PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alfred Hammarskjold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tasos Ieronymakis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hammarskjold might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Rasmus på luffen - Luffarvisan. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Tasos Ieronymakis was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Hammarskjold
vs
Ieronymakis

183 cm
32
290 lbs
24 - 12 - 0

193 cm
26
260 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Alfred Hammarskjold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tasos Ieronymakis!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Sam Margolis and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ieronymakis lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A good leg kick by Ieronymakis.
Ieronymakis cracks Hammarskjold with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hammarskjold takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hammarskjold tries to clinch but Ieronymakis is having none of it.
Ieronymakis looks to land a body kick but Hammarskjold moved away.
Hammarskjold dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hammarskjold moves out of range of the body kick.
Hammarskjold jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ieronymakis throws out a leg kick but Hammarskjold moves out of range and Ieronymakis only half commits.
Ieronymakis is looking to score with low kicks.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ieronymakis.
Hammarskjold is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ieronymakis sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ieronymakis tries to work over Hammarskjold's front leg with a kick but Hammarskjold checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammarskjold missing with a left hand there. Ieronymakis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hammarskjold swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ieronymakis ducks under a wild hook from Hammarskjold.
Hammarskjold lands a nice hook to Ieronymakis's body. Ieronymakis takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ieronymakis misses with a low kick.
Hammarskjold ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ieronymakis moves away.
Ieronymakis lands a front kick.
Hammarskjold shoots in and drives through. Ieronymakis sprawls well.
Hammarskjold misses with a hook
letting Ieronymakis counter with a right hand.

It looks like Alfred Hammarskjold has been cut.
Hammarskjold takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crunch! Ieronymakis slams his shin into Hammarskjold's torso.
Hammarskjold moves out of range of the body kick.
Ieronymakis lands a leg kick that knocks Hammarskjold off balance momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Ieronymakis 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hammarskjold throws a big shot that misses.
Ieronymakis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hammarskjold.
Ieronymakis stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alfred Hammarskjold. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ieronymakis connects with a jab.
Good work by Hammarskjold as he checks the leg kick.
Hammarskjold takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ieronymakis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hammarskjold.
Ieronymakis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hammarskjold.
Hammarskjold walks into a stiff left hand from Ieronymakis.
Ieronymakis with a poor takedown
and Hammarskjold counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Tasos Ieronymakis has been cut.
Hammarskjold blocks a leg kick.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Hammarskjold. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Hammarskjold.
Hammarskjold takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hammarskjold throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Hammarskjold has managed to clinch.
Hammarskjold is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Ieronymakis's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Hammarskjold blocks a body shot from Ieronymakis.
Ieronymakis has a couple of punches blocked by Hammarskjold.
Hammarskjold is trying to push Ieronymakis away but Ieronymakis has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hammarskjold is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Ieronymakis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ieronymakis.
Ieronymakis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hammarskjold can't get the takedown.
Ieronymakis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hammarskjold throws a punch but it's blocked by Ieronymakis.
Ieronymakis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ieronymakis digs a right hand underneath Hammarskjold's ribcage. Hammarskjold let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hammarskjold tries a body shot but Ieronymakis blocks it.
Ieronymakis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ieronymakis has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Hammarskjold misses with a punch on the inside.
Hammarskjold has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Ieronymakis after a bit of a struggle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ieronymakis tries to throw a body punch but Hammarskjold avoids it by throwing Ieronymakis back against the cage.
Hammarskjold blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hammarskjold has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Ieronymakis avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Ieronymakis blocking some punches.
Hammarskjold tries to work over Ieronymakis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ieronymakis throws a punch but it's blocked by Hammarskjold.
Ieronymakis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hammarskjold prevents a body shot from Ieronymakis.
Hammarskjold goes for a takedown attempt but Ieronymakis pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Hammarskjold misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tasos Ieronymakis dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hammarskjold blocks a leg kick.
Ieronymakis slips under a jab from Hammarskjold.
A swing and a miss from Hammarskjold.
Ieronymakis throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hammarskjold sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ieronymakis scoring well with a low kick there.
Ieronymakis misses with a body kick.
Hammarskjold takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ieronymakis cracks Hammarskjold with an open hand slap.

Ieronymakis scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Ieronymakis trying to control from half guard but Hammarskjold is working away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hammarskjold is looking to improve his position.
Hammarskjold is staying active underneath Ieronymakis, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammarskjold trying to control but Ieronymakis postures up.
Ieronymakis works his way into full mount!
Hammarskjold can't escape the position.
Ieronymakis can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hammarskjold is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ieronymakis takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Hammarskjold is trying to escape the mount.
Ieronymakis scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hammarskjold?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hammarskjold is working to get back to half guard.
Ieronymakis unloading with bombs!

Alfred Hammarskjold's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tasos Ieronymakis!
A relieved looking Tasos Ieronymakis thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.