PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Klinkhammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James has chosen Tuesday's Gone as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Roberto Klinkhammer has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Roberto Klinkhammer seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Klinkhammer
vs
James

200 cm
24
218 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

189 cm
21
206 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

Vitality
Steel Penn's Laundry 93%

Vitality

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roberto Klinkhammer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tommy James!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klinkhammer fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. James looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A big right from Klinkhammer misses.
James closes this distance looking for a takedown but Klinkhammer circles away.
A head kick misses from James.
Klinkhammer connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Klinkhammer just misses with a punch to the body.
Donk. Klinkhammer catches James right on the button with a cross.
James blocks a low kick nicely.
Klinkhammer misses with a body shot

and James counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
James not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Klinkhammer avoiding damage under a succession of punches from James.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klinkhammer blocking the ground and pound attempt from James.
Klinkhammer is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Klinkhammer has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. James is working away from the top position though.
Klinkhammer avoiding damage under a succession of punches from James.
James seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Klinkhammer is looking for a sweep. James is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Klinkhammer blocking the ground and pound attempt from James.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klinkhammer is controlling James's position as best he can from this difficult position.
James throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
James missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
James throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
James missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Klinkhammer avoiding damage under a succession of punches from James.
James missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
James missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
James prevents Klinkhammer from improving his position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Klinkhammer blocking the ground and pound attempt from James.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Klinkhammer wants to get back to full guard.
James with the ground and pound but Klinkhammer uses the opportunity to regain guard.
James cracks Klinkhammer with a solid left hand.
James postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Klinkhammer utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
James lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
James trying to control the position from guard on top but Klinkhammer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
James throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
James trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
James throwing strikes from guard but Klinkhammer blocks nicely.
James throwing strikes from guard but Klinkhammer blocks nicely.
James trying to control but Klinkhammer is working from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
James in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
James won't allow Klinkhammer to sweep him here.
James throwing strikes from guard but Klinkhammer blocks nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
James throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Klinkhammer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
James chips away with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy James dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Klinkhammer throws a poor cross that misses
and James connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Klinkhammer misses with a hook

and James counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
James sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Klinkhammer defending well though.
James not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Klinkhammer is trying to get back to full guard.
James throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
James not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
James wants to free his trapped foot but Klinkhammer is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
James is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klinkhammer avoids a series of strikes thrown by James.
James lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Klinkhammer hang on?
James misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
James trying to control but Klinkhammer is having none of it.
James working away from the top, dropping strikes.
James working the ground and pound effectively.
Klinkhammer holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as James tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
James thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Klinkhammer on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Klinkhammer tries to get out of the position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
James working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Klinkhammer avoids a series of strikes thrown by James.
James punching from mount but Klinkhammer doing a good job of avoiding damage.
James with shots to the head and body - Klinkhammer looks very uncomfortable down there.
James is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Klinkhammer holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as James tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James looking to ground and pound but Klinkhammer is blocking nicely.
James throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
James thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
James has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Klinkhammer's face.
Tommy James has got the better of the ground game so far.
Klinkhammer tries to reverse the position but James maintains control.
Klinkhammer suckers James into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Klinkhammer is now in James's guard!
James is trying to keep Klinkhammer in close.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klinkhammer wants to control from the top but James keeps moving.
Klinkhammer looking to sit in guard and control but James gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Klinkhammer preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Klinkhammer trying to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

James ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
James looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Klinkhammer is fending him off so far but James persists. Nope, Klinkhammer circles away and we're back to standing.
Klinkhammer stuffs the takedown attempt from James. James gets slowly back to his feet.
James takes a jab right on the kisser.
Nice cross by Klinkhammer.
Klinkhammer throws a right and a left that James avoids nicely.
Klinkhammer swings for the body but James moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klinkhammer stuffs the takedown.
Roberto Klinkhammer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tommy James.
Klinkhammer misses with an uppercut. James saw that one coming.
Klinkhammer lands with a cross.
James shoots in but no luck this time.
Roberto Klinkhammer is winning the standup battle so far.
Klinkhammer is looking to score with low kicks.
James with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Klinkhammer to score with a decent uppercut.
A low kick from Klinkhammer is predictable there
and Klinkhammer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Klinkhammer is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James looking to land some kicks to the body here.

James gets a clinch.
James wants a takedown but no success here.
Klinkhammer is looking to control James's arms but James gets an underhook and turns him. Now Klinkhammer has his back to the cage.
Klinkhammer gets through James's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
James is working for takedown but Klinkhammer is calmly controlling the position for now.
James has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Klinkhammer after a bit of a struggle.
James tries to pull guard but Klinkhammer won't allow it.
James looking for a takedown.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
James looking for a takedown.
James takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Klinkhammer fails to land.

Klinkhammer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
James ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
James bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Klinkhammer 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.
James ducks under a wild hook from Klinkhammer.
James shoots in for a takedown but Klinkhammer shows good takedown defense.
Klinkhammer lands a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Klinkhammer.
Roberto Klinkhammer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klinkhammer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
James ducks under a wild hook from Klinkhammer.
A shot to the liver by Klinkhammer. Beautiful body shot.
Tommy James is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
James pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Klinkhammer misses the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

James drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
You can see the frustration on Klinkhammer's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roberto Klinkhammer showed his dominance in that final round.
I think James has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 28:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy James!
Tommy James took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'I want to thank you guys for coming out tonight, Vitality for sponsoring me and helping me look so good, my team at Nacho Libre Gym, all of my loved ones back home and Thomas Noisewater for letting me fight here in Tapout or Passout FC!!'.