PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hannibal Hatfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nate Loose Cannon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hatfield comes into the arena with Flirtin With Disaster blaring out of the sound system. Loose Cannon comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Empire State of Mind kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hatfield
vs
Loose Cannon

180 cm
26
178 lbs
15 - 10 - 0

186 cm
26
180 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hannibal Hatfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nate Loose Cannon!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Dean Styles and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Loose Cannon throws an off balance right hand
and Loose Cannon takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Loose Cannon pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Hatfield back to the cage. Loose Cannon follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

It looks like Hannibal Hatfield has been cut.
Hatfield lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Loose Cannon. Hatfield does a little dance to reset his feet.
Loose Cannon throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hatfield counters with a low kick, right behind Loose Cannon 's knee.
Hatfield uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Loose Cannon.

Loose Cannon moves into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Hatfield scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hatfield lands a body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hatfield tries to land a knee to the head but Loose Cannon blocks with his arms.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hatfield.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hatfield.
Hatfield prevents a body shot from Loose Cannon.
Loose Cannon throws a punch but it's blocked by Hatfield.
Still in the clinch, Hatfield scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hatfield misses with a knee to the head.
A short right from Hatfield.
Hatfield misses with some punches.
Hatfield's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hatfield lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Nate Loose Cannon has been cut.
A right hand to the body from Loose Cannon.
Hatfield looking to throw knees to the head but Loose Cannon is blocking nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Loose Cannon fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatfield landing knees to the body.
Hatfield looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Loose Cannon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hatfield's elbow.
Loose Cannon lands a left hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hatfield.
Hatfield lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hatfield misses with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Loose Cannon.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Loose Cannon as Hatfield tries to tie him up.
Hatfield throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Loose Cannon's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hatfield prevents a body shot from Loose Cannon.
Loose Cannon can't find room to land a body shot as Hatfield controls the action.
Loose Cannon is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hatfield is keeping busy.
Hatfield tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Loose Cannon avoids it.
Loose Cannon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hatfield's elbow.
Hatfield landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hatfield.
Hatfield lands a damaging elbow.
Loose Cannon misses with the head strike.
Hatfield blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Loose Cannon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hatfield tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Loose Cannon avoids it.
Hatfield looking to throw knees to the head but Loose Cannon is blocking nicely.
Hatfield trying to control the position but instead, Loose Cannon has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hatfield into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hatfield blocking some punches.
Loose Cannon slowing the pace effectively.
Hatfield blocking some punches.
Hatfield throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Loose Cannon blocks it with crossed arms.
Loose Cannon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hatfield softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Hatfield as the two fighters clinch.
Hatfield blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hatfield working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hatfield lands an elbow that stopped Loose Cannon in his tracks for a moment.
Loose Cannon misses with a body punch.
Loose Cannon scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hatfield is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Loose Cannon looks gassed!
Loose Cannon working aggressively here.
Hatfield using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Loose Cannon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hatfield just leaning against Loose Cannon, taking a breather.
Hatfield lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hatfield stalling the fight.
Hatfield works on Loose Cannon's body with a couple of short punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hatfield slowing the pace effectively.
Hatfield tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hatfield tries a knee to the head but Loose Cannon blocks it.
Hatfield is leaning against Loose Cannon and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hatfield scores with a shoulder strike.
Loose Cannon takes an elbow to the forehead.
Loose Cannon throws a punch but it's blocked by Hatfield.
Loose Cannon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hatfield as Loose Cannon tries to tie him up.
Hatfield working Loose Cannon over with knees to the body.
Loose Cannon is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hatfield.
Hatfield manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Loose Cannon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hatfield lands an elbow inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hatfield.
Hatfield blocks a body shot from Loose Cannon.
Hatfield connects with a nasty looking knee right to Loose Cannon's face.
Hatfield lands an elbow just above Loose Cannon 's eye.
Loose Cannon wants to stall.
A short body shot lands from Hatfield as the two fighters clinch.
Hatfield with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Loose Cannon misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hatfield manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hatfield creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hatfield blocking some punches.
Hatfield throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hatfield throws a knee to the head but misses.
Loose Cannon swings wildly with an uppercut but Hatfield uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hatfield tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hatfield tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Loose Cannon avoids it.
Hatfield landing knees to the head.
Hatfield using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Loose Cannon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hatfield working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Loose Cannon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Loose Cannon misses with some punches.
Hatfield using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hatfield connects with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hatfield blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hatfield controlling the action here for a moment.
Hatfield landing knees to the body.
Hatfield digs a right hand into Loose Cannon's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Loose Cannon's gas tank.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hannibal Hatfield dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hatfield lands with a shot to the body.
Loose Cannon throws a lazy uppercut
and Hatfield counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Loose Cannon throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hatfield counters with a three punch combo that has Loose Cannon backing up. Loose Cannon nods at Hatfield to acknowledge the strikes.
Hatfield scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hatfield lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Loose Cannon takes a jab right on the kisser.
Loose Cannon throws a left and a right that both miss
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Hatfield counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hatfield swinging wildly here.
Loose Cannon swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hatfield counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Hatfield 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.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good leg kick by Hatfield there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Loose Cannon is breathing heavily.
Loose Cannon falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hatfield counters with a nice leg kick.
Nice cross by Hatfield.
Loose Cannon closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Loose Cannon blocks a head kick by Hatfield.
Loose Cannon takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hatfield jabs Loose Cannon to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hatfield misses with a few strikes there.
Nate Loose Cannon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Hatfield.
Hatfield throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hatfield fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Loose Cannon.
Hannibal Hatfield is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Loose Cannon takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Hatfield lands with a straight right. Loose Cannon didn't see that one coming.
Hatfield throws a nice looking combination but Loose Cannon bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Loose Cannon swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hatfield counters with a left and a right that stings Loose Cannon.
Hatfield scores with a one two! Loose Cannon had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That has opened up Nate Loose Cannon's cut even more.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Loose Cannon takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Loose Cannon is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hatfield connects with a jab.
Loose Cannon is still on wobbly legs! Can Hatfield finish him?
A nice leg kick lands there from Hatfield.
Loose Cannon seems to have recovered his senses.
Hatfield connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hatfield is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Loose Cannon can do to turn this around?
Good standup being displayed there by Hatfield as he connects with a hook.
Hatfield stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hatfield chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Hatfield clinches with his opponent.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Loose Cannon's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hatfield comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Loose Cannon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hatfield is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hatfield scores with a knee to the head.
Still in the clinch, Hatfield scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hatfield tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hatfield gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Come on Hatfield - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hatfield lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hatfield lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Loose Cannon.
Hatfield pushes Loose Cannon back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hatfield utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hatfield lands a left hand.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hatfield.

