PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Taylor Hamasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and joe twack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hamasaki
vs
twack

184 cm
24
216 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

190 cm
25
210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Taylor Hamasaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, joe twack!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hamasaki throws out a leg kick but twack moves out of range and Hamasaki only half commits.
twack looks to score with a jab to the body but Hamasaki is just out of range.

Hamasaki closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Hamasaki throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hamasaki missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
twack tries to get to full guard but Hamasaki has control of the leg.
Hamasaki takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
twack wants to control but Hamasaki is keeping busy and won't allow it.
twack pushes Hamasaki off looking to stand but Hamasaki dives back in and keeps control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hamasaki is nestled in close to twack, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
twack is trying to stand.
twack is trying to maintain the position but Hamasaki is very close to passing his half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if twack can do anything to dispel that myth.
twack taking some punishment here, with Hamasaki in his half guard.
twack tries to get to full guard but Hamasaki has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamasaki throwing shots but twack is blocking nicely.
twack tries to get to full guard but Hamasaki has control of the leg.
Hamasaki throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
twack avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hamasaki.
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. Hamasaki connects with a nice short shot to twack's temple.
Hamasaki is pressing down on twack's thigh, looking to free his foot. twack is holding on for now.
Hamasaki 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.
Hamasaki is taking a breather. twack says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
twack is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hamasaki scores with a couple of nice shots.
Hamasaki controlling the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
twack trying to control from the bottom.
twack is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hamasaki working over twack with some ground and pound. twack looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hamasaki wants to control but twack is keeping him busy.
Ground and pound from Hamasaki.
Hamasaki seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hamasaki throws a strike but twack avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Hamasaki trying to control the position from guard on top but twack is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
twack has momentary wrist control but Hamasaki slips an elbow through the middle.
twack looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
twack keeping moving, preventing Hamasaki from controlling successfully.
Hamasaki in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
twack tries to land a sweep but no joy.
twack wants to get back to his feet but Hamasaki is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hamasaki accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
twack tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hamasaki throws a big right hand that misses.
Hamasaki missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hamasaki missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
twack keeping moving, preventing Hamasaki from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hamasaki in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hamasaki working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hamasaki works over twack with some ground and pound from guard.
Hamasaki lands a couple of elbows.
Hamasaki wants to control from the top but twack keeps moving.
Hamasaki missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
twack keeping moving, preventing Hamasaki from controlling successfully.
Hamasaki has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Hamasaki landing with the ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hamasaki with a flurry of punches that miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Hamasaki shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hamasaki takes a swing at twack's ribcage but misses.
twack tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hamasaki paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Hamasaki moves into range and clinches up with twack.
twack wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hamasaki is stalling here.

Hamasaki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hamasaki scores with a hook to the body. twack takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Hamasaki has managed to clinch.

Hamasaki breaks the clinch.
Hamasaki will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hamasaki defending well as twack loads up on a big left hand.
twack ducks right into an uppercut from Hamasaki.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hamasaki clobbers twack with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

It looks like joe twack has been cut.

Hamasaki gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
twack is breathing heavily.

Hamasaki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Hamasaki has taken the fight to the clinch.

Hamasaki breaks from the clinch.
Hamasaki avoids the body shot from twack.

Hamasaki scores a takedown into full mount!
Hamasaki knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for twack on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamasaki in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Hamasaki wants to control the pace but twack is squirming around nicely.
Hamasaki with a couple of short strikes.
Hamasaki working the ground and pound effectively.

twack is rocked!
Hamasaki unloading with bombs!
Hamasaki lands a big shot there that rocks twack but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hamasaki lands a big shot to the head and twack winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Taylor Hamasaki!