PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Stevens (ranked 3559 p4p, 2884 weight class) and Marcus Hansen (ranked 449 p4p, 369 weight class). Stevens comes to the cage accompanied by Jailhouse rock. Hansen has chosen Black Sabbath - Iron Man as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stevens
vs
Hansen

178 cm
24
170
2 - 3 - 0

182 cm
20
183
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Barry Bonds Performance Enhancers $120 3 160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alexander Stevens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marcus Hansen!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Bruno Lombardi and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hansen just misses with a punch to the body.
Hansen lands with a good body shot.

Hansen has Stevens up against the cage in a clinch.
Hansen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Hansen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stevens staying out of range there.
A counter left hand to the body from Stevens misses its target.

Hansen decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Still in half guard, Hansen seems content to control.
Hansen lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stevens tries to get to full guard but Hansen has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hansen trying to control the pace.
Hansen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Hansen looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Stevens with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Stevens is looking to control Hansen's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Stevens avoid being mounted?
Hansen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Stevens keeps working.
Stevens looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Stevens is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hansen scores with a couple of nice shots.
Hansen looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Stevens with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

It looks like Alexander Stevens has been cut.
Hansen not doing much here.
Stevens is looking to get back to full guard here but Hansen has managed to pass to side control instead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hansen lands a nice forearm strike.
Hansen is chipping away with strikes.
Stevens takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Hansen grinds an elbow into Stevens's temple.
Stevens prevents Hansen from improving position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hansen grinds an elbow into Stevens's temple.
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!
Hansen trying to control the action but Stevens is working from the bottom.
Hansen has knee on belly and moves into mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansen landing strikes from the mount and Stevens is in trouble!
Hansen landing strikes from the mount and Stevens is in trouble!
My spies in Glory 4 Boxing inform me that Hansen has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Hansen tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Hansen scoring with strikes but Stevens is staying in there.

Alexander Stevens's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Stevens taking shots to the head.
A big strike lands for Hansen! That's really hurt Stevens and he's turned his back - Hansen keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Hansen jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcus Hansen!
After winning the bout, Marcus Hansen thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
In defeat, Alexander Stevens stepped up to the mic, saying 'I really fucked up here tonight '.