The cut above Nate Loose Cannon's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Hatfield connects with a knee to the head.
Hatfield throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Loose Cannon blocks it with crossed arms.
Hatfield with a knee to the head.
Loose Cannon trying to control the position but instead, Hatfield has worked for underhooks and has pushed Loose Cannon into the cage.
Hannibal Hatfield has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hatfield lands a good knee to the midsection. Loose Cannon won't want to take too many of those.
Loose Cannon struggles to land a body shot inside as Hatfield controls his hands.
Hatfield misses with a knee strike.
Loose Cannon misses with some punches.
Loose Cannon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hatfield scores with a knee to the head.
Hatfield's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hatfield.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loose Cannon trying to stall but Hatfield improves his position.
Hatfield misses with a knee strike.
Loose Cannon avoiding damage as Hatfield throws knees to the body.
Loose Cannon takes a shot to the head.
Hatfield lands a right hand that snaps the head of Loose Cannon backwards.
Hatfield lands a hook to the side of the head.
Loose Cannon lands a hook that snaps the head of Hatfield backwards.
Loose Cannon throws a head punch that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Loose Cannon throws a head punch that misses.
Loose Cannon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Loose Cannon as Hatfield tries to tie him up.
Loose Cannon swings wildly with an uppercut but Hatfield uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hatfield crunches a lovely knee into Loose Cannon's ribcage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hatfield using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Loose Cannon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short body shot lands from Loose Cannon as the two fighters clinch.
Hatfield blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hatfield lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Loose Cannon is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hatfield is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hannibal Hatfield dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Loose Cannon swings widly with a right hand
and Hatfield counters with a body kick.
Hatfield misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hatfield throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hatfield goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Loose Cannon throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hatfield counters with a head kick. That will keep Loose Cannon thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Hatfield tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Loose Cannon was well out of range. Poor timing from Hatfield.
Loose Cannon throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hatfield counters with a leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hatfield, right into the meat.
Hatfield lunges at Loose Cannon with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Loose Cannon's hand.
Loose Cannon misses with an uppercut
and Hatfield makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice uppercut lands for Hatfield. That snapped Loose Cannon's head back.
Hatfield lands the left hand.
Loose Cannon throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hatfield counters with a good low kick that Loose Cannon was not able to check.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Hatfield, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A jab from Hatfield finds it's way through Loose Cannon's defenses.
Hatfield fails to land with a series of punches.
Loose Cannon misses with an uppercut
and Hatfield counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hatfield with a nice cross.
Hatfield lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Loose Cannon takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
No joy there for Hatfield, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Loose Cannon falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hatfield counters with an inside leg kick.
Hatfield lands with an uppercut that bounces Loose Cannon off the cage and back into rage.
Hatfield thuds his right hand into Loose Cannon's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hatfield rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Loose Cannon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hatfield scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hatfield fails to land with a series of punches.
Nate Loose Cannon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hatfield misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Loose Cannon.

