PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lexington Snape (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sami Hyypia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Snape comes into the arena with DJ Tiësto - Carmina Burana: Remixed blaring out of the sound system. Hyypia is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Al Bowlly - Hang out the stars in Indiana. Sami Hyypia will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Snape
vs
Hyypia

185 cm
31
285 lbs
27 - 15 - 0

225 cm
38
301 lbs
34 - 19 - 1

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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 27 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lexington Snape!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Sami Hyypia!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, George Francis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hyypia scores with a crisp jab that stopped Snape in his tracks.
Snape tries to clinch up but Hyypia circles away and keeps his distance.

Snape rushes Hyypia and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Hyypia breaks the clinch.

Snape darts in and clinches Hyypia up against the cage.
Snape lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hyypia misses with some punches.
Hyypia on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hyypia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Snape's elbow.

Hyypia escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Snape clinches up against the cage.
Knees to the body from Snape.
Hyypia looks winded!
Snape lands a shot to the body.
Snape stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hyypia takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Snape obliges.
Snape unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Snape throws a knee to the head but misses.
I was talking to Snape's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Hyypia takes a knee right on the jaw!
A short body shot lands from Snape as the two fighters clinch.
Nice body punch from Snape - that landed with a thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snape is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hyypia is defending well for now.
Snape blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Snape lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hyypia backwards.
Hyypia is trying to break the clinch but Snape is controlling him.
Hyypia is trying to break the clinch but Snape has him pressed against the cage.
Snape trying to land knees to the body.
Hyypia has had enough of the clinch but Snape keeps him there for the moment.
Snape trying to land knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Hyypia's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Snape crunches a lovely knee into Hyypia's ribcage.
Snape landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A right handed body shot lands from Snape.
Knees in the clinch landing for Snape.
Snape putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hyypia in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Snape lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hyypia on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Snape cracks Hyypia with a nice body shot.
Snape lands a damaging elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Snape digs a right hand into Hyypia's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hyypia's gas tank.
Snape lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Sami Hyypia has been cut.
A hook to the body from Snape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snape cracks Hyypia with a nice body shot.
Snape lands a damaging elbow.
Snape unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Snape lands an elbow inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Snape.
Snape crunches a lovely knee into Hyypia's ribcage.
Hyypia takes an elbow to the forehead.
Snape scores with a hook to the body.
Snape lands an elbow that stopped Hyypia in his tracks for a moment.
Nice body punch from Snape.
Snape landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hyypia avoiding damage as Snape throws knees to the body.
Snape scores with a nice hook to the head.
Snape lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Snape works on Hyypia's body with a couple of short punches.
Snape throws a knee to the head but misses.
Snape with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Snape struggles to land a body shot inside as Hyypia controls his hands.
Hyypia blocks a body shot from Snape.
Snape blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snape with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Snape crunches a lovely knee into Hyypia's ribcage.
A right hand to the body from Snape.
Snape lands an elbow that stopped Hyypia in his tracks for a moment.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Snape.
Snape presses Hyypia against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Snape unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hyypia lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Snape scores a nice knee to the body.
Snape lands a nice elbow.
Hyypia avoiding damage as Snape throws knees to the body.
Snape lands an elbow that stopped Hyypia in his tracks for a moment.
Hyypia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Snape presses Hyypia against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Snape lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hyypia.
Hyypia is trying to push Snape away but Snape has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Snape tries to land knees in the clinch but Hyypia avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Snape using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Snape pushes off an throws an elbow but Hyypia leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nice elbow from Snape.
A short right from Snape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snape lands a knee to the body.
Snape tries to land knees in the clinch but Hyypia avoids the damage to the body.
Nice elbow from Snape.
Knees to the body from Snape.
Snape with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hyypia managing to block the knees to the body from Snape.
Snape tries to land knees in the clinch but Hyypia avoids the damage to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Snape missing with knees to the body.
Snape misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hyypia.
Snape lands a nice elbow.

Hyypia breaks from the clinch.
Snape uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hyypia.
As Hyypia tries to get set, Snape tries to push him back and clinch up but Hyypia manages to avoid the attempt.

Snape darts in and clinches Hyypia up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Snape utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Snape lands a good knee to the midsection. Hyypia won't want to take too many of those.
Snape tries a body shot but Hyypia blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lexington Snape dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sami Hyypia's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Snape moves into range and clinches up with Hyypia.
Snape is leaning against Hyypia and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Snape landing knees to the head.
Hyypia avoiding damage as Snape throws knees to the body.
Snape works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Snape is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hyypia is defending well for now.
Hyypia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters up against the cage, Snape throws an elbow but misses.
Hyypia lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Snape backwards.
Lexington Snape has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Snape lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Snape keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hyypia's efforts to push away.
Snape is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hyypia can do to turn this around?
Snape unloads a knee to the mid-section.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Snape - that landed with a thud.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Snape here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Hyypia is breathing heavily.
Snape lands a knee to the head.
Hyypia managing to block the knees to the body from Snape.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Snape misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hyypia.
Snape lands a damaging elbow.

Hyypia is rocked!
A hook to the body from Snape.
Hyypia is still on wobbly legs! Can Snape finish him?
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Snape obliges.
Hyypia seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snape lands a good knee to the midsection. Hyypia won't want to take too many of those.
Snape with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Snape misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hyypia.
Snape digs a right hand underneath Hyypia's ribcage. Hyypia let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Snape comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hyypia managing to block the knees to the body from Snape.
Snape presses Hyypia against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Snape landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Snape lands a right hand.
Snape landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Snape gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Snape is working Hyypia over against the cage.
Hyypia is pressed against the cage. Snape pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Hyypia! Two more big strikes from Snape and Hyypia crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Lexington Snape!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Lexington Snape waved his t-shirt featuring Sin City Allstars's logo in front of the cameras.