PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Eastern (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jury Hamilton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eastern comes to the cage accompanied by Slow Down. Hamilton has chosen Symphony 9 as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Eastern
vs
Hamilton

150 cm
18
152 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

150 cm
18
152 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kenny Eastern!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jury Hamilton!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Steve Erwin and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

A big head kick from Eastern and Hamilton is sent sprawling to the canvas!

Hamilton is rocked!

It looks like Jury Hamilton has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Eastern postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Hamilton is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Eastern, into his guard.
Hamilton is still in real trouble! Can Eastern finish him?
Hamilton is looking to work some ground and pound but Eastern has wrist control.
Hamilton trying to control the position from guard on top but Eastern is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Eastern utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hamilton looking to pass the guard.
Hamilton throws a big right hand that misses.
Hamilton working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Eastern is breathing heavily.
Hamilton trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hamilton stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Eastern swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hamilton has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hamilton throwing strikes but missing.
Hamilton is looking to work some ground and pound but Eastern has wrist control.
Hamilton throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Eastern works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Eastern working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hamilton.
Hamilton lands a couple of digs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hamilton throws a big elbow that misses.
Hamilton seems to have recovered his senses.
Hamilton 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.
Hamilton makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hamilton scoring with some ground and pound.
Eastern avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hamilton lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hamilton scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hamilton advances to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamilton lands strikes from half guard.
Hamilton with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Hamilton moves nicely into side control.
Hamilton in side control lands a decent elbow.
Eastern is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Hamilton grinds an elbow into Eastern's temple.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Hamilton has eaten all the pies!
Hamilton wants to control but Eastern is keeping him busy.
Eastern is letting Hamilton control him for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamilton cracks Eastern with a big elbow.
Eastern is not content to let Hamilton control the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hamilton grinds an elbow into Eastern's temple.
Hamilton creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Hamilton working the ground and pound.
Eastern taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eastern taking a bit of punishment here - Hamilton scoring with strikes.
Hamilton landing strikes.
Hamilton landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Hamilton is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Hamilton scoring with punches and elbows.
Hamilton working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Eastern is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hamilton connects with a decent elbow.
Hamilton moves into full mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hamilton with the ground and pound from mount.
Hamilton dominating with strikes here.
Hamilton scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Eastern?
Hamilton tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Eastern is bucking up trying to escape but Hamilton cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hamilton cracks Eastern with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hamilton landing strikes, looking to finish!
Hamilton cracks Eastern with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jury Hamilton dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jury Hamilton's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hamilton looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Eastern avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hamilton throws a big elbow that misses.
Hamilton is working Eastern over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hamilton postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hamilton scoring with some ground and pound.
Hamilton lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hamilton landing with the ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hamilton is pushing down on Eastern's leg trying to pass to half guard. Eastern is fighting to maintain full guard but Hamilton has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamilton takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hamilton is nestled in close to Eastern, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Hamilton slows the pace down in half guard.
Hamilton looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hamilton lands a nice short elbow.
Hamilton winds up and cracks Eastern with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Hamilton lands strikes from half guard.
Hamilton scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamilton working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Eastern is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hamilton takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Oh Eastern is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hamilton looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hamilton lands a big elbow - Eastern is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Hamilton!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jury Hamilton!