PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hector Hernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hernandez's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Welcome to my Nightmare. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Hernandez
vs
Wright

180 cm
23
171 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

176 cm
25
170 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

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 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hector Hernandez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Thomas Wright!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Alyssa Summers and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hernandez misses with a head kick.
Wright swats away the attempt to clinch by Hernandez.
Hernandez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A head kick misses from Hernandez.
Hernandez throws a head kick that Wright semi-blocks.
Hernandez tries to clinch there but Wright circles away.
Hernandez tries to clinch but Wright is having none of it.
Hernandez looks to throw the jab but Wright is out of range.

Hernandez gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Wright to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Hernandez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wright trying to control but Hernandez is working from the bottom.
Wright throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright wants to pass the guard but Hernandez is keeping the position.
Hernandez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wright throws and elbow that misses. Hernandez uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Wright's guard. Nice move by Hernandez!
Wright keeping moving, preventing Hernandez from controlling successfully.
Hernandez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Wright throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hernandez tries to clinch but Wright moves out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Hernandez. No joy for Wright on that attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Wright sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A head kick misses from Hernandez.
Hernandez fakes the leg kick and cracks Wright in the body.
Wright looks gassed!
Wright circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hector Hernandez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hernandez throws a nice head kick!
Hernandez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hernandez tries to clinch but Wright is having none of it.
Wright avoids the head kick by Hernandez.
Hernandez tries to clinch but Wright moves out of range.
Hernandez misses with a head kick.
Wright avoids the head kick by Hernandez.
Wright shoots for a double leg takedown but Hernandez sprawls well. He's pushed Wright's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hernandez throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright swats away the attempt to clinch by Hernandez.
Hernandez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hernandez tries a head kick but it misses.
Wright misses with a looping left.
Hernandez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wright paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hernandez wants to clinch.
Hernandez lands a nice shot that snaps Wright's head back.
Wright takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Wright blocks a head kick by Hernandez.
Wright throws a wild body kick that Hernandez sees coming a mile off.
Hernandez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Wright's calf.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Hernandez misses the target.
Hernandez throws a head kick but Wright moves out of range.
Wright throws a head kick that misses.
Wright circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hernandez throws a sloppy head kick and Wright moves out of range easily.
Hernandez tries a head kick but it misses.
Hector Hernandez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hernandez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hernandez wants to clinch.

Wright shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Wright was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wright throwing strikes here but Hernandez is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hector Hernandez dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hernandez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hernandez misses with a head kick.
Hernandez is looking to clinch.
Hernandez throws a head kick that misses.
Hernandez tries a head kick but it misses.
Wright takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Wright avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A head kick misses from Hernandez.
Hernandez lands a head shot.
Wright swats away the attempt to clinch by Hernandez.
Hernandez lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hernandez is looking to clinch but Wright is avoiding it.
Hernandez doesn't manage to clinch there - Wright circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez tries to clinch but Wright moves out of range.

Hernandez drives through and clinches with Wright against the cage.
Hernandez gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Wright.
A knee to the head by Hernandez.
Hernandez tries a knee to the head but Wright blocks it.
Hernandez is pressed up against the cage. Wright has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hernandez down to the mat. Hernandez avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Hernandez tries to clinch there but Wright circles away.
Hector Hernandez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hernandez tries to clinch there but Wright circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hernandez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hernandez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wright fails with a takedown attempt.
Hector Hernandez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thomas Wright.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez tries to clinch up but Wright circles away and keeps his distance.
Wright throws a shot from downtown. Hernandez moves away and avoids it.
Hernandez avoids the body shot from Wright.
Hernandez tries to clinch there but Wright circles away.
Hernandez tries a head kick but it misses.
Wright throws a leg kick
and Hernandez counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Wright is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Hernandez is looking to clinch but Wright is avoiding it.
Wright misses with a two punch combination.
Wright looks to land a combination but Hernandez avoids it well.
Wright throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Wright swats away the attempt to clinch by Hernandez.
Hernandez tries to clinch but Wright is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright misses with a takedown attempt

and Hernandez counters with a head kick that drops Wright!

Wright is rocked!
Wright is breathing heavily.
Wright working a defensive guard here.
Hernandez trying to control the position from guard on top but Wright is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wright preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wright keeping moving, preventing Hernandez from controlling successfully.

Wright looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Hernandez passes into half guard.
Hernandez performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Wright looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Hernandez is trying to control the action in half guard but Wright is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Hernandez is thwarting Wright's attempts to control the position.
Wright is staying active underneath Hernandez, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hector Hernandez dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Hernandez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hernandez is looking to clinch.
Hernandez lands a head kick. Wright smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Wright takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
An inside leg kick lands from Hernandez.
Hernandez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Wright.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hernandez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hernandez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hernandez throws a head kick but Wright moves out of range.
Hernandez tries to clinch up but Wright circles away and keeps his distance.
Wright closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hernandez circles away.
Wright misses with a takedown
and Hernandez counters with a nice kick to the body.
Wright takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright avoids the body shot from Hernandez.
Wright doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Hernandez counters with a stiff right hand.
Hector Hernandez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thomas Wright.
Hernandez connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A jab from Hernandez finds it's way through Wright's defenses.
Hernandez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wright can do to turn this around?
Hernandez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A cross from Hernandez lands.
Wright is still on wobbly legs! Can Hernandez finish him?
Hernandez misses with a head kick.
Wright seems to have recovered his senses.
Hernandez tries to clinch but Wright is having none of it.
Hernandez throws a sloppy head kick and Wright moves out of range easily.
Hernandez throws a head kick but Wright moves out of range.

Hernandez clinches.
Hernandez is struggling to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright managing to block the knees to the body from Hernandez.
Hernandez is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Nice elbow from Hernandez.
Hernandez scores with a knee to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hernandez.
Wright dodges an elbow strike from Hernandez.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hernandez throws an elbow but misses.
Hernandez is pressed up against the cage. Wright has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hernandez down to the mat. Hernandez avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Hernandez is looking to clinch.
Hernandez slips under a jab.
Hernandez scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Wright with a lazy takedown attempt
and Hernandez counters with a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright avoids the head kick by Hernandez.
Wright throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hernandez's waist but Hernandez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Wright off to one side.
Wright circles away from the clinch attempt.

Hernandez clinches.
Hernandez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wright blocks it with crossed arms.
Wright has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hernandez is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Hernandez lands an elbow just above Wright 's eye.
Stalling in the clinch from Hernandez.
Hernandez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hernandez controlling the action here for a moment.
Hernandez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wright tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hernandez smiles and moves away.
Hernandez tries to clinch up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hernandez tries to clinch up.
Hernandez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hernandez throws a head kick but Wright moves out of range.
Hernandez throws a head kick that half lands.
Wright has his takedown stuffed
and Hernandez counters with a solid body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hernandez. Wright does a little dance to reset his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hernandez tries to clinch but Wright is having none of it.
Hernandez lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Thomas Wright has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hernandez wants to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hector Hernandez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hernandez, 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:25
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:25
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hector Hernandez!