PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Wayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hammer Hands (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hands is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Triumph by:Wu Tang Clan. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Wayne
vs
Hands

189 cm
23
180 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

176 cm
22
170 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bruce Wayne!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hammer Hands!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Paul Gruel and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wayne swats away the attempt to clinch by Hands.
Wayne throws out a powerful jab.
Wayne swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Hands counters with a takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hands landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Wayne is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Hands fails to land a wild elbow strike.

Hands wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Wayne, who protects the arm well.
Wayne is trying to control Hands's posture but Hands avoids it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hands creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hands working away.
Hands happy to just control the position for now.
Hands working the ground and pound but Wayne is defending the strikes.
Hands working the ground and pound from side control.
Hands throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Wayne is trying to control Hands's posture but Hands avoids it.
Hands in side control, throwing shots but Wayne defends.
Wayne tries to bench press Hands off him but Hands keeps the position.
Wayne is working hard here to advance position.
Wayne struggling a bit here.
Hands is putting a hurting on Wayne here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wayne is trying to improve his position.
Wayne is not content to let Hands control the position.
Hands misses with the ground and pound.
Wayne regains half guard there - taking advantage of Hands's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Hands trying to control the action but Wayne is working from the bottom.
Wayne is trying to control but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wayne is not content to let Hands control the position.
Hands is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Hands not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hands wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wayne keeps working.
Hands prevents Wayne from improving his position.

Wayne looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Wayne looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hands sitting and controlling from the half guard.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Wayne with a jab.
Wayne scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Hammer Hands has been cut.

Hands closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Hands wants to control but Wayne is keeping him busy.
Wayne is trying to get back to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hands tries to advance to mount but Wayne denies him.
Wayne is looking to reverse the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hammer Hands dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hammer Hands's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hands walks into a left hand.
Hands avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wayne fails to land with a series of punches.
Hands is looking to clinch but Wayne is avoiding it.
Hands tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wayne manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Hands moves into the clinch.
I was talking to Wayne's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

Hands turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Wayne tries to bench press Hands off him but Hands keeps the position.
Hands is looking to take a break and control but Wayne is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hands might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Wayne haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Wayne is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wayne regains half guard.

Wayne is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Hands pulls his head out easily.

Wayne looking for a kimura from the bottom but Hands passes into side control!
Wayne is looking for a sweep.

Hands tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Hands throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Wayne tries to bench press Hands off him but Hands keeps the position.
Hands trying to control the position but Wayne is working away.
Check out the look on Hands's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hands working away.
Sloppy strikes there by Hands.
Hands working the ground and pound.
Hands wants to control but Wayne is keeping him busy.
Hands in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Hands lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Wayne down.
Wayne is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Hands tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hands lands a decent elbow from side control.
Hands wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wayne keeps working.
Hands working the head with strikes.
Hands scoring with punches and elbows.
Wayne is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
Hands in side control, throwing shots but Wayne defends.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Wayne's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Wayne is looking to regain half guard here but Hands keeps moving and retains side control.
Wayne is trying to control Hands's posture but Hands avoids it.
Wayne is looking for a sweep.
Wayne manages to get back to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hands perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Hands tries to pass the half guard into mount. Wayne knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Wayne moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hammer Hands showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Hammer Hands's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Wayne connects with a right hand. Hands shakes it off.
Wayne lunges at Hands with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hands's hand.
Hands tries to clinch but Wayne is having none of it.
Wayne lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hands at a distance.
Wayne with a hook.
Wayne cracks Hands with a hook to the temple - Hands is on wobbly legs here! Wayne swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Hands falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Wayne wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Bruce Wayne!
Bruce Wayne retains his welterweight title!
A very excited looking Bruce Wayne made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Hammer Hands spoke after the fight, saying 'The better fighter won tonight. I give respect!!! I'm looking for a rematch!'.