PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Diggin Sack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Albert Hitchenfrog (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sack comes to the cage accompanied by TUF Theme. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Sack
vs
Hitchenfrog

177 cm
23
183 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

188 cm
22
169 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Springfield HW Nutrition
Springfield HW Nutrition

Doom Fightwear & Laundry Service

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Diggin Sack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Albert Hitchenfrog!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Konstantin Menshow and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hitchenfrog connects with a high kick.
Hitchenfrog misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Hitchenfrog moves into the clinch.
Hitchenfrog with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hitchenfrog utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sack is trying to stall.
Sack avoiding damage as Hitchenfrog throws knees to the body.
Sack takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hitchenfrog misses with a knee to the head.
Sack on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hitchenfrog tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sack avoids it.
Sack blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Sack breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hitchenfrog is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hitchenfrog looks to clinch
and Sack counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hitchenfrog tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sack swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hitchenfrog tries to close the distance and clinch but Sack swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hitchenfrog looks to clinch

and Sack counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sack throws a big right hand that misses.
Hitchenfrog is looking to stand back up but Sack counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Hitchenfrog.
Sack winds up and cracks Hitchenfrog with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sack lands a nice short elbow.
Sack scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sack thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sack throwing shots but Hitchenfrog is blocking nicely.
Sack wants to free his trapped foot but Hitchenfrog is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sack thows a huge punch but Hitchenfrog dodges it nicely.
Sack throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hitchenfrog is refusing to be controlled, as Sack sits in half guard.
Sack thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hitchenfrog's head.
Hitchenfrog slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Sack loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hitchenfrog is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Hitchenfrog keeping moving, preventing Sack from controlling successfully.
Sack with a nice head shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hitchenfrog has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sack can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sack makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sack connects with a couple of short punches.
Hitchenfrog wants to control but Sack passes easily into half guard.
Hitchenfrog blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sack.
Sack with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Hitchenfrog slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Sack chips away with some ground and pound.
Sack distracts Hitchenfrog with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sack thows a big elbow that misses.
Hitchenfrog looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hitchenfrog wants to stand up but Sack is controlling him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hitchenfrog is looking to sweep but instead, Sack has passed into half guard.
Sack working the head and body with strikes.
Sack is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Hitchenfrog!
BOOM! Sack connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Hitchenfrog is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Sack is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sack with shots to the head and body - Hitchenfrog looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hitchenfrog really wants to buck Sack off and get back to his feet.
Hitchenfrog really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Sack postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hitchenfrog looks a forlorn figure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Hitchenfrog doesn't manage to clinch there - Sack circles away.

It looks like Albert Hitchenfrog has been cut.
Sack steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Hitchenfrog. That one must have hurt.

Hitchenfrog gets a clinch.
Hitchenfrog lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sack can't get the takedown.
Hitchenfrog with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sack managing to block the knees to the body from Hitchenfrog.
Sack on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hitchenfrog trying to land knees to the body.
Hitchenfrog throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sack blocks it with crossed arms.
Hitchenfrog tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sack avoids it.
Hitchenfrog landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hitchenfrog lands a knee to the head.
Hitchenfrog misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sack.
Hitchenfrog connects with a knee to the head.
Hitchenfrog misses with a knee strike.
Hitchenfrog tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sack avoids it.
Hitchenfrog working Sack over with knees to the body.
Sack managing to block the knees to the body from Hitchenfrog.
Sack content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hitchenfrog tries to land a knee to the head but Sack blocks with his arms.
Hitchenfrog missing with knees to the body.
Hitchenfrog stops a takedown attempt from Sack.
Hitchenfrog is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sack is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sack doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hitchenfrog tries to land knees in the clinch but Sack avoids the damage to the body.
Sack tries a body shot but Hitchenfrog blocks it.
Sack wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hitchenfrog missing with knees to the body.
Hitchenfrog looking to throw knees to the head but Sack is blocking nicely.
Sack lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sack can't break the clinch.
Knees to the body from Hitchenfrog.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sack on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Albert Hitchenfrog seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hitchenfrog using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sack has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hitchenfrog misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sack.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sack will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hitchenfrog up against the cage.
Hitchenfrog using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sack has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sack trying to control the position but instead, Hitchenfrog has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sack into the cage.
Hitchenfrog tries to land a knee to the head but Sack blocks with his arms.
Sack swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hitchenfrog is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sack is defending well for now.
Hitchenfrog is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sack is defending well for now.
Sack swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Hitchenfrog.
Hitchenfrog trying to land knees to the body.
Hitchenfrog misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sack.
Hitchenfrog with a knee to the head.
Sack looking to stall.
Hitchenfrog landing knees to the body.
Hitchenfrog with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hitchenfrog using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sack has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sack takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hitchenfrog connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sack's face.
Hitchenfrog misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sack.
Hitchenfrog tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Albert Hitchenfrog showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Albert Hitchenfrog's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Hitchenfrog closes the distance looking to clinch

and Sack counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Hitchenfrog has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sack is working away from the top position though.
Hitchenfrog is in trouble now - Sack has advanced to mount!
Sack fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hitchenfrog is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Sack trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sack landing strikes from the mount and Hitchenfrog is in trouble!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sack lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Hitchenfrog manages to regain half guard. Good work.

Hitchenfrog actively working from the bottom here.
Sack performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Hitchenfrog is trying to control but can't.
Sack scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That has opened up Albert Hitchenfrog's cut even more.
Sack thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sack prevents Hitchenfrog from improving his position.
Sack trying to control the action but Hitchenfrog is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hitchenfrog is looking for a sweep. Sack is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sack is trying to control the action in half guard but Hitchenfrog is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sack looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hitchenfrog with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

The cut above Albert Hitchenfrog's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Hitchenfrog wants to improve his position but Sack is controlling well.
Hitchenfrog moves into full guard.
Hitchenfrog is trying to keep Sack in close.
Sack postures up in Hitchenfrog's guard and throws a big left but Hitchenfrog blocks it.
Sack missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hitchenfrog wants to sweep here but Sack controlling him for the moment.

Hitchenfrog had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Sack defends it easily.
Hitchenfrog takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sack stands up over Hitchenfrog, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Hitchenfrog escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Sack gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Hitchenfrog managing to control the position.
Sack pushes down on Hitchenfrog's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Hitchenfrog is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sack scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sack tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hitchenfrog knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Diggin Sack overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sack moves into full mount! Hitchenfrog won't be happy about that!
Sack pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Albert Hitchenfrog's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Albert Hitchenfrog's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Diggin Sack!