PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Justin Timberloke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Hatcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Timberloke
vs
Hatcher

188 cm
28
210 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

180 cm
23
212 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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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 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Justin Timberloke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Tommy Hatcher!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Ackerman and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hatcher fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Timberloke, pushing him back against the cage.
Hatcher holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Timberloke throws a head punch that misses.
Hatcher scores with a shot to the side of Timberloke's head.
Timberloke scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hatcher throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Timberloke blocks it with crossed arms.
Hatcher tries to throw a body punch but Timberloke avoids it by throwing Hatcher back against the cage.
Hatcher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Timberloke is looking to break free of the clinch but Hatcher has double underhooks.
Hatcher lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hatcher is struggling to control the position.
Timberloke tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hatcher's elbow.
Hatcher throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Timberloke blocks it with crossed arms.
Timberloke is trying to break the clinch but Hatcher has him pressed against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hatcher.
Hatcher lands a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatcher manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hatcher tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Timberloke misses with a body punch.
Timberloke stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hatcher trying to land knees to the body.
Timberloke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hatcher tries a knee to the head but Timberloke blocks it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Timberloke escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hatcher connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Timberloke's hands.
Decent striking displayed by Timberloke there.
Timberloke thows a body shot but no joy.
Timberloke lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hatcher circles away quickly and effectively.
Hatcher walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Timberloke looks to score with a jab to the body but Hatcher is just out of range.
Timberloke checks the leg kick.
Hatcher throws a jab when Timberloke was well out of range.
Timberloke throws a leg kick
and Hatcher counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hatcher fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Timberloke manages to avoid it.
A big right from Timberloke misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Timberloke misses the target.

Hatcher closes the distance and pushes Timberloke back into the cage.
Hatcher with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Timberloke managing to block the knees to the body from Hatcher.
Hatcher tries to land a knee to the head but Timberloke blocks with his arms.
Hatcher'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.
Timberloke wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hatcher has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Timberloke.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Timberloke looking to stall.
Timberloke takes a knee to the side of the body.
Timberloke looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hatcher is leaning against Timberloke and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Timberloke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Timberloke misses with the head strike.
Hatcher misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hatcher lands a knee to the body.
Hatcher wants to stall.
Timberloke swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hatcher fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hatcher manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Timberloke is trying to push Hatcher away but Hatcher has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Timberloke throws a punch but it's blocked by Hatcher.
A shot in the inside from Hatcher.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hatcher just leaning against Timberloke, taking a breather.
Hatcher with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hatcher lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Timberloke has a couple of punches blocked by Hatcher.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hatcher is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Timberloke is defending well for now.
Timberloke lands with a right to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Timberloke obliges.
Hatcher keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Timberloke's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Hatcher dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hatcher wants to clinch up but Timberloke keeps it at a distance.
Hatcher takes a swing at Timberloke's ribcage but misses.
Hatcher will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hatcher throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Timberloke swings for the body but Hatcher moves out of range.
Timberloke digs a good hook to Hatcher's body.
Timberloke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hatcher tries to close the distance and clinch but Timberloke swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hatcher takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Timberloke misses with the combination.
Timberloke just misses with a punch to the body.
Hatcher scores with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Timberloke there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Timberloke missing with a left hand there. Hatcher was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Timberloke misses the body punch
and Hatcher counters with a stiff right hand.
Timberloke misses with a jab, cross combination.
Timberloke moves into range and connects with a jab.
Timberloke tries to bum rush Hatcher with a series of wild strikes but Hatcher uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Timberloke misses with a double jab.
Hatcher throws the left hand but Timberloke avoids the punch easily.
Hatcher steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Timberloke.
Timberloke is looking to wear down Hatcher with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hatcher throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Timberloke counters with a straight right hand.
Hatcher throws a right and a left that Timberloke avoids nicely.
Timberloke avoids the body shot from Hatcher.
Timberloke swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hatcher.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hatcher stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hatcher swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hatcher steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Timberloke.
Justin Timberloke is winning the standup battle so far.
Timberloke thows a left - swing and a miss!
Timberloke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hatcher was well out of range. Poor timing from Timberloke.
Hatcher misses with an uppercut. Timberloke saw that one coming.
Hatcher steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Timberloke.
Timberloke tries to move into range but Hatcher moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Timberloke tries to work over Hatcher's front leg with a kick but Hatcher checks it.
Timberloke misses the shot to the body.
Hatcher tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hatcher misses the body punch
and Timberloke connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Timberloke scores with a hook to the body. Hatcher takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Hatcher in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Hatcher misses with a leg kick.
Hatcher tries to clinch up but Timberloke circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Timberloke thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hatcher moves away from the strike by Timberloke.
Timberloke digs a good hook to Hatcher's body.
Hatcher keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Timberloke.
Hatcher tries to clinch but Timberloke moves out of range.
Timberloke misses with a straight right.
Timberloke thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hatcher misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Timberloke.
Hatcher throws a right hand that misses
letting Timberloke counter with a right hand.
Hatcher fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Timberloke is out of range.
Timberloke lands a body shot.
Hatcher jabs Timberloke to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Timberloke throws a right hand that misses
and Hatcher counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hatcher throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Hatcher blocks the low kick.
Timberloke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hatcher thows a body shot but no joy.
Timberloke misses the jab.
Timberloke checks a low kick from Hatcher.
A big left from Timberloke misses.
Hatcher takes one to the chin there.
Hatcher swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Hatcher drives through and clinches with Timberloke against the cage.
Timberloke working aggressively here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Timberloke has had enough of the clinch but Hatcher keeps him there for the moment.
Hatcher is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hatcher stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin Timberloke dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

