PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Hammersmith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roberto Umberto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Umberto has chosen Perry Como - Magic Moments as his entrance music. Roberto Umberto has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hammersmith
vs
Umberto

192 cm
25
205 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

182 cm
26
204 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kyle Hammersmith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Roberto Umberto!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, John Mangel and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Umberto feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Umberto loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Umberto decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Hammersmith, up you get!

Hammersmith gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Umberto postures up.

Hammersmith is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Hammersmith is looking for a triangle but Umberto pushes his legs off easily.
Hammersmith looking to control.
Umberto works over Hammersmith with some ground and pound from guard.
Umberto trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Umberto avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Umberto landing with the ground and pound.
Umberto wants to control from the top but Hammersmith keeps moving.
Umberto has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hammersmith is looking for a triangle but Umberto pushes his legs off easily.
Hammersmith scores with a couple of body punches from the bottom.
Umberto throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hammersmith works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Umberto drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Umberto jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Hammersmith is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Umberto defends well.
Umberto wants to control from the top but Hammersmith keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Umberto postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hammersmith working a defensive guard here.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Umberto postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Hammersmith is looking for a triangle but Umberto pushes his legs off easily.

Hammersmith working for a triangle but Umberto defends it easily.
Umberto trying to control but Hammersmith is working from the bottom.
Umberto postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Umberto stays in close to Hammersmith's body and controls the position.
Umberto working some strikes from top position.

Hammersmith is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Umberto defends well.
Umberto keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hammersmith's head.
Umberto in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Hammersmith throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hammersmith wants to sweep but no luck.
Umberto is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Umberto works over Hammersmith with some ground and pound from guard.
Hammersmith utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Umberto lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Hammersmith looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Umberto engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Umberto with a nice head shot there.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Umberto accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Umberto cracks Hammersmith with a solid left hand.
Hammersmith keeping moving, preventing Umberto from controlling successfully.

Hammersmith working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Umberto doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Umberto manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Umberto stopping the sweep attempt from Hammersmith.
Umberto with a flurry of punches that miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roberto Umberto dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Umberto shoots in looking for a takedown but Hammersmith manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Umberto's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Umberto tries to close the distance and clinch but Hammersmith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Umberto drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Umberto throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Hammersmith is working to avoid the ground and pound but Umberto connects with a decent elbow.
Hammersmith tries to buck Umberto off but Umberto is having none of it.
Hammersmith manages to get back to half guard.

Hammersmith is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Umberto pulls his head out easily.
Umberto is trying to control the action in half guard but Hammersmith is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Hammersmith is trying to maintain the position but Umberto is very close to passing his half guard.
Hammersmith punching from the bottom.
Umberto working Hammersmith over with strikes.
Umberto throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Umberto looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Umberto prevents Hammersmith from improving his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hammersmith wants to control but Umberto is keeping busy.
Umberto thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hammersmith's head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Umberto lands a nice short elbow.
Hammersmith is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Umberto looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Umberto is trying to control the action in half guard but Hammersmith is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Hammersmith trying to control from the bottom.
Umberto wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hammersmith keeps working.
Hammersmith wants to get back to full guard but Umberto has mounted him!
Umberto landing shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammersmith takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Hammersmith is rocked!
Umberto postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Hammersmith badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Umberto around the waist but Umberto pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Umberto is the winner by TKO! Umberto jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roberto Umberto!