PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fred Hampton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drew Poorly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hampton
vs
Poorly

188 cm
29
199 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

180 cm
20
197 lbs
4 - 2 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Fred Hampton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Drew Poorly!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Konstantin Menshow and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hampton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hampton feinted with a counter takedown.

Hampton gets tackled into the cage by Poorly. Poorly maintains the clinch.
Hampton is trying to push Poorly away but Poorly has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hampton.
Poorly is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hampton is keeping busy.
Poorly is defending well against a takedown attempt.
A short right from Poorly on the inside.

Poorly lands a takedown into guard.
Hampton has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Hampton working for a triangle but Poorly defends it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hampton wants to sweep but no luck.
Hampton seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hampton is working hard here to advance position.
Poorly really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hampton. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Hampton is looking for a triangle here but Poorly uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Hampton manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Hampton is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hampton is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Poorly's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Poorly's back!

Poorly defends a prolonged rear naked choke attempt and turns nicely into his opponent's guard.

Hampton working for a triangle but Poorly defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poorly is stalling in the full guard.
Hampton manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Poorly manages to get himself to full guard.

Hampton advances to half guard.
Poorly wants to control but Hampton is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hampton seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Hampton is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Hampton is looking to take a break and control but Poorly is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Poorly keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hampton performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Poorly has hold of Hampton's hands but Hampton slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poorly tries to get to full guard but Hampton has control of the leg.
Hampton throwing shots but Poorly is blocking nicely.

Hampton seems to be looking for submissions.

Hampton is looking for a kimura here.

Hampton is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Poorly sees it coming and defends easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Hampton is working for a kimura but Poorly is defending it quite comfortably.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fred Hampton dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hampton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hampton tries to counter with a takedown but Poorly is quick to defend against it.
Hampton slips a straight right by Poorly.
Hampton changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Poorly tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Hampton counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Hampton seems to be looking for submissions.
Poorly is refusing to be controlled, as Hampton sits in half guard.

Hampton 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hampton seems to be working for a kimura but Poorly defends the submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hampton sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Poorly defending well though.

Poorly is defending against the submission attempts here by Hampton.
Hampton wants to control but Poorly is keeping him busy.

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.
Poorly wants to control but Hampton is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Hampton uses his free foot to push down on Poorly's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Poorly.

Hampton goes for an armbar but Poorly turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Poorly.
Hampton looking to hit a scissor sweep but Poorly is one step ahead there.

Hampton working for a triangle but Poorly defends it easily.
Poorly looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hampton looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Fred Hampton overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Hampton looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Poorly must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Hampton controlling the position.
Hampton has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

Hampton has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Poorly can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Hampton is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Poorly can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poorly wants to control from the top but Hampton keeps moving.
Hampton looking to control.
Hampton is really struggling to control Poorly but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Hampton is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Poorly is aware though and is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fred Hampton 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. This is the final round!

Hampton tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Poorly swivels and escapes.
Poorly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Poorly fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hampton, pushing him back against the cage.
Hampton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Poorly tries to throw a body punch but Hampton avoids it by throwing Poorly back against the cage.
Poorly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Poorly misses with a punch to the body.
Poorly lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hampton.
Poorly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Poorly lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Poorly lands a shoulder strike.
Poorly avoids the elbow strike from Hampton, against the cage.
Poorly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hampton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Poorly breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Poorly, as that shot connected.
Poorly looks to throw the jab but Hampton is out of range.
Hampton tries to counter with a takedown but Poorly is quick to defend against it.
Poorly tries to clinch up but Hampton circles away and keeps his distance.
Poorly has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Hampton is landing a low percentage of strikes.

Hampton gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Hampton is looking for a triangle but Poorly pushes his legs off easily.
Hampton is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Poorly got a little sloppy there for a moment and Hampton has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Poorly has managed to get both his arms back between Hampton's legs - danger averted.
Poorly not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Drew Poorly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poorly tries to free his leg and advance position but Hampton is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hampton not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Hampton working for a triangle but Poorly defends it easily.

Hampton working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Poorly doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Poorly manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Hampton looking for a guillotine here but Poorly defends easily.
Hampton keeping moving, preventing Poorly from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hampton looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Poorly sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Hampton pulls Poorly in close to prevent any damage.
Hampton wants to sweep but no luck.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hampton keeping moving, preventing Poorly from controlling successfully.
Hampton is trying to keep Poorly in close.

Poorly got a little sloppy there for a moment and Hampton has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Poorly has managed to get both his arms back between Hampton's legs - danger averted.
Hampton controls Poorly momentarily but Poorly frees himself.

Hampton looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Poorly scoring with some ground and pound.
Hampton utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Fred Hampton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hampton pulls Poorly in to control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Drew Poorly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hampton has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:28
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fred Hampton!