PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Soudouku Hanze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mateo Velez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hanze comes to the cage accompanied by ask a ninja. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Hanze
vs
Velez

186 cm
23
242 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

197 cm
22
270 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Soudouku Hanze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mateo Velez!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Bruno Lombardi and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanze fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Velez checks it well.
Velez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hanze keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Hanze fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Velez, pushing him back against the cage.
Hanze working Velez over with knees to the body.
Velez looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hanze lands an elbow that stopped Velez in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Mateo Velez has been cut.
Hanze lands a nice knee to the body.
Hanze landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Velez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hanze landing knees to the body.
Hanze comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hanze gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Velez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hanze lands a damaging elbow.
Hanze lands an elbow just above Velez 's eye.
Hanze landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hanze lands a nice elbow.

That has opened up Mateo Velez's cut even more.
Velez is working for takedown but Hanze is calmly controlling the position for now.
Velez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hanze connects with a nasty looking knee right to Velez's face.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hanze obliges.
Hanze is struggling to control the position.
Hanze scores a nice knee to the body.
Hanze landing knees to the head.
Hanze working Velez over with knees to the body.
Hanze dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Hanze connects with a nasty looking knee right to Velez's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Velez is trying to break the clinch but Hanze has him pressed against the cage.
Hanze connects with a knee to the head.
Hanze stalling the fight.
Hanze connects with a knee to the head.
Hanze scores with a knee to the head.
Velez has Hanze pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Hanze manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Soudouku Hanze has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mateo Velez.
Hanze gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hanze lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hanze gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Velez.
Hanze with a knee to the head.
Velez tries to land knees in the clinch but Hanze avoids the damage to the body.
Hanze utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hanze with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Velez is working for takedown but Hanze is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hanze with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hanze lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hanze lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hanze blocks an elbow strike.
Come on Hanze - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hanze blocks a body shot from Velez.
Hanze lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Hanze scores a nice knee to the body.
Hanze tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hanze lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hanze creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Velez's defenses.
Hanze misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Velez is working for takedown but Hanze is calmly controlling the position for now.
Nice elbow from Hanze.
Hanze is pressed up against the cage. Velez has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hanze down to the mat. Hanze avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Hanze has managed to clinch.
Velez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hanze unloads a knee to the mid-section. Velez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hanze blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hanze lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hanze lands a right hand.
Hanze lands a knee to the body.
Velez is working for takedown but Hanze is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hanze stops a takedown attempt from Velez.
Velez tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hanze just stands there and leans against the cage.
Hanze unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The referee is keeping an eye on Hanze - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Velez scores with a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanze with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Velez being controlled against the cage.
Hanze scores a nice knee to the body.
Velez has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hanze is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Velez is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hanze pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Knees to the body from Hanze.
Velez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hanze blocks an elbow strike from Velez.
Velez throws a punch but it's blocked by Hanze.
Hanze lands a damaging elbow.
Hanze doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Velez working hard to break the clinch.
Hanze connects with a nasty looking knee right to Velez's face.
Velez can't break the clinch.
Hanze with a knee to the head.
Velez looking to throw knees to the head but Hanze is blocking nicely.
Velez takes an elbow to the temple.
Hanze scores with a knee to the head.
Hanze manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A knee to the head by Hanze.
Hanze unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Velez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanze looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Velez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Velez wants a takedown but no success here.
Hanze creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Velez's defenses.
Hanze landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hanze is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Velez jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hanze walks away with a smile on his face. Velez gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Hanze has managed to clinch.
Velez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Velez throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Velez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hanze's brow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hanze.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hanze obliges.
Hanze lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hanze lands an elbow just above Velez 's eye.
Hanze lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hanze looking to throw knees to the head but Velez is blocking nicely.
Hanze tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Velez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hanze landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hanze taking a breather.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Velez as Hanze tries to tie him up.
Velez throws an elbow but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Soudouku Hanze dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mateo Velez's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Hanze tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hanze scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hanze showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Velez.
Velez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Hanze darts in and clinches Velez up against the cage.
Velez is trying to break the clinch but Hanze has him pressed against the cage.
Velez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Soudouku Hanze has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nice elbow from Hanze.
Hanze lands a knee to the body.
Hanze connects with a knee to the head.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Hanze here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Stalling in the clinch from Hanze.
Hanze lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Velez trying to land knees to the body.
Hanze taking a breather.
Knees to the body from Hanze.
Hanze lands a damaging elbow.
Hanze connects with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hanze lands a good knee to the midsection. Velez won't want to take too many of those.
Hanze lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hanze is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Velez takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Velez takes an elbow to the temple.
Velez is trying to break the clinch but Hanze has him pressed against the cage.
Velez misses with an elbow strike.
Hanze with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hanze taking a breather.
Nice elbow from Hanze.
Velez goes for a takedown attempt but Hanze pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Velez misses with a low kick.

Hanze takes the fight into the clinch.
Velez looking for a takedown.
Hanze crunches a lovely knee into Velez's ribcage.
Hanze lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A looping hook to the body misses from Hanze. Velez does a little dance to reset his feet.

