PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bizzy Bone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Hanes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Bone might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Thuggish Ruggish Bone. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bone
vs
Hanes

185 cm
26
186 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

180 cm
22
190 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bizzy Bone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Josh Hanes!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bone scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Bone tries to score with some ground and pound. Hanes controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Bone landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Bone wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hanes keeps working.
Hanes is trying to control Bone's posture but Bone avoids it.
Hanes is looking to reverse the position.
Bone landing strikes.
Bone working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Bone lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Hanes managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Bone.
Bone misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Hanes on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Bone 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.
Hanes is working to avoid the ground and pound but Bone connects with a decent elbow.
Hanes takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Bone postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Bone scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Hanes to see if he's OK.
Hanes struggling a bit here.
A lull in the action here as Bone stalls from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bone trying to control the action but Hanes is working from the bottom.
Hanes takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Bone working the head with strikes.
Bone working the head with strikes.
Bone lands a decent elbow from side control.
Bone scoring with punches from side control.
Bone working the body and head with strikes.
Hanes wants to control but Bone postures up.
Bone prevents Hanes from escaping the position.
Bone is looking to take a break and control but Hanes is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bone creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Hanes sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanes regains half guard.
Bone trying to pass the guard but Hanes defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hanes is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bone scores with a couple of nice shots.
Bone winds up and cracks Hanes with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bone is looking to take a break and control but Hanes is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bone scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bone is keen to just control but Hanes is a slippery customer.
Bone passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Hanes!
Bone is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hanes can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Hanes looks gassed!
Bone lands a nice shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Bone.
Bone with a couple of short strikes.
Bone unloading with bombs!
Bone looking to finish Hanes with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hanes!
Hanes is working to get back to half guard.
Bone cracks Hanes with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Bone with shots to the head and body - Hanes looks very uncomfortable down there.
Bone lands a nice shot to the head.
Bone is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hanes can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hanes tries to hold on but Bone postures up.
Bone tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Bone pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Bone landing punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanes is squirming around, avoiding Bone's attempts to control the action.
Bone working Hanes over with strikes here.
Hanes tries to lock up and control but Bone gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Bone fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hanes is in a horrible position here. Bone smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bone raining down shots from the mount!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bone cracks Hanes with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Bone has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hanes's face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bone working Hanes over with strikes here.
Bone is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bone putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bizzy Bone dominated that round.
That's time! Bone's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bone closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Hanes to the mat! Hanes manages to get full guard.
Hanes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bone content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bone preventing the sweep.
Bone trying to control but Hanes is working from the bottom.
Hanes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bone lands a couple of elbows.
Bone throws and elbow that misses. Hanes uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bone's guard. Nice move by Hanes!
Hanes stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bone swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bone is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanes flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Bone takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bone landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bone wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hanes keeps working.

Bone escapes and gets back to his feet.

Hanes gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Bone working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hanes is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Bone pushing down on Hanes's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Bone uses his free foot to push down on Hanes's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Hanes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanes is bucking up trying to escape but Bone cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hanes is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Bizzy Bone overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bone with shots to the head and body - Hanes looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hanes tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bone landing strikes from the mount and Hanes is in trouble!
Bone with shots to the head and body - Hanes looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hanes is working to get back to half guard.
Bone looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Bone controlling the pace for now.
Bone lands a big shot there that rocks Hanes but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bone lands a big shot there that rocks Hanes but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hanes in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Bone lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Bone lands a nice shot to the head.
Hanes is desperately trying to improve his position but Bone has a good base and remains in mount.
Hanes swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Bone trying to control but Hanes is having none of it.
Bone blocks Hanes's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Bone is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bone punishing his opponent with strikes.
Hanes takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Hanes that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bone working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Bone is landing with some decent strikes but Hanes is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hanes throwing hammer fists to the chest of Bone. What's that going to do exactly?
Bone dominating with strikes here.
Bone lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hanes hang on?
A nice elbow there by Bone.
The referee warns Hanes that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Hanes in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Bone landing strikes, looking to finish!
Bone cracks Hanes with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Hanes takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Bone looking to finish Hanes with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hanes!
Hanes working to try and regain half guard.
The referee warns Hanes that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bizzy Bone dominated that second round.
That's time! Bone's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Bone scores a takedown into full mount!
Hanes tries to lock up and control but Bone gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Hanes throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
BOOM! Bone connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Bone lands a big elbow.
Bone landing strikes from the mount and Hanes is in trouble!
Bone looking to finish Hanes with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hanes!
Bone is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hanes can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
BOOM! Bone connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Bone tries to control but Hanes wriggling away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bone looking to finish Hanes with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hanes!
Bone postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hanes looks a forlorn figure.
Bone lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanes is in a horrible position here. Bone smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bone is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hanes can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Hanes tries to hold on but Bone postures up.
Bone lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Bone lands a heavy elbow.
Hanes is in a horrible position here. Bone smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bone looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Bone lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Bone working Hanes over with strikes here.
Bone landing strikes from the mount.
Bone wants to control the pace but Hanes is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanes is bucking up trying to escape but Bone cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Bone lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Bone unloading with bombs!
Hanes is working to get back to half guard.
Bone with good strikes from the mount here!
Bone with shots to the head and body - Hanes looks very uncomfortable down there.
Bone with shots to the head and body - Hanes looks very uncomfortable down there.
Bone working Hanes over with strikes here.
Hanes flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Bone is landing with some decent strikes but Hanes is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hanes wants to control but Bone is having none of it.
Bone lands a big shot there that rocks Hanes but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bone lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Hanes is in a horrible position here. Bone smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bone lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Bone looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Bone lands a big elbow.
Hanes keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Bone lands a big shot there that rocks Hanes but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
A nice elbow there by Bone.
Hanes wants to control but Bone is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The referee warns Hanes that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bone cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Bone lands a heavy elbow.
Bone scoring with strikes but Hanes is staying in there.
Bone dominating with strikes here.
Hanes taking shots to the head.
Bizzy Bone is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bone lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hanes hang on?
Bone controlling from the full mount.
Hanes wants to control but Bone is having none of it.
Bone sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bizzy Bone showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bone has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:25
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:26
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bizzy Bone!