PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Donnie Darko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sven Hanke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Donnie Darko has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Darko
vs
Hanke

172 cm
22
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Donnie Darko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sven Hanke!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Radbod Blank and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanke swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hanke lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Darko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Darko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hanke misses with an uppercut. Darko saw that one coming.
Hanke ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hanke missing with a left hand there. Darko was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hanke moves in looking to clinch but Darko pushes him off.
Darko avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hanke looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Darko is fending him off so far but Hanke persists. Nope, Darko circles away and we're back to standing.
Hanke scores with a punch to the head.
Hanke scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hanke missing with a left hand there. Darko was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanke misses with a wild body shot.
Hanke connects with a good right hand that stumbles Darko. Darko circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hanke keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hanke takes a swing at Darko's ribcage but misses.

Hanke looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Darko slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Darko is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Hanke keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Darko is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Darko throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Darko thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hanke's head.
Hanke keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Darko is pressing down on Hanke's thigh, looking to free his foot. Hanke is holding on for now.
Darko throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Darko is trying to control the action in half guard but Hanke is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hanke shoots and misses

and Darko counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Hanke looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Darko throws a big right hand that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanke keeping full guard, as Darko tries to pass.
Darko missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Darko throws and elbow that misses. Hanke uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Darko's guard. Nice move by Hanke!
Darko wants to sweep here but Hanke controlling him for the moment.
Darko is trying to hold Hanke in close to prevent damage but Hanke has managed to pass into half guard.
Darko slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Darko has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hanke wants to control from the top but Darko keeps moving.
Darko is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Darko looking for a guillotine here but Hanke defends easily.
Darko doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darko controls Hanke momentarily but Hanke frees himself.
Hanke must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Darko wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sven Hanke dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Hanke clinches but Darko breaks the clinch

and Darko counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Hanke!
Darko pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
BOOM! Darko connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Darko lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hanke hang on?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Darko working the ground and pound effectively.
Hanke is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Darko working for a guillotine from mount but Hanke is in no mood to give up.
Darko working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darko misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Darko unloading with bombs!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Darko cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Hanke is breathing heavily.
Darko working the ground and pound effectively.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hanke can do anything to dispel that myth.
Darko thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Darko scoring with strikes but Hanke is staying in there.
Darko can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hanke is looking to escape.
Poor strikes thrown by Darko there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Darko landing strikes from the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darko landing strikes, looking to finish!
Darko landing strikes from the mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Darko landing shots from mount.
Darko won't let Hanke get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Darko scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hanke?
Darko dominating with strikes here.
Hanke can't escape the position.
Darko putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Darko looking to finish Hanke with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hanke!
Darko landing strikes from the mount and Hanke is in trouble!
Darko working Hanke over with strikes here.
Darko is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hanke can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darko punishing his opponent with strikes.

Darko is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Hanke has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Darko is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Darko cracks Hanke with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Darko landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Darko cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Hanke in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Darko lands a big shot there that rocks Hanke but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Darko dominating with strikes here.
Darko is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanke takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Hanke is bucking up trying to escape but Darko cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Darko looking to control but Hanke is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Darko working Hanke over with strikes here.
Darko lands a nice shot to the head.
Darko looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Darko is landing with some decent strikes but Hanke is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Darko lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Darko breaks from Hanke's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Darko landing punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donnie Darko dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Hanke slaps away a takedown attempt from Darko, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Donnie Darko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hanke scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Hanke misses with a takedown

and Darko counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Hanke is trying to stand up here but Darko is controlling him well.
Darko is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Hanke!
Darko lands a big shot there that rocks Hanke but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Donnie Darko overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hanke is in a horrible position here. Darko smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Darko landing strikes from the mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darko lands a heavy elbow.

Darko working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Darko controlling the pace for now.
Darko connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Darko with a couple of short strikes.
Hanke wants to hold on but Darko pushes him away.
Darko takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darko unloading with bombs!
Darko with the ground and pound from mount.

Darko is going olschool here, as he tries to force Hanke to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Hanke shrugs it off.
Hanke is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hanke taking shots to the head.
Darko landing strikes, looking to finish!
Hanke is looking to get to half guard.
Hanke taking shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Darko wants to finish this one by submission but Hanke is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Darko.
Hanke sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Darko missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Darko moves nicely into side control.
The strikes coming from Darko are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Darko lands a decent elbow from side control.
Darko throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Darko connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Hanke some visible discomfort.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanke tries to improve position but can't.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Hanke tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Darko wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Darko connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Hanke some visible discomfort.
Darko moves into full mount!

Hanke defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Darko.
Darko lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hanke takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Donnie Darko showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Darko has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donnie Darko!