PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kurt Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keaton Hammersmash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Sanders
vs
Hammersmash

165 cm
23
175 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

200 cm
23
170 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kurt Sanders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Keaton Hammersmash!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hammersmash misses with a double jab.
Sanders lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sanders could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Hammersmash is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sanders swats away the attempt to clinch by Hammersmash.
Hammersmash misses with a low kick.
Sanders misses with a straight right.
Sanders pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sanders checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hammersmash throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hammersmash tries to clinch but Sanders is having none of it.
Hammersmash throws a right and a left that Sanders avoids nicely.
Hammersmash cracks Sanders with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hammersmash.
Sanders scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hammersmash avoids the body shot from Sanders.
Hammersmash with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sanders to score with a decent uppercut.
Sanders with a nice cross.
Sanders moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sanders keeps the fight on the outside.
Sanders explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Hammersmash lands with a nice combination. Sanders backs away looking to recover.
Hammersmash looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanders connects with a crisp jab.
Sanders throws a hook to the side of Hammersmash's head but Hammersmash sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sanders scores with the left hand. Hammersmash knows he should have avoided that one.
Keaton Hammersmash seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hammersmash slow jab from Sanders misses its intended target.
Hammersmash avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hammersmash takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Sanders looks for the body kick but Hammersmash saw that one coming.
Kurt Sanders is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sanders waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Hammersmash.
Hammersmash takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sanders stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

Hammersmash is rocked!
Sanders is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Nice sprawl there from Sanders as Hammersmash shoots in.
Sanders throws a right and a left that Hammersmash avoids nicely.
Sanders misses with a combination

and Hammersmash counters with a takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Who's going to make the next move?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammersmash tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Sanders is trying to control Hammersmash's posture but Hammersmash avoids it.
Sanders knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hammersmash on the ground.
Hammersmash wants to stand but Sanders has his arm trapped.
Sanders is not content to let Hammersmash control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammersmash in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Hammersmash is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hammersmash tries to advance to mount but Sanders denies him.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Sanders throws a jab when Hammersmash was well out of range.
A left lands for Sanders.
Hammersmash throws out a loose jab but Sanders uses good head movement to avoid it.

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.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hammersmash looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hammersmash slips a jab and a cross from Sanders.
Hammersmash scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sanders moves out of range of the body kick from Hammersmash.
Hammersmash fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hammersmash takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sanders throws a series of punches but Hammersmash avoids them all with ease.
Hammersmash throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sanders's waist but Sanders gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hammersmash off to one side.
Kurt Sanders has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Keaton Hammersmash.
Hammersmash throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sanders's waist but Sanders gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hammersmash off to one side.
Sanders swings for the body but Hammersmash moves out of range.
Hammersmash misses with a kick to the body.
Sanders swats away the attempt to clinch by Hammersmash.
Hammersmash will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hammersmash cracks Sanders with a big right hand and Sanders goes down!

Sanders is rocked!
Hammersmash arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Sanders's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Keaton Hammersmash!