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QFC Tournament 359 Round 4 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between George Wayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paini Hemmo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Paini Hemmo enters the cage!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, George Wayne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paini Hemmo!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Joseph Jones and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hemmo feints and as Wayne raises his hands in defense, Hemmo changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Hemmo tries to free his leg and advance position but Wayne is retaining full guard.
Hemmo is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Wayne could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Wayne has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Hemmo has passed into side control.
Wayne is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Wayne struggling a bit here.
Hemmo scoring with punches from side control.
Hemmo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Wayne tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hemmo wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Hemmo throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Wayne tries to bench press Hemmo off him but Hemmo keeps the position.
Hemmo works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Wayne is looking to regain half guard here but Hemmo keeps moving and retains side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hemmo scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Wayne to see if he's OK.
Hemmo working away.
The referee asks Hemmo politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Hemmo prefers to stall for the moment though.
Wayne looking for a sweep but Hemmo has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Hemmo won't let Wayne get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Hemmo controlling from the full mount.
It looks like Hemmo might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hemmo landing punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wayne is working to get back to half guard.
Hemmo is landing with some decent strikes but Wayne is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hemmo is landing with some decent strikes but Wayne is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hemmo fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hemmo looking to control and managing it successfully.
Hemmo lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Wayne hang on?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hemmo punishing his opponent with strikes.
Hemmo raining down hammerfists from mount.
Wayne is trying to escape the mount.
Hemmo fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hemmo with the ground and pound from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hemmo lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Wayne tries to lock up and control but Hemmo gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Hemmo raining down hammerfists from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hemmo pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hemmo is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Wayne is rocked!
Hemmo breaks from Wayne's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Oh Wayne is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hemmo unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Wayne wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Hemmo celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paini Hemmo!
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FIGHT
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