PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Neville Boyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rasmus Hansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Neville Boyer is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Boyer
vs
Hansen

162 cm
18
161 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Inexperienced

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Neville Boyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rasmus Hansen!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Boyer clinches up against the cage.

Hansen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hansen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Boyer takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Boyer clinches with his opponent.
Boyer drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hansen gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Hansen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hansen scores with a sloppy right hand. Boyer should have avoided that one.
Hansen is looking to clinch.

Boyer instigates a clinch.
Boyer tries for a takedown but Hansen manages to get underhooks.

Boyer has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Hansen uses from the top position.
Boyer is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boyer lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Boyer thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hansen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Boyer.
Boyer could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Boyer missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hansen looks winded!
Hansen on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Boyer working the head and body with strikes.
Boyer throwing shots but Hansen is blocking nicely.
Hansen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Boyer is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Boyer lands strikes from half guard.
Hansen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Boyer.
Boyer lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Boyer 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.
Hansen pushes Boyer off looking to stand but Boyer dives back in and keeps control.
Boyer throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Boyer working the head and body with strikes.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hansen can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Boyer there.
Boyer is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Boyer thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Boyer looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hansen with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Boyer lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Boyer looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Boyer landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ground and pound from Boyer.
Boyer looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hansen with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Boyer working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Hansen is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Boyer scores with a couple of nice shots.
Hansen is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Boyer scores with a couple of nice shots.
Boyer slips a nice elbow through Hansen's hands, connecting with Hansen's forehead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Boyer postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Hansen to stand up.
Boyer doesn't manage to clinch there - Hansen circles away.

Boyer has closed the distance and engaged Hansen in a clinch.

Boyer manages to pull guard.
Boyer bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hansen's guard.

Boyer content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boyer postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Boyer throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hansen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Boyer with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Boyer in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boyer postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Boyer is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Boyer throws a big elbow that misses.
Boyer throwing strikes from guard but Hansen blocks nicely.
Boyer throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hansen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Boyer makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Boyer postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Neville Boyer dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hansen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Boyer fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hansen, pushing him back against the cage.

Boyer jumps into guard, dragging Hansen to the mat.
Hansen tries to stand but Boyer is controlling from the bottom.
Neville Boyer overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Boyer lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Boyer is working Hansen over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hansen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boyer is looking to work some ground and pound but Hansen has wrist control.
Boyer working some strikes from top position.
Hansen is breathing heavily.
Boyer connects with a couple of short punches.
Boyer with a nice head shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boyer lands a couple of elbows.

Boyer decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Boyer is looking to clinch but Hansen is avoiding it.
Neville Boyer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Boyer instigates a clinch.
Boyer tries for a takedown but Hansen manages to get underhooks.

Hansen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Boyer closes the distance and clinches.
Hansen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Boyer goes for a takedown in the clinch but Hansen prevents it.
Boyer tries to score a body lock takedown but Hansen shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Neville Boyer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boyer is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Hansen breaks the clinch.
Boyer walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Boyer dodges the punch combination from Hansen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hansen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Hansen tries to keep at a distance but Boyer has taken the fight into the clinch.
Boyer is trying to pull guard but Hansen has him pressed against the cage.
Hansen is looking to break free of the clinch but Boyer has double underhooks.

Hansen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Boyer instigates a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Boyer successfully pulls guard.
Boyer wants to hit a switch here but Hansen passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Boyer there!
Hansen is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansen looking to control but Boyer is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Boyer regains half guard.
Boyer wants to control but Hansen is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Boyer regains full guard. Nicely done.
Hansen wants to stand but Boyer is controlling his posture from full guard.
Hansen must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hansen trying to control the position from guard on top but Boyer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Boyer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hansen can do to turn this around?
Hansen throws an elbow that misses. Boyer uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hansen's guard. Nice move by Boyer!

Boyer throws a big elbow that misses.
Boyer loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Boyer stands up over Hansen, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Boyer working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Boyer scoring with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Neville Boyer dominated that second 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Boyer wants to clinch.

Boyer drives through and clinches with Hansen against the cage.

Boyer has clasped his hands together around Hansen's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Boyer sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Hansen is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Boyer in side control lands a decent elbow.
Hansen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Boyer. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boyer throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Hansen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hansen is trying to get back to half guard.
Boyer throws a strike aimed at the side of Hansen's head but Hansen avoids it well.
Boyer scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boyer working the head and body with strikes.
Boyer throws an elbow but Hansen slips to the side and avoids it well.
Hansen is working to avoid the ground and pound but Boyer connects with a decent elbow.
Hansen takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

Boyer thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Boyer throws an elbow but Hansen slips to the side and avoids it well.

Boyer wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Hansen, who protects the arm well.

Boyer is working to tighten his grip on Hansen's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Hansen has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Boyer is really squeezing tight and eventually Hansen passes out! Boyer breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Neville Boyer!