PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Humberto Jamie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cj Hammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Jamie
vs
Hammer

165 cm
24
147 lbs
9 - 7 - 1

182 cm
21
135 lbs
4 - 6 - 1

Decent wrestler
Good knees
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 9 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Humberto Jamie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Cj Hammer!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hammer falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jamie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hammer thuds his right hand into Jamie's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
No joy there for Hammer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jamie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hammer lands with a nice combination. Jamie backs away looking to recover.
Hammer throws a right hand that Jamie ducks under and follows up with a left that Jamie also avoids with ease.
Hammer connects with a body shot.
Jamie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Hammer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hammer has his takedown stuffed

and Jamie counters by clinching up.
Hammer tries to pull guard but Jamie holds him up against the ropes and eventually Hammer drops back down to his feet.

Jamie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jamie pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jamie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hammer throws out a powerful jab.
A shot to the liver by Hammer. Beautiful body shot.
Jamie misses with a kick to the body.
Hammer moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jamie tries to close the distance and clinch but Hammer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Humberto Jamie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jamie tries to work over Hammer's front leg with a kick but Hammer checks it.

Jamie drives through and clinches with Hammer against the ropes.

Jamie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hammer throws a series of punches but Jamie moves out of range.
Hammer cracks a nice hook into Jamie's ribs.
Hammer moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Hammer is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jamie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hammer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jamie tries to clinch but Hammer is having none of it.
Cj Hammer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Jamie misses.
Jamie tries to close the distance and clinch but Hammer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jamie slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hammer lands with a shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Hammer.
Jamie fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hammer checks it well.
Hammer tries to bum rush Jamie with a series of wild strikes but Jamie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jamie misses with a wild body shot.
Jamie moves in looking to clinch but Hammer pushes him off.
Hammer displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Hammer throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jamie.
Hammer tries to bum rush Jamie with a series of wild strikes but Jamie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jamie moves in looking to clinch but Hammer pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hammer rushes Jamie and presses him up against the ropes.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jamie obliges.
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 is breathing heavily.
Jamie crunches a lovely knee into Hammer's ribcage.
Jamie tries to land knees in the clinch but Hammer avoids the damage to the body.
Jamie using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Jamie breaks from the clinch.
Hammer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jamie moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hammer tries to bum rush Jamie with a series of wild strikes but Jamie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hammer lands a right hook to the body.
Hammer lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hammer sizes up Jamie with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hammer scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Hammer looks to land a combination. Jamie sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Jamie is rocked!
Jamie has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Oh Jamie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hammer is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Jamie rather than just go for the knockout.
Jamie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jamie avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jamie wants to clinch up but Hammer keeps it at a distance.
Jamie tries to close the distance and clinch but Hammer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jamie seems to have got his legs back now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammer lands a slapping body shot.
A combination from Hammer does no damage.
Jamie stuffs the takedown.
Humberto Jamie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cj Hammer.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jamie.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jamie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hammer throws a nice looking combination but Jamie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hammer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jamie circles away quickly and effectively.
Hammer throws a series of punches but Jamie avoids them all with ease.
Jamie throws a looping overhand right but Hammer ducks down to avoid it.
Hammer swats away the attempt to clinch by Jamie.
Jamie tries to clinch up but Hammer circles away and keeps his distance.
Jamie avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jamie is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hammer.
Jamie slips a jab and a cross from Hammer.
Nice jab there from Jamie.
Hammer defending well as Jamie loads up on a big left hand.

Hammer moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammer tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Jamie smiles and moves away.
Jamie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hammer.
Hammer lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Jamie is looking to clinch.
Hammer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jamie circles away quickly and effectively.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jamie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hammer throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hammer misses with a few strikes there.
Hammer throws a nice looking combination but Jamie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hammer keeps the fight on the outside.
Hammer digs a good hook to Jamie's body.
Hammer dips to his left and cracks Jamie with an uppercut!

Jamie closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jamie missing with knees to the body.
Jamie prevents the takedown attempt.
Jamie lands a nice knee to the body.
Hammer drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jamie pulls his leg out and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cj Hammer dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hammer lands a jab-cross combination.
Jamie tries to close the distance and clinch but Hammer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jamie throws a right and a left that Hammer avoids nicely.
Hammer scores with a hook to the body. Jamie takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hammer misses with a series of wild punches.
Jamie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jamie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hammer moves away.
Jamie takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cj Hammer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hammer swinging wildly here.
Hammer fails to land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hammer tries to bum rush Jamie with a series of wild strikes but Jamie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hammer throws a combination. Jamie tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hammer scores with a jab to the body.
Hammer misses with a double jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hammer!
Hammer is working the combinations to good effect here.
Hammer swats away the attempt to clinch by Jamie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammer lands a body shot.
Jamie tries to clinch up.
Hammer misses with the combination.
Hammer misses with the combination.
Jamie is looking to clinch.

