PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between CJ Hammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Humberto Jamie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Humberto Jamie is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Hammer
vs
Jamie

182 cm
20
135 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

165 cm
23
147 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

StarDust. Cosmic Creations.
Cage Wars Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, CJ Hammer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Humberto Jamie!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jamie misses with the combination.
Jamie lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hammer.

Jamie closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

Jamie breaks from the clinch.
Jamie scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hammer doesn't seem bothered though.
Jamie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hammer.
Hammer really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Hammer swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jamie counters with a left to the body.
Hammer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Jamie pushes Hammer up against the ropes in a clinch.
Hammer avoids the elbow strike from Jamie, against the ropes.

Jamie breaks from the clinch.
Hammer lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jamie at a distance.
Hammer throws a right and a left that both miss.

Hammer gets a takedown into half guard.

Hammer is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Jamie doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Hammer.

Hammer is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Jamie defends it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hammer is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Hammer seems to be looking for submissions.

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.
Jamie is refusing to be controlled, as Hammer sits in half guard.
Hammer stops Jamie from getting back to his feet.
Jamie keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jamie pushes Hammer off looking to stand but Hammer dives back in and keeps control.

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

Jamie moves into range and clinches up with Hammer.
Jamie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hammer is defending well for now.
Jamie tries to land a knee to the head but Hammer blocks with his arms.
Jamie misses with a knee strike.
Jamie putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hammer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jamie throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hammer blocks it with crossed arms.
Jamie looks gassed!
Hammer managing to block the knees to the body from Jamie.
Jamie trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jamie connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hammer's face.

Jamie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Humberto Jamie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No joy there for Hammer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hammer looks to land a combination. Jamie sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jamie avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hammer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jamie throws a chopping leg kick but Hammer manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hammer misses with a combination
and Jamie counters with a nice uppercut.
No joy there for Hammer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hammer throws a series of punches but Jamie avoids them all with ease.
Jamie tries to clinch but Hammer is having none of it.
Hammer takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Some wild striking there from Hammer.

Jamie has closed the distance and engaged Hammer in a clinch.
Jamie tries to land knees in the clinch but Hammer avoids the damage to the body.
Jamie looking to throw knees to the head but Hammer is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammer tries to pull guard but Jamie won't allow it.
Hammer tries to pull guard but Jamie holds him up against the ropes and eventually Hammer drops back down to his feet.
Hammer tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Jamie just stands there and leans against the ropes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for CJ Hammer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jamie with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hammer tries to score a body lock takedown but Jamie shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Jamie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hammer is defending well for now.
Jamie lands a good knee to the midsection. Hammer won't want to take too many of those.
Hammer tries to pull guard but Jamie won't allow it.
Jamie using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hammer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jamie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hammer avoids it.
Jamie misses with a knee strike.
Hammer blocks an elbow strike from Jamie.
Hammer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Hammer tightens his grip and picks Jamie up, before dumping him to the ground. Jamie manages to land in guard.
Jamie keeping moving, preventing Hammer from controlling successfully.
Hammer missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that CJ Hammer will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hammer lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hammer.

Jamie drives through and clinches with Hammer against the ropes.
Jamie unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hammer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jamie tries a knee to the head but Hammer blocks it.
Hammer tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Jamie lands an elbow inside.
Jamie tries to land knees in the clinch but Hammer avoids the damage to the body.
Hammer fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jamie has Hammer pressed against the ropes, preventing Hammer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hammer wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for CJ Hammer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jamie utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jamie with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hammer dodges an elbow strike from Jamie.
Hammer fails to pull guard.
Hammer fails to pull guard.
Jamie is breathing heavily.
Jamie lands a good knee to the midsection. Hammer won't want to take too many of those.
Jamie tries to land a knee to the head but Hammer blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammer is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Jamie pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Jamie landing knees to the head.
Hammer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hammer fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Hammer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hammer tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Jamie smiles and moves away.
Hammer lands a jab-cross combination.
Hammer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Hammer.

