PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hans Hansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Downson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hansen
vs
Downson

170 cm
22
179 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

185 cm
23
170 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Win Nutritional
Win Nutritional

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Hans Hansen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Bob Downson!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Andrew Berry and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Downson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hansen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Downson misses with a looping left.
Hansen dives in and grabs Downson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Downson pushes down on Hansen's head and hops out.
Downson misses the jab.

Hansen looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Nice strikes from Hansen there.
Hansen prevents Downson from improving his position.
Hansen lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Downson tries to kick Hansen off but Hansen keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Hansen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nice strikes from Hansen there.
Hansen lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Hansen throwing shots but Downson is blocking nicely.
Hansen lands with a punch from half guard.
Hansen is nestled in close to Downson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Downson is trying to stand up here but Hansen is controlling him well.
Hansen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hansen landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Downson tries to get to full guard but Hansen has control of the leg.
Ground and pound from Hansen.
Downson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Hansen's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Hansen's back!
Downson doesn't have the hooks in and Hansen manages to turn into his guard.
Hansen is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hansen cracks Downson with a solid left hand.
Hansen stopping the sweep attempt from Downson.
Downson looks gassed!
Downson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hansen stands and throws Downson's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hansen scores with a couple of short elbows.
Downson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Hansen lands an elbow.
Hansen working the ground and pound.
Hansen lands an elbow.
Hansen working the head and body with strikes.
Downson regains half guard.
Hansen seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hansen working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Hansen lands strikes from half guard.

Downson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Downson flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Hansen slips a nice elbow through Downson's hands, connecting with Downson's forehead.
Downson looks like he's trying to stand up.
Downson taking some punishment here, with Hansen in his half guard.
Hansen lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Hansen landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hansen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Downson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hansen connects with a nice short shot to Downson's temple.
Downson tries to get to full guard but Hansen has control of the leg.
Hansen winds up and cracks Downson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hansen looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hansen connects with a nice short shot to Downson's temple.
Downson tries to get to full guard but Hansen has control of the leg.
Hansen working the head and body with strikes.
Downson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hansen scores with a couple of nice shots.
Downson taking some punishment here, with Hansen in his half guard.
Downson tries to get to full guard but Hansen has control of the leg.
Hansen looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hansen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Hansen there.
Downson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hansen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Hansen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A swing and a miss from Downson.
Hansen shoots in for a takedown but Downson shows good takedown defense.
Hansen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Downson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Downson throws a series of punches but Hansen moves out of range.
Hansen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Downson throws out the jab.
Hansen moves away from the strike by Downson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Downson stuffs the takedown attempt from Hansen. Hansen gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hans Hansen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Downson thows a body shot but no joy.
Hans Hansen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Downson throws a body punch but Hansen moves out of range.
Bob Downson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Downson gets caught flat footed, as Hansen shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Hansen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Downson working for a triangle but Hansen defends it easily.
Downson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hansen works over Downson with some ground and pound from guard.
Hansen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hansen postures up and lands a big shot to Downson's brow.
Hansen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hans Hansen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hansen is working Downson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hansen keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Downson's head.
Downson tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hansen chips away with some ground and pound.
Hansen postures up and lands a big shot to Downson's brow.
Hansen scoring with punches to the head and body.
Downson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hansen manages to get himself to full guard.
Hansen throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Downson slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Downson trying to control the position from guard on top but Hansen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hansen trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Downson stands up out of Hansen's guard for a moment - Hansen manages to land a nice upkick.
Downson passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Hansen punching from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Downson is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Hansen punching from the bottom.
Hansen throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Downson manages to pass to side control.
Hansen is trying to work for a sweep but Downson has mounted him!
Hansen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hansen flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Downson prevents Hansen from getting the reversal.
Hansen throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Downson content just to control the position here.

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.
Hansen flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Downson controlling from mount.
Downson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Downson blocks Hansen's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Hansen keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hansen flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Downson lands a nice shot to the head.
Hansen working to try and regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Bob Downson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Downson swings for the body but Hansen moves out of range.
Downson scores with a hook to the body. Hansen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hansen shoots in for a takedown but Downson shows good takedown defense.
Hansen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Downson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Hansen shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hansen was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Hansen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Downson hang on?
Hansen lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Downson is working to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Downson sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Hansen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Downson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hansen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hansen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Downson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hansen.
Hansen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Downson makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Downson.
Hansen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hansen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A jab from Downson finds it's way through Hansen's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hansen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hansen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A slow jab from Downson misses its intended target.
Downson throws a nice looking combination but Hansen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Hansen looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Hansen working the head and body with strikes.
Hansen lands with a punch from half guard.
Downson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hansen.
Hansen throwing shots but Downson is blocking nicely.
Downson wants to get back to full guard.
Hansen landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hansen scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Hansen scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Downson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Downson takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Downson takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Downson is looking to reverse the position.
Downson is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hansen connects with a decent elbow.
Downson regains half guard.
Downson gets full guard.
Hansen stands up over Downson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Downson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hansen scoring with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hansen won't allow Downson to sweep him here.
Hansen is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Downson trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Downson has momentary wrist control but Hansen slips an elbow through the middle.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Hansen looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Hansen throws and elbow that misses. Downson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hansen's guard. Nice move by Downson!
Hansen doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Hansen might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Downson passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Downson sitting and controlling from the half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hans Hansen showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hansen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hans Hansen!