PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Heavy Hands (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Buehrles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Hands
vs
Buehrles

225 cm
22
178 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
179 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

154 RECOVERY-UCF NUTRITION
UCF Clothing

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Heavy Hands!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mark Buehrles!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Chad Campbell and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Buehrles.
Buehrles ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hands misses the jab.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Buehrles.
Hands is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hands misses with the combination.
Hands really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Buehrles rushes Hands and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Buehrles.
Hands can't break the clinch.
Buehrles looking for a takedown.
Hands is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hands working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hands lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Buehrles backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Buehrles throws an elbow but misses.
Hands is looking to break free of the clinch but Buehrles has double underhooks.

Buehrles drags the fight down to the ground.
Hands controls from within his opponent's guard.
Hands wants to stand and escape but instead Buehrles has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Buehrles trying to control but Hands is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hands wants to stand and escape but Buehrles is having none of it.
Buehrles looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Buehrles trying to control but Hands is working from the bottom.
Hands is looking to stand up but Buehrles isn't so interested in that idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hands rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Buehrles moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hands is breathing heavily.
Hands swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hands avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Buehrles looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Buehrles tries to clinch up but Hands circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four 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.
Hands swats away the attempt to clinch by Buehrles.
Buehrles tries to clinch but Hands moves out of range.

Buehrles has managed to clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Hands's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Hands scores with a nice short uppercut.
Buehrles fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Heavy Hands has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Buehrles.
Hands wants to break free but Buehrles has control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hands is trying to break the clinch but Buehrles has him pressed against the cage.
Hands has had enough of the clinch but Buehrles keeps him there for the moment.
Buehrles's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Buehrles pulls guard effortlessly.
Hands throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Buehrles works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Buehrles dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A head kick misses from Buehrles.
Hands throws a series of punches but Buehrles moves out of range.
Hands scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Hands misses with the combination.
Buehrles is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good exchange - Hands coming out on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buehrles is trying hard to land a takedown here. Hands sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Buehrles is looking to clinch.
Buehrles is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Buehrles fails with an attempt to clinch.
Buehrles tries to clinch up but Hands circles away and keeps his distance.
Buehrles tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hands paws at him with a jab and circles away.

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.
Hands goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Buehrles is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hands missing with a left hand there. Buehrles was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Buehrles tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hands paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Buehrles slips a straight right by Hands.
Hands looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hands connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hands avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hands throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Buehrles uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hands.
Buehrles feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hands's calf.
Buehrles fails with an attempt to clinch.
Buehrles misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

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.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Buehrles is defended easily by Hands.
Heavy Hands has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Buehrles.
Hands fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hands misses with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Heavy Hands dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

A telegraphed takedown attempt from Buehrles is defended easily by Hands.
Hands missing with a left hand there. Buehrles was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hands is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Buehrles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Buehrles tries to close the distance and clinch but Hands swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Buehrles drops his hands momentarily and Hands takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hands rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Buehrles moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hands rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Buehrles moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hands throws a jab when Buehrles was well out of range.
Hands is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Hands scores with a decent looking hook.
Hands keeps the fight on the outside.
Some wild striking there from Hands.
Hands misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Buehrles tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch combination from Hands misses.
Buehrles takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hands is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Hands works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hands throws a lazy right hand but Buehrles sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hands works over Buehrles's head and body with a nice combination.
Heavy Hands seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buehrles misses with a takedown attempt - Hands sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Buehrles tries to close the distance and clinch but Hands swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
No joy there for Hands, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Buehrles moves in looking to clinch but Hands pushes him off.
Buehrles shoots for a takedown but Hands saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Heavy Hands has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Buehrles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Buehrles is looking to clinch.
Buehrles tries a head kick but it misses.
Hands misses with an uppercut. Buehrles saw that one coming.
Buehrles tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hands swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hands takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Buehrles shoots in for a takedown but Hands shows good takedown defense.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hands connects with a single shot there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Heavy Hands showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hands 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Heavy Hands!