PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Drake Redfeather (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jocke Hamskog (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Redfeather
vs
Hamskog

200 cm
21
250 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
220 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Drake Redfeather!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jocke Hamskog!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Matheus Silva and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A right-left combo lands from Redfeather.
Hamskog looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Redfeather throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

It looks like Jocke Hamskog has been cut.
Redfeather throws a right and a left that Hamskog avoids nicely.
Hamskog shoots in and drives through. Redfeather sprawls well.
Redfeather misses with a double jab.
Redfeather avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Left hook, right uppercut from Redfeather.
Redfeather swinging wilding here.
Redfeather swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Redfeather misses with a series of wild punches.
Redfeather throws a series of strikes that have Hamskog backpedaling.
Redfeather misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Redfeather has managed to clinch.

Redfeather jumps guard.
Redfeather striking off his back but it's not causing Hamskog any problems.
Hamskog stops Redfeather from standing up.
Redfeather will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Redfeather looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Redfeather tries to strike from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Redfeather wants to get back to his feet but Hamskog is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Redfeather trying to strike off his back.
Redfeather wants to stand and escape but Hamskog is having none of it.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Danga de danga de dang - Redfeather scores with a four punch combination!

Redfeather fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hamskog, pushing him back against the cage.
Redfeather lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hamskog backwards.
Redfeather working hard to break the clinch.
Hamskog prevents Redfeather from breaking the clinch.
Redfeather lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hamskog goes for a takedown in the clinch but Redfeather prevents it.
Redfeather is looking to break free of the clinch but Hamskog has double underhooks.
Redfeather lands a nice uppercut.
Redfeather tries to break free but Hamskog pushes him back against the cage.
Redfeather looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redfeather wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hamskog wants to get back to striking at distance but Redfeather won't allow it.
Redfeather has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hamskog takes a shot to the head.
Redfeather is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Redfeather scores with a hook to the body.
Redfeather has had enough of the clinch but Hamskog keeps him there for the moment.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Redfeather.
Hamskog keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Redfeather's efforts to push away.
Redfeather tries to circle away but Hamskog has him pinned against the cage.
Redfeather wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Redfeather breaks from the clinch.
No joy there for Redfeather, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Redfeather throws a nice looking combination but Hamskog bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Redfeather lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hamskog circles away quickly and effectively.
Redfeather closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Redfeather closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redfeather wants to stand but Hamskog has his arm trapped.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hamskog can't do much from the bottom here.
Hamskog regains half guard.
Hamskog keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Redfeather wants to take a breather but Hamskog is having none of it.
Hamskog works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hamskog tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Redfeather postures up.
Hamskog working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Redfeather.
Redfeather is looking to stand up but Hamskog won't let him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hamskog keeping moving, preventing Redfeather from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hamskog misses with a takedown

and Redfeather counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hamskog won't be happy with that.
Drake Redfeather has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jocke Hamskog.
Hamskog managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Redfeather.
Redfeather misses with the ground and pound.
Redfeather misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

Redfeather decides to stand up, so the ref orders Hamskog to his feet.
Redfeather throws a series of strikes that have Hamskog backpedaling.
Hamskog showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Redfeather.
Hamskog shoots and misses
and Redfeather counters with a series of strikes. Hamskog will be more careful next time no doubt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Redfeather lands a two punch combo.
Redfeather throws a combination. Hamskog tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Redfeather throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Redfeather fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Drake Redfeather dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jocke Hamskog's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Redfeather throws a right and a left that Hamskog avoids nicely.
Redfeather fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Redfeather gets the takedown into side control.
Hamskog is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sloppy strikes there by Redfeather.
Redfeather looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Hamskog is avoiding damage well.

Redfeather tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Redfeather has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Redfeather has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Redfeather rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hamskog moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Redfeather fails to land with a series of punches.
Hamskog avoids a punch combination nicely.
Redfeather misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Redfeather throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hamskog.
A left and a right from Redfeather both land. Nice combination.
Redfeather throws a series of punches but Hamskog avoids them all with ease.
Redfeather throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Redfeather throws a right and a left that both miss.
A punch combination from Redfeather misses.
Hamskog misses with the combination.
Redfeather looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hamskog shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Redfeather sprawls well. Redfeather wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hamskog gets slowly back to his feet.
Redfeather throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Redfeather bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Redfeather is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Hamskog is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Redfeather tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Redfeather is trying to ground and pound but Hamskog uses the momentary lack of control by Redfeather to regain half guard.

