PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bone Dust (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg Hammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dust comes into the arena with Pinch Me blaring out of the sound system. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Dust
vs
Hammer

165 cm
19
145 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

180 cm
18
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Bone Dust!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Greg Hammer!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Chris Edwards and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hammer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hammer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hammer misses with a head kick.

Hammer clinches up against the cage.
Hammer lands an elbow that stopped Dust in his tracks for a moment.
Hammer misses with an elbow strike.
Hammer throws an elbow that misses.
Dust avoids the elbow strike from Hammer, against the cage.
Hammer is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Dust tries to pull guard but Hammer won't allow it.
Hammer stalling the fight.
Hammer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dust.
Hammer pushes off an throws an elbow but Dust leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dust avoiding damage as Hammer throws knees to the body.
Hammer is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammer throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hammer stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hammer throws an elbow but misses.
Hammer missing with knees to the body.
Dust on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dust avoids a wild elbow strike from Hammer.
Hammer throws an elbow but it misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Hammer.
Hammer tries to land knees in the clinch but Dust avoids the damage to the body.
Hammer pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hammer controlling the action here for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hammer.
Hammer lands a nice elbow.
Hammer leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hammer receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Hammer missing with knees to the body.
Dust blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dust managing to block the knees to the body from Hammer.
Hammer stalls.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammer throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dust jumps guard but Hammer turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Dust blocks an elbow strike from Hammer.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hammer.
Hammer throws an elbow but it misses.
Hammer lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hammer is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Hammer looks gassed!
Hammer looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammer slows down the pace here.

Hammer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dust blocks a head kick by Hammer.
Hammer displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Dust.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bone Dust. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hammer tries a head kick but it misses.
Hammer tries to clinch but Dust moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hammer throws a half hearted mid kick.
Dust fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Hammer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Hammer throws a head kick that misses.
Hammer misses with a hook.
Hammer throws a leg kick which misses Dust's front leg but catches the back leg as Dust tries to avoid it.

Hammer moves into the clinch successfully.
Hammer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dust is defending well for now.
Dust dodges an elbow strike from Hammer.
Hammer pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dust jumps guard but Hammer turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Hammer holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Dust blocks the elbow strike.
Hammer lands a nice elbow.
Greg Hammer seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hammer stalling against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dust tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Dust avoiding damage as Hammer throws knees to the body.
Hammer comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Hammer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Hammer misses.
Dust shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hammer pinned against the cage. Hammer gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bone Dust. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hammer throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Dust's head.
Hammer is breathing heavily.
Hammer wants to land a leg kick but Dust is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hammer tries to work over Dust's front leg with a kick but Dust checks it.
Dust takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A head kick misses from Hammer.
Dust blocks a head kick by Hammer.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hammer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dust checks a leg kick.
Dust shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hammer defends it nicely.
Hammer misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Hammer. No joy for Dust on that attempt.
Hammer tries a head kick but it misses.
Hammer goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dust shoots in for a takedown but Hammer shows good takedown defense.
Dust avoids a kick to the body.
Greg Hammer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dust shoots in but Hammer avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Dust fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Dust closes the distance and clinches up with Hammer, looking for a takedown. Dust pushes Hammer against the cage but Hammer circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dust shoots in for a takedown but Hammer shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Hammer closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hammer creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hammer pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Hammer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hammer pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Dust scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Dust passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Hammer!
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!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dust looking to control but Hammer is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dust working for a guillotine from mount but Hammer is in no mood to give up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Greg Hammer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Hammer tries to close the distance and clinch but Dust swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hammer throws a sloppy head kick and Dust moves out of range easily.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Dust is defended easily by Hammer.
Hammer throws an overhand right that lands on Dust's shoulder, as Dust tries to avoid the shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hammer misses with a low kick as Dust jumps back.
Hammer looks to score with a jab to the body but Dust is just out of range.

Dust drives through with a takedown into Hammer's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dust trying to control the position from guard on top but Hammer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dust pushes down on Hammer's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Hammer takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hammer is refusing to be controlled, as Dust sits in half guard.

Dust is looking for a kimura here.
Dust looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dust is working for a kimura but Hammer is defending it quite comfortably.

Hammer is defending against the submission attempts here by Dust.
Hammer wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dust is trying to control the action in half guard but Hammer is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Dust passes the guard and advances to mount!
Dust trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Dust has isolated one of Hammer's arms. Hammer looking to fight him off but Dust twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Bone Dust!