PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Adrian Tomlinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rain Hernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hernandez has chosen Crush 'Em by Megadeth as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Rain Hernandez is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Tomlinson
vs
Hernandez

190 cm
24
193 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

193 cm
23
202 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adrian Tomlinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rain Hernandez!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hernandez jabs at Tomlinson's body.
Tomlinson misses with a double jab.
Tomlinson takes a swing at Hernandez's ribcage but misses.
Tomlinson throws a hook but Hernandez avoids it easily.

Hernandez has closed the distance and engaged Tomlinson in a clinch.

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

Hernandez stands up and beckons Tomlinson to his feet.
Hernandez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tomlinson. That did some damage!

Hernandez darts in and clinches Tomlinson up against the cage.
Hernandez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tomlinson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hernandez landing knees to the body.
Hernandez keeps control of Tomlinson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hernandez connects with a knee to the head.
Tomlinson is breathing heavily.
A right hand to the body from Hernandez.
Hernandez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hernandez throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Hernandez has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Tomlinson is trying to keep an underhook but Hernandez manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Tomlinson looks like he's trying to stand up.
Hernandez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tomlinson is staying active underneath Hernandez, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Hernandez throwing shots but Tomlinson is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tomlinson is trying to get back to full guard.
Hernandez working over Tomlinson with some ground and pound. Tomlinson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hernandez is keen to just control but Tomlinson is a slippery customer.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hernandez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hernandez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Hernandez closes the distance and clinches.
Hernandez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tomlinson wants to break free but Hernandez has control.
Tomlinson tries to break the clinch but Hernandez is controlling the position.
Hernandez lands a nice elbow.
Tomlinson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hernandez stalls.
Hernandez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tomlinson's defenses.
Tomlinson has had enough of the clinch but Hernandez keeps him there for the moment.
Tomlinson tries to circle away but Hernandez has him pinned against the cage.
Hernandez lands a knee to the body.
Hernandez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tomlinson's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomlinson tries to break the clinch but Hernandez is controlling the position.
Tomlinson is trying to break the clinch but Hernandez is controlling him.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hernandez obliges.
Hernandez lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Hernandez.
Tomlinson is trying to force a seperation but Hernandez has the dominant position.
Tomlinson wants to get back to striking at distance but Hernandez won't allow it.
Nice elbow from Hernandez.
Tomlinson tries to break the clinch but Hernandez is controlling the position.
Hernandez lands a body punch.
Tomlinson working hard to break the clinch.
Tomlinson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tomlinson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hernandez cracks Tomlinson with a nice body shot.
Hernandez prevents Tomlinson from breaking the clinch.
Hernandez lands a knee to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Hernandez.
Hernandez is working Tomlinson over against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good body shot from Hernandez.
Tomlinson working hard to break the clinch.
Hernandez lands an elbow inside.
Hernandez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hernandez scores with a nice hook to the head.
A knee to the head by Hernandez.
Hernandez scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right from Hernandez.
Tomlinson wants to get back to striking at distance but Hernandez won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Hernandez.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hernandez.
Hernandez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hernandez crunches a lovely knee into Tomlinson's ribcage.
Hernandez cracks Tomlinson with a nice body shot.
Hernandez crunches a lovely knee into Tomlinson's ribcage.
Hernandez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tomlinson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hernandez effectively controlling the action here.
Hernandez keeps control of Tomlinson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hernandez has Tomlinson pressed against the cage, preventing Tomlinson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Hernandez gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Tomlinson manages to get to full guard.
Hernandez trying to control the position from guard on top but Tomlinson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tomlinson is looking to stand up but Hernandez isn't so interested in that idea.
Hernandez tries to free his leg and advance position but Tomlinson is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez won't allow Tomlinson to sweep him here.
Hernandez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Tomlinson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Hernandez is controlling him.
Hernandez lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hernandez prevents Tomlinson from getting back to his feet.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Tomlinson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tomlinson thows a body shot but no joy.
Tomlinson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hernandez cracks Tomlinson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hernandez lands a jab-cross combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hernandez avoids the body shot from Tomlinson.
Hernandez walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Hernandez darts in and clinches Tomlinson up against the cage.
Hernandez lands an elbow inside that Tomlinson shrugs off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rain Hernandez dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Some wild striking there from Tomlinson.
Hernandez with a hook.
Hernandez ducks under a wild hook from Tomlinson.
Tomlinson just misses with a punch to the body.

