PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mister Hankey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Git Push (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Git Push told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Hankey
vs
Push

180 cm
25
184 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

176 cm
25
173 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Drumpf Pharmaceutical

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mister Hankey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Git Push!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Santiago Holmes and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hankey gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Push looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hankey tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Push jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hankey walks away with a smile on his face. Push gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Hankey clinches up against the cage.
Hankey misses with a knee to the head.
Hankey tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Push tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hankey smiles and moves away.

Hankey clinches up against the cage.
Hankey putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Push in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hankey throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Push blocks it with crossed arms.
Push fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Mister Hankey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Git Push.
Push jumps guard but Hankey stands there with Push around his waist. Push gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hankey misses with a knee to the head.
Hankey utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hankey lands a knee to the body.
Hankey lands a nice knee to the body.
Hankey tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hankey lands a knee to the head.
Push looks winded!
Hankey landing knees to the body.
Hankey using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Push has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hankey tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A knee to the head by Hankey.
Hankey landing knees to the head.
Hankey with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hankey throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Push blocks it with crossed arms.
Hankey looking to throw knees to the head but Push is blocking nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Push fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Push jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hankey walks away with a smile on his face. Push gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Hankey pushes Push up against the cage in a clinch.
Hankey throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Push blocks it with crossed arms.
Hankey lands a good knee to the midsection. Push won't want to take too many of those.
Hankey using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Push has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Push jumps guard but Hankey stands there with Push around his waist. Push gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Push jumps guard but Hankey stands there with Push around his waist. Push gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Push tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hankey obliges.
Push takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hankey lands a knee to the head.
Push is trying to pull guard but Hankey turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hankey looking to throw knees to the head but Push is blocking nicely.
Hankey landing knees to the head.
Hankey tries a knee to the head but Push blocks it.
Hankey tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hankey with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Push tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Hankey throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hankey with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hankey tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hankey is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hankey lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hankey using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Push has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hankey is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Push is defending well for now.
Push jumps guard but Hankey turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hankey lands a knee to the body.
Push takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Push is trying to pull guard but Hankey has him pressed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Hankey.
Hankey looking to throw knees to the head but Push is blocking nicely.
Hankey tries to land a knee to the head but Push blocks with his arms.
Hankey looking to throw knees to the head but Push is blocking nicely.
Hankey tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Push tries to pull guard but Hankey forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Hankey landing knees to the head.
Hankey misses with a knee to the head.
Push fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Hankey tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mister Hankey dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Push fails with a takedown attempt.

Hankey has managed to clinch.
Hankey throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Push blocks it with crossed arms.
Push is trying to pull guard but Hankey turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Push is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Hankey to keep the fight standing.
Mister Hankey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Git Push.
Push fails to pull guard.
Hankey lands a knee to the head.
Hankey with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hankey throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Push blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hankey misses with a knee to the head.
Hankey connects with a knee to the head.
Hankey tries to land a knee to the head but Push blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hankey throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hankey tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Push is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Hankey to keep the fight standing.
Hankey with a knee to the head.
Hankey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Push can do to turn this around?
Hankey looking to throw knees to the head but Push is blocking nicely.

Push manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Push wants to sweep here but Hankey controlling him for the moment.

Push working for a triangle but Hankey defends it easily.

Push working for submissions but it's allowed Hankey to get to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Push tries to get to full guard but Hankey has control of the leg.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hankey lands a nice short elbow.
Push gets back to full guard.
Hankey lands a couple of elbows.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Push is trying to keep Hankey in close.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hankey cracks Push with a solid left hand.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Push can do anything to dispel that myth.

Push looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hankey cracks Push with a solid left hand.
Hankey working some strikes from top position.
Hankey distracts Push with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hankey working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Push's head.
Hankey advances position into side control!
Hankey landing a few strikes.
Hankey trying to control the position but Push is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Push manages to get back to half guard.
Push regains full guard. Nicely done.

Push working for a triangle but Hankey defends it easily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hankey's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hankey working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hankey scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hankey with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hankey with a nice head shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mister Hankey dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Hankey closes the distance and clinches.
Hankey looking to throw knees to the head but Push is blocking nicely.
Hankey misses with a knee strike.
Hankey with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hankey misses with a knee strike.
Hankey tries a knee to the head but Push blocks it.
Hankey misses with a knee to the head.
Hankey with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hankey with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Push is trying to pull guard but Hankey turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Push tries to pull guard but Hankey won't allow it.
Hankey misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Push.
Hankey looking to throw knees to the head but Push is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hankey throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Push blocks it with crossed arms.
Push tries to pull guard but Hankey won't allow it.
Mister Hankey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Git Push.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Push jumps guard but Hankey turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Hankey with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Push fails to pull guard.
Hankey tries a knee to the head but Push blocks it.
Push jumps guard but Hankey turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Hankey with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hankey throws a knee to the head but misses.
Push avoiding damage as Hankey throws knees to the body.
Hankey misses with a knee to the head.
Push tries to pull guard but Hankey forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Hankey with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Push jumps guard but Hankey turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Hankey misses with a knee to the head.
Mister Hankey has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Push is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Hankey to keep the fight standing.
Push jumps guard but Hankey turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Push takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hankey using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Push has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Push is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Hankey to keep the fight standing.
Hankey unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Push tries to pull guard but Hankey holds him up against the cage and eventually Push drops back down to his feet.
Hankey tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hankey throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Push blocks it with crossed arms.
Hankey lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Push tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hankey smiles and moves away.

Hankey clinches with his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Push tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hankey smiles and moves away.
Hankey tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hankey tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Push counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Push is controlling the pace.
Push is keen to just control but Hankey is a slippery customer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Push is looking to advance position but Hankey won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hankey works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hankey 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.
Hankey is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Push must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Push trying to control the position from guard on top but Hankey is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hankey manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Push manages to get himself to full guard.

Mister Hankey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Push bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hankey's guard.

Git Push has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mister Hankey is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Push connects with a couple of short punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mister Hankey showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hankey 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:26
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:26
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mister Hankey!
Mister Hankey decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.