PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hanson Recall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Angstrom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Recall's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Stairway to Heaven. Hanson Recall has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Recall
vs
Angstrom

178 cm
24
164 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

170 cm
21
161 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

On Tap (160Q)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hanson Recall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Harry Angstrom!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Recall connects with a solid leg kick.
Recall feints a jab promting Angstrom to slip. Recall then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Angstrom slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Recall does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Angstrom takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Recall moves out of range of the strikes.
Angstrom checks a low kick from Recall.
A bone on bone clash there as Angstrom blocks the leg kick.
Angstrom lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Recall motions for Angstrom to come forward. Recall throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Angstrom checks the leg kick.
Recall misses with a wild combination.
Recall fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Angstrom manages to avoid it.
Angstrom avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Angstrom shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Recall but Recall pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Recall is looking to counter the offense by Angstrom and move into the clinch.
Angstrom is looking to land body kicks.
Angstrom throws a hook but Recall avoids it easily.
Angstrom moves out of range of the body kick from Recall.
Recall will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hanson Recall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Recall throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Recall throws a series of punches but Angstrom avoids them all with ease.
Recall connects with a body shot that sends Angstrom's belly button to the back.
A punch lands to the side of Angstrom 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Recall scores with a jab.
Good work by Angstrom as he checks the leg kick.
We've been told by Recall's head coaches at Heart Cave (10 elites, 3 double-elites, 1 triple) that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Angstrom fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Recall manages to avoid it.
Angstrom tries a low kick but Recall avoids it.
Recall scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Angstrom instigates a clinch.

Angstrom breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Recall misses with an attempted mid kick.
Recall throws a leg kick but Angstrom sees it coming and moves out of range.
Angstrom shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Recall as he jumps to the side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Recall throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Recall throws a leg kick but Angstrom checks it.
Recall misses with a kick to the body.
Recall moves away from the strike by Angstrom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Recall avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hanson Recall is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Recall throws a body punch but Angstrom moves out of range.
Recall throws a wild body kick that Angstrom sees coming a mile off.
Angstrom tries to counter by closing the distance.
Recall throws a leg kick

and Angstrom counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Recall!
Recall gets back to half guard.
Angstrom not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Recall is looking to control Angstrom's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Recall avoid being mounted?
Angstrom has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Angstrom wants to control but Recall is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Recall works his way to full guard. Good work.
Angstrom engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Angstrom postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Angstrom landing with the ground and pound.

Recall throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Angstrom escapes and throws Recall's legs to the side, diving into side control!

Angstrom looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Angstrom trying to control the action but Recall is working from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Angstrom throws an elbow but Recall slips to the side and avoids it well.
Recall struggling a bit here.
Angstrom working the strikes but Recall uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
My spies in O'Brannigans MMA inform me that Angstrom has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Recall wants to improve his position but Angstrom is controlling well.

Angstrom wants to work for an arm triangle but Recall is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hanson Recall dominated that round.
That's time! Recall's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Angstrom throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Recall appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Angstrom takes a swing at Recall's ribcage but misses.
Recall pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Recall lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Angstrom at a distance.
Angstrom dodges the punch combination from Recall.
Angstrom will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Angstrom throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Angstrom tries to clinch there but Recall circles away.
Angstrom steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Recall.
Angstrom is trying to counter with his kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Angstrom throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Recall is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Angstrom.
Angstrom checks a low kick from Recall.
Angstrom is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Recall rather than just go for the knockout.
Recall throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Recall is looking to slow Angstrom down with leg kicks.
Angstrom takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Recall will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Recall moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Recall takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Recall throws a series of punches but Angstrom moves out of range.
A combination from Recall does no damage.
Recall looks to land a right hand but Angstrom moved out of range.
Recall throws a leg kick but Angstrom sees it coming and moves out of range.
Angstrom lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Recall throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Angstrom unleashes a big counter combination but Recall bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Recall throws a right hand that Angstrom ducks under and follows up with a left that Angstrom also avoids with ease.
Recall does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

Angstrom closes the distance and clinches.
Angstrom has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Recall is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Angstrom manages to break the clinch.
Recall throws a half hearted mid kick.
Recall throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Recall misses with a two punch combination.
Angstrom is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Recall with a body shot.
Recall throws a leg kick but Angstrom moved away.
Some wild striking there from Recall.
Angstrom looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Angstrom throws a right hand that Recall ducks under and follows up with a left that Recall also avoids with ease.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Angstrom takes one to the side of the head.

