PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Blake MacLachlan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Albert Hitchenfrog (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

MacLachlan
vs
Hitchenfrog

182 cm
19
165 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
19
169 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Blake MacLachlan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Albert Hitchenfrog!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Eliza Hachem and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
MacLachlan misses the jab.
MacLachlan takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Hitchenfrog throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hitchenfrog thows a body kick. MacLachlan tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Hitchenfrog fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Hitchenfrog drives through and clinches with MacLachlan against the cage.
Hitchenfrog unloads a knee to the mid-section. MacLachlan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
MacLachlan is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hitchenfrog.
Hitchenfrog unloads a knee to the mid-section. MacLachlan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hitchenfrog connects with a nasty looking knee right to MacLachlan's face.

It looks like Blake MacLachlan has been cut.
Hitchenfrog connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hitchenfrog.
Hitchenfrog landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hitchenfrog landing knees to the head.
Hitchenfrog with a knee to the head.
Hitchenfrog scores with a knee to the head.
MacLachlan takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hitchenfrog working MacLachlan over with knees to the body.
Hitchenfrog connects with a nasty looking knee right to MacLachlan's face.
Hitchenfrog lands a knee to the head.
Hitchenfrog landing knees to the head.
MacLachlan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hitchenfrog landing knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hitchenfrog obliges.
Hitchenfrog unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hitchenfrog prevents a body shot from MacLachlan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hitchenfrog putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has MacLachlan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hitchenfrog landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hitchenfrog unloads a knee to the mid-section. MacLachlan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hitchenfrog obliges.
MacLachlan takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hitchenfrog landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hitchenfrog unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hitchenfrog unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hitchenfrog landing knees to the body.
Hitchenfrog lands a nice knee to the body.
Hitchenfrog using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hitchenfrog with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hitchenfrog obliges.
Hitchenfrog trying to land knees to the body.
Hitchenfrog keeps the fight in the clinch, despite MacLachlan's efforts to push away.
Hitchenfrog scores with a knee to the head.
MacLachlan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hitchenfrog lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
MacLachlan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
MacLachlan avoiding damage as Hitchenfrog throws knees to the body.
Hitchenfrog keeps the fight in the clinch, despite MacLachlan's efforts to push away.
MacLachlan is pushing Hitchenfrog up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
MacLachlan avoiding damage as Hitchenfrog throws knees to the body.
MacLachlan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from MacLachlan.
Knees to the body from Hitchenfrog.
Hitchenfrog blocking some punches.
Hitchenfrog lands a good knee to the midsection. MacLachlan won't want to take too many of those.
A head punch on the inside from MacLachlan fails to land.
MacLachlan wants to get back to striking at distance but Hitchenfrog won't allow it.
Hitchenfrog putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has MacLachlan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

MacLachlan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
No joy there for MacLachlan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hitchenfrog lands with a kick to the ribs.
Hitchenfrog explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Left hook, right uppercut from MacLachlan.

It looks like Albert Hitchenfrog has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hitchenfrog throws a head kick that half lands.
MacLachlan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
MacLachlan looks to score with a jab to the body but Hitchenfrog is just out of range.
Hitchenfrog connects with a high kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hitchenfrog with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Hitchenfrog moves into the clinch successfully.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hitchenfrog.
MacLachlan takes a knee to the side of the body.
MacLachlan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
MacLachlan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hitchenfrog unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hitchenfrog working MacLachlan over with knees to the body.
Hitchenfrog misses with a knee strike.
MacLachlan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
MacLachlan avoiding damage as Hitchenfrog throws knees to the body.
MacLachlan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hitchenfrog with an attempt at a knee that misses.
MacLachlan is looking to break free of the clinch but Hitchenfrog has double underhooks.
MacLachlan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hitchenfrog misses with a knee strike.
Hitchenfrog trying to land knees to the body.
MacLachlan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
MacLachlan lands a hook that snaps the head of Hitchenfrog backwards.
MacLachlan can't break the clinch.
MacLachlan misses with a punch to the body.

MacLachlan breaks the clinch.
Hitchenfrog lands a leg kick that knocks MacLachlan off balance momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
MacLachlan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A jab from MacLachlan misses.
Sloppy strikes from MacLachlan. Those never looked like landing.
MacLachlan throws a right and a left that Hitchenfrog avoids nicely.
Hitchenfrog throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

