PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robin Padilla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zangief Hakkarainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Padilla comes to the cage accompanied by boom!!!. Hakkarainen comes into a darkened arena with his song building. HellYeah kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Padilla
vs
Hakkarainen

188 cm
28
215 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

185 cm
30
201 lbs
14 - 3 - 2

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Robin Padilla!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 2, fighting out of London, Zangief Hakkarainen!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Paul Tew and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hakkarainen swings for the body but Padilla moves out of range.
Hakkarainen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Padilla's hands.
Padilla looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nice shot by Hakkarainen.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Padilla.
Hakkarainen thows a body shot but no joy.
A jab from Hakkarainen does it's job there.
Hakkarainen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Padilla takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Padilla throws the kick towards the body but Hakkarainen avoids it.
Padilla takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Padilla takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hakkarainen takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hakkarainen lands a slapping body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Padilla.
Hakkarainen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hakkarainen cracks a nice hook into Padilla's ribs.
Hakkarainen scores with a decent looking hook.
Hakkarainen connects with a body shot that sends Padilla's belly button to the back.
Padilla takes one to the side of the head.
Hakkarainen fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Padilla is looking to land body kicks.
Hakkarainen jabs at Padilla's body.

Padilla throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Hakkarainen tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Padilla is in Hakkarainen's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Padilla is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Padilla lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Padilla drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Padilla jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Padilla wants to control from the top but Hakkarainen keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Padilla throwing strikes but missing.
Padilla postures up in Hakkarainen's guard and throws a big left but Hakkarainen blocks it.
Hakkarainen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Padilla.
Padilla throwing strikes but missing.

Hakkarainen had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Padilla defends it easily.
Hakkarainen is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Padilla scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hakkarainen is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Padilla content to stall in guard here.

Padilla drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Padilla jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Padilla is working Hakkarainen over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Padilla works over Hakkarainen with some ground and pound from guard.
Hakkarainen keeping moving, preventing Padilla from controlling successfully.
Padilla throws a big elbow that misses.
Padilla tries to free his leg and advance position but Hakkarainen is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Padilla trying to control the position from guard on top but Hakkarainen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Padilla connects with a couple of short punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Padilla is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Padilla chips away with some ground and pound.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hakkarainen can't keep his opponent in guard - Padilla advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Padilla not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Padilla is looking for a kimura here.
Padilla throwing shots but Hakkarainen is blocking nicely.
Padilla working over Hakkarainen with some ground and pound. Hakkarainen looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Padilla is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Padilla in particular looking to stall.
Hakkarainen is trying to stand back up but Padilla is controlling him
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robin Padilla dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nice shot lands for Hakkarainen.

Hakkarainen gets caught napping as Padilla dives in and scores a takedown. Hakkarainen manages to retain guard.
Padilla is looking to work some ground and pound but Hakkarainen has wrist control.
Padilla is looking to work some ground and pound but Hakkarainen has wrist control.
Padilla sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Hakkarainen's guard.

Padilla is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Hakkarainen has managed to free his arm - good work.
Padilla trying to control the action but Hakkarainen is working from the bottom.
Hakkarainen wants to get back to his feet.
Padilla wants to pass to mount but Hakkarainen is defending the position.
Hakkarainen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Padilla. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Padilla lands a nice short elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hakkarainen is holding on to half guard well.
Padilla looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Padilla works his way into full mount!
Hakkarainen wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Padilla lands a big shot there that rocks Hakkarainen but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Padilla lands a big elbow.
Padilla with good strikes from the mount here!
Padilla lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Hakkarainen is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hakkarainen takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Padilla's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robin Padilla!
Robin Padilla retains his light heavyweight title!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Robin Padilla waved his t-shirt featuring 1337 ANZAC 's logo in front of the cameras.