PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Geeves Armstrong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Crack Hack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Armstrong might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Kickstart My Heart. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Armstrong
vs
Hack

162 cm
30
167 lbs
9 - 9 - 1

175 cm
26
166 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Tokyo United Fightwear

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 9 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Geeves Armstrong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Crack Hack!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Paul Gruel and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Armstrong throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Armstrong misses with a kick to the body.
Hack tries to counter with a clinch but Armstrong shakes him off and moves away.

Hack has Armstrong up against the cage in a clinch.
Hack lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Armstrong.
Armstrong trying to stall but Hack improves his position.
Hack lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hack misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hook to the body lands for Armstrong.
Armstrong is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hack landing knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Armstrong is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hack is defending well for now.
Hack lands a nice knee to the body.
The referee calls for Hack to work.
Hack lands a left hand.
Armstrong tries to land knees in the clinch but Hack avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hack scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hack utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hack lands a left hand that snaps the head of Armstrong backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hack.
Hack digs a right hand underneath Armstrong's ribcage. Armstrong let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Armstrong avoiding damage as Hack throws knees to the body.
Armstrong throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Armstrong takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Armstrong displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hack up against the cage.
Armstrong displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hack up against the cage.
Hack is pushing Armstrong up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hack lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hack missing with knees to the body.
Hack misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Armstrong.
Armstrong misses with a punch on the inside.
Armstrong trying to land knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Armstrong scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hack pushes Armstrong back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A hook to the body from Hack.
Hack blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hack.
Hack scores a nice knee to the body.
Hack lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hack pushes Armstrong back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hack crunches a lovely knee into Armstrong's ribcage.
Hack landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Armstrong manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong misses with a wild body shot.
Armstrong lands with a kick to the temple. Hack shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Hack lands the left hand.
Geeves Armstrong is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Hack shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Hack trying to mount his opponent but Armstrong defends it.

Hack is working for a kimura but Armstrong is defending it quite comfortably.

Hack is looking for a kimura here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong moves into full guard.
Armstrong avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hack is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Armstrong keeping full guard, as Hack tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Crack Hack dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hack moves in looking to clinch but Armstrong pushes him off.
Armstrong wants to slow Hack down by chopping away at his legs.
Hack wants to counter the offense by Armstrong and move into the clinch position.
Armstrong throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Hack throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Armstrong was covering up waiting for the punch and Hack finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Armstrong is rocked!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hack's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Oh Armstrong is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Hack gets to his feet - Armstrong follows without any prompting.

Hack has managed to clinch.
Armstrong is pressed against the cage. Hack pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Armstrong! Two more big strikes from Hack and Armstrong crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Crack Hack!
After winning the bout, Crack Hack thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.