PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Hernando (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trevor Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hernando comes to the cage accompanied by HaunTed . Price has chosen Destroy Everything - Hatebreed as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Hernando
vs
Price

190 cm
29
265 lbs
17 - 5 - 0

192 cm
22
275 lbs
13 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

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Torment Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Roberto Hernando!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Trevor Price!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hernando gets tackled into the cage by Price. Price maintains the clinch.
Price looking to stall.
Price working some nice short punches in the clinch.

It looks like Roberto Hernando has been cut.
Hernando throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hernando leaning against his opponent.
Hernando tries a knee to the head but Price blocks it.
Hernando is leaning against Price and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hernando content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Price blocks a body shot from Hernando.
Price gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Price throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Price misses with a body punch.
Hernando cracks Price with a nice body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hernando utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Price just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hernando's brow.
Price misses with an elbow strike.
Hernando lands a body shot.
Price looks gassed!
A knee to the head by Hernando.
Price can't find room to land a body shot as Hernando controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Price trying to stall but Hernando improves his position.
Hernando lands a damaging elbow.

Hernando pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Price lands with a kick to the temple. Hernando shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Price gets tackled into the cage by Hernando. Hernando maintains the clinch.
Price lands a nice elbow.
Hernando blocks the elbow strike.
Hernando unloads a knee to the mid-section. Price lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hernando lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hernando content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Price blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Hernando breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Price misses with an uppercut.
Price lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Hernando lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

It looks like Trevor Price has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price walks into a left hand.
Price pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hernando is out of range and Price settles back down.
Price tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hernando counters with a stiff right hand.
Hernando tries a head kick but it misses.

Hernando closes the distance and clinches.
Price tries to throw a body punch but Hernando avoids it by throwing Price back against the cage.
Price lands a hook to the side of the head.
Price blocks the elbow strike.
Price avoiding damage as Hernando throws knees to the body.
Price is trying to stall.
Hernando lands a good knee to the midsection. Price won't want to take too many of those.

Hernando breaks the clinch.
Hernando misses with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Price throws a body kick, spinning off balance

and Hernando holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Hernando manages to break the clinch.
Price throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hernando circles away from the clinch attempt.
Price wants to clinch up but Hernando keeps it at a distance.

Price clinches.

Hernando breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Price fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hernando checks it well.
Trevor Price seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Price is looking to clinch.
Price throws a head kick that Hernando semi-blocks.
Price is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Price misses with a body punch
and Hernando counters with a left to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Price tries to clinch up but Hernando circles away and keeps his distance.
Price tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hernando was well out of range. Poor timing from Price.

Price clinches.

Hernando escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Price avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Price takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Price closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Price on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Price tries to clinch up but Hernando circles away and keeps his distance.
Hernando scores with a jab to the body.
Price uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hernando.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roberto Hernando dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Price is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hernando.

Hernando lands a big head kick that sends Price tumbling to the mat! Hernando takes a step backwards and waves Price back to his feet - he wants the finish!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hernando keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hernando wants to clinch up but Price keeps it at a distance.
Hernando misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick misses from Price.
Roberto Hernando is winning the standup battle so far.
The fight stays on the outside here - Price looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hernando tries to clinch but Price is having none of it.
Price tries to clinch but Hernando moves away
and Hernando counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That has opened up Trevor Price's cut even more.
Price ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hernando moves away.
Price tries to score with a low kick but Hernando moves his leg out of the way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernando swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hernando's corner calls for a 1-2. Hernando obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hernando throws a looping overhand right but Price ducks down to avoid it.
Hernando tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Price fails with an attempt to clinch.
Price uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hernando.
Price misses with a wild body shot.
Hernando fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Price manages to avoid it.
Hernando stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Price.
Hernando tries a head kick but it misses.
Price motions for Hernando to come forward. Price throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price darts in trying to clinch
and Hernando counters with a right hand to the body.
Hernando throws a nice looking combination but Price bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Price tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Price gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hernando.
Hernando landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Price is breathing heavily.
Hernando lands a good knee to the midsection. Price won't want to take too many of those.
Hernando stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hernando stalling the fight.
Price takes a knee right on the jaw!
Price takes a knee right on the jaw!
Roberto Hernando has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernando works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Good body shot from Hernando.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hernando utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hernando landing knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hernando is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hernando digs a right hand underneath Price's ribcage. Price let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Price on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hernando throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Price blocks it with crossed arms.
A short right from Hernando.
Hernando tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hernando with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hernando connects with a nasty looking knee right to Price's face.
Hernando with a knee to the head.
Price is trying to maintain a safe position but Hernando gets an underhook and turns Price into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernando is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Price pushes off an throws an elbow but Hernando leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hernando.
Hernando landing knees to the body.
Hernando cracks Price with a nice body shot.
Price managing to block the knees to the body from Hernando.
Hernando scores a nice knee to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Hernando.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hernando lands a nice knee to the body.
Hernando is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Price can do to turn this around?

