PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Hanner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Durden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hanner's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Victory. Durden has chosen ANIT NO REST FOR THE WICKED as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Hanner
vs
Durden

180 cm
22
209 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

200 cm
23
215 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

EFC 150Q recovery, 147Q stamina/strength CHEAP!!

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe Hanner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tyler Durden!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, John Kavanagh and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durden fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Durden shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Durden passes into half guard.
Hanner wants to get back to his feet.
Durden tries to stand and escape but Hanner actually recovers to full guard.
Durden pushing down on Hanner's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Durden gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Hanner misses with a takedown attempt

and Durden counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Durden looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durden is looking to advance position but Hanner has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Hanner dominating with strikes here.
Hanner 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.
Durden takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Hanner prevents Durden from getting the reversal.
Durden is in a horrible position here. Hanner smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hanner landing strikes from the mount and Durden is in trouble!
Durden is in a horrible position here. Hanner smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hanner in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Hanner prevents Durden from getting the reversal.
Hanner working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Hanner dominating with strikes here.
Durden keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hanner dominating with strikes here.
Durden looks gassed!
Durden is looking to improve his position but Hanner isn't that keen on the idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanner looking to finish Durden with some ground and pound. This is bad for Durden!
The referee warns Durden that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Hanner wants to control the pace but Durden is squirming around nicely.
Hanner landing strikes, looking to finish!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Hanner jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Durden manages to avoid the submission attempt.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hanner works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Durden tries to bench press Hanner off him but Hanner keeps the position.
Hanner lands a few punches from side control.
Durden tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hanner wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Hanner creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Hanner remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Hanner in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durden is looking for a sweep.
Hanner cracks Durden with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Durden is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Durden taking punishment in the form of punches.
Hanner scores with punches from side control.
Durden is letting Hanner control him for a moment.
Hanner working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Hanner is working Durden over with some ground and pound from side control.
Durden tries to bench press Hanner off him but Hanner keeps the position.
Check out the look on Hanner's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Hanner is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Durden is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Hanner landing a few strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanner landing strikes.

Hanner looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Durden manages to work his way to half guard, despite Hanner's best efforts.
Durden on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hanner wants to free his trapped foot but Durden is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Durden tries to get to full guard but Hanner has control of the leg.

Hanner is trying to work for a kimura but Durden is defending well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Durden tries to roll over but Hanner keeps him under control.
Durden has hold of Hanner's hands but Hanner slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Hanner dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hanner gets a takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hanner works his way into side control.
Durden regains half guard.
Durden is looking to improve his position.
Durden slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Durden is breathing heavily.
Hanner won't allow Durden to get back to his feet.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hanner trying to control the position from guard on top but Durden is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Durden looking for a sweep. Not yet Durden, not yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hanner drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Hanner jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Hanner passes Durden's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Hanner wants to take a breather but Durden is having none of it.
Hanner looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Durden is staying active underneath Hanner, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Hanner wants to pass to mount but Durden is defending the position.
Durden wants to get back to full guard.
Durden taking some punishment here, with Hanner in his half guard.
Hanner lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Hanner looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hanner scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durden tries to get to full guard but Hanner has control of the leg.
Hanner is keen to just control but Durden is a slippery customer.
Hanner landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Durden is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hanner performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Durden is trying to get back to full guard.
Hanner looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Durden with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Durden is trying to get back to full guard.
Hanner working Durden over with strikes.
Durden is looking for a sweep. Hanner is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Durden is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hanner scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanner passes to side control.
Hanner is looking to take a break and control but Durden is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hanner in side control lands a decent elbow.
Hanner working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Hanner advances to mount.
Durden is trying to escape the mount.
Durden is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Hanner lands a big shot there that rocks Durden but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Durden tries to reverse the position but Hanner maintains control.
Hanner wants to control the pace but Durden is squirming around nicely.
Hanner lands a heavy elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durden tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hanner with the ground and pound from mount.
Hanner scoring with strikes but Durden is staying in there.

Hanner working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Hanner in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Hanner connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hanner working the ground and pound effectively.
Hanner lands a nice shot to the head.
Hanner lands a heavy elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Durden is in a horrible position here. Hanner smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hanner lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Hanner raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Hanner dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Hanner misses with a takedown
and Durden counters with a one-two to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durden cracks Hanner with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Durden looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tyler Durden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hanner fails with the takedown
and Durden counters with a body kick that stops Hanner in his tracks momentarily.
Durden tries for a takedown but Hanner circles away easily

and Hanner counters with a nice double leg into side control. Durden won't be happy with that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durden is looking for a sweep.
Hanner has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Hanner landing punches.
Hanner unloading with bombs!
Durden in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Durden is looking to improve his position but Hanner isn't that keen on the idea.
Durden takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Hanner.
Hanner is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Durden can do to turn this around?
Hanner scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Durden?
Hanner with shots to the head and body - Durden looks very uncomfortable down there.

Durden is rocked!
Hanner controlling the pace for now.
Durden is still in real trouble! Can Hanner finish him?
Hanner raining down shots from the mount!
A big strike lands for Hanner! That's really hurt Durden and he's turned his back - Hanner keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Hanner Jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Hanner!