PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lukas Hanak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liquid Gold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hanak's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hanak
vs
Gold

172 cm
28
164 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

179 cm
25
158 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

KAISER
Museum of Monsters & Madmen

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 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lukas Hanak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Liquid Gold!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Donald Grub and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanak connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gold misses with a body kick.
Hanak swings away with a leg kick that misses.
We've been hearing reports that Hanak has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Gold punishes Hanak's body with a nice straight punch.
Hanak lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gold walks into a left hand.
Gold throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hanak sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gold explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Hanak throws the left hand but Gold avoids the punch easily.
A little jabbing left from Gold on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Gold bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Hanak lands a jab to the head.
Hanak connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gold misses with a wild body shot.
Hanak bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hanak.
Lukas Hanak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gold throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hanak.
Hanak fires out a quick counter leg kick but Gold just manages to avoid it.
Gold tests Hanak's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gold cracks Hanak with a right hand to the side of the head.
Gold on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gold misses with a kick to the body.
Gold fails to land with a series of punches.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hanak. That's going to slow Gold down.
Hanak throws a big shot that misses.
Hanak slips under a jab from Gold.
Gold throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A nice combination there by Hanak.
Gold throws a head kick that misses
and Hanak cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gold is looking to score with low kicks.
Hanak throwing a counter right hand but Gold manages to avoid it.
Hanak misses with an uppercut.
Hanak connects with a solid leg kick.
Hanak throws a low kick but Gold avoids it.
Gold steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Gold takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Gold throws a hook but Hanak blocks it.
Gold has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Hanak avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab lands there for Gold.
Gold throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hanak stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hanak throws a hook to the side of Gold's head but Gold sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hanak. That's going to slow Gold down.
Hanak missing with a left hand there. Gold was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That kick from Hanak tenderised Gold's leg. Gold is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gold cracks the inside of Hanak's front leg.
Hanak jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gold connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hanak's hands.
Good work by Gold as he checks the leg kick.
Gold misses with a body shot.
Gold jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gold, as that shot connected.
Hanak throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Gold stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hanak throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gold.
A jab from Hanak does it's job there.
Gold throws a head kick that Hanak semi-blocks.
Hanak pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gold misses with a hook. Hanak ducked under it nicely.
Gold attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gold swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gold walks into a straight right hand from Hanak.
Gold attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hanak lands a leg kick that knocks Gold off balance momentarily.
Hanak throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gold's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hanak throws out a powerful jab.
Hanak tries to score with a low kick but Gold moves his leg out of the way.
A lazy left from Gold finds it's target.
Hanak throws a leg kick which misses Gold's front leg but catches the back leg as Gold tries to avoid it.
Hanak moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Gold throws a front kick that sends Hanak stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hanak takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hanak paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gold pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hanak turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hanak throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gold.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gold lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hanak has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hanak and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Hanak throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hanak looks to land a body kick but Gold moved away.
Gold loads up on a big right hand but Hanak slips the punch.
Gold goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Gold takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hanak looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A low kick from Gold misses
and Hanak counters with an inside leg kick.
Gold misses with a body kick.
Hanak keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hanak bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hanak defending well as Gold loads up on a big left hand.
Hanak lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hanak throws out a loose jab but Gold uses good head movement to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gold scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hanak swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hanak attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hanak dodges the punch combination from Gold.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Lukas Hanak will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hanak cracks Gold with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hanak fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gold has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gold tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gold keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hanak.
Hanak sets himself, and Gold steps forward looking for the clinch! Hanak avoids it this time.
Hanak attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Gold on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gold looks to land a right hand but Hanak moved out of range.
Hanak throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gold.
Gold lands a leg kick that knocks Hanak off balance momentarily.
Gold throws a hook to the side of Hanak's head but Hanak sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hanak throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hanak misses with a hook
and Gold counters with a stiff right hand.
Gold chopping away at his opponent's legs.
An inside leg kick from Gold misses.
Gold wants to land a leg kick but Hanak is out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hanak darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gold misses with a looping right.
Hanak was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Hanak has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Gold. Hanak shrugs it off though.
Lukas Hanak is winning the standup battle so far.
Hanak lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hanak jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hanak missing with a left hand there. Gold was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hanak misses with a wild body shot.
Hanak moves out of range of the body kick.
Hanak dodges the punch combination from Gold.
Hanak half committed to a counter leg kick.
Gold thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hanak if he has to take too many more of those.
Gold will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gold steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hanak.
That kick from Hanak tenderised Gold's leg. Gold is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hanak waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gold.