Jamie gets a clinch.
Jamie lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hammer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jamie missing with knees to the body.
Hammer tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Jamie just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Jamie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hammer avoids it.
Hammer takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jamie tries a knee to the head but Hammer blocks it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Hammer is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Hammer looking for a takedown.
Humberto Jamie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cj Hammer.
Jamie wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hammer has him pressed against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jamie manages to break the clinch.
Hammer comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jamie takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Hammer throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Jamie stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hammer.
Hammer ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A cross from Hammer lands.
Jamie leaves Hammer with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hammer tries to bum rush Jamie with a series of wild strikes but Jamie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hammer throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jamie.

Hammer closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Hammer has Jamie pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Jamie manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Jamie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hammer.
Hammer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jamie fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hammer scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jamie moves in looking to clinch but Hammer pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammer moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Hammer lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hammer misses with a few strikes there.
Hammer lands with a nice body punch.
Hammer scores with a punch to the head.
Hammer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hammer swinging wildly here.
Jamie on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jamie misses with a left hand
and Hammer counters with a two punch combo.
Jamie dodges the punch combination from Hammer.
Jamie has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jamie looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

Hammer has closed the distance and engaged Jamie in a clinch.
Jamie stops a takedown attempt from Hammer.
Jamie misses with a knee to the head.
Hammer drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jamie tries to clinch but Hammer moves out of range.
Cj Hammer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jamie has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Hammer lands with a slapping head kick.
Hammer misses with a double jab

and Jamie counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Jamie misses with a knee strike.

Jamie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hammer is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Hammer misses with a combination

and Jamie counters by clinching up.

Jamie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jamie tries to clinch up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jamie throws a leg kick which misses Hammer's front leg but catches the back leg as Hammer tries to avoid it.
Hammer scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hammer throws a series of punches but Jamie moves out of range.
Hammer throws a series of punches but Jamie moves out of range.
Jamie avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cj Hammer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Hammer misses with a two punch combination.
A combination from Hammer does no damage.
Hammer closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Jamie moves into the clinch.
Jamie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hammer.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Jamie just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hammer's brow.
Hammer tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Hammer fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Jamie breaks from the clinch.
Hammer blocks a jab.
Hammer scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Hammer throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Jamie counters by moving into the clinch.
Hammer is working for takedown but Jamie is calmly controlling the position for now.
Humberto Jamie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cj Hammer.
Jamie using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hammer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Jamie manages to break the clinch.
Hammer misses with a combination
and Jamie connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hammer scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good exchange - Hammer coming out on top.
Hammer lands a slapping body shot.
Hammer moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jamie's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hammer connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Jamie scrambles back to his feet.
Jamie fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hammer changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jamie tries to avoid it but Hammer manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jamie to the ground. Jamie escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
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.
Jamie throws a looping overhand right but Hammer ducks down to avoid it.
Hammer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hammer fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hammer connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A combination from Hammer does no damage.
Jamie tries to clinch but Hammer is having none of it.
Jamie stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jamie wants it to stay on the feet.
Hammer falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jamie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jamie walks into a straight right hand from Hammer.
Hammer keeps the fight on the outside.
Hammer moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jamie tries to clinch up but Hammer circles away and keeps his distance.
Hammer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jamie.
Hammer scores with a one two! Jamie had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Hammer swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jamie counters with a straight right hand.
Hammer scores with a three punch combo!
Jamie tries to clinch up.
Hammer throws a shot to the body.
No joy there for Hammer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hammer is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Jamie closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Jamie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hammer.
Hammer tries to pull guard but Jamie won't allow it.
Hammer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hammer drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
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 minutes gone in the round.
Jamie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hammer avoids it.

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

Jamie moves into the clinch successfully.
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 with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jamie prevents the takedown attempt.
Hammer tries to pull guard but Jamie holds him up against the ropes and eventually Hammer drops back down to his feet.
Jamie scores with a knee to the head.
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.
Jamie tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hammer tries for a takedown but Jamie manages to get underhooks.
Jamie misses with a knee strike.
Jamie tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jamie pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Jamie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hammer avoids it.
Jamie stops a takedown attempt from Hammer.
Hammer has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Jamie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hammer.
Hammer tries to pull guard but Jamie holds him up against the ropes and eventually Hammer drops back down to his feet.
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.

Jamie manages to break the clinch.
Jamie has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A punch combination from Hammer misses.
Humberto Jamie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hammer throws a combination that misses
and Jamie counters with a straight right hand.

Jamie closes the distance and clinches.

Jamie breaks from the clinch.
Hammer misses with a two punch combination.

Jamie darts in and clinches Hammer up against the ropes.
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 throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hammer blocks it with crossed arms.
Cj Hammer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hammer drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Humberto Jamie.
I think Hammer has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cj Hammer!