PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Franklin Theriot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Soudouku Hanze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hanze has chosen ask a ninja as his entrance music. Theriot has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Franklin Theriot has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Theriot
vs
Hanze

190 cm
21
245 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
22
242 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
Determined

StarDust.
TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Franklin Theriot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Soudouku Hanze!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Bruno Lombardi and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Theriot looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hanze is fending him off so far but Theriot persists. Nope, Hanze circles away and we're back to standing.
Theriot tries for a takedown but Hanze sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Theriot is breathing heavily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Theriot.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Franklin Theriot. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hanze wants to clinch.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Theriot changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hanze tries to avoid it but Theriot manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hanze to the ground. Hanze escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hanze fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hanze fails in his attempt to clinch.

Hanze closes the distance and clinches.
Hanze lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hanze lands an elbow that stopped Theriot in his tracks for a moment.
Hanze lands an elbow inside.
Hanze prevents a takedown attempt there.
Hanze lands a damaging elbow.
Hanze creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Theriot's defenses.
Theriot avoiding damage as Hanze throws knees to the body.
Hanze lands an elbow just above Theriot 's eye.
A bit of stalling here from Hanze.
Hanze lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Hanze lands an elbow that stopped Theriot in his tracks for a moment.
Hanze throws an elbow that misses.
Theriot avoids a wild elbow strike from Hanze.
Hanze lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Theriot takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hanze tries to stall but Theriot uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hanze just misses with a elbow thrown towards Theriot's brow.
Hanze dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Hanze looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hanze gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hanze pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hanze stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hanze using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hanze.
Hanze lands an elbow inside.

Theriot has hold of one of Hanze's legs. Hanze is fighting the takedown attempt but Theriot gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Theriot wants to control from the top but Hanze keeps moving.
Theriot throws a strike but Hanze rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Theriot looking to control.
Hanze seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Theriot on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Theriot tries to get out of the position.
Theriot looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Hanze puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Theriot tries to get to full guard but Hanze has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hanze keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hanze works his way into side control.
Hanze controls the position.
Theriot looking for a sweep but Hanze has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Theriot is desperately trying to improve his position but Hanze has a good base and remains in mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hanze takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Soudouku Hanze dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hanze pushes Theriot up against the cage in a clinch.
Hanze pushes off an throws an elbow but Theriot leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hanze lands an elbow inside that Theriot shrugs off.
Theriot takes an elbow to the temple.
Hanze is trying to stall.
Hanze comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Theriot turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Theriot in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Hanze manages to work his way to half guard, despite Theriot's best efforts.
Theriot thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Theriot is thwarting Hanze's attempts to control the position.
Hanze 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.
Hanze is trying to get back to full guard.
Hanze has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Theriot is working away from the top position though.
Theriot throwing shots but Hanze is blocking nicely.
Hanze is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Theriot's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Theriot's back!
Theriot trying to control the hands but Hanze won't let him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hanze has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Theriot's body.
Theriot tries to break free.
What can Theriot do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Theriot wants to escape the position.
Hanze biding his time, looking for the opening.
Theriot trying to control the position but Hanze manages to sink in the hooks.
Theriot is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Hanze.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Theriot can't escape the position.
Hanze is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.

Despite being in the dominant position, Soudouku Hanze just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hanze fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Soudouku Hanze showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Hanze fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Theriot, pushing him back against the cage.
Hanze pressing his opponent against the cage.
Hanze lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Theriot is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hanze pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Hanze stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hanze lands an elbow inside.
Theriot takes an elbow to the forehead.
Theriot blocks an elbow strike from Hanze.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hanze pushes off an throws an elbow but Theriot leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Theriot avoids a wild elbow strike from Hanze.
Hanze scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nice elbow from Hanze.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Theriot blocks an elbow strike.
Hanze landing knees to the body.
Theriot blocks an elbow strike from Hanze.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hanze.
Hanze unloads a knee to the mid-section. Theriot lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hanze landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hanze gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hanze lands an elbow just above Theriot 's eye.
Hanze gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hanze just misses with a elbow thrown towards Theriot's brow.
Hanze crunches a lovely knee into Theriot's ribcage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hanze.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hanze unloads a knee to the mid-section. Theriot lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hanze creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Theriot's defenses.
Theriot takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hanze pushes off an throws an elbow but Theriot leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hanze gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hanze lands an elbow that stopped Theriot in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hanze misses with an elbow over the top.
Hanze using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hanze lands a nice elbow.
Hanze pushes off an throws an elbow but Theriot leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hanze is struggling to control the position.
Theriot takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hanze just misses with a elbow thrown towards Theriot's brow.
Hanze scores a nice knee to the body.
Hanze looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Theriot being controlled against the cage.

Theriot works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Hanze working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Theriot.
Theriot throws a strike but Hanze rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Theriot striking off his back but it's not causing Hanze any problems.
Theriot tries to strike from the bottom.
Theriot will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Theriot doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Theriot looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hanze is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Hanze moves into range and clinches up with Theriot.
Hanze is struggling to control the position.
Theriot tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hanze smiles and moves away.
Hanze fails with an attempt to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Soudouku Hanze comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hanze winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Soudouku Hanze!