PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hanny Sledgehammer (ranked 3841 p4p, 445 weight class) and Red Cup (ranked 6110 p4p, 564 weight class). Hanny Sledgehammer has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sledgehammer
vs
Cup

189 cm
30
192 lbs
13 - 17 - 0

190 cm
36
191 lbs
8 - 15 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hanny Sledgehammer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Red Cup!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cup throws a series of punches but Sledgehammer moves out of range.
Sledgehammer scores with a jab. Cup acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A punch combination from Sledgehammer misses.
Sledgehammer lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Cup misses with a few strikes there.
Sledgehammer has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Sledgehammer slips under a jab.
Sledgehammer lands a nice hook to Cup's body. Cup takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sledgehammer defending well as Cup loads up on a big left hand.
A left lands for Sledgehammer.
Sledgehammer cracks Cup with a good jab.
A nice combination there by Cup.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sledgehammer throws a series of strikes that have Cup backpedaling.

Sledgehammer drives through and clinches with Cup against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sledgehammer creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cup lands a nice uppercut.
Sledgehammer swings wildly with an uppercut but Cup uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sledgehammer working aggressively here.
Sledgehammer lands a nice uppercut.
Cup is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Cup pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hanny Sledgehammer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cup misses with a hook. Sledgehammer ducked under it nicely.
Cup lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Good shot there by Sledgehammer.
Sledgehammer throws a series of punches but Cup moves out of range.
Cup swinging wildly here.
Sledgehammer moves out of range as Cup strikes.
Nice shot lands for Sledgehammer.
Sledgehammer moves away from the strike by Cup.
Cup tries a head kick but it misses.
Cup throws a right and a left that Sledgehammer avoids nicely.

Sledgehammer lands a left and a right that send Cup crashing to the mat, dazed. Sledgehammer thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Cup is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cup loads up on a big right hand but Sledgehammer slips the punch.
Cup is still on wobbly legs! Can Sledgehammer finish him?
Cup gets hit by the mother of all head kicks and drops to the canvas in a crumpled heap! Woooow, the Internet is going to be talking about this one for weeks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Hanny Sledgehammer!
Red Cup was interviewed post fight and said 'That wasn't fun.'.