PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maximillian Hernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Invandra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Invandra has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Hernandez
vs
Invandra

184 cm
18
265 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

185 cm
22
239 lbs
1 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Maximillian Hernandez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joe Invandra!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hernandez tries to bum rush Invandra with a series of wild strikes but Invandra uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Invandra looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Hernandez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Hernandez pushes Invandra up against the cage in a clinch.
Hernandez is trying to break the clinch but Invandra is controlling him.

Hernandez turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Hernandez manages to end up in side control.
Invandra striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Hernandez is trying to get an arm triangle but Invandra is defending well.

Hernandez thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hernandez is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

Hernandez tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hernandez has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Hernandez working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hernandez stands up.
Hernandez throws a series of punches but Invandra moves out of range.

Hernandez scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Hernandez has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Invandra!
Hernandez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Invandra hang on?
Invandra is trying desperately to improve position.
Invandra flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Invandra is working to get back to half guard.
Hernandez with shots to the head and body - Invandra looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Invandra throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Invandra throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Invandra is desperately trying to improve his position but Hernandez has a good base and remains in mount.
Invandra swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Invandra is wriggling around trying to escape.
Invandra throwing hammer fists to the chest of Hernandez. What's that going to do exactly?
Invandra landing with some feeble shots from his back... He should probably try escaping the position instead.
Invandra throwing hammer fists to the chest of Hernandez. What's that going to do exactly?
Invandra is desperately trying to improve his position but Hernandez has a good base and remains in mount.
Invandra swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Hernandez controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez wants to control the pace but Invandra is squirming around nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Invandra swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Hernandez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Hernandez with shots to the head and body - Invandra looks very uncomfortable down there.
Invandra is bucking up trying to escape but Hernandez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Invandra swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Hernandez blocks Invandra's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Hernandez landing shots from mount.
Hernandez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Invandra is looking to escape.

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.
Invandra flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Hernandez working the ground and pound effectively.
Invandra is squirming around, avoiding Hernandez's attempts to control the action.
Invandra swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Invandra is bucking up trying to escape but Hernandez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Invandra is looking to improve his position but Hernandez isn't that keen on the idea.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Invandra throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Invandra throwing hammer fists to the chest of Hernandez. What's that going to do exactly?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maximillian Hernandez dominated that round.
That's time! Hernandez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Invandra lands with a shot to the body.
Invandra slips a jab and a cross from Hernandez.

Hernandez lands a left and a right that send Invandra crashing to the mat, dazed. Hernandez thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Hernandez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Maximillian Hernandez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hernandez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hernandez misses with a few strikes there.
No luck for Invandra with that takedown attempt.
Hernandez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Invandra lands a nice looking body shot.
Invandra works over Hernandez's head and body with a nice combination.
Hernandez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Invandra paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Invandra displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Invandra clinches with his opponent.
Invandra tries to pull guard but Hernandez holds him up against the cage and eventually Invandra drops back down to his feet.
Invandra has Hernandez pressed against the cage, preventing Hernandez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hernandez wants to get back to striking at distance but Invandra won't allow it.
Invandra's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Invandra should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez tries to break the clinch but Invandra is controlling the position.
Invandra tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Maximillian Hernandez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Invandra.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Invandra jumps guard but Hernandez stands there with Invandra around his waist. Invandra gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Hernandez jumps guard and drags Invandra to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hernandez is on top in guard.
Hernandez is stalling in the full guard.
Hernandez connects with a couple of short punches.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hernandez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Invandra thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Hernandez seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Invandra tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hernandez gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Hernandez with a poor takedown
and Invandra finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
A combination from Hernandez does no damage.
Invandra fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Invandra scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Hernandez tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Invandra wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Hernandez is working hard here to advance position.
Hernandez struggling a bit here.
Invandra looking to control but instead Hernandez has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez looks like he's trying to stand up.
Hernandez trying to control from the bottom.
Invandra wants to control but Hernandez is keeping him busy.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A jab from Invandra finds it's way through Hernandez's defenses.
Hernandez moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

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.
Hernandez shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Invandra counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Hernandez has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Invandra is working away from the top position though.
Invandra is trying to control. Hernandez wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Hernandez tries to get to full guard but Invandra has control of the leg.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hernandez is not content to let Invandra control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maximillian Hernandez dominated that second round.
That's time! Hernandez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Invandra forces Hernandez back against the cage and clinches.

Hernandez pulls Invandra into guard.
Hernandez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hernandez throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Hernandez had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Invandra is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Hernandez Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Invandra's back instead.
Hernandez throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Invandra!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Invandra wants to escape the position.
Invandra is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez scores with strikes from the back.
Hernandez is hanging on to Invandra's back as he tries to escape.
Hernandez trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Invandra doesn't escape.
Invandra looking very determined here, making life difficult for Hernandez.
Invandra breaks Hernandez's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Hernandez tries to land a sweep but no joy.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Invandra takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hernandez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Invandra circles away quickly and effectively.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hernandez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Invandra tries to score a power double leg takedown but Hernandez sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Invandra somewhat.

Hernandez darts in and clinches Invandra up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Invandra fails to pull guard.

Hernandez manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Hernandez is trying to keep Invandra in close.
Invandra trying to control the position from guard on top but Hernandez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Invandra looking to sit in guard and control but Hernandez gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Invandra can't keep his opponent in guard - Hernandez advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Invandra punching from the bottom.
Invandra is refusing to be controlled, as Hernandez sits in half guard.
Hernandez passes to side control.
Invandra is looking for a sweep.
Invandra is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Hernandez's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Hernandez moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from Invandra.
Invandra throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hernandez grinds an elbow into Invandra's temple.
Invandra tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Hernandez presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Invandra swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Hernandez blocks Invandra's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Hernandez controlling the pace for now.
Invandra working to try and regain half guard.
Maximillian Hernandez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Invandra swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Joe Invandra has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hernandez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Invandra is looking to escape.

And that's the end of the fight!
Maximillian Hernandez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hernandez 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maximillian Hernandez!