PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Craig Hanks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hell Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hanks
vs
Rose

179 cm
22
175 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

179 cm
23
179 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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1337 ANZAC

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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Craig Hanks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hell Rose!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanks dodges the punch combination from Rose.
Rose lands a high kick!

It looks like Craig Hanks has been cut.
Jab, jab by Rose - just one landing.
Hanks does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Hanks throws a good cross that connects.
Hanks scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rose lands a leg kick that knocks Hanks off balance momentarily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rose misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hanks.
Hanks throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rose counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rose throws a half hearted mid kick.

Rose gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rose tries to work over Hanks's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rose takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hanks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rose.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose blocks a body shot from Hanks.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rose.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Rose lands a nice uppercut.
Hanks being controlled against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Rose's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Rose missing with knees to the body.
Rose tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hanks's elbow.
Rose is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hanks is defending well for now.
A body shot lands from Hanks.
Hanks misses with some punches.
Hanks can't find room to land a body shot as Rose controls the action.
Hanks goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rose blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hanks can't find room to land a body shot as Rose controls the action.

Hanks breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A big right from Hanks misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanks throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rose avoids the body shot from Hanks.
Rose throws a solid leg kick but Hanks takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Rose.
Hanks walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hanks throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rose takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Rose scores with a shot to the body.
Hanks throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rose tries to clinch up.
Hanks throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Rose moves into the clinch.
Hanks lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hanks swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rose keeps control of Hanks as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rose landing knees to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanks misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rose blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rose tries to stall but Hanks uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hanks lands a left hand.
Rose lands an elbow inside that Hanks shrugs off.
Hanks managing to block the knees to the body from Rose.
Hanks lands a right hand.
Hanks throws a head punch that misses.
Rose tries to land knees in the clinch but Hanks avoids the damage to the body.
Hanks tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hanks on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hanks on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rose tries to work over Hanks's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rose utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rose tries to land knees in the clinch but Hanks avoids the damage to the body.
Rose taking a breather.
Hanks throws a punch but it's blocked by Rose.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rose dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rose blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hanks throws a head punch that misses.
Hanks looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hanks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rose lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rose blocks a body shot from Hanks.
Rose blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hanks misses with a punch on the inside.
Rose missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rose trying to control the position but instead, Hanks has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rose into the cage.
Rose being controlled against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hell Rose dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Craig Hanks's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Rose stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hanks.
Rose dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hanks. That did some damage!
Rose throws a combination that misses
and Hanks counters with a nice leg kick.
Hanks ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hanks misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hanks misses with a combination
and Rose counters with a nice body shot.
Hanks misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rose lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rose tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Rose.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanks throws a lazy uppercut
and Rose counters with a head kick. That will keep Hanks thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

Craig Hanks's cut is getting worse.
Rose throws a head kick but Hanks moves out of range.
Rose moves out of range of the leg kick from Hanks.
Rose slips a jab and a cross from Hanks.
Hanks throws a right and a left that both miss.
A jab from Hanks finds it's way through Rose's defenses.
Hanks misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rose.
Rose takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hell Rose seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hanks looks to score with a jab to the body but Rose is just out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rose.
Rose moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hanks scores with a body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rose misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rose moves into the clinch.
Hanks lands with a light punch inside.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Rose lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hanks misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hanks softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rose obliges.
Rose lands a knee to the body.
Rose looking to stall.
Rose lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hanks or not.
Rose tries a body shot but Hanks blocks it.
Hanks throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hanks scores with a shoulder strike.
Rose tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hanks avoids it.
Hanks goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Hanks.
Hell Rose seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rose tries a knee to the head but Hanks blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose is looking to control Hanks's arms but Hanks gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rose has his back to the cage.
Hanks letting Rose take a breather here.
Hanks trying to control the position but instead, Rose has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hanks into the cage.
Rose blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rose taking a breather.
Hanks misses with some punches.
Hanks lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hanks prevents a body shot from Rose.

Hanks pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jab, jab by Hanks - just one landing.
Hanks displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hanks, right into the meat.
Rose throws a leg kick but Hanks moved away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose moves forwards but Hanks connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hanks takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hanks throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rose stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hanks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rose throws the kick towards the body but Hanks avoids it.
Rose takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice shot by Hanks.
A slow jab from Hanks misses its intended target.
Hanks checks the leg kick nicely there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hanks lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rose throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hanks with a body punch. A glancing blow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Craig Hanks will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Craig Hanks's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Rose walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Hanks moves out of range of the leg kick from Rose.
Rose throws a body punch but Hanks moves out of range.
Hanks takes one to the chin there.
Rose uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hanks.
Rose tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Rose 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 Hanks has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hanks and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hanks misses with a jab, cross combination.
A big right from Hanks misses.
Hanks throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rose counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hanks pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rose fakes the leg kick and cracks Hanks in the body.
Craig Hanks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rose slips a straight right by Hanks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rose throws a leg kick which misses Hanks's front leg but catches the back leg as Hanks tries to avoid it.
Hanks just misses with a punch to the body.
Hanks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hanks avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hanks throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sloppy strikes from Hanks. Those never looked like landing.
Hanks bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rose's head backwards.
Rose with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hanks misses with a straight right.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hanks.
Hanks misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanks scores with a three punch combo!
Rose tries to clinch there but Hanks circles away.
Rose moves out of range of the body kick from Hanks.
Hanks misses with a body shot.
Rose throws a leg kick but Hanks sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Rose throws a jab when Hanks was well out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick misses from Hanks.
Hanks misses with a body shot
and Rose counters with a slapping leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rose throws a leg kick that misses.
Rose fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hanks has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hanks ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rose moves away.
Rose misses the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanks lands a nice looking body shot.
Rose throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hanks throws a hook but Rose blocks it.
A lazy left from Rose finds it's target.
Hanks throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rose counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hanks is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rose blocks a leg kick.
Rose ducks under a wild hook from Hanks.
Rose tries to clinch up but Hanks circles away and keeps his distance.
Hanks fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Rose has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hanks tries to land a body kick
and Rose counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rose misses with a wild body shot.
Hanks throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanks avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hanks scores with a jab to the head.
Rose walks into a stiff left hand from Hanks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rose feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hanks's calf.
Rose 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.
Hanks throws a chopping leg kick but Rose manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Rose throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hanks sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hanks connects with an inside leg kick.
Rose throws a half hearted mid kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hanks throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hanks swings and misses with a hook to the body.

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 Craig Hanks.
I think Hanks 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Craig Hanks!
An out of breath and clearly excited Craig Hanks thanked 1337 ANZAC for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).