PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Steve Partridge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fisto Hayuken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hayuken has chosen Binaerpilot - Penguin as his entrance music. Fisto Hayuken told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Partridge
vs
Hayuken

185 cm
20
200 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

183 cm
21
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Steve Partridge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fisto Hayuken!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Partridge avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hayuken tries to clinch but Partridge moves out of range.
Partridge bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hayuken's head.
Hayuken works Partridge's body with a nice hook.
Hayuken swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Partridge tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hayuken was well out of range. Poor timing from Partridge.
Hayuken is trying hard to land a takedown here. Partridge sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Hayuken fails with an attempt to clinch.
Partridge leaves Hayuken with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hayuken misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Steve Partridge has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fisto Hayuken.
Partridge avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Partridge steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hayuken.
Partridge connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hayuken. Hayuken circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Partridge keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Partridge buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hayuken throws an overhand right that lands on Partridge's shoulder, as Partridge tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayuken connects with a good right hand that stumbles Partridge. Partridge circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Partridge misses with an uppercut.
Hayuken scores with the left hand. Partridge knows he should have avoided that one.
Partridge lands a nice looking body shot.
Partridge ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A left lands for Partridge.
Hayuken throws a jab but it's blocked by Partridge.
Hayuken looks to land a right hand but Partridge moved out of range.
Partridge keeps the fight on the outside.
Partridge defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hayuken.
Partridge scoring well with a low kick there.
Hayuken misses the jab.
Partridge throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hayuken looks gassed!
Partridge scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A decent looking cross lands there for Partridge.
Hayuken wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayuken defending well as Partridge loads up on a big left hand.
Hayuken takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hayuken tries to close the distance and clinch but Partridge swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fisto Hayuken seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good shot there by Partridge.
Hayuken misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Partridge.
Hayuken closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hayuken is looking to clinch but Partridge is avoiding it.
Partridge throws a hook but Hayuken avoids it easily.
Hayuken swings away with a body shot that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Partridge scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hayuken throws a hook to the side of Partridge's head but Partridge sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hayuken drops his hands momentarily and Partridge takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Partridge uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hayuken.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayuken wants to clinch
and Partridge counters with an inside leg kick.
Partridge lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hayuken circles away quickly and effectively.
Partridge throws out a powerful jab.
Hayuken on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hayuken moves away from the strike by Partridge.
Partridge digs a good body shot into Hayuken's ribs.
Partridge delivers a nice body kick.
Partridge scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hayuken in his tracks.
Nice uppercut there from Partridge.
Steve Partridge is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Partridge cracks the inside of Hayuken's front leg.
Hayuken takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Partridge bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hayuken's head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Partridge.
Partridge lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Partridge buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Partridge lunges at Hayuken with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hayuken's hand.
Partridge listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Partridge is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Hayuken tries for a takedown but Partridge sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Crunch! Partridge slams his shin into Hayuken's torso.
Partridge looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Partridge lands a glancing blow to the side of Hayuken's head.
Partridge connects with a body shot.
Partridge cracks Hayuken with a right hand to the side of the head.
Partridge throws a shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Partridge connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Partridge connects with the punch.
Hayuken jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hayuken darts in trying to clinch
and Partridge connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Partridge dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Partridge lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hayuken's sensitive parts.
Hayuken tries to clinch up
enabling Partridge to counter with a crisp jab.
Partridge slaps away a takedown attempt from Hayuken, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Partridge dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hayuken looks to score with a jab to the body but Partridge is just out of range.
Partridge defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hayuken.
Hayuken takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hayuken is trying desperately to land a takedown but Partridge is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Hayuken.
Partridge uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hayuken.
Partridge lands a really nice looking cross but Hayuken seems unphased.
Partridge lands with a hook. Hayuken tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hayuken is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hayuken is breathing heavily.
Partridge connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayuken darts in trying to clinch
and Partridge counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hayuken misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Partridge counters with a nice kick to the body.
Hayuken ducks right into an uppercut from Partridge.
A left and a right from Partridge both land. Nice combination.
A slapping leg kick lands for Partridge.
Partridge is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hayuken can do to turn this around?
Partridge scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Partridge throws a leg kick which misses Hayuken's front leg but catches the back leg as Hayuken tries to avoid it.
Hayuken walks into a left hand.
Partridge digs a good body shot into Hayuken's ribs.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Partridge wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A nice inside leg kick there by Partridge. That's going to slow Hayuken down.
Steve Partridge is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Partridge cracks Hayuken with an open hand slap.
Hayuken takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hayuken swings away with a body shot that misses
and Partridge counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hayuken clinches but Partridge breaks the clinch
and Partridge counters with a nice leg kick.
Hayuken swings away with a body shot that misses
and Partridge cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Hayuken might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Partridge has got the better of the exchanges.
Partridge lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hayuken pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Partridge stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Partridge wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hayuken closes the distance but Partridge moves to the side
and Partridge counters with a straight right hand.
Partridge sizes up Hayuken with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayuken misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hayuken gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hayuken swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Partridge connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Partridge cracks Hayuken with an open hand slap.
Left hook, right uppercut from Partridge.
Hayuken has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Hayuken shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hayuken was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Partridge reaches up and holds on to Hayuken to control the position.
Partridge tries to reverse the position but Hayuken maintains control.
Hayuken lands a big elbow.
Hayuken can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Partridge is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Partridge is desperately trying to improve his position but Hayuken has a good base and remains in mount.
Partridge is squirming around, avoiding Hayuken's attempts to control the action.

