PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alfred Hammarskjold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Morgan Trendell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alfred Hammarskjold had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Hammarskjold
vs
Trendell

183 cm
20
290 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
19
300 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Great wrestler
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alfred Hammarskjold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Morgan Trendell!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trendell connects with a right hand. Hammarskjold shakes it off.

It looks like Alfred Hammarskjold has been cut.

Hammarskjold gets a double leg takedown into Trendell's guard.
Trendell trying to keep a closed guard but Hammarskjold is proving a slippery customer.
Hammarskjold loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hammarskjold cracks Trendell with a solid left hand.
Hammarskjold throwing strikes from guard but Trendell blocks nicely.
Trendell really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hammarskjold. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hammarskjold content to stall in guard here.
Hammarskjold advances position into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trendell taking punishment in the form of punches.
Hammarskjold throws an elbow but Trendell slips to the side and avoids it well.
Hammarskjold in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Hammarskjold tries to score with some ground and pound. Trendell controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Hammarskjold in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Hammarskjold is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Trendell's shoulder. That is not cool.
Hammarskjold throws an elbow but Trendell slips to the side and avoids it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hammarskjold misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammarskjold sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Trendell is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Trendell tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hammarskjold wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Hammarskjold controlling from side mount.
Hammarskjold landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Hammarskjold working the ground and pound from side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Check out the look on Hammarskjold's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hammarskjold cracks Trendell with a big right hand but Trendell just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammarskjold in side control, throwing shots but Trendell defends.
Hammarskjold in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Hammarskjold working the body and head with strikes.
Hammarskjold in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Trendell manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Hammarskjold sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Trendell defending well though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammarskjold not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hammarskjold missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Hammarskjold thows a huge punch but Trendell dodges it nicely.
Hammarskjold looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Trendell on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hammarskjold stalling.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hammarskjold seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Trendell for as long as he can get away with.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alfred Hammarskjold dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alfred Hammarskjold's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Trendell throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hammarskjold moves away from the strike by Trendell.

Hammarskjold shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Trendell is trying to defend but Hammarskjold finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Hammarskjold controlling the pace.
Hammarskjold thows a huge punch but Trendell dodges it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammarskjold not doing much here.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

We're going to have a standup here because Alfred Hammarskjold wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Hammarskjold misses with a lunging right hand
and Trendell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Hammarskjold gets a double leg takedown into Trendell's guard.
Hammarskjold thows a big elbow that misses.
Trendell wants to control the position but Hammarskjold says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Trendell tries to roll over but Hammarskjold keeps him under control.
Hammarskjold working over Trendell with some ground and pound. Trendell looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammarskjold is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ground and pound from Hammarskjold.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hammarskjold not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hammarskjold passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Trendell!
Hammarskjold landing strikes from the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammarskjold with shots to the head and body - Trendell looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hammarskjold softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Trendell is out cold! Hammarskjold jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alfred Hammarskjold!