PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tank Hammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Masaharu Homma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hammer comes to the cage accompanied by Smack my bitch up. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Hammer
vs
Homma

190 cm
30
208 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

194 cm
27
205 lbs
11 - 8 - 1

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tank Hammer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Masaharu Homma!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hammer avoids the head kick by Homma.
Hammer looks to throw the jab but Homma is out of range.
Tank Hammer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hammer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Homma.
Hammer tries to bum rush Homma with a series of wild strikes but Homma uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hammer has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Homma.
Homma dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hammer. That did some damage!
Hammer is breathing heavily.
Homma tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hammer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hammer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Homma.

Homma clinches up against the cage.
Homma trying to land knees to the body.
Hammer lands an uppercut.
Hammer avoids the elbow strike from Homma, against the cage.
Homma misses with an elbow over the top.
Hammer has had enough of the clinch but Homma keeps him there for the moment.
Homma throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Hammer breaks the clinch.
Homma swats away the attempt to clinch by Hammer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammer misses with a hook. Homma ducked under it nicely.
Homma fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hammer has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Homma is looking to slow Hammer down with leg kicks.
Homma showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hammer.
Homma throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hammer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hammer misses with an uppercut.

Homma takes the fight into the clinch.
Homma throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Homma lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Homma misses with an elbow over the top.
Homma throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hammer blocks it with crossed arms.
Homma pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hammer wants to break the clinch but can't.
Homma throws an elbow but it misses.
Homma tries a knee to the head but Hammer blocks it.
Homma lands an elbow that stopped Hammer in his tracks for a moment.
Homma lands an elbow just above Hammer 's eye.
Homma lands an elbow that stopped Hammer in his tracks for a moment.
Homma pushes off an throws an elbow but Hammer leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hammer tries to circle away but Homma has him pinned against the cage.
Hammer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Homma lands an elbow inside.
Homma lands an elbow inside.
Hammer is trying to push Homma away but Homma has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Homma throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hammer blocks it with crossed arms.
Homma pushes off an throws an elbow but Hammer leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Hammer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Homma lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Homma slips a jab from Hammer.
Homma lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hammer's sensitive parts.
Homma lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hammer throws a body punch but Homma moves out of range.
Homma goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hammer walks forward, straight into a front kick from Homma.
Homma pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Homma throws a head kick that Hammer semi-blocks.
Homma feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hammer's calf.
Homma tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hammer crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Homma - the referee stops the clock and Hammer gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Homma. Hammer manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Homma looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Homma throws a head kick that misses.
Hammer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Homma moves away.
Homma tries a head kick but it misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Homma, right into the meat.
Hammer throws a lazy right hand but Homma sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Homma scores with a spinning back kick!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Homma lands with a kick to the temple. Hammer shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Homma lands a front kick.
Homma fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Homma connects with a leg kick. Hammer looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Masaharu Homma dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hammer takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Homma.
Hammer avoids the head kick by Homma.
Homma moves in looking to clinch but Hammer pushes him off.
Homma throws a head kick that half lands.

Homma gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hammer wants to break free but Homma has control.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Homma just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hammer's brow.
Homma missing with knees to the body.
Hammer avoids a wild elbow strike from Homma.
Homma throws an elbow but it misses.
Homma pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Homma missing with knees to the body.
Homma trying to land knees to the body.
Homma tries to land knees in the clinch but Hammer avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hammer blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Homma throws an elbow that misses.
Homma has Hammer pressed against the cage, preventing Hammer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Homma prevents Hammer from breaking the clinch.
Homma throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Homma using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hammer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hammer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Homma has him pressed against the cage.
Homma lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Homma lands an elbow just above Hammer 's eye.
Homma throws an elbow but it misses.
Hammer avoids the elbow strike from Homma, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Homma.
Homma throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Homma throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Homma lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Tank Hammer has been cut.
Homma gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Homma.
Hammer avoids the elbow strike from Homma, against the cage.

