PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between uyito poiuyhu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and right hand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). uyito poiuyhu looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

poiuyhu
vs
hand

225 cm
22
300 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

220 cm
20
285 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, uyito poiuyhu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, right hand!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
poiuyhu leaves hand with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
poiuyhu looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
poiuyhu misses with a double jab.
No luck for hand with that takedown attempt.
poiuyhu blocks the body kick.
poiuyhu throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
hand tries to clinch but poiuyhu is having none of it.
poiuyhu tries to bum rush hand with a series of wild strikes but hand uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
uyito poiuyhu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
hand tries to clinch up but poiuyhu circles away and keeps his distance.
hand keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

poiuyhu scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
hand manages to get to full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now hand is on top in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

poiuyhu is working an open guard so hand takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
hand tries to clinch up.
hand throws a sloppy head kick and poiuyhu moves out of range easily.
hand misses with a jab, cross combination.
poiuyhu throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - hand looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from hand is defended easily by poiuyhu.
uyito poiuyhu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of right hand.
poiuyhu throws a combination that misses

and hand counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for poiuyhu!
hand blocks poiuyhu's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
hand tries to control but poiuyhu wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
poiuyhu takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
hand looking to control but poiuyhu is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
hand dominating with strikes here.
poiuyhu is squirming around, avoiding hand's attempts to control the action.
hand is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns poiuyhu that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
hand looking to control but poiuyhu is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
poiuyhu wants to control but hand is having none of it.
poiuyhu is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
hand wants to control the pace but poiuyhu is squirming around nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
poiuyhu throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
poiuyhu keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The referee warns poiuyhu that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
hand controlling from the full mount.
hand trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

right hand dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

poiuyhu tries to score a power double leg takedown but hand sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten poiuyhu somewhat.
hand tries to land a front kick but poiuyhu steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

poiuyhu moves into the clinch successfully.
hand is looking for a takedown up against the cage. poiuyhu gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
hand trying to control the position but instead, poiuyhu has worked for underhooks and has pushed hand into the cage.
hand is looking for a takedown up against the cage. poiuyhu gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
hand looking to slow down the pace here.
hand fails to pull guard.
uyito poiuyhu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of right hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
poiuyhu wants a takedown but no success here.

poiuyhu breaks the clinch.
hand with a lazy takedown attempt

and poiuyhu counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
hand tries for a takedown. No joy.
poiuyhu stalling in the clinch.
poiuyhu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
hand tries to break free but poiuyhu pushes him back against the cage.
hand fails to pull the fight into his guard.
poiuyhu looking for a takedown.

poiuyhu breaks the clinch.
hand throws a right and a left that both miss.
hand closes the distance looking to clinch
and poiuyhu counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
poiuyhu displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from hand.

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

poiuyhu is trying to work for a kimura but hand is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
poiuyhu trying to control the action but hand is working from the bottom.
poiuyhu wants to pass the guard but hand is defending well.
poiuyhu trying to advance position but hand counters by regaining guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
hand has control of poiuyhu's left arm, preventing poiuyhu from doing any damage.
poiuyhu is looking to stand up but hand won't let him.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
hand throws a head kick that misses

and poiuyhu moves into the clinch.
poiuyhu gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from hand.

poiuyhu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice sprawl there from poiuyhu as hand shoots in.
poiuyhu changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. hand tries to avoid it but poiuyhu manages to keep hold of a leg and drag hand to the ground. hand escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
hand dives in and grabs poiuyhu's left leg, looking for a takedown. poiuyhu pushes down on hand's head and hops out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
poiuyhu throws a combination but it was largely blocked by hand.
hand misses with a looping right.
poiuyhu throws a nice inside leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from hand.
poiuyhu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
hand looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

poiuyhu moves into the clinch successfully.
hand being controlled against the cage.
hand misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
hand trying to control the position but instead, poiuyhu has worked for underhooks and has pushed hand into the cage.
hand tries to pull guard but poiuyhu holds him up against the cage and eventually hand drops back down to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

uyito poiuyhu dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

poiuyhu misses with a double jab

and hand counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for poiuyhu!
poiuyhu wants to control but hand is having none of it.
hand looking to control but poiuyhu is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
poiuyhu tries to hold on but hand pushes him away.
hand content just to control the position here.
poiuyhu tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
hand scores with a couple of good head shots there.
hand trying to control but poiuyhu is having none of it.
poiuyhu is looking to get to half guard.

hand stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
hand tries to clinch but poiuyhu moves away

and poiuyhu counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by poiuyhu.
hand is trying to break free.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
hand tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. poiuyhu smiles and moves away.
poiuyhu shoots in but no luck this time.
hand tries to clinch but poiuyhu is having none of it.
poiuyhu keeps the fight on the outside.
hand keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
hand tries to clinch up but poiuyhu circles away and keeps his distance.
poiuyhu slaps away a takedown attempt from hand, before circling back to the center of the mat.

poiuyhu closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

poiuyhu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
hand is trying hard to land a takedown here. poiuyhu sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
uyito poiuyhu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of right hand.
poiuyhu shoots in but hand avoids the takedown attempt easily.
poiuyhu turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
poiuyhu misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
poiuyhu looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
hand will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
poiuyhu lands a jab-cross combination.
hand throws a left and a right that both miss

and poiuyhu counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

hand is defending against the submission attempts here by poiuyhu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
poiuyhu tries to stand and escape but hand is controlling the position.

hand pushes poiuyhu off and gets back to his feet.
hand slaps away a takedown attempt from poiuyhu, before circling back to the center of the mat.
poiuyhu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

hand scores with a takedown into poiuyhu's guard.
hand pushes down on poiuyhu's leg and manages to get into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
right hand comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think hand has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... right hand!