Hanze rushes Velez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Velez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hanze's brow.
Hanze crunches a lovely knee into Velez's ribcage.
Hanze is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Velez can do to turn this around?
Hanze landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Velez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hanze lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanze with a knee to the head.
Velez throws a head punch that misses.
Velez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hanze creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Velez's defenses.
Hanze fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hanze lands a knee to the body.
Velez misses with an elbow over the top.
Velez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hanze scores with a knee to the head.
Hanze stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hanze comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Velez wants a takedown.
Soudouku Hanze has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mateo Velez.
Velez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hanze landing knees to the head.
Hanze avoids a wild elbow strike from Velez.
Hanze utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Velez takes an elbow to the temple.
Velez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A knee to the head by Hanze.
Velez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hanze lands a nice elbow.
Hanze lands a nice knee to the body.
Velez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Velez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hanze gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hanze lands an elbow inside that Velez shrugs off.
Velez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice elbow from Hanze.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hanze obliges.
Velez tries for a takedown. No joy.
Hanze gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hanze lands an elbow just above Velez 's eye.
Hanze with a knee to the head.
Hanze lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hanze lands a knee to the head.
Hanze lands a damaging elbow.
Hanze has Velez pressed against the cage.
Hanze swings wildly with an uppercut but Velez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Velez is working for takedown but Hanze is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hanze unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Velez trying to land knees to the body.
Hanze gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Hanze.
Velez is trying to break free.
Hanze scores with a knee to the head.
Hanze with a knee to the head.
Hanze using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Velez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Velez misses with some punches.
Velez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hanze connects with a nasty looking knee right to Velez's face.
Hanze stops a takedown attempt from Velez.
The referee is keeping an eye on Hanze - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Velez tries to score a body lock takedown but Hanze shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Velez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hanze tries a body shot but Velez blocks it.
Hanze is struggling to control the position.
Velez throws an elbow that misses.
Hanze scores with a knee to the head.
Hanze is trying to stall.
Hanze lands a knee to the head.
Velez goes for a takedown in the clinch but Hanze prevents it.
Velez takes an elbow to the temple.
Hanze displaying some good clinch control by pressing Velez up against the cage.
Hanze lands an elbow inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Velez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hanze's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Soudouku Hanze dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mateo Velez's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Hanze has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hanze avoids a wild elbow strike from Velez.
Hanze misses with a knee strike.
Velez throws a punch but it's blocked by Hanze.
Hanze gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hanze creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Velez's defenses.
Hanze manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Velez throws an elbow that misses.
Hanze gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Velez.
Velez misses with a knee strike.
Hanze landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hanze unloads a knee to the mid-section. Velez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hanze crunches a lovely knee into Velez's ribcage.
Stalling in the clinch from Hanze.
Velez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hanze with a knee to the head.
Hanze avoiding damage.
Hanze avoids a wild elbow strike from Velez.
Velez tries a body shot but Hanze blocks it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hanze connects with a knee to the head.
Hanze unloads a knee to the mid-section. Velez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Velez blocks an uppercut.
Hanze using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hanze gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hanze has Velez pressed against the cage, preventing Velez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Velez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hanze connects with a knee to the head.
Hanze lands an elbow just above Velez 's eye.
Velez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hanze lands a damaging elbow.
Velez pushes off an throws an elbow but Hanze leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Velez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hanze slows down the pace here.
Velez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Velez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hanze.
Hanze lands a nice elbow.
Hanze lands a nice elbow.
Hanze lands a good knee to the midsection. Velez won't want to take too many of those.
Hanze keeps control of Velez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hanze prevents the takedown attempt.
Velez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hanze utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Velez takes an elbow to the temple.
Hanze lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hanze lands an elbow that stopped Velez in his tracks for a moment.
Hanze keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Velez's efforts to push away.
Hanze lands an elbow just above Velez 's eye.
Knees to the body from Hanze.
Velez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hanze lands a knee to the head.
Hanze misses with a knee strike.
Velez changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Hanze fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Soudouku Hanze has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mateo Velez.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Velez.
Hanze waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Velez.
Velez walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hanze checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Soudouku Hanze seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Hanze pushes Velez up against the cage in a clinch.
Velez takes an elbow to the temple.
Hanze dodges an elbow strike from Velez.
Knees to the body from Hanze.
Hanze lands an elbow just above Velez 's eye.
Hanze lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hanze just leaning against Velez, taking a breather.
Hanze lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Velez is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hanze pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Hanze lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Velez.
Velez tries a body shot but Hanze blocks it.
Hanze lands an elbow that stopped Velez in his tracks for a moment.
Hanze has a couple of punches blocked by Velez.
Hanze lands an elbow just above Velez 's eye.
Hanze lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Velez takes an elbow to the temple.
Hanze lands an elbow inside that Velez shrugs off.
Hanze lands a knee to the body.
Velez takes an elbow to the temple.
Hanze lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hanze lands an elbow that stopped Velez in his tracks for a moment.
Velez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hanze avoids it.
Hanze using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hanze avoiding damage as Velez throws knees to the body.
Hanze connects with a nasty looking knee right to Velez's face.
Hanze utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hanze unloads a knee to the mid-section. Velez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Velez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hanze lands an elbow inside.
Hanze lands an elbow inside that Velez shrugs off.
Hanze avoids the elbow strike from Velez, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hanze lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hanze avoiding damage as Velez throws knees to the body.
Hanze creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Velez's defenses.
Hanze blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hanze lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hanze is struggling to control the position.
Velez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Velez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Velez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Velez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Velez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Velez drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hanze gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Hanze connects with a nasty looking knee right to Velez's face.
Velez has Hanze pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Hanze manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Hanze lands a nice elbow.
Hanze blocking some punches.
Velez takes an elbow to the temple.
Hanze has Velez pushed against the cage.
Hanze blocks an elbow strike from Velez.
Mateo Velez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Velez jumps guard but Hanze stands there with Velez around his waist. Velez gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hanze lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Soudouku Hanze showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hanze has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:24
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:24
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Soudouku Hanze!