PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Demon Beast (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Hitman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Beast
vs
Hitman

175 cm
24
155 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

225 cm
26
150 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

Good takedowns
Brawler
Knockout power

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Demon Beast!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Henry Hitman!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beast fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Beast closes the distance and clinches.
Hitman jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Beast walks away with a smile on his face. Hitman gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Beast throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nice sprawl there from Beast as Hitman shoots in.
Beast just misses with a punch to the body.
Hitman will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Demon Beast has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Henry Hitman.
Beast throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hitman.
Beast takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Beast swinging wildly here.
Beast tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hitman was well out of range. Poor timing from Beast.
Beast displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hitman.

Beast moves into the clinch.

Hitman gets control of Beast's arms and successfully pulls guard. Hitman will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Hitman is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Hitman has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Beast can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Hitman looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hitman working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Beast doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Beast manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Beast has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Hitman looks gassed!

Hitman working for a triangle but Beast defends it easily.

Hitman is looking for a triangle here but Beast uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.

Beast decides to stand back up.
Demon Beast seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Beast misses with a two punch combination.
Hitman avoids a punch combination nicely.
Beast scores with a three punch combo!
Beast rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hitman moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Beast clinches up against the cage.
Beast misses with a knee to the head.
Beast connects with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Beast.

It looks like Henry Hitman has been cut.
A knee to the head by Beast.

Hitman is rocked!
Hitman takes an elbow to the temple.
Hitman is still on wobbly legs! Can Beast finish him?
clinched against the cage, Beast lands a big elbow that drops Hitman! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Hitman is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Demon Beast!