Hernandez gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hernandez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hernandez keeps control of Tomlinson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tomlinson is trying to break the clinch but Hernandez has him pressed against the cage.
Tomlinson is trying to break the clinch but Hernandez is controlling him.
Hernandez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tomlinson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tomlinson takes an elbow to the temple.
Tomlinson takes an elbow to the temple.
Hernandez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rain Hernandez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hernandez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hernandez lands a nice uppercut.
Hernandez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A short right from Hernandez.
Hernandez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hernandez connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice body punch from Hernandez - that landed with a thud.
A short right from Hernandez on the inside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hernandez crunches a lovely knee into Tomlinson's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez lands a nice knee to the body.
Hernandez unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Hernandez tightens his grip and picks Tomlinson up, before dumping him to the ground. Tomlinson manages to land in guard.

Hernandez gets to his feet - Tomlinson follows without any prompting.
Tomlinson misses with a shot to the body

and Hernandez counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hernandez.
Tomlinson tries to break the clinch but Hernandez is controlling the position.
Tomlinson tries to circle away but Hernandez has him pinned against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hernandez.
Tomlinson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hernandez lands a good knee to the midsection. Tomlinson won't want to take too many of those.
Tomlinson tries to circle away but Hernandez has him pinned against the cage.
Tomlinson is trying to break free.
Hernandez has Tomlinson pressed against the cage, preventing Tomlinson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tomlinson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hernandez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hernandez wants a takedown but no success here.
Tomlinson working hard to break the clinch.
Tomlinson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tomlinson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hernandez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tomlinson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tomlinson wants to get back to striking at distance but Hernandez won't allow it.
Hernandez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tomlinson backwards.
Hernandez prevents Tomlinson from breaking the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomlinson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hernandez has him pressed against the cage.
Tomlinson has had enough of the clinch but Hernandez keeps him there for the moment.
Tomlinson can't break the clinch.
Tomlinson working hard to break the clinch.
Hernandez lands a body punch.
Hernandez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hernandez scores with a shoulder strike.
Tomlinson working hard to break the clinch.
Tomlinson is trying to break free.
Tomlinson tries to break free but Hernandez pushes him back against the cage.
Hernandez lands an uppercut.
Hernandez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tomlinson.
Hernandez keeps control of Tomlinson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hernandez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tomlinson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stalling in the clinch from Hernandez.
Hernandez has Tomlinson pressed against the cage, preventing Tomlinson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tomlinson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hernandez keeps control of Tomlinson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tomlinson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hernandez lands an elbow inside that Tomlinson shrugs off.
Tomlinson is trying to break the clinch but Hernandez is controlling him.
Tomlinson can't break the clinch.
Hernandez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tomlinson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tomlinson takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by Hernandez.
Tomlinson is trying to break the clinch but Hernandez is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hernandez has Tomlinson pressed against the cage, preventing Tomlinson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tomlinson wants to get back to striking at distance but Hernandez won't allow it.
Tomlinson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tomlinson can't break the clinch.
Tomlinson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hernandez has Tomlinson pressed against the cage, preventing Tomlinson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tomlinson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tomlinson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tomlinson is trying to break the clinch but Hernandez is controlling him.
Hernandez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tomlinson tries to break free but Hernandez pushes him back against the cage.
Hernandez has Tomlinson pressed against the cage, preventing Tomlinson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hernandez lands an elbow that stopped Tomlinson in his tracks for a moment.
Tomlinson is trying to break the clinch but Hernandez is controlling him.
Hernandez presses Tomlinson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hernandez.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Tomlinson tries to circle away but Hernandez has him pinned against the cage.
Tomlinson tries to break the clinch but Hernandez is controlling the position.
Hernandez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hernandez connects with a knee to the head.
Hernandez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tomlinson wants to break free but Hernandez has control.
Hernandez scores with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Tomlinson is trying to break the clinch but Hernandez has him pressed against the cage.
Tomlinson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hernandez has Tomlinson pressed against the cage, preventing Tomlinson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tomlinson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tomlinson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tomlinson is trying to force a seperation but Hernandez has the dominant position.
Hernandez lands a hook that snaps the head of Tomlinson backwards.
