PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Burt The Hurt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Socrates (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Hurt comes to the cage accompanied by Stayin' Alive. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

The Hurt
vs
Socrates

168 cm
29
142 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

172 cm
21
140 lbs
5 - 5 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Burt The Hurt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Daniel Socrates!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The Hurt clinches.
The Hurt definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The Hurt working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Socrates is looking to break free of the clinch but The Hurt has double underhooks.
Socrates working hard to break the clinch.
The Hurt lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Socrates or not.
The Hurt landing knees to the head.

It looks like Daniel Socrates has been cut.
Socrates is trying to break the clinch but The Hurt has him pressed against the cage.
The Hurt working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The Hurt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The Hurt putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Socrates in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Socrates blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The Hurt doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The Hurt lands a knee to the head.
The Hurt connects with a nasty looking knee right to Socrates's face.
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!
The Hurt lands with a short shot to the head.
Socrates is trying to break the clinch but The Hurt is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Socrates's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from The Hurt.
Socrates wants to get back to striking at distance but The Hurt won't allow it.
Socrates is trying to break the clinch but The Hurt is controlling him.
Socrates has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Socrates wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The Hurt lands a right hand.
The Hurt is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Socrates is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, The Hurt creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The Hurt lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Socrates.
The Hurt lands a shot to the body.
The Hurt scores a nice knee to the body.
Socrates tries to break free but The Hurt pushes him back against the cage.
A hook to the body from The Hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from The Hurt.
The Hurt lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Socrates is trying to break the clinch but The Hurt has him pressed against the cage.
The Hurt with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The Hurt cracks Socrates with a nice body shot.
The Hurt pushes Socrates back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The Hurt presses Socrates against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The Hurt works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Socrates looks winded!
The Hurt softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The Hurt lands with a light punch inside.
The Hurt lands a hook that snaps the head of Socrates backwards.
The Hurt landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The Hurt throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Socratess head.
The Hurt throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Socratess head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Socrates is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The Hurt landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The Hurt scores a nice knee to the body.
The Hurt scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The Hurt with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from The Hurt.
The Hurt scores with a knee to the head.

Socrates is rocked!
The Hurt gets through Socrates's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Socrates is still on wobbly legs! Can The Hurt finish him?
The Hurt lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Socrates.
The Hurt working some nice short punches in the clinch.
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!
Socrates tries to break free but The Hurt pushes him back against the cage.
The Hurt lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The Hurt has Socrates pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Socrates is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from The Hurt - that's hurt Socrates badly! Oh, another knee lands and Socrates is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Socrates doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Burt The Hurt!
After the fight, Burt The Hurt was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.