PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Hand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hand's entrance music is Bloody Pimp. A fine choice. This should be a great matchup!

Hand
vs
Balboa

191 cm
26
220 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

185 cm
25
217 lbs
6 - 3 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

WIN Nutritional
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dan Hand!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rocky Balboa!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Ivan Kurochkin and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balboa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Good shot there by Hand.
Hand dodges the punch combination from Balboa.

Hand closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Balboa misses with the head strike.
A short right from Hand on the inside.
Balboa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hand or not.
Hand pushes Balboa back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Hand fails to land.
Balboa digs a right hand underneath Hand's ribcage. Hand let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short uppercut from Hand.
A head punch on the inside from Balboa fails to land.
Balboa misses with some punches.
A short right from Balboa.
Balboa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice left hand lands by Balboa.
Balboa misses with some punches.
Balboa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Balboa presses Hand against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Balboa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hand backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa throws a head punch that misses.
Hand blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hand blocking some punches.
Balboa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Balboa swings wildly with an uppercut but Hand uses good head movement to avoid it.
Balboa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hand struggles to land a body shot inside as Balboa controls his hands.
Balboa throws a punch but it's blocked by Hand.
Balboa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Balboa working aggressively here.
Balboa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hand.
Balboa working aggressively here.
Balboa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Balboa throws a punch but it's blocked by Hand.
Hand throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hand.
Balboa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Balboa lands a shoulder strike.

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.
A short right from Balboa.
Hand lands a body shot.
Balboa throws a head punch that misses.
Balboa misses with the head strike.
Hand blocks an uppercut.
Balboa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hand's elbow.
Hand doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hand misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hand fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Balboa misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Balboa fails to land.
Hand presses Balboa against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Balboa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Balboa has a couple of punches blocked by Hand.
Hand blocking some punches.
Hand throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Balboa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balboa.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Balboa fails to land.
Hand lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Balboa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hand lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Balboa fails to land.
Balboa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Balboa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Balboa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hand backwards.
Balboa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hand throws a punch but it's blocked by Balboa.
A right handed body shot lands from Balboa.
Hand blocks an uppercut.
Hand working aggressively here.
Hand working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hand scores with a nice hook to the head.
Balboa lands with a right to the head.
Good body shot from Balboa.
A left hand lands to the body for Balboa.
Hand is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Balboa working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balboa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hand backwards.
Balboa misses with the head strike.
Balboa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Balboa misses with a punch on the inside.
Balboa has a couple of punches blocked by Hand.
Balboa is working Hand over against the cage.
Hand lands a body shot in the clinch.
Balboa lands with a right to the head.
Hand blocking some punches.
Balboa swings wildly with an uppercut but Hand uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hand.
Hand fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hand blocking some punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hand blocking some punches.
A short uppercut from Balboa.
Balboa working aggressively here.
Hand working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rocky Balboa dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A big left from Balboa misses.
Hand connects with a body shot.
Balboa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hand throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Balboa closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hand counters with a right hand to the body.
Balboa lands with a right and another and another! Hand is in big trouble! Balboa lands again and this time it's lights out for Hand! A quality knockout there for Balboa.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Rocky Balboa!