PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Sher Shah Suri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank McCoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Suri kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Bohemia - Kali Denali . McCoy has chosen Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip- Get Better as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Shah Suri
vs
McCoy

225 cm
27
279 lbs
15 - 3 - 0

175 cm
29
289 lbs
19 - 5 - 1

World class MT
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sher Shah Suri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hank McCoy!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Radbod Blank and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as McCoy checks a leg kick.
Suri dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on McCoy. That did some damage!
McCoy avoids the head kick by Suri.

McCoy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Suri lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the ropes, McCoy throws an elbow but misses.
Suri is trying to force a seperation but McCoy has the dominant position.

Suri manages to break the clinch.
Suri throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

McCoy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Suri really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Suri managing to block the knees to the body from McCoy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCoy lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Sher Shah Suri has been cut.
McCoy missing with knees to the body.
Suri is trying to break the clinch but McCoy is controlling him.

Suri escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McCoy throws a good cross that connects.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Suri.

McCoy closes the distance and pushes Suri back into the ropes.
McCoy throws an elbow that misses.
Suri misses with a punch on the inside.
Suri working hard to break the clinch.
Suri swings wildly with an uppercut but McCoy uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCoy blocking some punches.
McCoy tries to throw a body punch but Suri avoids it by throwing McCoy back against the ropes.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, McCoy just misses with a elbow thrown towards Suri's brow.
A frustrated look appears on Suri's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Suri gets through McCoy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Suri tries to throw a body punch but McCoy avoids it by throwing Suri back against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Suri.
McCoy misses with an elbow strike.
McCoy blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCoy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Suri managing to block the knees to the body from McCoy.
Suri misses with a body punch.
McCoy lands a nice elbow.
Suri looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
McCoy throws an elbow that misses.
McCoy tries a knee to the head but Suri blocks it.
Suri on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
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!
McCoy pushes off an throws an elbow but Suri leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Suri throws a head punch that misses.
McCoy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Suri misses with a punch to the body.
McCoy tries to throw a body punch but Suri avoids it by throwing McCoy back against the ropes.
Nice body punch from McCoy - that landed with a thud.
McCoy misses with a knee to the head.
McCoy looking to throw knees to the head but Suri is blocking nicely.
McCoy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Suri blocks it with crossed arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hank McCoy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sher Shah Suri's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

McCoy checks a leg kick nicely.
Suri misses with a low kick.
Suri keeps the fight on the outside.
Suri connects with a solid leg kick.

McCoy clinches.
Suri on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Suri tries to throw a body punch but McCoy avoids it by throwing Suri back against the ropes.
McCoy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McCoy prevents a body shot from Suri.
A frustrated look appears on Suri's face as he tries to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Suri tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McCoy's elbow.
Suri is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Suri tries to break the clinch but McCoy is controlling the position.
Knees to the body from McCoy.
Suri can't find room to land a body shot as McCoy controls the action.
Suri is trying to break the clinch but McCoy has him pressed against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suri misses with some punches.
A frustrated look appears on Suri's face as he tries to break the clinch.
McCoy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Suri in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by McCoy.
Suri misses with a hook from the clinch.
Suri tries to work over McCoy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McCoy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Suri.
Suri misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McCoy.
McCoy crunches a lovely knee into Suri's ribcage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Suri wants to break free but McCoy has control.
Suri working aggressively here.
Suri misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short left from McCoy.
Knees in the clinch landing for McCoy.
McCoy misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suri throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McCoys head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Suri.
Suri blocks a body shot from McCoy.
Suri avoiding damage as McCoy throws knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McCoy tries to land knees in the clinch but Suri avoids the damage to the body.
McCoy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
McCoy has Suri pressed against the ropes, preventing Suri from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
McCoy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Suris head.
Suri on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McCoy looking to throw knees to the head but Suri is blocking nicely.
McCoy tries a knee to the head but Suri blocks it.
McCoy missing with knees to the body.
McCoy trying to land knees to the body.
Nice body punch from McCoy.
McCoy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Suri in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
McCoy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Suri.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hank McCoy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sher Shah Suri's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Suri moves out of range of the leg kick from McCoy.
A slow jab from Suri misses its intended target.
McCoy throws a front kick aimed at Suri's knee but Suri avoids it well.
McCoy walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Suri checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
McCoy keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Suri pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Suri avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Suri just misses with a punch to the body.
McCoy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
McCoy tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Suri fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Suri looks to land a right hand but McCoy moved out of range.
A nice side step and McCoy releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
McCoy tries to clinch up.
McCoy tries to close the distance and clinch but Suri swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A clash of legs there as McCoy blocks the low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suri jabs at McCoy's body.
Sher Shah Suri seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McCoy tries to clinch up but Suri circles away and keeps his distance.
McCoy throws a head kick that misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Suri misses the target.
McCoy throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Suri takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Suri misses with a body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by McCoy.
McCoy looks to land a body kick but Suri moved away.
Suri throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A nice inside leg kick there by Suri. That's going to slow McCoy down.
Suri wants to slow McCoy down by chopping away at his legs.
Suri misses with a looping left.
McCoy blocks the body kick.
McCoy wants to counter with a clinch but Suri pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCoy moves out of range of the body kick.
McCoy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Suri chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Suri throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
McCoy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
McCoy staying out of range there.
Suri throws a leg kick which misses McCoy's front leg but catches the back leg as McCoy tries to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Suri lands a glancing blow to the side of McCoy's head.
Good leg kick by Suri there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
McCoy scores with a jab to the body.
McCoy pushes Suri away with a front kick.
McCoy will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Suri appears to be looking for a big counter.
Suri throws out a leg kick but McCoy moves out of range and Suri only half commits.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sher Shah Suri clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Sher Shah Suri's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Suri 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.
McCoy appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
A good leg kick by McCoy.
McCoy takes a swing at Suri's ribcage but misses.
McCoy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Suri is looking to counter punch.
Suri lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Suri is looking to score with low kicks.
McCoy wants to counter with a clinch but Suri pushes him away.
Suri lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