Hanak pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hanak misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gold misses with a wild body shot.
As Gold backs away, Hanak returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Hanak scores with a nice right hand.
Gold throws a low kick but Hanak moves out of range easily.
Gold punishes Hanak's body with a nice straight punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gold scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gold throws a series of punches but Hanak avoids them all with ease.
Hanak misses with a hook. Gold ducked under it nicely.
Gold takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hanak takes one to the side of the head.
Hanak throws a good cross that connects.
Gold chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gold misses with a looping right.
Hanak swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Hanak tries to bum rush Gold with a series of wild strikes but Gold uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gold throws a lazy right hand but Hanak sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hanak 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.
Hanak connects with a leg kick. Gold looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gold takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gold takes a swing at Hanak's ribcage but misses.
Gold uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hanak.
Hanak looks to throw the jab but Gold is out of range.
Gold throws a solid leg kick but Hanak takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gold.
Gold throws a right hand that misses
and Hanak counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hanak moves out of range of the leg kick from Gold.
Gold throws an overhand right that lands on Hanak's shoulder, as Hanak tries to avoid the shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gold. Hanak does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hanak cracks a nice hook into Gold's ribs.
A good leg kick by Hanak.
Hanak tries a head kick but it misses.
Gold swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Good work by Gold as he checks the leg kick.
Hanak works the jab nicely.
Gold connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hanak. Hanak circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Good leg kick by Hanak there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hanak scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hanak thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanak dodges the punch combination from Gold.
Gold catches Hanak with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Nice uppercut lands for Hanak. That snapped Gold's head back.
Gold just misses with a punch to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Hanak on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hanak uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gold.
Gold wants to slow Hanak down by chopping away at his legs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gold. Hanak does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hanak scoring well with a low kick there.
Hanak lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gold at a distance.
Gold ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hanak moves away.
Gold throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gold checks a leg kick.
Gold misses the jab.
Gold throws a body punch but Hanak moves out of range.
Gold scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Lukas Hanak will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Gold throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hanak sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gold bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Hanak ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gold moves away.
Hanak throws a jab when Gold was well out of range.
Gold on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hanak thuds his right hand into Gold's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gold throws a lazy right hand but Hanak sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hanak fires out a quick counter leg kick but Gold just manages to avoid it.
Gold misses the body punch
and Hanak counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hanak lands a jab to the nose.
Gold throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gold connects with a nice looking jab.
Gold defending well as Hanak loads up on a big left hand.
Hanak fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gold with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hanak with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
An inside leg kick lands from Hanak.
Hanak will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A swing and a miss from Gold.
It looked like Hanak wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gold thows a left - swing and a miss!
A swing and a miss from Hanak.
Hanak on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hanak dodges the punch combination from Gold.
Gold checks a leg kick nicely.
Gold throws a body shot but no joy.
Hanak looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gold throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hanak loads up on a big right hand but Gold slips the punch.
Gold waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hanak.
Gold misses with a low kick.
Gold misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hanak lands an overhand right.
Hanak ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hanak goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gold moves out of range as Hanak strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gold on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hanak. Hanak obviously looking to wear him down.
Gold will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gold lands with a good body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hanak ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gold has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Gold throws a right hand that Hanak ducks under and follows up with a left that Hanak also avoids with ease.
Hanak misses with a hook.
Gold appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Hanak throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gold getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Gold misses with a leg kick
and Hanak counters with a leg kick.
Hanak slips under a jab from Gold.
Gold checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hanak lands a head shot.
Hanak thumps Gold with a low kick.
Gold tests Hanak's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gold takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hanak throws a good cross that connects.
Hanak throws a hook but Gold blocks it.
Gold lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gold. Hanak does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gold missing with a left hand there. Hanak was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gold throws a low kick, looking for Hanak's leg but Hanak calmly moves out of range.
Hanak looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Gold misses with a few strikes there.
Hanak digs a good body shot into Gold's ribs.
Hanak tries to score with a low kick but Gold moves his leg out of the way.
Gold on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hanak connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gold misses with a looping right.
Gold misses with a straight right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hanak with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gold throws a sloppy head kick and Hanak moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gold misses with a hook. Hanak ducked under it nicely.
Hanak feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Golds jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Gold misses with the combination.
Hanak avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hanak attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hanak throws a head kick but Gold moves out of range.
Hanak works Gold's body with a nice hook.
Hanak takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hanak avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gold.
Hanak stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gold misses with a straight right.
Liquid Gold has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gold tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hanak is able to avoid easily.
Lukas Hanak is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gold lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hanak's jab looks to have found its range, popping Gold under the eye.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Lukas Hanak.
Well Hanak has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Lukas Hanak!
A very excited looking Lukas Hanak made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.