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.
Homma throws an elbow but it misses.
Homma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Homma tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hammer avoids it.
Homma lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Homma comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Homma lands a damaging elbow.
Homma lands an elbow that stopped Hammer in his tracks for a moment.
Hammer avoids a wild elbow strike from Homma.
Homma pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hammer is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nice elbow from Homma.
Homma is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hammer is defending well for now.
Homma trying to land knees to the body.
Homma tries to land a knee to the head but Hammer blocks with his arms.
Hammer has had enough of the clinch but Homma keeps him there for the moment.
Homma tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Homma throws an elbow that misses.
Homma using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hammer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hammer is looking to control Homma's arms but Homma gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hammer has his back to the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Homma looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Homma tries a knee to the head but Hammer blocks it.
Hammer blocks an elbow strike from Homma.
Homma lands an elbow inside that Hammer shrugs off.
Hammer is trying to break free.
Hammer avoids a wild elbow strike from Homma.
Hammer can't break the clinch.
Hammer dodges an elbow strike from Homma.
Hammer wants to get back to striking at distance but Homma won't allow it.
Hammer blocks an elbow strike from Homma.
Homma tries to land knees in the clinch but Hammer avoids the damage to the body.
Homma keeps control of Hammer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Homma comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Homma tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hammer avoids it.
Hammer wants to get back to striking at distance but Homma won't allow it.
Homma gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hammer tries to break the clinch but Homma is controlling the position.

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.
Homma is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hammer is defending well for now.
Homma missing with knees to the body.
Hammer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Homma throws an elbow but it misses.
Homma pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Homma misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hammer.
Homma pushes off an throws an elbow but Hammer leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Homma lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Homma throws an elbow that misses.
Hammer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A frustrated look appears on Hammer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Homma tries to land a knee to the head but Hammer blocks with his arms.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hammer blocks an elbow strike from Homma.
Hammer blocks an elbow strike.
Homma keeps control of Hammer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Hammer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Homma just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hammer's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Masaharu Homma showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tank Hammer's cut.
That's time! Hammer's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Sloppy strikes from Hammer. Those never looked like landing.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Homma.
Homma pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Homma throws a head kick but Hammer moves out of range.
Homma looks for the body kick but Hammer saw that one coming.
Homma lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Homma moves into the clinch.
Hammer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Homma trying to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Homma.
Homma tries to land a knee to the head but Hammer blocks with his arms.
Homma tries to land a knee to the head but Hammer blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Homma lands an elbow inside that Hammer shrugs off.
Hammer blocks an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Homma lands a damaging elbow.
Homma looking to throw knees to the head but Hammer is blocking nicely.
Homma lands a nice elbow.
Homma throws an elbow that misses.
Hammer tries to break the clinch but Homma is controlling the position.
Homma throws an elbow that misses.
Nice elbow from Homma.
Homma lands an elbow just above Hammer 's eye.
Homma creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hammer's defenses.
Homma tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Homma creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Homma lands a nice elbow.
Homma throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Homma creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Homma lands a nice elbow.
Homma connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hammer's face.
Hammer avoids the elbow strike from Homma, against the cage.

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.
Hammer blocks an elbow strike from Homma.
Hammer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Homma pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hammer avoids the elbow strike from Homma, against the cage.
Hammer takes an elbow to the temple.
Homma keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hammer's efforts to push away.
With the fighters up against the cage, Homma throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Homma just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hammer's brow.
Homma lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hammer managing to block the knees to the body from Homma.
Homma lands an elbow just above Hammer 's eye.
With the fighters up against the cage, Homma throws an elbow but misses.
Homma with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Homma tries a knee to the head but Hammer blocks it.
Hammer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Homma has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Homma lands an elbow that stopped Hammer in his tracks for a moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Homma just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hammer's brow.
Homma throws an elbow but it misses.
Homma misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hammer.
Hammer avoids a wild elbow strike from Homma.
Hammer avoids the elbow strike from Homma, against the cage.
Homma tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hammer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Homma trying to land knees to the body.
Homma is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Homma throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hammer managing to block the knees to the body from Homma.
Hammer dodges an elbow strike from Homma.
Homma lands a damaging elbow.
Homma trying to land knees to the body.
Homma throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Masaharu Homma is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four 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.
A frustrated look appears on Hammer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Homma throws an elbow but it misses.
Homma looking to throw knees to the head but Hammer is blocking nicely.
Tank Hammer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A frustrated look appears on Hammer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Homma keeps control of Hammer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hammer tries to break free but Homma pushes him back against the cage.
Hammer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Masaharu Homma comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Homma 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 William Peck scores the fight 26:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 26:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Masaharu Homma!