PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ben Crispian (ranked 300 p4p, 347 weight class) and Happy Hands (ranked 28 p4p, 34 weight class). Hands has chosen Pharoahe Monch- Simon Says as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Crispian
vs
Hands

175 cm
27
155
14 - 3 - 0

169 cm
25
154
13 - 6 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ben Crispian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Happy Hands!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Steve Smith and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Left hook, right uppercut from Hands.

It looks like Ben Crispian has been cut.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Crispian.
Hands misses with a wild body shot.
Hands uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Crispian.
Nice defenses there by Hands.
Nice cross by Crispian.
Hands looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A jab from Hands does it's job there.
A left and a right from Crispian both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Happy Hands has been cut.
Crispian has been working on his boxing with his coaches at League of Shadows MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Crispian just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crispian looks to score with a jab to the body but Hands is just out of range.
Crispian throws a hook to the side of Hands's head but Hands sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hands avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hands avoids the body shot from Crispian.
Hands looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hands looks for the body kick but Crispian saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hands tries to bum rush Crispian with a series of wild strikes but Crispian uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hands swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crispian is looking to counter punch.
A jab lands there for Crispian.
Crispian loads up on a big right hand but Hands slips the punch.
A slow jab from Hands misses its intended target.
A low kick lands for Crispian.
Ben Crispian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hands misses with a head kick.
Hands takes a swing at Crispian's ribcage but misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Crispian darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hands swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Crispian.
Crispian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hands manages to avoid it.
Crispian is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hands.
Hands throws a hook but Crispian blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hands throws the left hand but Crispian avoids the punch easily.
Hands connects with a looping right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hands throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Crispian wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Crispian throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hands sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hands doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Hands works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Crispian looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Crispian misses with a looping left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hands! But no joy.
Hands misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hands slips a jab from Crispian.
Hands scores with a hook.
Crispian blocks a head kick by Hands.
Crispian is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Hands misses its intended target.
Crispian jabs Hands right on the nose. Hands blinks but takes it well.
Hands moves forwards but Crispian connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hands tries a head kick but it misses.
Hands throws a sloppy head kick and Crispian moves out of range easily.
Both fighters circling a little - Crispian finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Crispian lands with a cross.

Crispian sends Hands crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Crispian is motioning to the referee to let Hands up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Hands is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hands misses with a looping right.
Hands is still on wobbly legs! Can Crispian finish him?
Crispian keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hands.
Hands lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Hands throws a head kick that misses.
Hands seems to have recovered his senses.
Hands throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Hands misses.
Hands goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Crispian takes one on the button.
Hands looks to throw the jab but Crispian is out of range.
Donk. Crispian catches Hands right on the button with a cross.

That has opened up Happy Hands's cut even more.

Crispian drops Hands with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Hands looks back up at him and smiles so Crispian waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Crispian throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hands rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Crispian moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Crispian throwing a counter right hand but Hands manages to avoid it.
Crispian is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Crispian misses the shot to the body.
Crispian throws a shot from downtown. Hands moves away and avoids it.
Hands missing with a left hand there. Crispian was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A slow jab from Crispian misses its intended target.
Hands looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Crispian missing with a left hand there. Hands was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice straight punches there by Hands. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hands.
Hands lands a nice shot that snaps Crispian's head back.
Crispian takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A decent looking cross lands there for Crispian.
Crispian throws a combination that misses
enabling Hands to counter with a crisp jab.
Crispian misses with an uppercut.
Hands slips a jab from Crispian.
Crispian misses with a head kick.
Hands steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Hands lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Crispian throws a lazy uppercut
and Hands counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hands swings away with a body shot that misses
and Crispian counters with a nice body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crispian gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Hands.
Crispian misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hands counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hands lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Crispian circles away quickly and effectively.
A slapping leg kick lands for Crispian.
Hands moves out of range of the strikes.
Crispian on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Crispian tries to score with a low kick but Hands moves his leg out of the way.
A little jabbing left from Hands on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hands fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Crispian looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Crispian blocks a head kick by Hands.
Hands uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Crispian.
Hands scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Ben Crispian's cut is getting worse.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Crispian.
Hands lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Crispian displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hands throws out the jab.
Crispian throwing a counter right hand but Hands manages to avoid it.
Crispian misses with a hook.
Hands swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hands takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hands misses with a head kick.
Crispian scores with a jab to the jaw.
Crispian tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hands was well out of range. Poor timing from Crispian.
Hands throws a good cross that connects.
Crispian throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hands counters with a nice uppercut.
Hands misses with a straight left.
Crispian was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Crispian moves out of range as Hands strikes.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Crispian swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A bone on bone clash there as Hands blocks the leg kick.
Hands tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crispian was well out of range. Poor timing from Hands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crispian feints and then cracks Hands's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hands down.
Crispian uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hands.
Hands lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hands lands with a nice body punch.
Hands ducks under a wild hook from Crispian.
It seemed like Hands was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hands sizes up Crispian with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A telegraphed right hand from Crispian misses the target.
Hands swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hands connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Crispian steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Hands. That one must have hurt.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Crispian jabs at Hands's body.
Hands misses the shot to the body.
Hands throws a lazy right hand but Crispian sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Crispian throws a hook but Hands avoids it easily.
Hands scores with a hook to the body. Crispian takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hands bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A nice leg kick from Crispian, right into the meat of the thigh.
Crispian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crispian misses with a looping right.
A little jabbing left from Hands on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Crispian gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Crispian misses with a wild body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Happy Hands will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Hands lands a nice looking body kick.
Hands lands a lovely overhand right.
Crispian misses with a body shot.
Hands ducks under a wild hook from Crispian.
Hands misses with a hook. Crispian ducked under it nicely.
Crispian throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hands follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
A slow jab from Hands misses its intended target.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Crispian crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Hands - the referee stops the clock and Crispian gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Hands. Crispian manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crispian uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hands.
Hands looks to throw the jab but Crispian is out of range.
Hands takes a swing at Crispian's ribcage but misses.
Hands thows a body kick. Crispian tries to catch it but that hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crispian jabs at Hands's body.
Hands takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A slow jab from Crispian misses its intended target.
Hands uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Crispian.
Happy Hands seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hands misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Crispian.
Crispian throws a head kick that misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hands! But no joy.
Hands tries to score with a low kick but Crispian moves his leg out of the way.
Crispian is looking to counter punch.
Crispian throws a good cross that connects.
Crispian misses with an uppercut
and Crispian takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hands misses with a hook
and Crispian cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Crispian throws an overhand right that lands on Hands's shoulder, as Hands tries to avoid the shot.
Crispian looks to land a left hand but Hands moved out of range nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Hands.
Hands needs to keep his hands up - Crispian had a free shot at his head there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crispian is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hands.
Hands throws a head kick that misses

and Crispian counters with a head kick that drops Hands to the mat! Hands scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Hands misses with a left hand
and Crispian counters with a huge left! Hands is in big trouble! He's backing up but Crispian isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Hands from any more damage. A dominating finish by Crispian!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Crispian!
After winning the bout, Ben Crispian thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
The defeated Happy Hands had this to say: '...(Nothing... he just stares intensely into the cameraman... then throws down the mic.)'.