PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Wayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quinton Hanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hanson has chosen AC/DC - Tunderstruck as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Wayne
vs
Hanson

188 cm
25
209 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonathan Wayne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Quinton Hanson!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Gwen Towbar and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanson throws a nice looking combination but Wayne bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hanson looks to land a combination but Wayne avoids it well.
Hanson misses with a double jab.

Wayne clinches up against the cage.
Wayne with a knee to the head.

It looks like Quinton Hanson has been cut.
Wayne with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wayne obliges.
Wayne connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hanson's face.
Hanson is trying to break the clinch but Wayne is controlling him.
Hanson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hanson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hanson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hanson tries to break free but Wayne pushes him back against the cage.
Hanson looks gassed!
A frustrated look appears on Hanson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hanson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wayne landing knees to the head.
Wayne with a knee to the head.
Wayne is stalling here.
Hanson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hanson tries to circle away but Wayne has him pinned against the cage.
Wayne blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wayne landing some nice looking knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wayne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wayne lands an elbow inside that Hanson shrugs off.
Hanson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wayne connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hanson's face.

Hanson is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wayne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hanson is still on wobbly legs! Can Wayne finish him?
Wayne with a knee to the head.
Wayne utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wayne lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wayne lands a good knee to the midsection. Hanson won't want to take too many of those.
Hanson seems to have recovered his senses.
Wayne lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wayne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wayne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wayne lands a good knee to the midsection. Hanson won't want to take too many of those.
Wayne connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hanson's face.
Hanson throws a punch but it's blocked by Wayne.
Hanson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A knee to the head by Wayne.
Wayne stalling in the clinch.
Hanson takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by Wayne.
Hanson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hanson throws a head punch that misses.
Hanson can't break the clinch.
Wayne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wayne utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hanson is trying to break the clinch but Wayne has him pressed against the cage.
Hanson is trying to break the clinch but Wayne is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wayne connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hanson's face.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hanson tries to break free but Wayne pushes him back against the cage.
Hanson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wayne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hanson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wayne landing knees to the body.
Hanson is trying to break the clinch but Wayne has him pressed against the cage.
Hanson is trying to break free.
Wayne has Hanson pressed against the cage, preventing Hanson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wayne content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hanson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wayne landing knees to the body.
Wayne misses with a knee strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Wayne.
Wayne utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hanson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wayne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Wayne.
Hanson has had enough of the clinch but Wayne keeps him there for the moment.
Hanson wants to get back to striking at distance but Wayne won't allow it.
Wayne connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hanson's face.
Wayne has Hanson pressed against the cage, preventing Hanson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wayne landing knees to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanson tries to break the clinch but Wayne is controlling the position.
Wayne stalling the fight.
Wayne misses with a knee to the head.
Wayne controlling the action here for a moment.
Wayne has Hanson pressed against the cage, preventing Hanson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wayne scores with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Hanson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Wayne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wayne is stalling here.
Wayne scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Wayne.
Hanson wants to get back to striking at distance but Wayne won't allow it.
Hanson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wayne connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hanson's face.
Wayne blocks an uppercut.
Wayne has Hanson pressed against the cage, preventing Hanson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hanson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wayne lands a knee to the body.
Hanson can't break the clinch.
Hanson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wayne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Wayne keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hanson's efforts to push away.
Wayne keeps control of Hanson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wayne displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hanson up against the cage.
Hanson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wayne manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hanson is trying to break the clinch but Wayne has him pressed against the cage.
Wayne connects with a knee to the head.
Wayne is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wayne keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hanson's efforts to push away.
Hanson is trying to break free.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hanson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hanson wants to break free but Wayne has control.
Hanson tries to break free but Wayne pushes him back against the cage.
Wayne lands a knee to the head.
Hanson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wayne landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hanson being controlled against the cage.
Hanson is trying to force a seperation but Wayne has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonathan Wayne dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Quinton Hanson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hanson throws a shot from downtown. Wayne moves away and avoids it.
Hanson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hanson!
Wayne tries to clinch up but Hanson circles away and keeps his distance.
Wayne tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hanson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Quinton Hanson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Wayne instigates a clinch.
Hanson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hanson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hanson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hanson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wayne has him pressed against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wayne avoiding damage.
Hanson tries to break free but Wayne pushes him back against the cage.
Wayne connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hanson's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wayne scores with a knee to the head.
Wayne landing knees to the head.
Wayne lands a knee to the head.

