subotai Hyrkanian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hyrkanian tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Crow counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hyrkanian tries to clinch up.
Hyrkanian doesn't manage to clinch there - Crow circles away.
Crow is looking to counter punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crow avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hyrkanian tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Hyrkanian gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hyrkanian misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Crow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hyrkanian.
Hyrkanian misses with some punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hyrkanian swings wildly with an uppercut but Crow uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hyrkanian misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hyrkanian lands a hook that snaps the head of Crow backwards.
Crow wants to get back to striking at distance but Hyrkanian won't allow it.
Hyrkanian throws a punch but it's blocked by Crow.
Hyrkanian misses with a hook from the clinch.
Crow blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hyrkanian misses with the head strike.

Crow pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Crow finds it's way through Hyrkanian's defenses.
Crow swats away the attempt to clinch by Hyrkanian.
It looked like Crow wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hyrkanian doesn't manage to clinch there - Crow circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Crow misses the target.
Crow lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hyrkanian circles away quickly and effectively.

Hyrkanian closes the distance and pushes Crow back into the cage.
Hyrkanian working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hyrkanian misses with some punches.
Hyrkanian lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Crow blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crow is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Hyrkanian lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hyrkanian.
Hyrkanian misses with a punch on the inside.
We've been informed that Hyrkanian has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
A head punch on the inside from Hyrkanian fails to land.
Hyrkanian misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hyrkanian misses with a punch on the inside.
Hyrkanian misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hyrkanian.
Hyrkanian tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Hyrkanian fails to land.

Crow breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hyrkanian tries to clinch but Crow moves out of range.
Crow went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Sloppy strikes from Crow. Those never looked like landing.
Hyrkanian takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Hyrkanian takes the fight into the clinch.
Hyrkanian misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Crow circles away from the clinch attempt.
Crow lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Hyrkanian tries to clinch up
enabling Crow to counter with a crisp jab.
Crow tries to clinch up but Hyrkanian circles away and keeps his distance.

Hyrkanian rushes Crow and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hyrkanian working aggressively here.
Crow pushes off an throws an elbow but Hyrkanian leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hyrkanian creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hyrkanian fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Crow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Crow.
Hyrkanian lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hyrkanian.
Hyrkanian has a couple of punches blocked by Crow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hyrkanian misses with some punches.
Hyrkanian keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Crow's efforts to push away.
Crow blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hyrkanian blocks a body shot from Crow.
Hyrkanian tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Subotai Hyrkanian seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Crow blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hyrkanian lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hyrkanian misses with the head strike.
Hyrkanian tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hyrkanian tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Crow blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hyrkanian blocks an uppercut.
Hyrkanian misses with a punch on the inside.
Hyrkanian has a couple of punches blocked by Crow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crow blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Crow breaks the clinch.
Hyrkanian wants to clinch.
No luck for Crow with that takedown attempt.

Hyrkanian darts in and clinches Crow up against the cage.
Hyrkanian misses with the head strike.
Crow is trying to maintain a safe position but Hyrkanian gets an underhook and turns Crow into the cage.
Hyrkanian has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hyrkanian working aggressively here.
Crow blocking some punches.
Hyrkanian misses with the head strike.
Hyrkanian throws a punch but it's blocked by Crow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Crow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hyrkanian swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hyrkanian fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Crow looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hyrkanian throws a head punch that misses.
Hyrkanian misses with the head strike.
Crow lands a nice uppercut.
Hyrkanian misses with the head strike.
Hyrkanian blocks an uppercut.
Hyrkanian swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Hyrkanian fails to land.
Hyrkanian swings wildly with an uppercut but Crow uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hyrkanian throws a punch but it's blocked by Crow.
Crow blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crow throws a head punch that misses.
Hyrkanian misses with the head strike.
Hyrkanian swings wildly with an uppercut but Crow uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hyrkanian lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Crow backwards.
Crow is looking to break free of the clinch but Hyrkanian has double underhooks.
Hyrkanian misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hyrkanian swings wildly with an uppercut but Crow uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hyrkanian working aggressively here.

Crow breaks the clinch.

Hyrkanian instigates a clinch.
Hyrkanian fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Crow's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Subotai Hyrkanian is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Crow connects with the punch.
Hyrkanian wants to clinch.
Crow went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Subotai Hyrkanian showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Crow gets a clinch.
Crow blocking some punches.
Hyrkanian fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hyrkanian creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hyrkanian tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hyrkanian lands a hook that snaps the head of Crow backwards.
A short uppercut from Hyrkanian.
Crow blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crow blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crow is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Crow breaks the clinch.

Crow gets tackled into the cage by Hyrkanian. Hyrkanian maintains the clinch.
Hyrkanian misses with a punch on the inside.
Crow tries to land knees in the clinch but Hyrkanian avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Crow.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Crow breaks the clinch.
Crow throws a series of punches but Hyrkanian moves out of range.
Crow circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hyrkanian fails in his attempt to clinch.
Crow lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Crow.

Hyrkanian darts in and clinches Crow up against the cage.
Hyrkanian has a couple of punches blocked by Crow.
Hyrkanian misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hyrkanian misses with a short punch on the inside.
Crow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hyrkanian misses with some punches.

Crow escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hyrkanian wants to clinch
and Crow counters with a straight right hand.
Hyrkanian walks into a stiff left hand from Crow.
Subotai Hyrkanian is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A combination from Crow does no damage.
Hyrkanian tries to close the distance and clinch but Crow swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hyrkanian fails in his attempt to clinch.
Crow goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Hyrkanian rushes Crow and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Crow slowing the pace effectively.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hyrkanian as Crow tries to tie him up.
Crow can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hyrkanian has a couple of punches blocked by Crow.
Crow has had enough of the clinch but Hyrkanian keeps him there for the moment.
Crow is trying to break the clinch but Hyrkanian has him pressed against the cage.
Hyrkanian working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hyrkanian keeps control of Crow as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Crow tries to work over Hyrkanian's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hyrkanian gets through Crow's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Crow trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A right hook to the body lands for Crow.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Sam Crow.
I think Hyrkanian 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:29
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Subotai Hyrkanian!
Subotai Hyrkanian decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
Sam Crow was interviewed post fight and said 'I'll be back way better, I'm in the gym everyday trying to better myself. I will be back stronger.'.