PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Bartolome (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zangief Hakkarainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hakkarainen has chosen HellYeah as his entrance music. Zangief Hakkarainen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bartolome
vs
Hakkarainen

186 cm
28
205 lbs
10 - 6 - 1

185 cm
29
201 lbs
9 - 2 - 2

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Ricardo Bartolome!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 2, fighting out of London, Zangief Hakkarainen!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hakkarainen scores with a decent looking hook.
Hakkarainen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bartolome.
Bartolome avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Good standup being displayed there by Hakkarainen as he connects with a hook.
Hakkarainen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hakkarainen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bartolome throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hakkarainen.
Bartolome throws a combination that misses
and Hakkarainen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hakkarainen throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big left from Hakkarainen misses.
Hakkarainen misses with a straight left.
Hakkarainen misses the shot to the body.
Bartolome tries to bum rush Hakkarainen with a series of wild strikes but Hakkarainen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bartolome tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hakkarainen was well out of range. Poor timing from Bartolome.
Hakkarainen catches Bartolome with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hakkarainen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bartolome moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hakkarainen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bartolome.
Bartolome misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A cross from Hakkarainen lands.
Hakkarainen connects with a leg kick. Bartolome looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Bartolome rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hakkarainen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bartolome misses with a wild combination.
Bartolome will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hakkarainen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bartolome's hands.
Hakkarainen is looking to slow Bartolome down with leg kicks.
Hakkarainen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hakkarainen takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bartolome swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hakkarainen chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hakkarainen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hakkarainen swings for the body but Bartolome moves out of range.
Hakkarainen scores with a nice right hand.
Hakkarainen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
No joy there for Bartolome, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hakkarainen scores with a nice right hand.
Hakkarainen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bartolome was well out of range. Poor timing from Hakkarainen.
Bartolome throws a jab when Hakkarainen was well out of range.
Bartolome ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hakkarainen moves away.
Bartolome slips a jab from Hakkarainen.
Bartolome throws a shot from downtown. Hakkarainen moves away and avoids it.
Bartolome shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bartolome throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Bartolome tries to keep at a distance but Hakkarainen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bartolome wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hakkarainen has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bartolome working hard to break the clinch.
Hakkarainen keeps control of Bartolome as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hakkarainen lands a shot to the body.
Bartolome is breathing heavily.

Hakkarainen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A slow jab from Hakkarainen misses its intended target.
Hakkarainen scores with a jab to the head.
Bartolome tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hakkarainen is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Bartolome had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

Hakkarainen clinches up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hakkarainen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Hakkarainen manages to break the clinch.
Hakkarainen lunges at Bartolome with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bartolome's hand.

Hakkarainen clinches.
Bartolome wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hakkarainen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bartolome backwards.
Nice body punch from Hakkarainen - that landed with a thud.
A right handed body shot lands from Hakkarainen.
Hakkarainen lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hakkarainen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hakkarainen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Hakkarainen as the two fighters clinch.
Hakkarainen works on Bartolome's body with a couple of short punches.

Hakkarainen breaks from the clinch.
Hakkarainen digs a good hook to Bartolome's body.
Hakkarainen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hakkarainen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hakkarainen clobbers Bartolome with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bartolome moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Bartolome is rocked!
Hakkarainen fakes the leg kick and cracks Bartolome in the body.
Oh Bartolome is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hakkarainen scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hakkarainen delivers a nice body kick.
Hakkarainen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bartolome takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zangief Hakkarainen dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bartolome walks straight into a right hand from Hakkarainen - that's dropped him! Hakkarainen jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Bartolome from any more punishment! Bartolome complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Zangief Hakkarainen!