PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Francis Hampton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Tornqvist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Francis Hampton has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Francis Hampton seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Hampton
vs
Tornqvist

167 cm
21
161 lbs
1 - 2 - 1

175 cm
22
164 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White 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 1 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Francis Hampton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jimmy Tornqvist!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tornqvist slips a jab from Hampton.
Tornqvist lands with a right hand.

Tornqvist closes the distance and clinches.
Tornqvist is trying to force a seperation but Hampton has the dominant position.

Tornqvist is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Hampton can't fight it off and eventually Tornqvist manages to take the fight to the floor. Hampton looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Tornqvist stays in close to Hampton's body and controls the position.
Tornqvist has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Hampton is proving hard to escape from.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tornqvist looking to sit in guard and control but Hampton gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Tornqvist wants to stand up but Hampton is controlling him.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Francis Hampton wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Tornqvist shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Tornqvist tries to stand but his arm is trapped.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tornqvist trying to control from half guard but Hampton is working away.
Tornqvist scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Hampton wants to improve his position but Tornqvist is controlling well.
Hampton is trying to stand.
Tornqvist seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Tornqvist trying to advance position but Hampton counters by regaining guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hampton thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Tornqvist is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Hampton is trying to control the position but Tornqvist postures up.
Hampton keeping moving, preventing Tornqvist from controlling successfully.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Jimmy Tornqvist hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Tornqvist gets the takedown into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tornqvist trying to control the position but Hampton is working away.
Hampton being controlled for a moment.
Tornqvist trying to control the position but Hampton is working away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tornqvist landing a few strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Tornqvist dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hampton looks to land a right hand but Tornqvist moved out of range.

Tornqvist scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
It looks like Tornqvist is going to stand back up.
Tornqvist seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hampton does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Hampton is looking to improve his position.
Hampton trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Tornqvist manages to pass to mount!
Tornqvist sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hampton working to try and regain half guard.
Tornqvist tries to control but Hampton wriggling away.
BOOM! Tornqvist connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Jimmy Tornqvist has got the better of the ground game so far.
Tornqvist putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tornqvist trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Tornqvist unloading with bombs!

Hampton is rocked!
Hampton takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Tornqvist's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jimmy Tornqvist!