Hernandez keeps control of Tomlinson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tomlinson is trying to force a seperation but Hernandez has the dominant position.
Tomlinson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tomlinson working hard to break the clinch.
Hernandez lands an elbow that stopped Tomlinson in his tracks for a moment.
Hernandez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tomlinsons head.
Tomlinson wants to get back to striking at distance but Hernandez won't allow it.
Hernandez goes for a takedown attempt but Tomlinson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Tomlinson cracks Hernandez with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hernandez dodges the punch combination from Tomlinson.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hernandez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tomlinson to score with a decent uppercut.
Tomlinson throws a right and a left that Hernandez avoids nicely.
Hernandez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rain Hernandez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Tomlinson with a jab.
Hernandez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tomlinson misses with a looping right.
Hernandez throws a nice head kick!
Tomlinson looks to throw the jab but Hernandez is out of range.
Tomlinson takes a kick to the side of the head.
Tomlinson misses with a hook. Hernandez ducked under it nicely.
Hernandez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tomlinson slips a jab and a cross from Hernandez.
Donk. Tomlinson catches Hernandez right on the button with a cross.
Hernandez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hernandez looks to land a body kick but Tomlinson moved away.
Tomlinson scores with a nice strike.
Hernandez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tomlinson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hernandez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tomlinson slips a jab from Hernandez.
Tomlinson throws a jab when Hernandez was well out of range.
Hernandez staying out of range there.
Tomlinson looks to land a combination but Hernandez avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tomlinson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hernandez connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hernandez lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Tomlinson backs up against the cage.
Hernandez blocks a jab.
Tomlinson throws a shot from downtown. Hernandez moves away and avoids it.
Tomlinson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hernandez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hernandez fails to land the takedown.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tomlinson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hernandez slips a straight right by Tomlinson.
Tomlinson misses with a double jab
and Hernandez counters with a low kick, right behind Tomlinson 's knee.
Hernandez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tomlinson misses with a hook to the body
and Hernandez counters with a one-two to the body.
Tomlinson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hernandez circles away quickly and effectively.
Hernandez shoots in but no luck this time.
Tomlinson misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomlinson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A slow jab from Tomlinson misses its intended target.
Tomlinson lands with a cross.
Tomlinson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hernandez moves forwards but Tomlinson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Tomlinson sizes up Hernandez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tomlinson loads up on a big right hand but Hernandez slips the punch.
Hernandez slips a straight right by Tomlinson.
Tomlinson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hernandez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tomlinson counters with a stiff right hand.
Hernandez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tomlinson.
Hernandez slips a jab and a cross from Tomlinson.
Hernandez goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Tomlinson works Hernandez's body with a nice hook.
Tomlinson misses with a looping right.
Hernandez throws a combination that misses
and Tomlinson counters with a two punch combo.
Tomlinson with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tomlinson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hernandez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tomlinson.
Hernandez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tomlinson.
Hernandez takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Hernandez scores with a sloppy right hand. Tomlinson should have avoided that one.
Tomlinson scores with a hook.
Hernandez scores with a head kick.
Tomlinson scores with a jab.
Tomlinson misses with a two punch combination.
Hernandez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tomlinson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hernandez was well out of range. Poor timing from Tomlinson.
Hernandez throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Adrian Tomlinson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hernandez needs to keep his hands up - Tomlinson had a free shot at his head there.
Hernandez lands with a shot to the body.
Hernandez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hernandez blocks a jab.
Rain Hernandez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tomlinson throws a lazy right hand but Hernandez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tomlinson looks to land a left hand but Hernandez moved out of range nicely.
Adrian Tomlinson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tomlinson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hernandez can pounce on him.
Hernandez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hernandez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tomlinson.
Hernandez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Adrian Tomlinson is winning the standup battle so far.
Tomlinson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hernandez scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hernandez lands a front kick.
Rain Hernandez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tomlinson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hernandez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tomlinson swinging wildly here.
Hernandez throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Tomlinson's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tomlinson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hernandez walks into a stiff left hand from Tomlinson.
Hernandez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Adrian Tomlinson.
Well Hernandez has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

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