Hayuken with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Hayuken has hold of Partridge's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Partridge manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Hayuken is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Partridge to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Partridge shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Partridge dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Hayuken takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hayuken tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Partridge is able to avoid easily.
Hayuken misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Partridge counters with a left to the body.
A nice combination there by Partridge.
Hayuken avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hayuken is trying hard to land a takedown here. Partridge sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Hayuken throws a shot from downtown. Partridge moves away and avoids it.
A shot to the liver by Partridge. Beautiful body shot.
Partridge lunges at Hayuken with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hayuken's hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hayuken tries to clinch
and Partridge counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hayuken with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Partridge to score with a decent uppercut.
Hayuken closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Partridge to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayuken falls off balance throwing a combination
and Partridge connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Partridge lands a leg kick that knocks Hayuken off balance momentarily.
Hayuken's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Partridge stuffs the takedown.
Partridge lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Partridge sizes up Hayuken with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Partridge scores with a kick to the midsection.
Partridge lands a leg kick that knocks Hayuken off balance momentarily.
Hayuken is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Partridge.
Partridge smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Partridge digs a good hook to Hayuken's body.
The crowd cheers as Partridge lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hayuken doesn't seem phased though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Partridge.
Partridge swinging wildly here.
Partridge misses with a low kick.
Hayuken tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Partridge counters with a straight right hand.
Hayuken tries to clinch but Partridge is having none of it.
Hayuken takes a swing at Partridge's ribcage but misses.
Hayuken checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hayuken lands a right hook to the body.
Partridge connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hayuken pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hayuken tries to close the distance and clinch up but Partridge swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Partridge scores with a one two! Hayuken had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Partridge lands a jab to the nose.
Partridge connects with a looping right hand.
Hayuken tries to close the distance and clinch but Partridge swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Partridge connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hayuken's hands.
Hayuken fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hayuken closes the distance but Partridge moves to the side
and Partridge cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Partridge stuffs the takedown.
Steve Partridge has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fisto Hayuken.
Hayuken shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Partridge pinned against the cage. Partridge gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Hayuken throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Partridge stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hayuken thows a body shot but no joy.
Partridge delivers a nice body kick.
Fisto Hayuken has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Partridge lands a jab to the head.
Hayuken takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Partridge dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Partridge feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hayuken's calf.
Partridge with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hayuken throws a sloppy body shot
and Partridge counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Partridge. That snapped Hayuken's head back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hayuken shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Partridge as he avoids it easily.
Jab, jab by Partridge - just one landing.
Partridge scores with a hook.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hayuken fails with a takedown attempt.
Partridge dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Partridge cracks Hayuken with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

And that's the end of the fight!
Steve Partridge showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Partridge, 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Partridge!