PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kent Hytten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Laz Icarus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Icarus's choice of entrance music: Flying dutchman. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Hytten
vs
Icarus

215 cm
43
253 lbs
40 - 27 - 1

194 cm
34
221 lbs
27 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

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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 40 - 27 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kent Hytten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Laz Icarus!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Dmitry Maklakov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Icarus scores with a leg kick.

Icarus drives through and clinches with Hytten against the cage.
Hytten taking a breather.
Icarus lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Kent Hytten has been cut.
Icarus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hytten putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Icarus in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Icarus lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Icarus misses with an elbow strike.
Hytten stalling in the clinch.
Hytten swings wildly with an uppercut but Icarus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Come on Hytten - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hytten misses with a hook from the clinch.

Hytten's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Icarus takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hytten misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Icarus does no damage.
Icarus throws a right and a left that both miss.
A head kick misses from Icarus.
Icarus moves out of range of the leg kick from Hytten.
Icarus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hytten paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hytten ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Icarus misses with a wild combination.
Hytten throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Icarus misses with an uppercut
and Hytten counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Icarus instigates a clinch.
Hytten gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Icarus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hytten is defending well for now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hytten.

Hytten breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hytten lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Icarus at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Icarus misses with an uppercut. Hytten saw that one coming.
Icarus looks to throw the jab but Hytten is out of range.
Icarus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hytten paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Icarus lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hytten circles away quickly and effectively.
Icarus looks to land a combination but Hytten avoids it well.
Hytten avoids a punch combination nicely.
Icarus on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Icarus tries to clinch up
and Hytten counters with a three punch combo that has Icarus backing up. Icarus nods at Hytten to acknowledge the strikes.

Icarus pushes Hytten up against the cage in a clinch.
Hytten tries to stall but Icarus uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hytten blocks an elbow strike from Icarus.
Icarus lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hytten.
Hytten tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Icarus stalling against the cage.
Icarus takes an elbow to the forehead.
Icarus lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hytten backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Icarus using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hytten working aggressively here.
Icarus tries to land knees in the clinch but Hytten avoids the damage to the body.
Hytten missing with knees to the body.
Hytten wants to get back to striking at distance but Icarus won't allow it.
Hytten tries to break free but Icarus pushes him back against the cage.
Icarus misses with the head strike.
Hytten avoids the elbow strike from Icarus, against the cage.
Icarus blocks an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Icarus tries to stall but Hytten uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hytten works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Icarus looking to throw knees to the head but Hytten is blocking nicely.
Hytten blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hytten lands a shot to the body.
Icarus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hytten has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Icarus trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Laz Icarus will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kent Hytten's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Icarus throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hytten slips under a jab.
Icarus throws a right hand that Hytten ducks under and follows up with a left that Hytten also avoids with ease.
Icarus tries to close the distance and clinch but Hytten swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Icarus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hytten gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hytten fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Icarus has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Icarus tries to clinch but Hytten is having none of it.
Nice cross by Hytten.
Icarus misses with a double jab.
Hytten misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Icarus displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hytten throws out the jab.
Hytten circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hytten punishes Icarus's body with a nice straight punch.
Laz Icarus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hytten keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Icarus.
Hytten misses with a low kick as Icarus jumps back.
Icarus swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Icarus is looking to clinch but Hytten is avoiding it.
Hytten does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Laz Icarus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hytten keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Icarus throws a head kick but Hytten moves out of range.

Icarus instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hytten struggles to land a body shot inside as Icarus controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hytten.
Hytten lands a left hand that snaps the head of Icarus backwards.
Hytten stalling the fight.
Icarus pushes Hytten back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Icarus is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hytten is keeping busy.
Icarus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hytten has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Icarus lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Icarus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Icarus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hytten misses with a punch to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Icarus misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hytten controlling the action here for a moment.
Icarus using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hytten dodges an elbow strike from Icarus.
Icarus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hytten.
Icarus avoids a wild elbow strike from Hytten.
Hytten misses with a punch to the body.
Icarus tries to land knees in the clinch but Hytten avoids the damage to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Icarus.
Icarus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hytten blocks it with crossed arms.
Icarus lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hytten backwards.
Hytten on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hytten scores with a shot to the side of Icarus's head.
Icarus lands a left hand.
Icarus is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Hytten on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Icarus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hytten avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Icarus missing with knees to the body.
Icarus gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hytten scores with a shoulder strike.
Hytten lands a left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Icarus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Icarus scores with a shoulder strike.
Icarus throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hytten tries a body shot but Icarus blocks it.
Icarus creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Icarus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hytten has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hytten blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Icarus scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hytten missing with knees to the body.
Icarus misses with a knee strike.

Hytten manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Laz Icarus showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kent Hytten's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Nice shot lands for Hytten.
Icarus checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Icarus lands a two punch combo.
Jab by Icarus.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hytten. Icarus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Icarus wants to clinch
and Hytten makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Icarus misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Icarus scores with the left hand. Hytten knows he should have avoided that one.
Icarus moves to clinch but Hytten breaks away
and Hytten counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Icarus tries to clinch up.
Sloppy strikes from Icarus. Those never looked like landing.
Hytten blocks a head kick by Icarus.
Icarus misses with a double jab
and Hytten counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Icarus takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Icarus swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Icarus connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Icarus throws a sloppy head kick
and Hytten counters with an inside leg kick.
Icarus avoids the body shot from Hytten.
Hytten shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hytten swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Icarus swings widly with a right hand
and Hytten connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Icarus misses with a body shot.
Kent Hytten has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hytten feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Icarus's calf.
Icarus tries to clinch but Hytten moves out of range.
Hytten wants to land a leg kick but Icarus is out of range.
A slow jab from Icarus misses its intended target.
Laz Icarus is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Hytten misses with a wild body shot.
Hytten takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hytten fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Icarus works Hytten's body with a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hytten keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Icarus.
Icarus cracks Hytten with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hytten drops his hands momentarily and Icarus takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Icarus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hytten was well out of range. Poor timing from Icarus.
Icarus fails in his attempt to clinch.
Icarus checks the leg kick.
Hytten takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Icarus is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hytten.
Icarus lands with a slapping head kick.
A shot to the liver by Icarus. Beautiful body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hytten takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hytten misses with a double jab
and Icarus counters with a head kick. That will keep Hytten thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

Icarus closes the distance and pushes Hytten back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Icarus tries a body shot but Hytten blocks it.

Hytten breaks the clinch.
Icarus lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Icarus goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hytten blocks a head kick by Icarus.
Icarus throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hytten throws a body punch but Icarus moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Laz Icarus comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Icarus 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Laz Icarus!