PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Hansen (ranked 1471 p4p, 1594 weight class) and Juha Maenpaa (ranked 195 p4p, 212 weight class). Hansen comes to the cage accompanied by Black Sabbath - Iron Man. Marcus Hansen is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Hansen
vs
Maenpaa

182 cm
29
183
14 - 12 - 0

188 cm
28
185
11 - 13 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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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 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marcus Hansen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juha Maenpaa!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Josh West and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maenpaa jabs Hansen right on the nose. Hansen blinks but takes it well.
Hansen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hansen moves away from the strike by Maenpaa.
Maenpaa throws a body punch but Hansen moves out of range.
Maenpaa cracks Hansen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Maenpaa doesn't manage to clinch there - Hansen circles away.
Hansen is looking to counter punch.
Hansen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Maenpaa lands with a shot to the body.
Maenpaa ducks right into an uppercut from Hansen.
Maenpaa connects with a crisp jab.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Maenpaa can't find room to land a body shot as Hansen controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by Hansen.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hansen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Maenpaa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maenpaa swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hansen is trying to drag Maenpaa to the mat but Maenpaa just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Hansen drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hansen.
Hansen lands a shot to the body.
Hansen tries to throw a body punch but Maenpaa avoids it by throwing Hansen back against the cage.
Hansen struggles to land a body shot inside as Maenpaa controls his hands.
Hansen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hansen has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Maenpaa is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcus Hansen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hansen.
Hansen gets through Maenpaa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Hansen tightens his grip and picks Maenpaa up, before dumping him to the ground. Maenpaa manages to land in guard.
Hansen scoring with some ground and pound.
Maenpaa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hansen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hansen stands up over Maenpaa, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hansen passes into half guard.
Hansen is looking to take a break and control but Maenpaa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hansen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hansen controlling the action here.
Hansen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hansen looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Hansen uses his free foot to push down on Maenpaa's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Maenpaa.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maenpaa is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Hansen working Maenpaa over with strikes here.
Hansen looking to finish Maenpaa with some ground and pound. This is bad for Maenpaa!
Maenpaa is bucking up trying to escape but Hansen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hansen throws some wild stikes that Maenpaa manages to avoid easily.
Hansen working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Hansen sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Poor strikes thrown by Hansen there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Maenpaa really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hansen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hansen content just to control the position here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hansen cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Hansen looking to ground and pound but Maenpaa is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hansen controlling the position easily from mount.
Maenpaa wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Hansen.
Hansen sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Hansen lands a big elbow.
Hansen is landing with some decent strikes but Maenpaa is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hansen looking to finish with strikes here!
Hansen raining down hammerfists from mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Hansen dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hansen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hansen moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Maenpaa throws a hook to the side of Hansen's head but Hansen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hansen is looking for a counter combo.
Hansen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Maenpaa just misses with a punch to the body.
Maenpaa slips under a jab.
Maenpaa's corner calls for a 1-2. Maenpaa obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hansen bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Maenpaa's head backwards.
Maenpaa has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Hansen fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hansen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hansen slips a straight right by Maenpaa.
Maenpaa dodges the punch combination from Hansen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maenpaa throws an off balance right hand
and Hansen counters with a left and a right that stings Maenpaa.
Hansen wants to clinch up but Maenpaa keeps it at a distance.
Juha Maenpaa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jab by Maenpaa.
Hansen shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Maenpaa but Maenpaa pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Maenpaa misses with a wild body shot.
Juha Maenpaa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maenpaa throws a right hand that misses
and Hansen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Maenpaa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Hansen has closed the distance and engaged Maenpaa in a clinch.
Maenpaa lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hansen tries a body shot but Maenpaa blocks it.
Hansen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
I was talking to Hansen's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Maenpaa misses with a hook from the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Hansen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hansen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice left hand lands by Hansen.
Maenpaa misses with some punches.
Hansen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Maenpaa or not.
Hansen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maenpaa's elbow.
Maenpaa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hansen avoiding damage.
Maenpaa misses with a hook to the ribs.

Hansen turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Hansen manages to end up in side control.
Hansen fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Maenpaa takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Hansen in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Marcus Hansen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hansen misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Maenpaa is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hansen connects with a decent elbow.
Hansen trying to control the action but Maenpaa is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansen taking a breather here.
Hansen working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
You can see the frustration on Maenpaa's face as Hansen controls the position.
Hansen working the head with strikes.
Hansen working the head and body with strikes.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
You can see the frustration on Maenpaa's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hansen fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hansen throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Maenpaa takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Hansen controls the position from side control.
Maenpaa tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hansen wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Hansen trying to control the position but Maenpaa is working away.
Hansen moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Hansen throwing shots but missing, from side control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Hansen dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Maenpaa takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hansen.
Hansen scores with a nice strike.
Hansen moves out of range of the strikes.
Hansen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hansen punishes Maenpaa's body with a nice straight punch.
Hansen moves out of range of the strikes.
As Maenpaa looks to move away, Hansen throws a big counter combo but Maenpaa just gets out of the way.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hansen.
A looping hook to the body misses from Maenpaa. Hansen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Maenpaa loads up on a big right hand but Hansen slips the punch.
Hansen wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Maenpaa throws a lazy right hand but Hansen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Maenpaa lands a right hook to the body.
Hansen misses with a looping right.
Marcus Hansen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Maenpaa misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Maenpaa, as that shot connected.

Maenpaa takes the fight into the clinch.
Hansen lands with a left to the head.
Hansen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Maenpaa has a couple of punches blocked by Hansen.
Hansen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Maenpaa.
Hansen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Maenpaa can do to turn this around?
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hansen.
Maenpaa swings wildly with an uppercut but Hansen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maenpaa gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hansen.
Hansen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maenpaa's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maenpaa.
Maenpaa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hansen lands an uppercut.
Maenpaa can't find room to land a body shot as Hansen controls the action.
Maenpaa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hansen tries a body shot but Maenpaa blocks it.
Maenpaa scores with a nice hook to the head.
Maenpaa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Maenpaa struggles to land a body shot inside as Hansen controls his hands.
Maenpaa throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hansen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hansen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A bit of stalling here from Hansen.
Maenpaa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hansens head.
Hansen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hansen is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Maenpaa is defending well.
Maenpaa misses with some punches.
Hansen misses with some punches.

Hansen has clasped his hands together around Maenpaa's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansen wants to control but Maenpaa is keeping him busy.
Hansen throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Hansen creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Maenpaa sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hansen misses with the ground and pound.
Hansen is working Maenpaa over with some ground and pound from side control.
Maenpaa tries to bench press Hansen off him but Hansen keeps the position.
Maenpaa taking punishment in the form of punches.
You can see the frustration on Maenpaa's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hansen is working Maenpaa over with some ground and pound from side control.
Marcus Hansen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hansen misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hansen working the body and head with strikes.
The referee asks Hansen politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Hansen prefers to stall for the moment though.
Hansen in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Hansen controlling the position from side mount.
Maenpaa on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Maenpaa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hansen lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Maenpaa down.
Hansen throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Maenpaa defending against the ground and pound.
You can see the frustration on Maenpaa's face as Hansen controls the position.
Juha Maenpaa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hansen 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.
Maenpaa is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcus Hansen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hansen, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcus Hansen!
A relieved looking Marcus Hansen thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.