McCoy drives through and clinches with Suri against the ropes.
McCoy misses with a punch to the body.
McCoy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCoy digs a right hand underneath Suri's ribcage. Suri let out a lung full of air as it connected.
McCoy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Suri in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
McCoy struggles to land a body shot inside as Suri controls his hands.
Hank McCoy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
McCoy scores with a nice hook to the head.
McCoy lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suri takes a knee right on the jaw!
McCoy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
McCoy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Suri blocks it with crossed arms.
Suri struggles to land a body shot inside as McCoy controls his hands.
Suri doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knees to the body from McCoy.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McCoy obliges.
McCoy working Suri over with knees to the body.
McCoy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
McCoy misses with a knee to the head.
McCoy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Suri in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Suri on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Suri breaks the clinch.
McCoy tries to clinch up.
Suri throws a jab but it's blocked by McCoy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCoy tries to clinch up
and Suri counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Suri lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
McCoy tries to clinch but Suri moves out of range.
Suri throws a half hearted mid kick.
McCoy is looking to clinch but Suri is avoiding it.
Suri pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McCoy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McCoy lets loose with a powerful body kick. Suri will feel that in the morning.
McCoy tries to close the distance and clinch but Suri swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Suri went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
McCoy throws a leg kick which misses Suri's front leg but catches the back leg as Suri tries to avoid it.

McCoy moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hank McCoy dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Sher Shah Suri's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Suri misses with an uppercut. McCoy saw that one coming.
Sher Shah Suri has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Suri checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
McCoy cracks Suri with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Suri connects with a body shot.
Suri throws out a leg kick but McCoy moves out of range and Suri only half commits.
Suri chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Suri throws a front kick aimed at McCoy's knee but McCoy avoids it well.
You can see that McCoy has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Suri throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
McCoy lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Suri wants to land a leg kick but McCoy is out of range.
Suri steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from McCoy. That one must have hurt.

McCoy has taken the fight to the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by McCoy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suri tries to work over McCoy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McCoy crunches a lovely knee into Suri's ribcage.
McCoy blocking some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Suri.
McCoy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Suri wants to get back to striking at distance but McCoy won't allow it.
Suri wants to break the clinch but can't.
McCoy lands a knee to the head.
McCoy presses Suri against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
McCoy lands an uppercut.
McCoy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McCoy scores with a hook to the body.
McCoy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McCoy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McCoy obliges.
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!
A shot in the inside from McCoy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suri throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from McCoy.
McCoy scores a nice knee to the body.
McCoy tries to land a knee to the head but Suri blocks with his arms.
McCoy scores with a shot to the side of Suri's head.
McCoy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McCoy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
McCoy gets through Suri's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
McCoy lands a body punch in the clinch.
McCoy lands a nice knee to the body.
McCoy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
McCoy lands a damaging elbow.

Sher Shah Suri's cut is getting worse.
McCoy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
McCoy blocks an uppercut.
McCoy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hank McCoy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McCoy tries a body shot but Suri blocks it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hank McCoy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think McCoy 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 46:49
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 46:49
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hank McCoy!
A very excited looking Hank McCoy made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.