PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Midweight Try (ranked 5322 p4p, 266 weight class) and Chick Hamland (ranked 495 p4p, 36 weight class). Midweight Try has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Try
vs
Hamland

195 cm
27
192
3 - 3 - 0

187 cm
27
185
10 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Midweight Try!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chick Hamland!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Bart Greer and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Try 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.

Try gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Hamland lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hamland postures up and lands a big shot to Try's brow.
Hamland is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Hamland postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hamland content to stall in guard here.
Hamland looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hamland landing with the ground and pound.
Hamland is in close to Try's body, working some short punches and elbows.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hamland advances position into side control!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hamland scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Try to see if he's OK.
Hamland slows the pace down.
Try is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamland moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Try is trying to control Hamland's posture but Hamland avoids it.
Try seems a little lost for a moment, as Hamland dominates the positioning.
Hamland advances to full mount.
A nice elbow there by Hamland.
Hamland with good strikes from the mount here!
Try is in a horrible position here. Hamland smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Try is in a horrible position here. Hamland smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Try is rocked!
Hamland cracks Try with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chick Hamland!