MacLachlan tries to keep at a distance but Hitchenfrog has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hitchenfrog looking to throw knees to the head but MacLachlan is blocking nicely.
Hitchenfrog lands a knee to the body.
Hitchenfrog landing some nice looking knees to the body.
MacLachlan wants to get back to striking at distance but Hitchenfrog won't allow it.
Hitchenfrog lands a good knee to the midsection. MacLachlan won't want to take too many of those.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hitchenfrog trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hitchenfrog.
Hitchenfrog keeps control of MacLachlan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hitchenfrog looking to throw knees to the head but MacLachlan is blocking nicely.
Hitchenfrog putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has MacLachlan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
MacLachlan avoiding damage as Hitchenfrog throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Albert Hitchenfrog dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Hitchenfrog tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
MacLachlan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hitchenfrog dodges the punch combination from MacLachlan.
Hitchenfrog delivers a nice body kick.
MacLachlan keeps the fight on the outside.
MacLachlan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hitchenfrog throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
MacLachlan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hitchenfrog circles away quickly and effectively.
Hitchenfrog lands a high kick!
Hitchenfrog scores with a head kick.
MacLachlan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
MacLachlan takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Blake MacLachlan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hitchenfrog throws a nice inside leg kick.
MacLachlan will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

Hitchenfrog clinches up with MacLachlan and pushes him back against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hitchenfrog scores with a knee to the head.
Hitchenfrog using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hitchenfrog landing knees to the head.
Hitchenfrog using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
MacLachlan takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hitchenfrog landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hitchenfrog connects with a knee to the head.
Hitchenfrog scores a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hitchenfrog obliges.
MacLachlan tries to break free but Hitchenfrog pushes him back against the cage.
MacLachlan takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hitchenfrog working MacLachlan over with knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as MacLachlan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hitchenfrog using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from MacLachlan fails to land.
Hitchenfrog unloads a knee to the mid-section. MacLachlan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hitchenfrog has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
MacLachlan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hitchenfrog looking to throw knees to the head but MacLachlan is blocking nicely.
Hitchenfrog throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hitchenfrog prevents a body shot from MacLachlan.
Hitchenfrog trying to land knees to the body.
MacLachlan throws a head punch that misses.
MacLachlan working hard to break the clinch.
MacLachlan working hard to break the clinch.
MacLachlan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hitchenfrog trying to land knees to the body.
MacLachlan throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hitchenfrog misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from MacLachlan.
A left hand lands to the body for MacLachlan.
MacLachlan wants to get back to striking at distance but Hitchenfrog won't allow it.
MacLachlan looking to stall.
MacLachlan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hitchenfrog has him pressed against the cage.
MacLachlan is trying to break the clinch but Hitchenfrog is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on MacLachlan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hitchenfrog crunches a lovely knee into MacLachlan's ribcage.
MacLachlan lands with a left to the head.
Hitchenfrog lands a nice knee to the body.
Hitchenfrog landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hitchenfrog misses with a knee to the head.
MacLachlan throws a head punch that misses.
Hitchenfrog scores with a knee to the head.
MacLachlan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hitchenfrog has him pressed against the cage.
MacLachlan throws a punch but it's blocked by Hitchenfrog.
Hitchenfrog blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hitchenfrog missing with knees to the body.
MacLachlan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hitchenfrog is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. MacLachlan is defending well for now.
Hitchenfrog missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
MacLachlan misses with a hook from the clinch.
MacLachlan is trying to break the clinch but Hitchenfrog has him pressed against the cage.
Hitchenfrog missing with knees to the body.
MacLachlan will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hitchenfrog up against the cage.

MacLachlan breaks from the clinch.
MacLachlan misses with a two punch combination.
Hitchenfrog throws a front kick that sends MacLachlan stumbling back into the cage.
MacLachlan misses with a series of wild punches.
Hitchenfrog throws a head kick that MacLachlan semi-blocks.
Hitchenfrog slips a jab and a cross from MacLachlan.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hitchenfrog looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
MacLachlan misses with a few strikes there.

Hitchenfrog gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hitchenfrog connects with a nasty looking knee right to MacLachlan's face.
MacLachlan misses with a body punch.
MacLachlan takes a knee right on the jaw!
MacLachlan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's four 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.
MacLachlan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hitchenfrog is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. MacLachlan is defending well for now.
MacLachlan misses with a short punch on the inside.
MacLachlan is working Hitchenfrog over against the cage.
MacLachlan wants to get back to striking at distance but Hitchenfrog won't allow it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hitchenfrog.
MacLachlan is looking to break free of the clinch but Hitchenfrog has double underhooks.
MacLachlan tries to circle away but Hitchenfrog has him pinned against the cage.
Hitchenfrog utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hitchenfrog with a knee to the head.
Hitchenfrog trying to land knees to the body.
MacLachlan tries to break the clinch but Hitchenfrog is controlling the position.
Hitchenfrog looking to throw knees to the head but MacLachlan is blocking nicely.

MacLachlan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hitchenfrog misses with a head kick.
MacLachlan swinging wildly here.
Hitchenfrog avoids a punch combination nicely.
MacLachlan swinging wildly here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Albert Hitchenfrog showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Hitchenfrog closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hitchenfrog putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has MacLachlan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hitchenfrog blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hitchenfrog connects with a knee to the head.
MacLachlan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
MacLachlan has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
MacLachlan takes a knee right on the jaw!
MacLachlan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

MacLachlan breaks the clinch.
MacLachlan throws a series of punches but Hitchenfrog avoids them all with ease.
MacLachlan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hitchenfrog connects with a high kick.

