PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hale Hernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Clancey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hernandez
vs
Clancey

188 cm
18
215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

182 cm
22
204 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

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, Hale Hernandez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tom Clancey!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, John Kavanagh and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hernandez closes the distance and clinches.

Hernandez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Clancey stuffs the takedown.
Hernandez ducks under a wild hook from Clancey.
Tom Clancey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Clancey lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Hernandez looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Clancey!
Clancey is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hernandez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Clancey?
Clancey wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Hernandez.
Hernandez thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Hernandez can't control as he wanted to and Clancey manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Hernandez not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez lands strikes from half guard.

Hernandez is working for a kimura but Clancey is defending it quite comfortably.
Hernandez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hernandez is trying to control. Clancey wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Hernandez escapes and gets back to his feet.
Clancey rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hernandez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Clancey defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hernandez.
Clancey misses with a hook. Hernandez ducked under it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez slips a jab and a cross from Clancey.
Clancey looks gassed!

Hernandez has Clancey up against the cage in a clinch.

Hernandez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Clancey tries to bum rush Hernandez with a series of wild strikes but Hernandez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Clancey ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hernandez moves away.
Hernandez looks to land a combination. Clancey sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Clancey is rocked!
Hernandez throws a looping overhand right but Clancey ducks down to avoid it.
Clancey is still on wobbly legs! Can Hernandez finish him?
A punch combination from Hernandez misses.
Hernandez throws a right and a left that Clancey avoids nicely.
Hernandez loads up on a big right hand but Clancey slips the punch.
Hernandez throws a right hand that Clancey ducks under and follows up with a left that Clancey also avoids with ease.
Hernandez misses with a wild combination.
Hernandez tries to bum rush Clancey with a series of wild strikes but Clancey uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hernandez swinging wilding here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez throws a series of punches but Clancey moves out of range.
Hernandez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A punch combination from Hernandez misses.
Hernandez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Clancey.
Clancey slips a jab and a cross from Hernandez.
Hernandez misses with a two punch combination.
Hernandez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Clancey.
Hernandez fails to land with a series of punches.
Hernandez misses with the combination.
Hernandez misses with a series of wild punches.
Hernandez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Clancey.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hernandez throws a right hand that Clancey ducks under and follows up with a left that Clancey also avoids with ease.
Hernandez misses with a series of wild punches.
Hernandez misses with the combination.
Clancey misses with a double jab
and Hernandez counters with a big left hand that crumples Clancey! He was out before he hit the floor! Brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Hale Hernandez!