PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Johny Chambers (ranked 2189 p4p, 216 weight class) and Baki Hanma (ranked 2209 p4p, 220 weight class). Hanma has chosen B-Complex - Beautiful Lies as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Chambers
vs
Hanma

159 cm
33
153 lbs
16 - 13 - 0

178 cm
33
154 lbs
17 - 19 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

BuriedAlive// Fight Gear

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 16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johny Chambers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Baki Hanma!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paulsen Ambrosius and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chambers throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hanma stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Chambers throws a jab when Hanma was well out of range.
Hanma now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Chambers has been working on his boxing with his coaches at House of 1000 Corpses in the buildup to the fight.
Chambers throws a combination that misses
letting Hanma counter with a right hand.
Hanma has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Hanma wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Hanma instigates a clinch.
Hanma fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chambers lands a shoulder strike.
Chambers digs a right hand underneath Hanma's ribcage. Hanma let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hanma misses with a punch on the inside.
Hanma scores with a shot to the side of Chambers's head.
Chambers lands with a light punch inside.
Hanma lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hanma swings wildly with an uppercut but Chambers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hanma misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chambers struggles to land a body shot inside as Hanma controls his hands.
Hanma tries to throw a body punch but Chambers avoids it by throwing Hanma back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chambers.
A nice left hand lands by Chambers.
Hanma digs a right hand underneath Chambers's ribcage. Chambers let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hanma gets underhooks to prevent Chambers's takedown attempt.
Hanma is working Chambers over against the cage.
Chambers blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanma misses with a punch to the body.
Hanma misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chambers tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hanma's elbow.
Hanma tries to work over Chambers's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hanma blocks an uppercut.
Hanma doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chambers will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hanma up against the cage.

Chambers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chambers throws the left hand but Hanma avoids the punch easily.
A shot to the body from Chambers misses

and Hanma counters by moving into the clinch.
A short right from Hanma.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chambers.
Chambers has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hanma tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hanma misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chambers lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hanma blocks an uppercut.
Chambers swings wildly with an uppercut but Hanma uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hanma.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chambers wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hanma prevents a body shot from Chambers.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chambers.
Chambers misses with a punch on the inside.
Chambers tries a body shot but Hanma blocks it.
Hanma misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hanma works on Chambers's body with a couple of short punches.
Hanma tries to throw a body punch but Chambers avoids it by throwing Hanma back against the cage.
Hanma struggles to land a body shot inside as Chambers controls his hands.
Chambers swings wildly with an uppercut but Hanma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hanma struggles to land a body shot inside as Chambers controls his hands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A short right from Hanma on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chambers.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chambers.
Chambers scores with a shot to the side of Hanma's head.
Hanma working aggressively here.
Chambers drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hanma gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Hanma lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Chambers backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanma misses with a body punch.
Hanma misses with a body punch.
Chambers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hanma working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Chambers tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johny Chambers. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chambers blocks an uppercut.
Hanma lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hanma stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hanma goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hanma lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hanma can't find room to land a body shot as Chambers controls the action.
Hanma lands a shot to the body.
Chambers pushes Hanma back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hanma tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chambers tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hanma's elbow.
Hanma tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hanma throws a head punch that misses.
Hanma tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chambers's elbow.
Chambers working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Hanma manages to pull guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanma pulls Chambers in close to his closed guard and prevents Chambers from doing any damage or advancing position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hanma keeping moving, preventing Chambers from controlling successfully.
Hanma looking to hit a scissor sweep but Chambers is one step ahead there.
Chambers missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Chambers working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hanma's head.
Hanma trying to control the position here.
Chambers has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Chambers slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Chambers controlling the position.
Hanma tries to bench press Chambers off him but Chambers keeps the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Baki Hanma dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A left lands for Hanma.
Chambers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hanma.
Hanma feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Chamberss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Chambers throws a looping overhand right but Hanma ducks down to avoid it.
Hanma uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chambers.
Chambers waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hanma.
Chambers tries for a takedown but Hanma circles away easily
and Hanma counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hanma fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Chambers looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Chambers looks to throw the jab but Hanma is out of range.
Hanma slips a jab from Chambers.
Chambers throws a right and a left that Hanma avoids nicely.
Hanma misses the shot to the body.
Chambers throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hanma sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hanma changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
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!
Chambers darts in looking for a takedown but Hanma gets double underhooks and turns Chambers into the cage.
Chambers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chambers throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanma keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Chambers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hanma.
Chambers swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Hanma lands with a nice body punch.
Hanma moves out of range of the strikes.
Baki Hanma seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Chambers bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hanma's head backwards.
Hanma throws a right and a left that Chambers avoids nicely.
Hanma has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Chambers thows a left - swing and a miss!
It seemed like Hanma was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hanma bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Chambers's head.
Chambers throws a hook but Hanma avoids it easily.
Hanma just misses with a punch to the body.
Hanma doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Chambers stalks Hanma and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hanma's face. Hanma staggers backwards, shaken.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hanma lands a nice shot that snaps Chambers's head back.
Hanma lands a nice shot that snaps Chambers's head back.
Chambers looks to score with a jab to the body but Hanma is just out of range.
Chambers throws a hook to the side of Hanma's head but Hanma sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chambers is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Hanma's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanma digs a good body shot into Chambers's ribs.
Hanma takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Chambers misses with a straight left.
Chambers scores with a jab to the jaw.
Chambers thows a left - swing and a miss!
A little jabbing left from Hanma on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hanma comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hanma is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A shot to the liver by Hanma. Beautiful body shot.
Chambers fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hanma has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A left lands for Hanma.
Hanma displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Chambers throws out the jab.
Hanma now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Chambers looks to land a left hand but Hanma moved out of range nicely.
Chambers takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hanma connects with a single shot there.

Chambers is rocked!
Hanma cracks Chambers with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Chambers falls to his knees and Hanma doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Baki Hanma!
After the fight, Baki Hanma was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.