Jamie clinches.
Jamie tries to land a knee to the head but Hammer blocks with his arms.
Hammer jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Jamie walks away with a smile on his face. Hammer gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Hammer lands a jab to the nose.
Hammer throws a right hand that Jamie ducks under and follows up with a left that Jamie also avoids with ease.
CJ Hammer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hammer falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jamie counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Jamie - just one landing.
Hammer tries to clinch up.
Jamie fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hammer lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hammer.
Hammer cracks a nice hook into Jamie's ribs.
Hammer lands the left hand.
Hammer throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jamie stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hammer swings for the body but Jamie moves out of range.
Jamie misses with a leg kick.
Hammer throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hammer misses with a wild combination.
Hammer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jamie throws the kick towards the body but Hammer avoids it.
Hammer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jamie.
Hammer lands a really nice looking cross but Jamie seems unphased.
Hammer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammer throws a series of punches but Jamie moves out of range.
Hammer throws a series of punches but Jamie moves out of range.
Hammer takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Jamie throws a head kick that misses.
No luck for Hammer with that takedown attempt.
Hammer is looking to wear down Jamie with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jamie scores with a nice strike.
Hammer works over Jamie's head and body with a nice combination.
Hammer takes a swing at Jamie's ribcage but misses.
Hammer throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jamie turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hammer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Jamie moves into range and clinches up with Hammer.
Jamie utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hammer has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Jamie is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jamie manages to break the clinch.
Jamie connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jamie throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hammer counters with a right hand to the body.
Hammer displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Jamie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hammer.
A nice combination there by Hammer.
Hammer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Jamie misses.
Jamie takes a swing at Hammer's ribcage but misses.
Hammer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jamie.
Jamie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hammer swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Jamie counter with a right hand.
A combination from Hammer does no damage.
Jamie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hammer.
Hammer looks to throw the jab but Jamie is out of range.
Jamie connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that CJ Hammer will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Jamie moves out of range of the leg kick from Hammer.
Hammer throws the left hand but Jamie avoids the punch easily.
Hammer falls off balance throwing a combination

and Jamie counters by moving into the clinch.
Jamie prevents a takedown attempt there.
Hammer is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Jamie putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hammer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jamie throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hammer blocks it with crossed arms.
Jamie landing knees to the head.
Jamie is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Jamie breaks the clinch.
Jamie scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hammer has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Jamie.
No joy there for Hammer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jamie takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jamie lands a head kick!
Hammer tries to clinch but Jamie moves away
and Jamie counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Danga de danga de dang - Hammer scores with a four punch combination!
Hammer works over Jamie's head and body with a nice combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammer on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
CJ Hammer is winning the standup battle so far.
Hammer throws a series of punches but Jamie moves out of range.
Hammer misses with the combination.
Hammer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jamie moves away.

Jamie clinches up against the ropes.
Jamie tries a knee to the head but Hammer blocks it.

Jamie manages to break the clinch.
Jamie misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jamie scores with the left hand. Hammer knows he should have avoided that one.
Jamie slips a jab and a cross from Hammer.
No joy there for Hammer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hammer stalks Jamie and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Jamie's face. Jamie staggers backwards, shaken.
Hammer tries to clinch up.
Hammer thows a body shot but no joy.
Jamie scores with a push kick.
Hammer will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Hammer misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jamie pushes Hammer up against the ropes in a clinch.

Jamie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Jamie moves into the clinch.
Jamie unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hammer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jamie scores with a knee to the head.
Jamie lands a knee to the body.
Jamie with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hammer is working for takedown but Jamie is calmly controlling the position for now.
Jamie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hammer jumps guard but Jamie stands there with Hammer around his waist. Hammer gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for CJ Hammer. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Jamie breaks the clinch.
Hammer fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hammer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hammer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jamie swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammer missing with a left hand there. Jamie was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hammer cracks Jamie with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jamie tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hammer is able to avoid easily.
Jamie takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jamie lands with a cross.
Jamie pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A jab from Jamie misses.
The fighters circling - Jamie throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hammer looks to land a combination but Jamie avoids it well.
Hammer takes a swing at Jamie's ribcage but misses.
Hammer showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jamie.
Jamie jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Some wild striking there from Hammer.
Hammer misses with a two punch combination.
Jamie misses with a body kick.
A combination from Hammer does no damage.

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.
Hammer throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hammer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hammer misses with the combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Jamie misses the target.
Hammer throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jamie on the side of the head.
Hammer misses with a wild combination.
Hammer throws a nice looking combination but Jamie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice cross by Jamie.
Humberto Jamie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jamie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hammer.
Jamie pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hammer punishes Jamie's body with a nice straight punch.
Hammer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jamie doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jamie throws a sloppy head kick and Hammer moves out of range easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hammer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
CJ Hammer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hammer throws a right and a left that Jamie avoids nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Humberto Jamie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hammer 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a draw!