PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joey Hamilton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ralph Jar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joey Hamilton has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Hamilton
vs
Jar

192 cm
26
245 lbs
11 - 3 - 1

188 cm
25
280 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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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 11 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Joey Hamilton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ralph Jar!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, William Peck and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hamilton fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hamilton doesn't manage to clinch there - Jar circles away.
Hamilton moves out of range as Jar strikes.
Jar jabs at Hamilton's body.
Jar misses with a looping left.
Hamilton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice takedown defense from Jar. No joy for Hamilton on that attempt.
Jar misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hamilton fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jar with a nice cross.

It looks like Joey Hamilton has been cut.

Hamilton has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hamilton pushes off an throws an elbow but Jar leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hamilton landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jar is pushing Hamilton up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hamilton obliges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jar takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Ralph Jar has been cut.
Hamilton tries to land a knee to the head but Jar blocks with his arms.
Hamilton lands an elbow that stopped Jar in his tracks for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jar blocks an elbow strike from Hamilton.
Hamilton scores a nice knee to the body.
Jar looks gassed!
Hamilton throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hamilton connects with a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hamilton with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hamilton lands a nice elbow.
Hamilton tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jar avoids it.
Jar goes for a takedown in the clinch but Hamilton prevents it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hamilton obliges.
Hamilton lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hamilton unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hamilton leaning against his opponent.
Nice elbow from Hamilton.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hamilton.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jar takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hamilton with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nice elbow from Hamilton.
Hamilton comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jar takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hamilton lands an elbow just above Jar 's eye.
Hamilton gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jar takes an elbow to the temple.
Jar takes an elbow to the temple.
Hamilton lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jar trying to control the position but instead, Hamilton has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jar into the cage.
Hamilton crunches a lovely knee into Jar's ribcage.
Hamilton lands an elbow that stopped Jar in his tracks for a moment.
Hamilton lands a good knee to the midsection. Jar won't want to take too many of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamilton lands an elbow inside that Jar shrugs off.
Hamilton with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hamilton lands a nice elbow.
Hamilton utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hamilton looking to throw knees to the head but Jar is blocking nicely.
Hamilton with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That has opened up Ralph Jar's cut even more.
Hamilton pressing his opponent against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hamilton throws an elbow but misses.
Hamilton lands a nice knee to the body.
Jar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hamilton stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hamilton gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Hamilton for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Hamilton scores with a knee to the head.
Hamilton taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jar takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Hamilton.
A knee to the head by Hamilton.
Hamilton scores a nice knee to the body.
Hamilton lands a knee to the body.
Hamilton pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hamilton is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hamilton is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hamilton tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hamilton leaning against his opponent.
Hamilton tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Hamilton dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hamilton closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hamilton lands an elbow inside that Jar shrugs off.
Hamilton trying to control the position but instead, Jar has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hamilton into the cage.
Nice elbow from Hamilton.
Hamilton unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jar lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Joey Hamilton has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hamilton lands an elbow that stopped Jar in his tracks for a moment.
Hamilton working Jar over with knees to the body.
Hamilton missing with knees to the body.
Hamilton with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jar managing to block the knees to the body from Hamilton.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hamilton throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hamilton lands a knee to the head.
Hamilton with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hamilton trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jar blocks an elbow strike.
Hamilton creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Jar is trying to trip Hamilton. He has hold of a leg but Hamilton is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Jar persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Jar throwing strikes from guard but Hamilton blocks nicely.
Jar prevents Hamilton from getting back to his feet.
Jar throwing strikes from guard but Hamilton blocks nicely.
Jar in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jar throws a strike but Hamilton rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Hamilton content to stall in guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jar not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hamilton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hamilton doesn't manage to clinch there - Jar circles away.
Hamilton tries to clinch but Jar is having none of it.
Jar looks to land a right hand but Hamilton moved out of range.
Jar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hamilton.
Jar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hamilton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hamilton is looking to clinch.
Hamilton tries for a takedown but Jar sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Jar.
Jar tries to score a power double leg takedown but Hamilton sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Jar somewhat.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jar is defended easily by Hamilton.

Jar scores a takedown into full mount!
Hamilton wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Jar.
Hamilton manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Jar is thwarting Hamilton's attempts to control the position.
Jar missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hamilton moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Jar throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hamilton lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Jar!
Jar is working to get back to half guard.
Hamilton controlling the position easily from mount.
Jar wants to try and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Hamilton dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. This is the final round!

Hamilton tries to clinch but Jar is having none of it.
Hamilton wants to clinch up but Jar keeps it at a distance.
Jar tries to clinch but Hamilton moves away

and Hamilton holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Hamilton here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Hamilton is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jar is defending well for now.
Hamilton throws an elbow that misses.
Jar avoids a wild elbow strike from Hamilton.
Jar blocks the elbow strike.
Hamilton trying to land knees to the body.
Hamilton creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hamilton looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hamilton tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jar avoids it.
Hamilton working Jar over with knees to the body.
Hamilton prevents a takedown attempt there.
Hamilton lands an elbow just above Jar 's eye.
Jar takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jar dodges an elbow strike from Hamilton.
Hamilton lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamilton lands an elbow just above Jar 's eye.
Jar takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Hamilton.
Hamilton landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hamilton throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hamilton utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hamilton lands an elbow inside that Jar shrugs off.
Hamilton tries to land a knee to the head but Jar blocks with his arms.
Jar takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hamilton scores a nice knee to the body.
Jar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jar goes for a takedown attempt but Hamilton pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamilton misses with an elbow strike.
Hamilton taking a breather.
Hamilton scores a nice knee to the body.
Hamilton is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hamilton pushes off an throws an elbow but Jar leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hamilton using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nice elbow from Hamilton.
Hamilton scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jar is trying to drag Hamilton to the mat but Hamilton just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Joey Hamilton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ralph Jar.
Hamilton working Jar over with knees to the body.
Jar is trying to force a seperation but Hamilton has the dominant position.
Hamilton landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Hamilton.
A knee to the head by Hamilton.
Hamilton landing knees to the head.
Jar takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hamilton.
Jar takes an elbow to the temple.
Jar avoiding damage as Hamilton throws knees to the body.
Hamilton misses with an elbow strike.
A knee to the head by Hamilton.
Hamilton is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jar is defending well for now.
Jar is trying to drag Hamilton to the mat but Hamilton just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Jar wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hamilton lands an elbow that stopped Jar in his tracks for a moment.

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.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jar as Hamilton tries to tie him up.
Hamilton trying to land knees to the body.
Hamilton unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jar lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hamilton controlling the action here for a moment.
Ralph Jar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jar blocks an elbow strike.
Jar blocks an elbow strike.
Hamilton lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Hamilton.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hamilton tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hamilton creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hamilton misses with a knee to the head.
Hamilton misses with a knee strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joey Hamilton showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hamilton, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 30:26
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:26
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joey Hamilton!