PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lucas Cullen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henrick Sizewell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sizewell's choice of entrance music: Cult of Personality. This should be a great matchup!

Cullen
vs
Sizewell

198 cm
22
250 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

200 cm
19
264 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lucas Cullen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Henrick Sizewell!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, John Roberts and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cullen stuffs the takedown.
Cullen misses with a hook. Sizewell ducked under it nicely.
Cullen misses with a hook. Sizewell ducked under it nicely.
Sizewell scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sizewell misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Sizewell scores with a takedown into Cullen's guard.
Cullen keeping moving, preventing Sizewell from controlling successfully.
Sizewell has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Cullen is proving hard to escape from.
Sizewell wants to control from the top but Cullen keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sizewell accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sizewell trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sizewell wants to control from the top but Cullen keeps moving.
Sizewell trying to stand up but can't free himself from Cullen's guard.
Cullen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sizewell's guard.
Sizewell really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cullen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cullen works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Sizewell tries to get to full guard but Cullen has control of the leg.
Sizewell keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sizewell wants to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sizewell is trying to stand up here but Cullen is controlling him well.
Sizewell looks gassed!
Cullen is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Sizewell looks like he's trying to stand up.
Sizewell on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Sizewell is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Cullen pulls his head out easily.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cullen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cullen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Cullen closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Cullen lands in his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sizewell wants to stand but Cullen is controlling the position.
Cullen is working Sizewell over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sizewell controls Cullen momentarily but Cullen frees himself.
Sizewell avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sizewell lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Cullen!
Sizewell trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sizewell with good strikes from the mount here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sizewell dominating with strikes here.

Cullen is rocked!
Sizewell wants to stand but Cullen is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
Oh Cullen is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

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Sizewell working for a guillotine from mount but Cullen is in no mood to give up.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sizewell thowing shots but they're missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sizewell thowing shots but they're missing.
Cullen seems to have got his legs back now.
Sizewell can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Cullen is looking to escape.
The referee warns Cullen that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sizewell lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Sizewell cracks Cullen with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Cullen is trying desperately to improve position.
Cullen tries to hold on but Sizewell pushes him away.

Sizewell working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Sizewell avoids the attempt from Cullen to control.
Sizewell fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sizewell working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Sizewell tries to control but Cullen wriggling away.
Sizewell lands a heavy elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sizewell lands a big elbow.
A nice elbow there by Sizewell.
Sizewell is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Cullen can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Cullen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Cullen gets back to half guard.

Sizewell decides to return to a standing position.
Sizewell takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cullen fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sizewell misses with a left hand
and Cullen counters with a left and a right that stings Sizewell.

Cullen gets caught flat footed, as Sizewell shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sizewell trying to control the position from guard on top but Cullen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sizewell trying to stand up but can't free himself from Cullen's guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Cullen is on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henrick Sizewell dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Sizewell clinches but Cullen breaks the clinch
and Cullen counters with a straight right hand.
Sizewell misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sizewell fails to land the takedown.
Sizewell cracks Cullen with a good jab.
Sizewell misses with a hook.
A jab from Sizewell finds it's way through Cullen's defenses.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Cullen!
Sizewell lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Sizewell shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Cullen is squirming around, avoiding Sizewell's attempts to control the action.
Cullen is wriggling around trying to escape.

Sizewell goes for an armbar but Cullen turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Cullen.
Cullen stays in close to Sizewell's body and controls the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cullen won't allow Sizewell to get back to his feet.
Cullen trying to control but Sizewell is working from the bottom.
Sizewell keeping full guard, as Cullen tries to pass.
Cullen is working hard here to advance position.
Cullen stops Sizewell from standing up.
Cullen wants to control from the top but Sizewell keeps moving.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A jab from Sizewell misses.
Henrick Sizewell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Sizewell pushes Cullen up against the cage in a clinch.

Sizewell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Sizewell misses.
Cullen throws a low kick but Sizewell avoids it.
Sizewell throws a combination that misses
and Cullen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Cullen shoots in but Sizewell avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Cullen gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Sizewell wants to control from the top but Cullen keeps moving.
Cullen wants to sweep but no luck.

Cullen throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Cullen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sizewell slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Sizewell stands up and waves to Cullen to follow him.
Cullen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cullen fails with the takedown
and Sizewell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lucas Cullen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A solid body kick from Sizewell.
Danga de danga de dang - Sizewell scores with a four punch combination!
Sizewell wants to clinch up but Cullen keeps it at a distance.
Sizewell getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Cullen slips a jab and a cross from Sizewell.
Sizewell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sizewell misses with a few strikes there.

Sizewell scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Sizewell wants to take a breather but Cullen is having none of it.
Sizewell wants to free his trapped foot but Cullen is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Sizewell landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Cullen looking for submissions off his back.
Cullen gets full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cullen looking for a triangle here. Sizewell is fighting it but it looks tight! Cullen pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Sizewell is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Lucas Cullen!

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