PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Elwood Buckknuckle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gunnar Hansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gunnar Hansen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Buckknuckle
vs
Hansen

180 cm
25
198 lbs
7 - 10 - 0

196 cm
30
191 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Elwood Buckknuckle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gunnar Hansen!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Steve Smith and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hansen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Buckknuckle sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hansen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Buckknuckle misses with a few strikes there.
A solid body kick from Hansen.

Buckknuckle shoots in and bounces Hansen off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Buckknuckle throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Buckknuckle postures up in Hansen's guard and throws a big left but Hansen blocks it.
Buckknuckle throwing strikes from guard but Hansen blocks nicely.
Buckknuckle slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Buckknuckle is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Hansen is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Buckknuckle in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buckknuckle scoring with punches and elbows.
Sloppy strikes there by Buckknuckle.
Buckknuckle tries to advance position but instead Hansen slips a leg back in to half guard.
Buckknuckle looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hansen with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Buckknuckle working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Buckknuckle looks to land a strike but Hansen avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Buckknuckle works over Hansen with some ground and pound from guard.
Hansen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Buckknuckle. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Buckknuckle works over Hansen with some ground and pound from guard.
Buckknuckle with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buckknuckle scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Buckknuckle loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hansen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Buckknuckle throwing strikes from guard but Hansen blocks nicely.
Buckknuckle throwing strikes but missing.
Buckknuckle lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Buckknuckle thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Buckknuckle postures up.
Buckknuckle tries to free his leg and advance position but Hansen is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buckknuckle is working Hansen over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Buckknuckle might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Buckknuckle throwing strikes but missing.
Hansen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Buckknuckle is one step ahead there.
Buckknuckle has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hansen can't keep his opponent in guard - Buckknuckle advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Hansen is trying to get back to full guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Buckknuckle lands a nice short elbow.
Hansen has hold of Buckknuckle's hands but Buckknuckle slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Buckknuckle wants to work for an arm triangle but Hansen is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Buckknuckle not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Buckknuckle lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Buckknuckle throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hansen blocking the ground and pound attempt from Buckknuckle.
Buckknuckle scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ground and pound from Buckknuckle.
Buckknuckle is looking to advance position but Hansen won't allow it.
Buckknuckle sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hansen defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elwood Buckknuckle dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hansen throws a lazy right hand but Buckknuckle sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Buckknuckle moves into range and connects with a jab.
Buckknuckle steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hansen.
Buckknuckle loads up on a big right hand but Hansen slips the punch.
Elwood Buckknuckle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Buckknuckle. Hansen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hansen moves out of range of the body kick.

Buckknuckle darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Buckknuckle is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hansen defends it well.
Buckknuckle with the ground and pound but Hansen uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Buckknuckle missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buckknuckle landing with the ground and pound.
Buckknuckle pushing down on Hansen's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Hansen tries to kick Buckknuckle off but Buckknuckle keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Hansen is defending against the submission attempts here by Buckknuckle.
Buckknuckle thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Buckknuckle working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Buckknuckle seems to be working for a kimura but Hansen defends the submission attempt.
Buckknuckle is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hansen can do to turn this around?
Buckknuckle stops Hansen from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Buckknuckle is working for a submission of some sort.
Elwood Buckknuckle overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Buckknuckle throwing shots but Hansen is blocking nicely.
Buckknuckle lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Buckknuckle working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Buckknuckle working Hansen over with strikes.

Buckknuckle wants to work for an arm triangle but Hansen is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buckknuckle seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hansen blocking the ground and pound attempt from Buckknuckle.
Buckknuckle not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Buckknuckle misses with a head shot. Hansen uses the momentum to regain guard.
Buckknuckle keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hansen's head.
Buckknuckle cracks Hansen with a solid left hand.
Buckknuckle postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Buckknuckle trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Buckknuckle missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buckknuckle looking to pass the guard.
Hansen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Buckknuckle is one step ahead there.
Buckknuckle stands up over Hansen, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Buckknuckle landing some decent shots from guard.
Buckknuckle lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Buckknuckle lands a couple of digs.
Buckknuckle is in close to Hansen's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Buckknuckle passes Hansen's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elwood Buckknuckle dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Buckknuckle is trying hard to land a takedown here. Hansen sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Buckknuckle throws a head kick that misses
and Hansen counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Hansen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Buckknuckle throws out the jab.

Buckknuckle shoots in and bounces Hansen off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Buckknuckle with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Buckknuckle throwing strikes from guard but Hansen blocks nicely.
Buckknuckle slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Hansen prevents Buckknuckle from improving position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hansen tries to bench press Buckknuckle off him but Buckknuckle keeps the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Buckknuckle is working to tighten is grip on Hansen's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Hansen has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Buckknuckle is really squeezing tight and eventually Hansen passes out! Buckknuckle breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Elwood Buckknuckle!
Elwood Buckknuckle decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.