Hanson manages to break the clinch.
Hanson looks to land a combination. Wayne sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hanson.
Jonathan Wayne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wayne doesn't manage to clinch there - Hanson circles away.
Wayne tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hanson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wayne is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hanson throws a right hand that Wayne ducks under and follows up with a left that Wayne also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Wayne is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wayne wants to clinch up but Hanson keeps it at a distance.
Hanson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wayne doesn't manage to clinch there - Hanson circles away.
Wayne tries to clinch but Hanson is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wayne looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wayne tries to clinch there but Hanson circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wayne doesn't manage to clinch there - Hanson circles away.
Wayne is looking to clinch.
Hanson circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wayne looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wayne doesn't manage to clinch there - Hanson circles away.
No joy there for Hanson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wayne is looking to clinch.
Hanson throws a series of punches but Wayne avoids them all with ease.
Hanson cracks Wayne with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

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.
Wayne fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hanson keeps the fight on the outside.
Hanson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hanson circles away from the clinch attempt.

Wayne has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hanson is trying to force a seperation but Wayne has the dominant position.
Hanson misses with the head strike.
Wayne lands a knee to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hanson is trying to break the clinch but Wayne has him pressed against the cage.
Wayne lands an elbow inside that Hanson shrugs off.
Wayne will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hanson up against the cage.
Hanson tries to break free but Wayne pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Quinton Hanson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Quinton Hanson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Wayne slips a jab and a cross from Hanson.
Hanson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Hanson tries to keep at a distance but Wayne has taken the fight into the clinch.
Wayne landing knees to the body.
Hanson is looking to break free of the clinch but Wayne has double underhooks.
Wayne lands a knee to the body.
Wayne lands a knee to the head.
Wayne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wayne connects with a knee to the head.
Wayne lands an elbow inside.
Wayne lands an elbow just above Hanson 's eye.
Wayne landing knees to the head.
Wayne landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wayne with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wayne.
Hanson tries to break free but Wayne pushes him back against the cage.
Wayne scores a nice knee to the body.
Hanson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wayne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A frustrated look appears on Hanson's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wayne keeps control of Hanson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wayne keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hanson's efforts to push away.
Wayne lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wayne with a knee to the head.
Hanson is trying to break free.
Hanson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wayne is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hanson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hanson misses with the head strike.
A knee to the head by Wayne.
Wayne holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Wayne landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Wayne.
Jonathan Wayne has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wayne with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hanson has had enough of the clinch but Wayne keeps him there for the moment.
Wayne lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wayne lands an elbow that stopped Hanson in his tracks for a moment.
Wayne is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wayne keeps control of Hanson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knees to the body from Wayne.
Wayne unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wayne lands a good knee to the midsection. Hanson won't want to take too many of those.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wayne.

That's two 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.
Wayne has Hanson pressed against the cage, preventing Hanson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wayne has Hanson pressed against the cage, preventing Hanson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hanson is trying to break the clinch but Wayne is controlling him.
Wayne lands a knee to the head.
Wayne holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Wayne scores a nice knee to the body.
Wayne tries to land a knee to the head but Hanson blocks with his arms.
Wayne comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wayne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Hanson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hanson is trying to break the clinch but Wayne is controlling him.
Wayne prevents Hanson from breaking the clinch.
Wayne lands a knee to the head.
Hanson is trying to break the clinch but Wayne has him pressed against the cage.
Wayne landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wayne stalls.
Hanson is looking to break free of the clinch but Wayne has double underhooks.
Wayne taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Wayne keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hanson's efforts to push away.
A knee to the head by Wayne.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanson can't break the clinch.
Wayne lands an elbow inside that Hanson shrugs off.
Hanson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wayne connects with a knee to the head.
Wayne with a knee to the head.
Wayne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wayne has Hanson pushed against the cage.
Hanson throws a punch but it's blocked by Wayne.
Hanson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hanson is looking to break free of the clinch but Wayne has double underhooks.
A knee to the head by Wayne.
Wayne connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hanson's face.
Hanson tries to circle away but Wayne has him pinned against the cage.
Wayne displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hanson up against the cage.

Hanson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wayne tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hanson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hanson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Wayne is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

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.
Wayne tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hanson keeps the fight on the outside.
Hanson fails with a takedown attempt.
Wayne wants to clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Wayne tries to clinch up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jonathan Wayne showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Wayne has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 George Francis scores the fight 29:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonathan Wayne!