Hitchenfrog takes the fight into the clinch.
MacLachlan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hitchenfrog.
A knee to the head by Hitchenfrog.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
MacLachlan takes a knee right on the jaw!
MacLachlan wants to break free but Hitchenfrog has control.
A frustrated look appears on MacLachlan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hitchenfrog has MacLachlan pressed against the cage, preventing MacLachlan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hitchenfrog tries to land a knee to the head but MacLachlan blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
MacLachlan can't break the clinch.
MacLachlan taking a breather.
Hitchenfrog using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hitchenfrog missing with knees to the body.
MacLachlan tries to break free but Hitchenfrog pushes him back against the cage.
MacLachlan working hard to break the clinch.
Hitchenfrog landing knees to the head.
MacLachlan can't break the clinch.
MacLachlan wants to get back to striking at distance but Hitchenfrog won't allow it.
Hitchenfrog is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. MacLachlan is defending well for now.

MacLachlan breaks the clinch.
MacLachlan stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hitchenfrog thuds his shin into the meat of MacLachlan's side.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from MacLachlan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hitchenfrog has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hitchenfrog and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hitchenfrog connects with a high kick.
MacLachlan throws a right and a left that Hitchenfrog avoids nicely.
MacLachlan walks forward, straight into a front kick from Hitchenfrog.
Hitchenfrog scores with a push kick.
Albert Hitchenfrog seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hitchenfrog goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Hitchenfrog lands with a slapping head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hitchenfrog cracks the inside of MacLachlan's front leg.
Hitchenfrog throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Hitchenfrog is looking to land body kicks.
MacLachlan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hitchenfrog dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on MacLachlan. That did some damage!
Hitchenfrog fails in his attempt to clinch.
A punch combination from MacLachlan misses.

Hitchenfrog clinches up with MacLachlan and pushes him back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on MacLachlan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
MacLachlan misses with a punch on the inside.
MacLachlan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hitchenfrog lands a knee to the head.
Hitchenfrog lands a knee to the head.
MacLachlan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for MacLachlan.
Hitchenfrog looking to throw knees to the head but MacLachlan is blocking nicely.
MacLachlan misses with the head strike.
Hitchenfrog misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from MacLachlan.
Hitchenfrog prevents a body shot from MacLachlan.
MacLachlan misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hitchenfrog tries to land a knee to the head but MacLachlan blocks with his arms.
MacLachlan throws a punch but it's blocked by Hitchenfrog.
Hitchenfrog's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
MacLachlan tries to throw a body punch but Hitchenfrog avoids it by throwing MacLachlan back against the cage.
Hitchenfrog blocks an uppercut.
Hitchenfrog is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. MacLachlan is defending well for now.
MacLachlan tries to break free but Hitchenfrog pushes him back against the cage.
Hitchenfrog unloads a knee to the mid-section. MacLachlan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A head punch on the inside from MacLachlan fails to land.
Hitchenfrog unloads a knee to the mid-section. MacLachlan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
MacLachlan is trying to stall.
Hitchenfrog lands a knee to the body.
Albert Hitchenfrog seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hitchenfrog tries a knee to the head but MacLachlan blocks it.
MacLachlan throws a head punch that misses.
MacLachlan is looking to control Hitchenfrog's arms but Hitchenfrog gets an underhook and turns him. Now MacLachlan has his back to the cage.
MacLachlan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hitchenfrog throws a knee to the head but misses.
MacLachlan lands a shot to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
MacLachlan is trying to push Hitchenfrog away but Hitchenfrog has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hitchenfrog with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

MacLachlan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
MacLachlan misses with a series of wild punches.
MacLachlan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
MacLachlan looks to land a combination but Hitchenfrog avoids it well.
Hitchenfrog throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by MacLachlan.
MacLachlan on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

Hitchenfrog gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hitchenfrog scores a nice knee to the body.
MacLachlan working hard to break the clinch.
Hitchenfrog landing knees to the body.
MacLachlan wants to get back to striking at distance but Hitchenfrog won't allow it.
MacLachlan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
MacLachlan takes a knee to the side of the body.
MacLachlan swings wildly with an uppercut but Hitchenfrog uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hitchenfrog with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hitchenfrog has MacLachlan pressed against the cage, preventing MacLachlan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
MacLachlan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Blake MacLachlan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Albert Hitchenfrog is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
MacLachlan tries to work over Hitchenfrog's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hitchenfrog misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from MacLachlan.

And that's the end of the fight!
Albert Hitchenfrog comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hitchenfrog 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 27:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Albert Hitchenfrog!