Loose Cannon closes the distance and clinches.
Loose Cannon misses with a punch to the body.
Loose Cannon misses with a punch on the inside.
A knee to the head by Hatfield.
Hatfield comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hatfield slowing the pace effectively.
Hatfield is trying to stall.
Loose Cannon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hatfield's elbow.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hatfield.
Hatfield misses with a knee strike.
Loose Cannon stalling in the clinch but Hatfield improves position.
Nice body punch from Hatfield - that landed with a thud.
Loose Cannon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hatfield putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Loose Cannon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hatfield with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hatfield connects with a nasty looking knee right to Loose Cannon's face.
Loose Cannon is trying to maintain a safe position but Hatfield gets an underhook and turns Loose Cannon into the cage.
A short body shot lands from Hatfield as the two fighters clinch.
Hatfield effectively controlling the action here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hatfield.
Loose Cannon looking to stall.
A short uppercut from Hatfield.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hatfield obliges.
Loose Cannon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hatfield lands a good knee to the midsection. Loose Cannon won't want to take too many of those.
Hatfield content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hatfield tries a knee to the head but Loose Cannon blocks it.
Loose Cannon lands with a left to the head.
Hatfield misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hatfield landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hatfield blocks a body shot from Loose Cannon.
Hatfield connects with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Loose Cannon.
Loose Cannon throws a head punch that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

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.
Hatfield lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hatfield.
Loose Cannon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hatfield throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Loose Cannon blocks it with crossed arms.
Loose Cannon tries to work over Hatfield's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Loose Cannon lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hatfield taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hatfield misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Loose Cannon misses with the head strike.
Loose Cannon blocks an elbow strike from Hatfield.
Still in the clinch, Loose Cannon scores with a nice short uppercut.
Loose Cannon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Loose Cannon lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hatfield or not.
Hatfield throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Loose Cannon blocks it with crossed arms.
Loose Cannon lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hatfield or not.
Loose Cannon lands a left hand.
Loose Cannon throws a head punch that misses.
Hatfield works on Loose Cannon's body with a couple of short punches.
Loose Cannon makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hatfield lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hatfield stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Loose Cannon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Loose Cannon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hannibal Hatfield showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hatfield 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:26
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:26
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hannibal Hatfield!