PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Fury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Haminall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haminall has chosen The Sound of Silence by Simon & Garfunkle as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The key to victory for Bryan Fury has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Fury
vs
Haminall

187 cm
22
217 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
211 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Solid chin

Combat Pro Design
CROWN - Pit Inc

Fight 4 America

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bryan Fury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matt Haminall!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Fury or perhaps it was just good defense by Haminall which made him look bad.
Haminall uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fury.
Fury throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Haminall takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

It looks like Matt Haminall has been cut.

Haminall gets a takedown into half guard.
Haminall really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Fury. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fury is looking for a sweep. Haminall is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Fury is trying to stand.
Fury has a hand on Haminall's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Haminall takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Fury tries to hold on but Haminall postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haminall postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Fury looks a forlorn figure.
Haminall has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Fury's face.
Fury wants to hold on but Haminall pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fury is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Haminall is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Fury tries to reverse the position but Haminall maintains control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haminall scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Fury?
Haminall looking to finish Fury with some ground and pound. This is bad for Fury!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Haminall cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fury tries to reverse the position but Haminall maintains control.
Haminall trying to control but Fury is having none of it.
Fury keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

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.
Haminall looking to control but Fury is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Haminall with the ground and pound from mount.
Fury tries to hold on but Haminall postures up.
Fury is looking to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Haminall cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Fury can't escape the position.
Fury is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Fury is breathing heavily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Haminall can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Fury is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Haminall dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matt Haminall's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Haminall keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fury.
Fury fails in his attempt to clinch.
A cross from Fury lands.
Fury connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fury misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fury swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Fury.
Fury misses with a takedown

so Haminall counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Fury trying to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Haminall gets to his feet. Fury looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Haminall slips under a jab.
Haminall slips a straight right by Fury.
Fury tries to clinch up

and Haminall counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Fury trying to control the position.
Fury is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Haminall dives into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Haminall decides to stand up, so the ref orders Fury to his feet.
Fury throws a combination that misses

and Haminall counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Fury pushes Haminall off but Haminall dives into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haminall lands a few punches from side control.
Fury is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Matt Haminall has got the better of the ground game so far.
Fury tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Fury is looking to get back to his feet here but Haminall is keeping cool and he's managed to take Fury's back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haminall connects with a big shot to the side of Fury's head.
Haminall softening up his opponent with strikes here.
I really don't envy Fury right now.
Haminall has Fury flattened out and is raining down punches.
Haminall just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Fury staying busy and making it hard for Haminall to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fury has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Haminall.
Haminall cracks Fury with a big right hand from the back mount! Fury immediately covers up and the referee dives in to save him under a barrage of more strikes! Haminall takes this one by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Haminall!