Angstrom has Recall up against the cage in a clinch.
Recall prevents a body shot from Angstrom.

Angstrom breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Recall misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A telegraphed right hand from Recall misses the target.
Angstrom fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Recall fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Recall throws a leg kick

and Angstrom counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Angstrom.
Angstrom lands a body punch.
Recall misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Angstrom.

Angstrom breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Angstrom moves out of range of the leg kick from Recall.

Angstrom closes the distance and pushes Recall back into the cage.
Recall is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Angstrom can do to turn this around?

Angstrom breaks the clinch.
Angstrom needs to keep his hands up - Recall had a free shot at his head there.
Hanson Recall is winning the standup battle so far.
Angstrom is looking to clinch.

Angstrom closes the distance and pushes Recall back into the cage.
Angstrom working aggressively here.
Recall throws an elbow but it misses.
Recall is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Angstrom is defending well for now.
Angstrom is looking to take this one to the mat.
Hanson Recall has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Harry Angstrom.
Angstrom blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Angstrom.
Recall misses with a punch to the body.
Angstrom has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Recall after a bit of a struggle.
Angstrom blocks a body shot from Recall.
Angstrom struggles to land a body shot inside as Recall controls his hands.
Recall misses with a body punch.
Recall tries to land knees in the clinch but Angstrom avoids the damage to the body.
Angstrom fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Angstrom's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Recall fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fighters circling - Recall throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Recall cracks Angstrom with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Recall misses with a hook. Angstrom ducked under it nicely.

Angstrom clinches up with Recall and pushes him back against the cage.
Recall blocks a body shot from Angstrom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hanson Recall dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Recall throws an off balance right hand
and Angstrom counters with a series of strikes. Recall will be more careful next time no doubt.

Angstrom fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Recall, pushing him back against the cage.
Angstrom goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Angstrom is stalling here.
Recall creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Recall tries to work over Angstrom's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Recall avoiding damage as Angstrom throws knees to the body.
Angstrom throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Recall tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Angstrom avoids it.
Recall stops a takedown attempt from Angstrom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters up against the cage, Angstrom throws an elbow but misses.
Recall tries to land knees in the clinch but Angstrom avoids the damage to the body.
Angstrom blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Recall just misses with a elbow thrown towards Angstrom's brow.
Angstrom tries to throw a body punch but Recall avoids it by throwing Angstrom back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Angstrom breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Angstrom shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Recall but Recall pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Recall throws a nice looking combination but Angstrom bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A countering left hand to the body from Angstrom misses.
A low kick from Recall is predictable there

and Angstrom decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Recall's guard.
Angstrom is looking to work some ground and pound but Recall has wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Recall is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Recall looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Angstrom slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Harry Angstrom has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Recall is looking for a sweep.
Recall taking a bit of punishment here - Angstrom scoring with strikes.
Angstrom tries to advance to mount but Recall denies him.
Angstrom landing a few strikes.

Angstrom swings around for an armbar but Recall sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Angstrom's guard.
Recall has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Recall tries to free his leg and advance position but Angstrom is retaining full guard.

Angstrom is looking to cinch up a triangle. Recall throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Angstrom's body to avoid the submission. Angstrom has instead reached around Recall's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Angstrom arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Harry Angstrom!
Harry Angstrom was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
Hanson Recall was interviewed post fight and said 'That sucked'.