PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roy Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Crag Hack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nelson comes to the cage accompanied by Don't Mean A Thing. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Nelson
vs
Hack

176 cm
21
189 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

189 cm
31
197 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roy Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Crag Hack!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Cecil Peabody and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nelson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Hack rushes Nelson and presses him up against the cage.
Hack throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hack tries to land knees in the clinch but Nelson avoids the damage to the body.
Hack lands an elbow just above Nelson 's eye.

It looks like Roy Nelson has been cut.
Nelson can't break the clinch.
Nelson struggles to land a body shot inside as Hack controls his hands.
Nelson taking a breather.

Nelson breaks from the clinch.
Hack tries to clinch
and Nelson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nelson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hack ducks under a wild hook from Nelson.
Roy Nelson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nelson misses with a hook

and Hack moves into the clinch.
Nelson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nelson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hack has him pressed against the cage.
Nelson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hack throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nelson takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hack keeps control of Nelson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hack prevents Nelson from breaking the clinch.
Hack lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hack tries to land knees in the clinch but Nelson avoids the damage to the body.
Hack avoiding damage.
Hack lands an elbow that stopped Nelson in his tracks for a moment.
Hack lands with a light punch inside.
Hack lands a good knee to the midsection. Nelson won't want to take too many of those.
Nelson misses with a punch on the inside.
Hack tries a knee to the head but Nelson blocks it.
Hack connects with a knee to the head.
Nelson is trying to maintain a safe position but Hack gets an underhook and turns Nelson into the cage.
Nelson tries to circle away but Hack has him pinned against the cage.
Nelson wants to get back to striking at distance but Hack won't allow it.
Nelson is trying to break the clinch but Hack is controlling him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hack is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nelson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hack has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Hack scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hack fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nelson moves out of range as Hack throws a body kick.
Hack slips a jab and a cross from Nelson.
Hack fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hack tries to clinch up but Nelson circles away and keeps his distance.
Hack connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hack is looking to chop away at Nelson's legs.
Sloppy strikes from Nelson. Those never looked like landing.
Nelson misses with a double jab.
Hack tries to clinch there but Nelson circles away.
Hack wants to clinch.
Nelson keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hack thows a body kick. Nelson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Hack tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nelson throws a poor cross that misses

and Hack counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hack.
Hack lands an elbow just above Nelson 's eye.

Roy Nelson's cut is getting worse.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hack as Nelson tries to tie him up.
Hack unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nelson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hack throws an elbow but misses.
Hack slowing the pace effectively.
Nelson tries to stall but Hack uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nice elbow from Hack.
Nelson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hack is pushing Nelson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Nelson lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson is looking to control Hack's arms but Hack gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nelson has his back to the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hack.
Hack tries to land knees in the clinch but Nelson avoids the damage to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hack scores with a knee to the head.

Roy Nelson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Hack manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nelson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hack misses with a body punch.
Nelson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nelson takes a knee right on the jaw!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hack misses with a knee to the head.
Hack scores a nice knee to the body.
Hack creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nelson's defenses.
Hack tries to land a knee to the head but Nelson blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Crag Hack dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roy Nelson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hack tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nelson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nelson cracks Hack with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nelson is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Nelson closes the distance and lands a one-two.

It looks like Crag Hack has been cut.
Hack misses the shot to the body.
Hack throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Nelson.
Hack tries to clinch but Nelson moves out of range.
Hack misses with a head kick.
Nelson tries to bum rush Hack with a series of wild strikes but Hack uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nelson ducks under a wild hook from Hack.
Nelson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hack fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hack moves in looking to clinch but Nelson pushes him off.
Hack tries to close the distance and clinch but Nelson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nelson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nelson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hack.
Hack moves in looking to clinch but Nelson pushes him off.
Hack tries to clinch up but Nelson circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hack tries to close the distance and clinch but Nelson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hack avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nelson swinging wildly here.
Hack tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nelson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hack uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nelson.
Roy Nelson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hack lands with a hook. Nelson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Jeez, Roy Nelson's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Hack just misses with a punch to the body.
Hack tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nelson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nelson lands a nice looking body shot.
Nelson misses with an uppercut.
Nelson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hack moves away from the strike by Nelson.
Hack moves in looking to clinch but Nelson pushes him off.

Hack closes the distance and clinches.
Hack throws an elbow but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hack avoiding damage.
Hack using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nelson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hack looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nelson taking a breather.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hack has Nelson pushed against the cage.
Hack putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Nelson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hack displaying some good clinch control by pressing Nelson up against the cage.
Nelson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hack with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hack lands with a short shot to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Hack.
Hack looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hack connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nelson's face.
Hack tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nelson avoids it.
Nelson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nelson avoids the elbow strike from Hack, against the cage.
Hack stalling in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Nelson - that landed with a thud.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Hack fails to land.
Hack prevents Nelson from breaking the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Hack.
Nelson trying to control the position but instead, Hack has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nelson into the cage.
Hack lands an elbow inside.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Roy Nelson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Crag Hack!
Crag Hack decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.