PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Travis Night (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Hand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hand has chosen Bloody Pimp as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Night
vs
Hand

188 cm
20
218 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

191 cm
27
220 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Travis Night!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dan Hand!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Night lands with a shot to the body.
Hand misses with a series of wild punches.
Night takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hand misses the body punch
and Night counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hand avoids the body shot from Night.
Hand waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Night.
Hand throws a left and a right that both miss
and Night counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Night tries a head kick but it misses.
Night waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hand.
Night tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hand ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hand misses with a double jab.
Night misses with an uppercut.
Night ducks under a wild hook from Hand.
Night tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hand was well out of range. Poor timing from Night.
Night looks to land a left hand but Hand moved out of range nicely.
A shot to the body from Night misses
and Hand cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Night tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hand was well out of range. Poor timing from Night.
Hand digs a good hook to Night's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hand lands with a nice body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hand swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Night counters by moving into the clinch.
Night takes a shot to the head.
Hand has a couple of punches blocked by Night.
Night scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hand scores with a hook to the body.

Night's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Night throws a sloppy head kick and Hand moves out of range easily.
Hand gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hand listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Night looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Night changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Night is breathing heavily.
Night just misses with a punch to the body.
Night ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hand moves away.

Night tries to keep at a distance but Hand has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hand has a couple of punches blocked by Night.
Night is trying to break free.
Hand prevents Night from breaking the clinch.
Night can't find room to land a body shot as Hand controls the action.
Night wants to break the clinch but can't.

Night's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hand tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Night was well out of range. Poor timing from Hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hand ducks under a wild hook from Night.
Hand scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Night takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A jab from Hand misses.
Night takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Good shot there by Hand.
Night ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hand moves away.
Hand fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Night on the side of the head.
Hand connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Night is rocked!
Hand throws a nice looking combination but Night bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Night drops his hands momentarily and Hand takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hand throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hand lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hand tries to clinch there but Night circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Hand misses the target.
Night digs a good body shot into Hand's ribs.
A big right from Night misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hand has Night up against the cage in a clinch.
Hand misses with a body punch.
Hand misses with a short punch on the inside.
Night wants to get back to striking at distance but Hand won't allow it.

Night manages to break the clinch.

Hand clinches.
Night stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hand.

Night manages to break the clinch.
Hand loads up on a big right hand but Night slips the punch.
Night uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hand.
Nice shot by Night.
Hand throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hand uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Night.
Hand steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Night.
Hand throws a right hand that Night ducks under and follows up with a left that Night also avoids with ease.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Night blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hand stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Night's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hand misses with a straight left.
Hand keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dan Hand seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Night throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Hand displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Night throws out the jab.
Hand keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Hand pushes Night up against the cage in a clinch.
Hand blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hand scores with a shot to the side of Night's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Night breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Night misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hand waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Night.
Hand keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Night.
Hand throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Night getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hand ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Night moves away.
Hand lands a nice shot that snaps Night's head back.
Hand misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Night clinches up with Hand and pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Hand dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hand misses with a body shot.

Hand clinches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A right hand to the body from Night.
A left hand lands to the body for Hand.

Night manages to break the clinch.
A jab from Hand misses.
Night lands with a good body shot.
Night keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Hand is rocked!
Night sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Hand's defenses. It connects perfectly with Hand's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Travis Night!