PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Baki Hanma (ranked 1055 p4p, 751 weight class) and Tiamat Tenkula (ranked 135 p4p, 95 weight class). Tiamat Tenkula is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Hanma
vs
Tenkula

180 cm
27
195
10 - 7 - 1

186 cm
35
185
18 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Shadow Realm Apparel
NARCOS

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 10 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Baki Hanma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tiamat Tenkula!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Albert Achterberg and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanma swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hanma steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tenkula.
Tenkula slips a straight right by Hanma.
Hanma looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tenkula takes one on the button.
Tenkula blocks a head kick by Hanma.
Tenkula moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hanma slips under a jab.
Hanma throws an overhand right that lands on Tenkula's shoulder, as Tenkula tries to avoid the shot.
Tenkula throws a low kick but Hanma moves out of range easily.
Tenkula misses with a hook. Hanma ducked under it nicely.
Hanma takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hanma swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hanma.
Hanma thuds his right hand into Tenkula's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Tenkula lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tenkula tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hanma lands a body shot.
Hanma changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tenkula throws a body punch but Hanma moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanma on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Tenkula takes one to the side of the head.
Hanma throws a jab when Tenkula was well out of range.
Nice cross by Tenkula.
Hanma misses the jab.
Tenkula fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hanma looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hanma blocks a leg kick.
Hanma swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hanma misses with a left hand
and Tenkula counters with a straight right hand.
Hanma misses the shot to the body.
Tenkula chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tenkula. That's going to slow Hanma down.
Hanma misses with a two punch combination.
Hanma defending well as Tenkula loads up on a big left hand.
Hanma misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hanma tries to clinch up.
The fighters circling - Hanma throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hanma uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tenkula has time to react.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tenkula throws a nice inside leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tenkula.
Tenkula dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hanma. That did some damage!
Hanma ducks under a wild hook from Tenkula.
Tiamat Tenkula is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tenkula uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hanma.
Tenkula misses with a low kick as Hanma jumps back.
A counter left hand to the body from Hanma misses its target.
Hanma throws a hook but Tenkula blocks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hanma. Tenkula does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tenkula pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hanma throws a jab when Tenkula was well out of range.
Tenkula misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Hanma to counter with a crisp jab.

Hanma scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Tenkula throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Tenkula fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Hanma.
Tenkula throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hanma sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hanma closes the distance and pushes Tenkula back into the cage.
Nice body punch from Hanma - that landed with a thud.

Tenkula escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hanma lands a right hook to the body.
Hanma lands an overhand right.
Tenkula dodges the punch combination from Hanma.
Tenkula is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Hanma staying out of range there.
Tenkula throws a hook but Hanma avoids it easily.
Hanma fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hanma throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tenkula bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tenkula throws a shot from downtown. Hanma moves away and avoids it.
Tenkula missing with a left hand there. Hanma was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hanma is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Hanma throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hanma misses with a left hand
and Tenkula counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hanma's knee momentarily.
Tenkula misses with a straight right.
Hanma is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanma shoots in but no luck this time.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tenkula throws a hook to the side of Hanma's head but Hanma sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tenkula feints and then cracks Hanma's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hanma down.
Hanma looks for a takedown but Tenkula sprawls well.
A low kick lands for Tenkula.
Hanma fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tenkula manages to avoid it.
Hanma throws a jab but it's blocked by Tenkula.
Tenkula throws an off balance right hand
and Hanma counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Tenkula slips under a jab from Hanma.
Tenkula tries a low kick but Hanma avoids it.
Hanma throwing a counter right hand but Tenkula manages to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hanma tries to clinch there but Tenkula circles away.
Tenkula lands with an overhand left.
Hanma misses with a shot to the body
and Tenkula counters with a nice uppercut.
Hanma looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tiamat Tenkula will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hanma lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hanma.
Hanma misses with a body punch
and Tenkula counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tenkula is looking to slow Hanma down with leg kicks.
A swing and a miss from Tenkula.
Tenkula throws a nice outside leg kick.
A left lands for Tenkula.
Tenkula misses with a looping left.
Hanma shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Tenkula eats them both and turns towards Hanma to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

It looks like Tiamat Tenkula has been cut.
Tenkula wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters circling - Hanma throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tenkula sizes up Hanma with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hanma fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tenkula takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hanma throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tenkula only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Tenkula blocks a jab.
Hanma looks to land a combination but Tenkula avoids it well.
The fighters circling - Hanma throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It seemed like Tenkula was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tenkula's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hanma under the eye.
Tenkula shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Hanma eats them both and turns towards Tenkula to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Hanma gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tenkula takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sloppy strikes from Hanma. Those never looked like landing.
Hanma takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hanma misses with a hook
and Tenkula counters with a stiff right hand.
Tenkula thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hanma blocks a head kick by Tenkula.
Tenkula with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hanma throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little jabbing left from Tenkula on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hanma throws a looping overhand right but Tenkula ducks down to avoid it.
Tenkula throws a chopping leg kick but Hanma manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hanma appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Hanma throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hanma scores with a nice head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanma throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tenkula lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Tenkula misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Hanma misses.
Tenkula takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Tenkula misses with a left hand
and Hanma counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tenkula stuffs the takedown.
Hanma slips a jab and a cross from Tenkula.

Hanma shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Hanma is looking for a kimura but Tenkula is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Hanma to get the leverage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hanma passes to full mount!

Hanma is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Tenkula to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Tenkula shrugs it off.
Tenkula is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tenkula really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hanma. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hanma scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Hanma lands a big shot there that rocks Tenkula but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hanma lands a couple of good shots and Tenkula has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Hanma missing with punches from the back.
Tenkula is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Hanma off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Tenkula is trying to get back to his feet but Hanma has full control of the position and if anything, Tenkula has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Hanma scores with strikes from the back.
Tenkula wants to get back to his feet.

Hanma is cranking Tenkula's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Tenkula! He's tightened the choke and Tenkula is tapping out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Baki Hanma!
Baki Hanma managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, 30th Century Beer Store, into his post fight interview.