PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hammer Hands (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rebel Lynch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hands
vs
Lynch

176 cm
19
170 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
185 lbs
2 - 14 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)
Tokyo United Fightwear

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hammer Hands!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Rebel Lynch!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hands shoots in but Lynch avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Lynch fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hands keeps the fight on the outside.
Lynch throws a series of punches but Hands avoids them all with ease.
Lynch lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Hands looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Lynch keeping moving, preventing Hands from controlling successfully.
Hands won't allow Lynch to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hands chips away with some ground and pound.
Hands with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lynch wants to get back to his feet but Hands is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hands postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hands wants to pass the guard but Lynch is keeping the position.
Hands with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hands sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Lynch's guard.
Lynch is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hands scores with a couple of nice shots.
Lynch is refusing to be controlled, as Hands sits in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hands works his way into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hands is working Lynch over with some ground and pound from side control.
Hands landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Hands scoring with punches and elbows.
Hands landing strikes.
Hands moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
We've been hearing that Hands has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hands lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Hands cracks Lynch with an elbow. That is naaassty.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hands lands an elbow.

Lynch is rocked!
Lynch is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Lynch is still in real trouble! Can Hands finish him?
Hands 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.
A big shot lands for Hands! That's hurt Lynch! Will he recover? Hands fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hammer Hands!