PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Phantom Menace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Patterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Menace comes to the cage accompanied by Leroy Brown. Phantom Menace has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Menace
vs
Patterson

190 cm
30
198 lbs
25 - 13 - 1

183 cm
27
185 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Phantom Menace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hank Patterson!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Dean Styles and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Menace misses with a hook. Patterson ducked under it nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Patterson. Menace does a little dance to reset his feet.
Patterson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Patterson looks for the body kick but Menace saw that one coming.
Menace slips under a jab from Patterson.
Patterson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Menace defending well as Patterson loads up on a big left hand.
Patterson tries to clinch up but Menace circles away and keeps his distance.
Menace misses with a kick to the body.
Patterson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Menace.
Patterson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Menace uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Patterson.
A shot to the liver by Menace. Beautiful body shot.

Patterson takes the fight into the clinch.
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!
Menace prevents a body shot from Patterson.
Patterson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Patterson misses with a punch on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Menace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Menace tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Patterson misses with some punches.
Patterson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Menace has a couple of punches blocked by Patterson.
Menace lands a nice shot to the body.
Patterson misses with a punch on the inside.

Menace lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Menace throwing shots but Patterson is blocking nicely.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Menace in particular looking to stall.
Menace not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Menace thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Patterson's head.
Menace is trying to control. Patterson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Menace missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Patterson is defending against the submission attempts here by Menace.
Patterson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Menace. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Menace wants to free his trapped foot but Patterson is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Menace is just content to waste time from the top position. Patterson takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Menace has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Patterson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Menace controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Patterson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Patterson prevents Menace from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Menace is working hard here to advance position.
Patterson wants to take a breather but Menace is having none of it.
Menace manages to get to full guard.
Menace keeping moving, preventing Patterson from controlling successfully.
Patterson engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Hank Patterson was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Menace throws the left hand but Patterson avoids the punch easily.
Menace connects with a leg kick. Patterson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Menace lands with a cross.

It looks like Hank Patterson has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Menace misses with a looping right.
Patterson takes one on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body punch from Menace.
A looping hook to the body misses from Menace. Patterson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Patterson throws a right and a left that Menace avoids nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Patterson. Menace does a little dance to reset his feet.
Menace moves out of range of the body kick from Patterson.
Patterson avoids the body shot from Menace.
Patterson takes one to the chin there.

Patterson is rocked!
Menace lands a big uppercut and this one is all over! His foe lies motionless on the canvas - a massive one punch knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Phantom Menace!
Our winner, Phantom Menace, 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.