PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Knuckles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joachim Hansen (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.

Knuckles
vs
Hansen

192 cm
21
230 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
18
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Inexperienced

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruno Knuckles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joachim Hansen!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hansen moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Hansen blocks a head kick by Knuckles.
Hansen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hansen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Knuckles. Knuckles obviously looking to wear him down.
Knuckles showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hansen.
Hansen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Knuckles's head.

Knuckles closes the distance and clinches.
Knuckles tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hansen just stands there and leans against the cage.
Hansen is trying to break free.
Knuckles prevents Hansen from breaking the clinch.

Knuckles pulls guard successfully.

Knuckles pushes Hansen off and gets back to his feet.
Knuckles takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Knuckles clinches.
Knuckles lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Knuckles.
Knuckles works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Knuckles stalling the fight.
Hansen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Knuckles has him pressed against the cage.
Knuckles slows down the pace here.

Knuckles breaks the clinch.
Hansen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Knuckles throws a series of punches but Hansen avoids them all with ease.

Hansen gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Knuckles slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Hansen is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles looking to pass the guard.

Knuckles gets to his feet - Hansen follows without any prompting.
Knuckles takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Knuckles is breathing heavily.
Hansen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hansen misses with a series of wild punches.
Hansen misses with a double jab

and Knuckles counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Hansen pushes Knuckles off looking to stand but Knuckles dives back in and keeps control.
Hansen is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Knuckles missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Knuckles trying to control the pace.
Hansen tries to kick Knuckles off in order to stand up. Knuckles Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Hansen tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansen controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
I would not like to be Hansen right now.
Hansen trying to get back to his feet but Knuckles is in full control for now.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Knuckles struggling to keep hold of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hansen is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Hansen should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
I would not like to be Hansen right now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knuckles throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Hansen has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruno Knuckles dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A head kick misses from Knuckles.
Knuckles avoids a punch combination nicely.
Joachim Hansen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hansen misses with a double jab

and Knuckles counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hansen won't be happy with that.
Knuckles trying to control the action but Hansen is working from the bottom.
Knuckles lands some shots froms side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Check out the look on Knuckles's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Hansen wants to get back to his feet.
Knuckles landing a few strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Knuckles passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Hansen!
Hansen is trying to stand up.
Knuckles controlling his opponent.
BOOM! Knuckles connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knuckles is landing with some decent strikes but Hansen is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hansen is trying to stand up.
Knuckles throws some wild stikes that Hansen manages to avoid easily.
Hansen is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Hansen is trying to stand but he's just given Knuckles his back.

Knuckles is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Hansen is defending well though. Knuckles let's go of the attempt for now.
Hansen is trying to stand back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Knuckles has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Hansen has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Knuckles is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Hansen up.
Hansen is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Knuckles.
Bruno Knuckles overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hansen is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

Knuckles has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Hansen has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Will Knuckles go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Knuckles connects with a big shot to the side of Hansen's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansen controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Knuckles lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Knuckles.
Knuckles controls the action.
Knuckles throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Hansen!
Hansen is trying to stand back up.
Hansen is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Hansen looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

Hansen is trying to stand. He's onto all fours with Knuckles on his back. Knuckles looks like he's slipping off but he's actually tansitioning to a beautiful armbar! Hansen has to tap out to a very impressive submission!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Bruno Knuckles!