PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Oscar Hernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Son (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hernandez might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Cocteau Twins - Song to the Siren. The crowd seem to be enjoying Son's choice of entrance music: You're Going Down. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Hernandez
vs
Son

185 cm
22
169 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
20
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Oscar Hernandez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Son!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Chad Campbell and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Son swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Son misses with a low kick as Hernandez jumps back.
Son has a takedown stuffed.
Nice straight punches there by Hernandez. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hernandez.
Hernandez scores with a punch to the head.
Son fails with a takedown attempt.
Son misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hernandez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Son.
Son throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hernandez's waist but Hernandez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Son off to one side.
Oscar Hernandez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Son.
Son tries a head kick but it misses.
Hernandez swats away the attempt to clinch by Son.
Son fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hernandez is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab by Hernandez.
Son misses with a low kick.
Son shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hernandez but Hernandez pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Hernandez connects with a body shot.
Son tries to clinch but Hernandez moves out of range.
Son swinging wilding here.
A shot to de liver by Hernandez. Beautiful body shot.
Son fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Son looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Son doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hernandez stalks Son and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Son's face. Son staggers backwards, shaken.
Hernandez digs a good body shot into Son's ribs.
Son takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hernandez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Son stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Oscar Hernandez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Son throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hernandez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hernandez digs a good body shot into Son's ribs.
Son shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Son shoots for a double leg takedown but Hernandez sprawls well. He's pushed Son's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hernandez connects with a single shot there.
Son fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Son tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Son throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hernandez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Son takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice body punch from Hernandez.

Son closes the distance and clinches.

Hernandez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Son takes one to the chin there.
Son misses with a head kick.
A swing and a miss from Son.
Hernandez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hernandez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hernandez displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez scores with a sloppy right hand. Son should have avoided that one.
Son wants to clinch but Hernandez slips to the side
and Hernandez counters with a right hand to the body.
A jab from Son misses.
Hernandez scores with a nice right hand.
Hernandez thuds his right hand into Son's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Son is trying desperately to land a takedown but Hernandez is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Son.
Hernandez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Son misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hernandez lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Son fails with the takedown.
Son looks gassed!
Hernandez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oscar Hernandez dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Son on the wrong end of a nice hook.
John Son is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Son takes one to the chin there.
Hernandez stuffs the takedown attempt from Son. Son gets slowly back to his feet.
Son drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Son slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Son darts in trying to clinch
and Hernandez counters with a right hand to the body.
Son tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hernandez counters with a right hand to the body.
Good shot there by Hernandez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hernandez with a nice cross.
Hernandez lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hernandez cracks Son with an open hand slap.
The crowd cheers as Hernandez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Son doesn't seem phased though.
Decent striking displayed by Hernandez there.
Son throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hernandez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A left and a right from Hernandez both land. Nice combination.
Son throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hernandez counters with a nice uppercut.
Son throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hernandez.
A left and a right from Hernandez both land. Nice combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Son tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hernandez counters with a series of strikes. Son will be more careful next time no doubt.
Son fails with the takedown.
Hernandez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hernandez checks a low kick from Son.
Son throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hernandez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Son throws a low kick but Hernandez avoids it.
Son wants to clinch but Hernandez slips to the side
and Hernandez counters with a series of strikes. Son will be more careful next time no doubt.
John Son seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Son tries to clinch up
and Son takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Son takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hernandez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hernandez works over Son's head and body with a nice combination.
Hernandez throws a combination. Son tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Son throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Son throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hernandez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Son shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hernandez pinned against the cage. Hernandez gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Oscar Hernandez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Son.
Hernandez with a nice cross.
Son lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Son throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Hernandez counter with a right hand.

Son has taken the fight to the clinch.

Son breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hernandez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Hernandez moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Hernandez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Son closes the distance and clinches up with Hernandez, looking for a takedown. Son pushes Hernandez against the cage but Hernandez circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Hernandez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hernandez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hernandez.
Son throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hernandez's waist but Hernandez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Son off to one side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oscar Hernandez dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Son tries to score with a low kick but Hernandez moves his leg out of the way.
Hernandez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Son.
Oscar Hernandez is winning the standup battle so far.
Son tries to clinch
and Hernandez counters with a straight right hand.
Son misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hernandez lands with an uppercut that bounces Son off the cage and back into rage.
Hernandez connects with a jab.
Son rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hernandez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hernandez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Son gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hernandez.
Son has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Son clinches but Hernandez breaks the clinch
enabling Hernandez to counter with a crisp jab.
Son throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hernandez counters with a left and a right that stings Son.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Son looks to clinch
and Hernandez counters with a left to the body.
Son swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Son pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Son fails in his attempt to clinch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Son.
Son takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hernandez lands a glancing blow to the side of Son's head.
Hernandez getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hernandez lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hernandez.
Son misses with a takedown attempt - Hernandez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Son gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Son tries to clinch up.
Hernandez misses with a series of wild punches.
Hernandez checks the leg kick nicely there.
Son misses with a head kick.
Son takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Son throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hernandez's waist but Hernandez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Son off to one side.
Oscar Hernandez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Son.
Hernandez lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Son swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hernandez counters with a straight right hand.
Decent striking displayed by Hernandez there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez stuffs the takedown attempt from Son. Son gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice uppercut lands for Hernandez. That snapped Son's head back.
Hernandez tests Son's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hernandez connects with a body shot.
Hernandez lands a jab-cross combination.
Hernandez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hernandez circles away from the clinch attempt
and Hernandez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Son. Son circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Son tries to clinch but Hernandez moves away
and Hernandez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hernandez lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Hernandez lands a jab to Son's midsection.
Son shoots in for a double leg but Hernandez sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Hernandez is working the combinations to good effect here.
Hernandez jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Son throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hernandez's waist but Hernandez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Son off to one side.
Son throws a body kick that misses.
Oscar Hernandez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Son misses with a combination
and Hernandez counters with a stiff right hand.
John Son has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hernandez checks a leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Oscar Hernandez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hernandez, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oscar Hernandez!