PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Deck Hammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Kint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hammer comes to the cage accompanied by give me rise. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Hammer
vs
Kint

189 cm
25
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
156 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Deck Hammer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Daniel Kint!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hammer changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Kint tries to avoid it but Hammer manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Kint to the ground. Kint escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hammer darts in looking for a takedown but Kint gets double underhooks and turns Hammer into the cage.
Kint is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Hammer is defending well.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hammer.
Hammer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hammer really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Hammer lands with a short shot to the head.
Kint is trying to force a seperation but Hammer has the dominant position.
Hammer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hammer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kint has him pressed against the cage.
Hammer makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hammer is trying to break the clinch but Kint has him pressed against the cage.
Kint tries to pull guard but Hammer holds him up against the cage and eventually Kint drops back down to his feet.
Kint missing with knees to the body.
Kint wants a takedown but no success here.
Deck Hammer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Kint.
Hammer is trying to break the clinch but Kint is controlling him.
Hammer is trying to break the clinch but Kint is controlling him.
A short left from Hammer.
Kint looking for a takedown.
Hammer lands with a left to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hammer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hammer fails with the takedown.
Hammer shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Kint but Kint pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Hammer shoots in looking for a takedown but Kint manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Hammer's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Deck Hammer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hammer goes for a double leg but Kint avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Kint continues to drive forward.
Kint is trying to pull guard but Hammer turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Kint is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Hammer to keep the fight standing.
Kint takes a shot to the head.
Kint fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Kint is looking for a takedown.
Kint is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hammer is keeping busy.
Hammer can't break the clinch.
Kint is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Hammer is defending well.

Hammer manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammer shoots and misses

and Kint moves into the clinch.
Hammer can't break the clinch.
Kint keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hammer's efforts to push away.
Hammer prevents Kint from breaking the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hammer.
Hammer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kint's efforts to push away.
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!
Kint jumps guard but Hammer turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Hammer lands with a short shot to the head.
Kint is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Hammer is defending well.

Hammer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hammer looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kint is fending him off so far but Hammer persists. Nope, Kint circles away and we're back to standing.
Hammer shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kint as he avoids it easily.
Kint defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hammer.

Kint closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Hammer did well to prevent Kint getting side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammer missing with punches from the bottom.
Hammer is breathing heavily.
Hammer throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Hammer flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Kint wants to stand up but Hammer has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Kint is looking to take a break and control but Hammer is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kint might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Hammer haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Kint blocks the strikes from Hammer.
Kint wants to stand up but Hammer is controlling the position.
Hammer is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Kint scores with a couple of nice shots.

Kint is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hammer defends it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammer throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Hammer misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Hammer is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Kint connects with a nice short shot to Hammer's temple.
Hammer 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.
Kint wants to take a breather but Hammer is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kint keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Kint lands with a punch from half guard.
Kint wants to control but Hammer is keeping him busy.
Kint sitting and controlling from the half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kint blocks the strikes from Hammer.
Kint blocks the strikes from Hammer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Deck Hammer will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Kint scores with a takedown into Hammer's guard.
Hammer throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Kint is in close to Hammer's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hammer will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Kint trying to control the position from guard on top but Hammer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hammer throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hammer will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Kint stands up over Hammer, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hammer doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Hammer doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Hammer throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Kint working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hammer's head.
Hammer has a closed guard, preventing Kint from standing up.
Hammer throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Kint really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hammer. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammer thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Kint has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Hammer is proving hard to escape from.
Hammer throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Hammer throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Kint stays in close to Hammer's body and controls the position.
Hammer throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Kint lands a couple of elbows.
Kint trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kint trying to stand up but can't free himself from Hammer's guard.
Hammer is striking from the bottom but Kint uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Hammer missing with punches from the bottom.
Kint is keen to just control but Hammer is a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammer strikes from the bottom but Kint passes into mount!
Hammer flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hammer tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kint can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hammer is looking to escape.
Daniel Kint has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kint putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Kint landing strikes from the mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kint trying to control but Hammer is having none of it.
Kint landing shots from mount.
Hammer is squirming around, avoiding Kint's attempts to control the action.
Kint lands a heavy elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kint tries to control but Hammer wriggling away.
Hammer regains half guard.
Hammer punching from the bottom.
Hammer keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kint prevents Hammer from improving his position.
Kint seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hammer manages to get to full guard.
Kint trying to control but Hammer is working from the bottom.
Kint stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hammer swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammer throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Hammer throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Hammer keeping moving, preventing Kint from controlling successfully.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Daniel Kint has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Hammer shoots in for a takedown but Kint shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Hammer with a lazy takedown attempt

and Kint counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
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!
Kint landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Hammer is defending against the submission attempts here by Kint.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters are battling for position here. Hammer manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Kint showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Kint wants to clinch.
Kint tries to clinch up.
Kint fails with a takedown attempt.
Kint throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hammer's waist but Hammer gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kint off to one side.
Hammer tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Kint defends well and Hammer ends up having to push Kint into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hammer creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hammer scores with a shoulder strike.

Hammer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hammer is trying hard to land a takedown here. Kint sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Hammer darts in looking for a takedown but Kint gets double underhooks and turns Hammer into the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Deck Hammer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Still in the clinch, Hammer scores with a nice short uppercut.

Hammer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kint throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kint is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hammer shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Kint defends it nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hammer tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Kint defends well and Hammer ends up having to push Kint into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Kint is trying to pull guard but Hammer has him pressed against the cage.
Kint tries to pull guard but Hammer forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Hammer is trying to force a seperation but Kint has the dominant position.
Kint is trying to push Hammer away but Hammer has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A nice left hand lands by Hammer.
Kint fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Hammer breaks from the clinch.
Hammer misses with a takedown attempt - Kint sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kint wants to clinch up but Hammer keeps it at a distance.
Hammer dives in and grabs Kint's left leg, looking for a takedown. Kint pushes down on Hammer's head and hops out.
Hammer leaves Kint with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hammer looks for a takedown but Kint sprawls well.
Hammer gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Kint counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kint seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hammer does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Kint is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Kint lands strikes from half guard.
Hammer flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Hammer flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Kint content to control rather than advance.
Kint is looking to advance position but Hammer won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kint prevents Hammer from improving his position.
Hammer throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

Kint is working for a submission of some sort.
Still in half guard, Kint seems content to control.
Hammer is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Kint scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kint wants to pass the guard but Hammer is defending well.
Hammer punching from the bottom.
Kint wants to stand but Hammer has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Kint controlling the action here.
Hammer misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Nice strikes from Kint there.
Kint takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kint drops an elbow to the side of Hammer's head.

Kint seems to be working for a kimura but Hammer defends the submission attempt.
Hammer misses with some strikes from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Kint comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kint has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 28:29
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Kint!
Deck Hammer was interviewed post fight and said 'lost is part of game'.