PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jalen Hammonds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Krav Maga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hammonds might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Undertaker theme song ''rollin'' lyrics. Maga is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by fuel. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hammonds
vs
Maga

192 cm
21
211 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
23
200 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jalen Hammonds!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Krav Maga!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Josh West and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hammonds closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Maga to the mat! Maga manages to get full guard.
Maga looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Hammonds gets to his feet. Maga looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Hammonds drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hammonds scoring with some ground and pound.

Hammonds stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Hammonds decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hammonds works his foot free and advances to mount.
Hammonds moves to back control.

Hammonds looking for the choke from the back.

Hammonds is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Maga has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

Hammonds has got his arm under Maga's chin working for the choke… has he got it? It looks pretty tight! Oh! Maga has spun round into Hammonds's guard beautifully! Well done that man!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammonds lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Maga!

Hammonds gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Hammonds.
Hammonds works to advance to full mount. Maga defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Hammonds postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Maga looks a forlorn figure.
Hammonds is looking to work his way around to Maga's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Maga defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Hammonds.
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!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hammonds cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Maga trying desperately to get to his feet.
Maga wants to control but Hammonds is having none of it.

Hammonds looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Hammonds is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Maga can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hammonds is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!

A momentary lapse in concentration from Maga enables Hammonds to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Maga manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Hammonds scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hammonds makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hammonds is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Maga has momentary wrist control but Hammonds slips an elbow through the middle.
Hammonds landing with the ground and pound.

Hammonds thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Hammonds postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hammonds drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Hammonds jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Maga has his feet on Hammonds's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hammonds tries to clinch but Maga is having none of it.

Hammonds shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hammonds showed some decent athleticism there.
Hammonds tries to pass the half guard into mount. Maga knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hammonds prevents Maga from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jalen Hammonds dominated that round.
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.

Hammonds shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Hammonds punishing his opponent with strikes.
Maga is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hammonds with good strikes from the mount here!

Maga is rocked!

Hammonds stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Maga is still on wobbly legs! Can Hammonds finish him?

Hammonds looking to score a takedown here. Maga is defending well but Hammonds drives through and ends up in Maga's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Hammonds gets to his feet - Maga follows without any prompting.

Hammonds lands a huge takedown. Maga is out but the ref is slow to react and Hammonds lands 3 more undefended punches before the fight is stopped. Brutal finish. Maga lies on the canvas for a good minute before the doctors bring him round. Good to see he's OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jalen Hammonds!
Our winner, Jalen Hammonds, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.