PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Hoffman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick The Prick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hoffman comes to the cage accompanied by Crazy Train. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Hoffman
vs
The Prick

185 cm
22
155 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

210 cm
22
155 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bobby Hoffman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dick The Prick!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Daniel Franklin and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoffman will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bobby Hoffman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hoffman lets loose with a powerful body kick. The Prick will feel that in the morning.
Hoffman really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

The Prick shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The Prick is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Hoffman is trying to stand.
The Prick controlling from mount.
The Prick scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The Prick lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hoffman is in a horrible position here. The Prick smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The Prick is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Hoffman is surviving well by controlling The Prick's body position as best he can.
The Prick controlling from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoffman is in all sorts of trouble here.
The Prick looking to finish Hoffman with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hoffman!
The Prick content just to control the position here.
The Prick fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hoffman tries to reverse the position but The Prick maintains control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The Prick putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The Prick looking to control and managing it successfully.
The Prick tries to control but Hoffman wriggling away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hoffman gets back to half guard.
The Prick lands strikes from half guard.
Hoffman makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Hoffman.
Hoffman looking to control.
Hoffman is breathing heavily.
The Prick trying to control the position from guard on top but Hoffman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Prick with a nice head shot there.
The Prick stopping the sweep attempt from Hoffman.
The Prick scoring with punches to the head and body.
The Prick looking to pass the guard.
The Prick controls from within his opponent's guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hoffman fails with the takedown

and The Prick counters with a single leg into guard. Hoffman didn't expect that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Prick passes Hoffman's left leg - he's now in half guard.

The Prick is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Hoffman is trying to control but The Prick manages to pass to mount!
The Prick controlling from mount.
Hoffman tries to reverse the position but The Prick maintains control.
Hoffman tries to hold on but The Prick postures up.
The Prick cracks Hoffman with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dick The Prick dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hoffman with a lazy takedown attempt

and The Prick decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Hoffman's guard.
Hoffman bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in The Prick's guard.

The Prick looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hoffman pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. The Prick is keeping the position for now.

Hoffman thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The Prick wants to sweep here but Hoffman controlling him for the moment.
The Prick throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Hoffman would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Hoffman stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Prick shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Hoffman counters with a shoot takedown. The Prick fights it but they end up in guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hoffman preventing the sweep.
The Prick has a closed guard, preventing Hoffman from standing up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hoffman accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

The Prick is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The Prick is pulling down on Hoffman's head to control his posture.
The Prick has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Prick manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hoffman manages to get himself to full guard.
The Prick lands a couple of digs.
The Prick wants to control from the top but Hoffman keeps moving.
The Prick advances to half guard.
The Prick lands strikes from half guard.
Hoffman misses with some strikes from the bottom.
The Prick prevents Hoffman from improving his position.
Ground and pound from The Prick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hoffman looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and The Prick pushes past his half guard into mount!

The Prick is working for a guillotine from mount but Hoffman frees his head quite easily.
The Prick trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hoffman might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Hoffman keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hoffman tries to lock up and control but The Prick gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Hoffman is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because The Prick is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Hoffman is looking to improve his position but The Prick isn't that keen on the idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The Prick with good strikes from the mount here!
Hoffman is looking to improve his position but The Prick isn't that keen on the idea.
The Prick can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hoffman is looking to escape.
Hoffman is looking to improve his position but The Prick isn't that keen on the idea.
The Prick avoids the attempt from Hoffman to control.
Hoffman really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The Prick lands a nice shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dick The Prick showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Hoffman rushes The Prick and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hoffman jumps guard but The Prick stands there with Hoffman around his waist. Hoffman gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Hoffman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hoffman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bobby Hoffman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hoffman tries to bum rush The Prick with a series of wild strikes but The Prick uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The Prick shoots and misses

and Hoffman moves into the clinch.
Hoffman has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. The Prick avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

The Prick gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
The Prick prevents Hoffman from getting back to his feet.
The Prick trying to control the position from guard on top but Hoffman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Prick works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Prick content to control rather than advance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Prick lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Hoffman tries to get to full guard but The Prick has control of the leg.
Hoffman trying to control here.
Hoffman tries to get to full guard but The Prick has control of the leg.
Hoffman wants to stand back up but The Prick manages to pass into side control.
Hoffman sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hoffman tries to regain full guard. Instead though, The Prick has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Hoffman working to try and regain half guard.
Hoffman manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Hoffman trying to control here.
Hoffman wants to get back to full guard.

Hoffman looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Prick controlling the pace.
The Prick working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

The Prick is looking for a kimura here.
Hoffman is looking for a sweep. The Prick is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hoffman wants to control but The Prick passes into side.
Hoffman gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
The Prick won't let Hoffman get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Hoffman tries to lock up and control but The Prick gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Hoffman tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dick The Prick has got the better of the ground game so far.

The Prick jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Hoffman is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Hoffman and The Prick has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Hoffman is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on The Prick's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Hoffman is trying to maintain the position but The Prick is very close to passing his half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dick The Prick comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got The Prick winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dick The Prick!