PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Happy Hands (ranked 819 p4p, 2338 weight class) and Arturo Ellacuria (ranked 80 p4p, 209 weight class). Hands comes to the cage accompanied by Pharoahe Monch- Simon Says. Ellacuria has chosen The Boss- James Brown as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Arturo Ellacuria is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Hands
vs
Ellacuria

169 cm
26
154
16 - 9 - 0

183 cm
33
149
20 - 16 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Happy Hands!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Arturo Ellacuria!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hands steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ellacuria.
Hands slips a jab from Ellacuria.
Ellacuria ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hands dodges the punch combination from Ellacuria.
Hands throws a hook but Ellacuria avoids it easily.
Ellacuria moves out of range of the body kick from Hands.
Ellacuria moves out of range as Hands strikes.
Hands misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hands thuds his shin into the meat of Ellacuria's side.
Ellacuria will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ellacuria misses with an uppercut
letting Hands counter with a right hand.
Ellacuria throws a hook but Hands blocks it.
Ellacuria swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hands seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Hands scores with a shot to the body.
Ellacuria lands a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Hands.

Ellacuria is rocked!
Hands uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ellacuria.
Ellacuria tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ellacuria lands a glancing blow to the side of Hands's head.
Hands throws a body kick that misses.
Arturo Ellacuria seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ellacuria throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
It looked like Hands wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ellacuria has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Hands avoids the head kick by Ellacuria.
Ellacuria throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hands.
Hands gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ellacuria throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Ellacuria jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hands ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ellacuria looks to land a left hand but Hands moved out of range nicely.
Hands looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hands slips a jab and a cross from Ellacuria.
A punch combination from Ellacuria misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hands moves out of range as Ellacuria strikes.
Ellacuria throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Ellacuria drops his hands momentarily and Hands takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ellacuria throws a wild body kick that Hands sees coming a mile off.
Hands throws a body kick that misses.
Ellacuria is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Ellacuria is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Hands throws a series of punches but Ellacuria moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Hands misses the target.
Ellacuria avoids the head kick by Hands.
Ellacuria misses the shot to the body.
Hands fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ellacuria manages to avoid it.
Hands lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Sloppy strikes from Ellacuria. Those never looked like landing.
Hands was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hands slips a jab from Ellacuria.
Hands quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Ellacuria missing with a left hand there. Hands was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ellacuria jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It looked like Hands was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Ellacuria.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hands clobbers Ellacuria with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ellacuria misses with a hook. Hands ducked under it nicely.
Ellacuria avoids a kick to the body.
Ellacuria looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hands pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ellacuria lands a high kick!
Ellacuria looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ellacuria is still on wobbly legs! Can Hands finish him?

It looks like Arturo Ellacuria has been cut.
Hands cracks Ellacuria on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Ellacuria falls backwards against the cage. Hands follows up with more strikes that drop Ellacuria to his knees. Hands keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Ellacuria! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Happy Hands!
Our winner, Happy Hands, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
The defeated Arturo Ellacuria had this to say: 'Fuck it. I'm doing coke with Diego after this, win or lose, anyway.'.