PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Herman Dampfhammer (ranked 3580 p4p, 3916 weight class) and Donny Solade (ranked 407 p4p, 433 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dampfhammer
vs
Solade

200 cm
26
285
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
26
270
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Herman Dampfhammer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Donny Solade!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Winston Alpacca and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dampfhammer lands with a nice body punch.
Dampfhammer fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

It looks like Donny Solade has been cut.
Dampfhammer fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Solade on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Solade walks into a left hand.

Dampfhammer waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Solade. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Solade to the canvas! Can he finish him!?

Solade is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dampfhammer wants to control from the top but Solade keeps moving.
Solade is still in real trouble! Can Dampfhammer finish him?
Dampfhammer trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Solade seems to have recovered his senses.
Solade looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Solade thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Solade is striking but Dampfhammer is not phased and passes to half guard.
Solade is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Dampfhammer scores with a couple of nice shots.

Dampfhammer looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Dampfhammer is nestled in close to Solade, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Solade is looking for a sweep. Dampfhammer is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Solade keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Solade is looking to get back to full guard here but Dampfhammer has managed to pass to side control instead.
Solade tries to strike but it doesn't land.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dampfhammer misses with the ground and pound.
Sloppy strikes there by Dampfhammer.
Dampfhammer trying to control the position but Solade is working away.
Solade regains half guard.
Dampfhammer blocks the strikes from Solade.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dampfhammer blocks the strikes from Solade.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dampfhammer thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Solade's head.
Solade punching from the bottom.
Solade keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Solade missing with punches from the bottom.
Dampfhammer slows the pace down in half guard.
Solade tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Solade throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Solade is looking to improve his position.
Dampfhammer not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dampfhammer thows a huge punch but Solade dodges it nicely.
Solade missing with punches from the bottom.
Dampfhammer throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Solade keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dampfhammer 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.
Dampfhammer throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Solade punching from the bottom.
Dampfhammer stalling away here and it's allowed Solade to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Solade keeping moving, preventing Dampfhammer from controlling successfully.
Dampfhammer preventing the sweep.
Dampfhammer pushing down on Solade's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Dampfhammer thows a huge punch but Solade dodges it nicely.
Dampfhammer sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Solade defending well though.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Dampfhammer connects with a nice short shot to Solade's temple.
Solade wants to improve his position but Dampfhammer is controlling well.
Solade wants to control but Dampfhammer passes into side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Solade tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Dampfhammer wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Dampfhammer controlling the position.
Solade is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Solade is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Dampfhammer is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
BOOM! Dampfhammer connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Dampfhammer with the ground and pound from mount.
Dampfhammer wants to control the pace but Solade is squirming around nicely.
Dampfhammer lands a nice shot to the head.
Dampfhammer will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Solade looks winded!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dampfhammer with a couple of short strikes.
Dampfhammer definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Dampfhammer cracks Solade with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Solade is rocked!
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Dampfhammer! Solade is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Herman Dampfhammer!