PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jerman Christ (ranked 2828 p4p, 3336 weight class) and Thorulf Hammar (ranked 362 p4p, 410 weight class). Thorulf Hammar acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Christ
vs
Hammar

195 cm
20
205
3 - 0 - 0

191 cm
20
200
2 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
KO power

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

HELLBENT

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jerman Christ!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thorulf Hammar!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christ throws the left hand but Hammar avoids the punch easily.
Christ throws out a loose jab but Hammar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hammar slips a jab from Christ.
A little jabbing left from Hammar on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hammar misses with an attempted mid kick.
A little feinted left hand from Christ on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A jab from Christ does it's job there.

It looks like Thorulf Hammar has been cut.
A swing and a miss from Hammar.
Christ missing with a left hand there. Hammar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hammar looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hammar throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Christ was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Christ ducks under a wild hook from Hammar.
Christ looks to land a combination but Hammar avoids it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hammar will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Christ throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Christ keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hammar cracks a nice hook into Christ's ribs.
Hammar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Christ.
Hammar now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Christ looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hammar. Christ does a little dance to reset his feet.
Christ takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Christ swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Hammar slips a jab from Christ.
Hammar is trying to counter with his kicks.
Hammar shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Christ on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hammar stuns Christ with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hammar ducks under a wild hook from Christ.
Hammar looks to score with a jab to the body but Christ is just out of range.
Good exchange - Christ coming out on top.
Hammar misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Christ misses.
Hammar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Christ keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hammar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammar throws a lazy right hand but Christ sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hammar throws a half hearted mid kick.
Christ avoids the head kick by Hammar.
Hammar lands a leg kick that knocks Christ off balance momentarily.
Christ misses with the combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Christ rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hammar counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hammar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hammar throws a wild body kick that Christ sees coming a mile off.
Hammar lands a body shot.

Christ lands a big right hand that sends Hammar crashing to the mat! Christ stays standing though and waves Hammar back to his feet!

Hammar is rocked!
Christ knocks out Hammar with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Christ before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Christ picks up the big W with a huge KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jerman Christ!
Jerman Christ seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.