A solid leg kick lands there for Hatcher.
Hatcher throws a jab but it's blocked by Timberloke.
Hatcher fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Timberloke finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hatcher throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Timberloke looks to throw the jab but Hatcher is out of range.
Hatcher uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Timberloke.
Timberloke connects with the punch.
A head kick misses from Hatcher.
Timberloke scores with a hook to the body. Hatcher takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Timberloke bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hatcher's head backwards.
Timberloke misses the jab.
Hatcher takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hatcher looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Timberloke ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hatcher takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Timberloke misses with an uppercut. Hatcher saw that one coming.
A slow jab from Hatcher misses its intended target.
Hatcher throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Timberloke takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Timberloke lands a nice looking body shot.
Timberloke listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hatcher tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Timberloke works the jab nicely.
Timberloke throws a right and a left that both miss.
Timberloke throws a series of punches but Hatcher moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hatcher ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Timberloke misses the shot to the body.
Timberloke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Timberloke looks to land a right hand but Hatcher moved out of range.
Timberloke punishes Hatcher's body with a nice straight punch.
Timberloke misses with an uppercut. Hatcher saw that one coming.
Timberloke throws a big shot that misses.
Good exchange - Hatcher coming out on top.
Timberloke misses with a jab to the body
and Hatcher counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hatcher slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hatcher ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hatcher digs a good hook to Timberloke's body.
Hatcher throws the kick towards the body but Timberloke avoids it.
Hatcher fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Timberloke has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A thudding body kick lands there by Hatcher!
Hatcher swings for the body but Timberloke moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hatcher takes one to the chin there.

Hatcher pushes Timberloke up against the cage in a clinch.
Timberloke wants to stall.
Hatcher throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tommy Hatcher seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Timberloke avoiding damage as Hatcher throws knees to the body.
Hatcher looking to slow down the pace here.
Timberloke is trying to break the clinch but Hatcher has him pressed against the cage.
Timberloke lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hatcher tries to work over Timberloke's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The referee calls for Timberloke to work.
Timberloke is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Timberloke wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Timberloke is trying to push Hatcher away but Hatcher has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hatcher.
Timberloke wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hatcher has Timberloke pressed against the cage, preventing Timberloke from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Timberloke is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hatcher is keeping busy.
Hatcher lands with a right to the head.
Hatcher with a knee to the head.

It looks like Justin Timberloke has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hatcher lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Timberloke backwards.
Hatcher can't find room to land a body shot as Timberloke controls the action.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A knee to the head by Hatcher.
Timberloke wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hatcher utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hatcher connects with a knee to the head.

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 Justin Timberloke.
I think Timberloke has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Justin Timberloke!