PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fred Hampton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johan August Sandels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Johan August Sandels enters the cage!

Hampton
vs
August Sandels

188 cm
31
199 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

185 cm
27
192 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Fred Hampton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johan August Sandels!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sandels pushes Hampton away with a front kick.
Sandels lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Fred Hampton has been cut.
Sandels scores with a jab.
Hampton just misses with a punch to the body.
A cross from Sandels lands.
Hampton throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sandels stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hampton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hampton on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sandels. Sandels obviously looking to wear him down.
Some bone on bone action there as Hampton checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hampton shoots in looking for a takedown. Sandels tries to sprawl out of it but Hampton keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sandels manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Hampton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sandels was well out of range. Poor timing from Hampton.
Sandels throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hampton misses with a jab to the body
and Hampton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sandels throws a nice head kick!

Hampton is rocked!
Sandels throws an overhand right that lands on Hampton's shoulder, as Hampton tries to avoid the shot.
Oh Hampton is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sandels tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hampton 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.
Hampton seems to have got his legs back now.
Hampton looks to score with a jab to the body but Sandels is just out of range.
Sandels swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hampton showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sandels.
Hampton tries to counter by clinching up but Sandels breaks away and moves out of range.
Sandels looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Sandels uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hampton.
Sandels throws a poor cross that misses
and Hampton counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hampton defending well as Sandels loads up on a big left hand.
Hampton was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Sandels misses with a looping right.
Hampton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sandels was well out of range. Poor timing from Hampton.
A clash of legs there as Hampton blocks the low kick.
Hampton thows a left - swing and a miss!
A shot to the liver by Sandels. Beautiful body shot.
Hampton misses with a straight right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sandels pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sandels looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hampton is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sandels sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Sandels lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hampton's sensitive parts.
Johan August Sandels is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hampton misses with a hook.
Hampton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sandels.
Sandels bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hampton avoids the head kick by Sandels.
A big left from Hampton misses.
Sandels buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sandels bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sandels missing with a left hand there. Hampton was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sandels swings widly with a right hand
and Hampton counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Johan August Sandels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hampton swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sandels throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sandels scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hampton doesn't seem bothered though.
Hampton avoids the head kick by Sandels.
Hampton takes a swing at Sandels's ribcage but misses.
Hampton walks into a left hand.
A head kick by Sandels misses
and Hampton counters with a right hand to the body.
Hampton throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sandels tries to land a front kick but Hampton steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Nice uppercut lands for Sandels. That snapped Hampton's head back.
No luck for Hampton with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fred Hampton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sandels looks to land a body kick but Hampton moved away.
Hampton swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.

Hampton shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Sandels's guard.
Hampton wants to control from the top but Sandels keeps moving.
Sandels tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hampton trying to control but Sandels is working from the bottom.
Hampton postures up in Sandels's guard and throws a big left but Sandels blocks it.
Sandels keeping moving, preventing Hampton from controlling successfully.
Hampton 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.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Sandels holds on and takes a little breather.
Sandels keeping moving, preventing Hampton from controlling successfully.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Hampton takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johan August Sandels dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fred Hampton's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sandels pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hampton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hampton takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sandels thows a leg kick but Hampton checks it

and Hampton counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Sandels tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Hampton manages to move to mount!
Hampton punching from mount but Sandels doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Hampton unloading with bombs!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sandels can do anything to dispel that myth.
Sandels wants to hold on but Hampton pushes him away.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sandels wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Hampton.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Hampton working for a guillotine from mount but Sandels is in no mood to give up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sandels tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hampton fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Hampton looking to secure an arm triangle but Sandels defends it well.
Hampton working Sandels over with strikes here.
Hampton controlling from mount.
Sandels is squirming around, avoiding Hampton's attempts to control the action.
Fred Hampton overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hampton throws a sloppy strike and Sandels uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Sandels has ended up in Hampton's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hampton trying to control the position.
Hampton is pulling down on Sandels's head to control his posture.

Hampton has an active guard here but Sandels has managed to pass into half guard.
Hampton is trying to maintain the position but Sandels is very close to passing his half guard.

That's four 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.
Sandels blocks the strikes from Hampton.
Sandels is thwarting Hampton's attempts to control the position.
Hampton is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Hampton moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hampton is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hampton manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sandels manages to get himself to full guard.

And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fred Hampton dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Fred Hampton's cut.
That's time! Hampton's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Sandels tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hampton is able to avoid easily.
Sandels scoring well with a low kick there.
Good work by Hampton as he checks the leg kick.
Hampton was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sandels avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hampton backing away here, and Sandels unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Sandels fails to land with a series of punches.
An inside leg kick lands from Sandels.
Hampton checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hampton throws out a loose jab but Sandels uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sandels throws a leg kick but Hampton sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sandels blocks a jab.
Sandels uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hampton.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sandels looks to land a right hand but Hampton moved out of range.
Hampton slips under a jab.
Sandels uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hampton.
Sandels looks to land a left hand but Hampton moved out of range nicely.
Sandels throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hampton throws a body shot but no joy.
Hampton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sandels manages to avoid it.
Sandels throws a leg kick but Hampton checks it.
Hampton throws a looping overhand right but Sandels ducks down to avoid it.
Hampton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sandels moves away.
Sandels pushes Hampton away with a front kick.
A jab from Hampton misses.
Sandels takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sandels. That's going to slow Hampton down.
Hampton throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sandels stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hampton is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Sandels lands a big head kick that sends Hampton tumbling to the mat! Sandels takes a step backwards and waves Hampton back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Johan August Sandels seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sandels swings for the body but Hampton moves out of range.
Hampton defending well as Sandels loads up on a big left hand.
Hampton is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Sandels.
Hampton throws a shot from downtown. Sandels moves away and avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hampton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sandels slips a jab from Hampton.
Sandels misses with a head kick.
A big left from Hampton misses.
Sandels throws a push kick but Hampton slaps the foot to one side.
A bone on bone clash there as Hampton blocks the leg kick.
Hampton misses the shot to the body.
Hampton throws a big shot that misses.
A big left from Sandels misses.
Hampton uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sandels.
Hampton takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sandels lands a nice looking body kick.
Sandels scores with a decent looking hook.
Hampton is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sandels.
Sandels looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Sandels punishes Hampton's body with a nice straight punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hampton is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sandels.
Hampton ducks under a wild hook from Sandels.
A little feinted left hand from Hampton on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sandels throws a push kick but Hampton slaps the foot to one side.
Sandels lands with a shot to the body.
Hampton lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sandels bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hampton missing with a left hand there. Sandels was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sandels digs a good hook to Hampton's body.
Sandels throws a shot from downtown. Hampton moves away and avoids it.
Hampton misses with an uppercut. Sandels saw that one coming.
Sandels throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sandels lands a head kick. Hampton smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Hampton avoids the head kick by Sandels.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hampton. Sandels does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sandels tries to land a leg kick but Hampton saw it coming and moves away.
Hampton moves away from the strike by Sandels.
Hampton looks to land a right hand but Sandels moved out of range.
Hampton misses with a straight left.
Hampton looks to land a right hand but Sandels moved out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sandels uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hampton.
Sandels uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hampton.
A head kick misses from Sandels.
Hampton blocks a head kick by Sandels.
Sandels misses with a hook.

Hampton closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Sandels holding on.

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

And that's the end of the fight!
Johan August Sandels comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sandels has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johan August Sandels!
An out of breath Johan August Sandels thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.