Hamskog actively working from the bottom here.
Redfeather tries to stand and escape but Hamskog is controlling the position.

Hamskog looking for submissions off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamskog is trying to maintain the position but Redfeather is very close to passing his half guard.
Redfeather not landing any meaningful shots this time.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Redfeather lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Redfeather clinches with his opponent.
Redfeather lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Redfeather has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A nice right hand lands inside from Redfeather.
Redfeather is trying to force a seperation but Hamskog has the dominant position.
Redfeather wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Redfeather tries to circle away but Hamskog has him pinned against the cage.
Redfeather wants to get back to striking at distance but Hamskog won't allow it.
Redfeather wants to break free but Hamskog has control.
Redfeather has had enough of the clinch but Hamskog keeps him there for the moment.

Redfeather pulls guard successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hamskog slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Redfeather.
Redfeather tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Hamskog manages to move to mount!

Hamskog is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
A nice combination there by Redfeather.
Redfeather throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hamskog counters with a straight right hand.
Redfeather lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A nice combination there by Redfeather.
Hamskog has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Redfeather instigates a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Redfeather creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hamskog keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Redfeather's efforts to push away.
A nice right hand lands inside from Redfeather.

Hamskog is fighting off a takedown attempt but Redfeather is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Hamskog to the mat. Hamskog regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Drake Redfeather dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jocke Hamskog's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Hamskog tries for a takedown but Redfeather circles away easily

and Redfeather counters with a takedown into side control.
Hamskog is not content to let Redfeather control the position.
Drake Redfeather overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Redfeather wants to stand but Hamskog is controlling his arm.
Sloppy strikes there by Redfeather.
Redfeather with the ground and pound but Hamskog regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Redfeather is thwarting Hamskog's attempts to control the position.
Redfeather trying to control the action but Hamskog is working from the bottom.

Hamskog is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Redfeather pulls his head out easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Redfeather gets a clinch.

Redfeather manages to break the clinch.
Redfeather lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Redfeather throws a series of punches but Hamskog moves out of range.
Redfeather looks to land a combination. Hamskog sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A left and a right from Redfeather both land. Nice combination.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Redfeather.
Hamskog takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Redfeather tries to stand but Hamskog is controlling his head.
Redfeather sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Hamskog is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redfeather throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Hamskog works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Redfeather trying to pass the guard but Hamskog defending well.
Hamskog has hold of Redfeather's hands but Redfeather slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hamskog moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Hamskog is trying to keep Redfeather in close.
Redfeather tries to free his leg and advance position but Hamskog is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamskog wants to sweep but no luck.
Redfeather trying to control the position from guard on top but Hamskog is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Redfeather clinches up against the cage.
Redfeather tries to break free but Hamskog pushes him back against the cage.
Hamskog tries for a takedown but Redfeather manages to get underhooks.

Redfeather manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Redfeather wants to stand up but Hamskog is controlling him.

Hamskog decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Redfeather misses with a jab, cross combination.
Redfeather goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Redfeather misses with a series of wild punches.
Redfeather throws a right and a left that Hamskog avoids nicely.
Drake Redfeather is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redfeather swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Hamskog counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Hamskog seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Redfeather does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Redfeather tries to kick Hamskog off but Hamskog keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Redfeather trying to control but Hamskog postures up.
Hamskog seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Redfeather does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Hamskog prevents Redfeather from standing back up.

Hamskog is looking for a kimura here.
Redfeather wants to get back to full guard.
Redfeather is trying to stand back up but Hamskog is controlling him
Jocke Hamskog has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Redfeather on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Redfeather tries to get out of the position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Redfeather clinches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Drake Redfeather showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Redfeather 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Drake Redfeather!