PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Trip Hammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and luis The Brazilian Thunder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Brazilian Thunder has chosen Breakin the Law as his entrance music. Trip Hammer could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to luis The Brazilian Thunder's chin.

Hammer
vs
The Brazilian Thunder

150 cm
19
135 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

178 cm
23
140 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

Rastafarii Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Trip Hammer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, luis The Brazilian Thunder!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Skip Squint and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hammer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Brazilian Thunder moves away.

Hammer shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Hammer throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hammer stops The Brazilian Thunder from getting back to his feet.
Hammer not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The Brazilian Thunder is trying to stand.
Hammer is nestled in close to The Brazilian Thunder, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The Brazilian Thunder really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hammer. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hammer thows a huge punch but The Brazilian Thunder dodges it nicely.
Hammer thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed The Brazilian Thunder's head.

The Brazilian Thunder has one foot on Hammer's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to close the distance and clinch but Hammer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hammer tries to work over The Brazilian Thunder's front leg with a kick but The Brazilian Thunder checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Brazilian Thunder stuffs the takedown.
The Brazilian Thunder checks a leg kick.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to clinch there but Hammer circles away.
Hammer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Brazilian Thunder moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
luis The Brazilian Thunder is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hammer misses with a series of wild punches.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to clinch but Hammer moves out of range.

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.
Hammer swinging wilding here.
The Brazilian Thunder is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Hammer fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The Brazilian Thunder scores with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hammer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hammer.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trip Hammer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Brazilian Thunder slips under a jab.
Hammer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hammer misses with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The Brazilian Thunder avoids the head kick by Hammer.

Hammer closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The Brazilian Thunder looks like he's trying to stand up.
Hammer missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The Brazilian Thunder blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hammer.
The Brazilian Thunder pushes Hammer off looking to stand but Hammer dives back in and keeps control.
Hammer not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hammer thows a huge punch but The Brazilian Thunder dodges it nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hammer throwing shots but The Brazilian Thunder is blocking nicely.
The Brazilian Thunder wants to get back to his feet.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hammer throws a leg kick that is checked
and The Brazilian Thunder counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hammer's knee momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trip Hammer dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hammer misses with a takedown
and The Brazilian Thunder counters with an outside leg kick.
Hammer throws a lazy head kick
and The Brazilian Thunder counters with a head kick. That will keep Hammer thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Trip Hammer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hammer misses with a takedown attempt
and The Brazilian Thunder counters with a solid body kick.
The Brazilian Thunder dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hammer. That did some damage!
Hammer throws a left and a right that both miss
and The Brazilian Thunder makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to close the distance and clinch but Hammer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hammer throws a body kick the misses
and The Brazilian Thunder counters with a leg kick.
The Brazilian Thunder fails in his attempt to clinch.
The Brazilian Thunder connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Hammer scores with a takedown into The Brazilian Thunder's guard.
The Brazilian Thunder wants to get back to his feet but Hammer is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hammer missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammer works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The Brazilian Thunder blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hammer.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to kick Hammer off but Hammer keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Hammer has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The Brazilian Thunder on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hammer missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hammer wants to pass to mount but The Brazilian Thunder is defending the position.
The Brazilian Thunder is in trouble now - Hammer has advanced to mount!
The Brazilian Thunder wants to try and get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hammer postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. The Brazilian Thunder looks a forlorn figure.
You get the feeling that The Brazilian Thunder really doesn't like being in this position too much.
The Brazilian Thunder is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammer misses with a head shot.
The Brazilian Thunder wants to get back to his feet.
Hammer lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hammer lands with some strikes.
Hammer fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hammer lands with some vicious ground and pound - can The Brazilian Thunder hang on?
Hammer cracks The Brazilian Thunder with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

The Brazilian Thunder is rocked!
Hammer lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The Brazilian Thunder is still in real trouble! Can Hammer finish him?
Hammer unloading with bombs!
Hammer scores with a couple of good head shots there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Brazilian Thunder wants to try and get back to his feet.
Hammer lands a big elbow.
The Brazilian Thunder seems to have recovered his senses.
Hammer lands with some strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oooh a big shot lands for Hammer! The Brazilian Thunder is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Trip Hammer!