PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jason Cook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alfred Hammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Cook
vs
Hammer

175 cm
25
179 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jason Cook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alfred Hammer!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Bruno Hogan and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cook gets the takedown into side control.
Cook advances nicely into full mount.
Cook unloading with bombs!
Cook lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hammer hang on?
Cook scoring with strikes but Hammer is staying in there.
Cook putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
A nice elbow there by Cook.
Cook with shots to the head and body - Hammer looks very uncomfortable down there.
Cook is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Hammer can't escape the position.
Cook looking to control and managing it successfully.
Cook scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Cook landing shots from mount.
Cook scoring with strikes but Hammer is staying in there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammer tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Cook putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Cook lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Cook takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Cook raining down shots from the mount!
Cook cracks Hammer with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Cook looking to control and managing it successfully.
Cook is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Cook is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Cook has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hammer's face.
Hammer looks gassed!
Cook pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Cook is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hammer can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Hammer really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cook. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Cook lands a heavy elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cook with a couple of short strikes.
Cook is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hammer can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cook looking to control and managing it successfully.
Cook lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Cook raining down hammerfists from mount.
Cook dominating with strikes here.
Cook controlling from mount.
Cook pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Cook with good strikes from the mount here!
Cook controlling the pace for now.
Cook fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cook controlling his opponent.
Cook postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hammer looks a forlorn figure.
Cook looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Cook controlling from mount.
Cook postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hammer looks a forlorn figure.
Cook controlling from mount.
Hammer is bucking up trying to escape but Cook cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Cook pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cook with a couple of short strikes.
Cook lands a heavy elbow.
Cook sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Cook connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Cook with the ground and pound from mount.
Cook lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Cook lands a big elbow.
Cook connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Cook putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cook controlling the position easily from mount.
Cook has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Cook punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Cook dominated that round.
That's time! Cook's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Cook shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Cook is stalling in the full guard.
Jason Cook overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cook is pushing down on Hammer's leg trying to pass to half guard. Hammer is fighting to maintain full guard but Cook has managed to sneak the leg through.
Cook scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Cook seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Cook frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Cook controlling his opponent.
Hammer is breathing heavily.
A nice elbow there by Cook.
A nice elbow there by Cook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cook landing strikes from the mount and Hammer is in trouble!
Cook controlling from mount.
Cook looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Cook raining down shots from the mount!
Cook with the ground and pound from mount.
Cook looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Cook content just to control the position here.
Cook with the ground and pound from mount.
Cook controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cook lands a big elbow.
Cook controlling the position easily from mount.
Cook scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Cook in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Cook fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Cook controlling the position easily from mount.
Cook lands with some strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cook landing strikes from the mount and Hammer is in trouble!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cook fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Cook breaks from Hammer's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Cook controlling the position easily from mount.
Cook lands a big elbow.
The referee warns Hammer that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Cook lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Cook tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Cook lands with some strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cook controlling the position easily from mount.
Hammer in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Cook putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Cook scoring with strikes but Hammer is staying in there.
Cook fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Cook unloading with bombs!
Cook controlling from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cook raining down shots from the mount!
Cook working the ground and pound effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Cook dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Cook shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Hammer on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Cook works his way into full mount!
Cook landing shots from mount.
Cook lands a heavy elbow.
Hammer is bucking up trying to escape but Cook cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hammer is in a horrible position here. Cook smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Cook has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hammer's face.
Cook scoring with strikes but Hammer is staying in there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Cook.
Cook cracks Hammer with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Hammer takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cook sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Cook working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Cook scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Cook takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Cook looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
BOOM! Cook connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Cook lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Cook tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cook lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Cook cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Cook landing strikes from the mount and Hammer is in trouble!
Cook dominating with strikes here.
Cook is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hammer can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Cook tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Cook's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Cook unloading with bombs!
Cook lands a big elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cook controlling from mount.
Cook putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Cook controlling the pace for now.
Cook is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hammer can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cook tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Cook scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Cook is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hammer can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
A nice elbow there by Cook.
Cook raining down hammerfists from mount.
Cook controlling the position easily from mount.
Cook working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cook putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Cook with a couple of short strikes.
Cook landing strikes from the mount.
Alfred Hammer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cook controlling the pace for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Cook showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cook 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:24
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:24
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Cook!