PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Hakamalu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elmer Esperada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hakamalu's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Thunderstruck. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Hakamalu
vs
Esperada

193 cm
19
278 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

198 cm
18
301 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Rivers Edge Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nathan Hakamalu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Elmer Esperada!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hakamalu shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Esperada pinned against the cage. Esperada gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Esperada uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hakamalu.
Hakamalu swats away the attempt to clinch by Esperada.
Esperada slaps away a takedown attempt from Hakamalu, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hakamalu.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nathan Hakamalu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hakamalu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Esperada manages to avoid it.
Hakamalu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Esperada.
Hakamalu cracks Esperada with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Esperada takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hakamalu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hakamalu throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Esperada's waist but Esperada gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hakamalu off to one side.
Hakamalu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Esperada avoids the body shot from Hakamalu.
Hakamalu is looking to wear down Esperada with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Esperada avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hakamalu shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Esperada as he jumps to the side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hakamalu throws a right hand that Esperada ducks under and follows up with a left that Esperada also avoids with ease.
Hakamalu circles away from the clinch attempt.
Esperada tries to clinch there but Hakamalu circles away.
No luck for Esperada with that takedown attempt.
Hakamalu scores with a hook to the body. Esperada takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Esperada blocks a jab.
Esperada looks for a takedown but Hakamalu sprawls well.
Hakamalu uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Hakamalu tries for a takedown but Esperada circles away easily

and Esperada counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hakamalu won't be happy with that.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hakamalu gets back to half guard.
Esperada looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hakamalu is trying to get back to full guard.
Esperada trying to control the action but Hakamalu is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Esperada is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Hakamalu sees it coming and defends easily.
Hakamalu trying to control here.
Hakamalu wants to improve his position but Esperada is controlling well.

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.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Esperada uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hakamalu.
Hakamalu moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like Elmer Esperada has been cut.
Hakamalu looks for a takedown but Esperada sprawls well.
Hakamalu shoots in but Esperada avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hakamalu lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hakamalu misses with a looping right.
Hakamalu throws a hook but Esperada avoids it easily.
Hakamalu misses with a body shot
and Esperada counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Esperada lands with a nice body kick.
Hakamalu throws a big shot that misses.
Hakamalu closes the distance and clinches up with Esperada, looking for a takedown. Hakamalu pushes Esperada against the ropes but Esperada circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Esperada missing with a left hand there. Hakamalu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hakamalu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Esperada.
Hakamalu misses with a wild combination.
Hakamalu misses with a straight left.
Esperada uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hakamalu.
Hakamalu lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Esperada looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hakamalu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hakamalu looks to land a left hand but Esperada moved out of range nicely.
Esperada shoots in for a takedown but Hakamalu shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Esperada shoots in but no luck this time.

Hakamalu looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Esperada is looking for a sweep. Hakamalu is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Esperada is not content to let Hakamalu control the position.
Hakamalu not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Esperada actively working from the bottom here.
Hakamalu trying to mount his opponent but Esperada defends it.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Hakamalu moves into full mount! Esperada won't be happy about that!
Esperada avoids a series of strikes thrown by Hakamalu.
Hakamalu punishing his opponent with strikes.
Hakamalu landing punches.
Hakamalu throws some wild stikes that Esperada manages to avoid easily.
Hakamalu lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hakamalu unloading with bombs!
Esperada wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Hakamalu.
Hakamalu putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Hakamalu pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hakamalu throwing strikes here but Esperada is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Hakamalu lands a big shot there that rocks Esperada but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hakamalu in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Esperada holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hakamalu tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Hakamalu cracks Esperada with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Hakamalu landing punches.
Hakamalu is landing with some decent strikes but Esperada is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hakamalu raining down shots from the mount!

Hakamalu moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Esperada has worked his arm free - good work by Esperada!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hakamalu tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nathan Hakamalu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Elmer Esperada's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Hakamalu with a jab.
Hakamalu misses with a body punch
and Esperada counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hakamalu is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Horrible takedown by Hakamalu or perhaps it was just good defense by Esperada which made him look bad.
Hakamalu scores with a decent looking hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Esperada ducks under a wild hook from Hakamalu.
Hakamalu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Esperada can do to turn this around?
Hakamalu lands a nice looking body shot.
Esperada takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Esperada walks into a stiff left hand from Hakamalu.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Hakamalu here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Hakamalu scores with a hook.
Hakamalu scores with a jab.
Hakamalu throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Esperada stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nathan Hakamalu is winning the standup battle so far.
Hakamalu connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Esperada's hands.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hakamalu lands with a right hand.
Hakamalu connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Hakamalu.
Hakamalu is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hakamalu scores with a jab. Esperada acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Hakamalu drops Esperada with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Esperada looks back up at him and smiles so Hakamalu waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Esperada is rocked!
Hakamalu cracks Esperada with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Esperada tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Hakamalu pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Esperada is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nathan Hakamalu!