PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Baki Hanma (ranked 1767 p4p, 1251 weight class) and Lutalo Masamba (ranked 198 p4p, 148 weight class). Masamba is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Conversations (Skeler Remix) - Juice WRLD. Lutalo Masamba will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Hanma
vs
Masamba

180 cm
22
195
6 - 3 - 0

192 cm
24
197
9 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Mythical Fighter

Hoarse Pills

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Baki Hanma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lutalo Masamba!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanma wants to clinch
and Masamba counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Masamba throws a lazy right hand but Hanma sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hanma misses with a wild body shot.
Hanma fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hanma looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A punch combination from Hanma misses.
Hanma misses with a body shot.
Hanma fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Masamba manages to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Masamba.
Masamba lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hanma takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Masamba rushes Hanma and presses him up against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Masamba.

Masamba breaks from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters circling - Masamba throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Masamba throws a jab but it's blocked by Hanma.
Masamba scores with a jab. Hanma acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanma keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hanma lands a jab.
Masamba avoids the body shot from Hanma.
A nice side step and Masamba releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Masamba misses with a hook. Hanma ducked under it nicely.
Hanma is looking to clinch but Masamba is avoiding it.
Good standup being displayed there by Masamba as he connects with a hook.

It looks like Baki Hanma has been cut.
Hanma throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Masamba sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Masamba lands a jab to the nose.
Masamba is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Masamba waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hanma.
Masamba throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hanma moves to clinch but Masamba breaks away
and Hanma takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hanma scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hanma swinging wildly here.
Hanma slips a jab from Masamba.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hanma misses the jab.
Masamba throws a counter combo.
Masamba lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Masamba tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hanma was well out of range. Poor timing from Masamba.
Hanma is looking to wear down Masamba with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hanma lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hanma scores with a hook.
Masamba bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Masamba takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hanma fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hanma looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hanma displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Masamba throws out the jab.
A jab from Masamba misses.
Hanma is looking to counter punch.
Hanma swings widly with a right hand
and Masamba counters with a nice body shot.
Hanma tried to score with a low kick but Masamba checks it.
Hanma tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masamba throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hanma counters with a straight right hand.
Masamba throws a looping overhand right but Hanma ducks down to avoid it.
Masamba scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hanma in his tracks.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Masamba.
Hanma tests Masamba's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Masamba scores with a decent looking hook.
Masamba connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hanma momentarily.
Hanma bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A little feinted left hand from Hanma on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hanma tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Masamba misses with a straight left.
Hanma throws a shot to the body.
Masamba scores with a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hanma fails in his attempt to clinch.
Masamba throws a jab but it's blocked by Hanma.
Hanma misses with a looping left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masamba misses the jab.
Lutalo Masamba is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hanma tries to clinch but Masamba is having none of it.
Masamba scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Masamba ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Masamba misses with a looping left.
Masamba jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Masamba throws a right hand that misses
enabling Hanma to counter with a crisp jab.
Hanma takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A big left from Masamba misses.
Hanma misses with a wild body shot.
Hanma on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

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

Hanma is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hanma misses the shot to the body.
Oh Hanma is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Masamba missing with a left hand there. Hanma was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hanma seems to have got his legs back now.
Masamba connects with a leg kick.
Hanma displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Masamba throws out the jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Hanma just misses with a punch to the body.
Masamba uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hanma.
Hanma wants to clinch up but Masamba keeps it at a distance.
Hanma swings away with a body shot that misses
and Masamba counters with a nice body kick.
A slow jab from Masamba misses its intended target.
Masamba waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hanma.
Baki Hanma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Masamba keeps Hanma at a distance using the push kick.
A slow jab from Masamba misses its intended target.
Hanma moves out of range of the strikes.
A counter left hand to the body from Hanma misses its target.
Masamba throws a jab when Hanma was well out of range.

Masamba drops Hanma with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Hanma looks back up at him and smiles so Masamba waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hanma looks up at the clock. Bad move! Masamba lands a right hand from hell, dropping Hanma. Masamba pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lutalo Masamba!
Lutalo Masamba seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Baki Hanma spoke after the fight, saying 'Bruh'.