Hernando breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hernando throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hernando throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A punch lands to the side of Price 's head but he takes it in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roberto Hernando dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hernando drives through and clinches with Price against the cage.
Price looking to stall.

Hernando manages to break the clinch.
Price tries to clinch up
and Hernando counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Price is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hernando rather than just go for the knockout.
Both fighters circling a little - Hernando finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Price looks to score with a jab to the body but Hernando is just out of range.
Hernando throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Price sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Price takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Hernando gets a clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Hernando.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hernando digs a right hand underneath Price's ribcage. Price let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernando manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A shot in the inside from Hernando.
Price's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Price throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Hernando escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Price tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hernando swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hernando goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Price darts in trying to clinch
and Hernando counters with a straight right hand.
Hernando throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hernando swats away the attempt to clinch by Price.
Hernando tries to clinch there but Price circles away.
Price tries to clinch up.
Hernando avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hernando fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hernando looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Price throws a leg kick
and Hernando counters with a right hand to the body.

Hernando lands a big head kick that sends Price tumbling to the mat! Hernando takes a step backwards and waves Price back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Price is rocked!
Price misses with the combination.
Hernando misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernando swings for the body but Price moves out of range.
Hernando blocks a head kick by Price.
Hernando throws a head kick that misses.
Hernando misses with a leg kick.
Hernando tries a low kick but Price avoids it.
Price is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Price tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hernando manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Price tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Price dips to his left and cracks Hernando with an uppercut!
Hernando cracks Price with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

The cut above Trevor Price's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Price plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Hernando fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Price, pushing him back against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Hernando manages to break the clinch.
Price moves out of range of the body kick.
Hernando gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Price counters with a nice body shot.

Price darts in and clinches Hernando up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hernando taking a breather.
Hernando blocks an elbow strike from Price.
Hernando goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Price looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roberto Hernando clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hernando has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Price.
A looping hook to the body misses from Price. Hernando does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick misses from Hernando.
Price tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hernando paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Good shot there by Price.
Price wants to clinch
and Hernando makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Price fails in his attempt to clinch.
Price lands a head kick!
Price is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernando throws a body punch but Price moves out of range.
Jab, jab by Hernando - just one landing.

Price gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Price misses with an elbow over the top.
Hernando tries a knee to the head but Price blocks it.
Hernando lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Price missing with knees to the body.
Hernando putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Price in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Price is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hernando is leaning against Price and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hernando.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hernando.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hernando.

Hernando breaks from the clinch.
Price is looking to clinch.
Hernando throws a head kick that misses.
Hernando scores with a one two! Price had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Price wants to clinch
and Hernando counters with a left to the body.

Hernando gets a clinch.

Hernando breaks the clinch.
Price tries to clinch but Hernando moves out of range.
Price throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Price with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A good leg kick by Price.
Price tries to clinch up
and Hernando counters with a one-two to the body.
Price misses with a jab to the body
and Hernando cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Price bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Price takes the fight into the clinch.
Hernando avoids the elbow strike from Price, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernando lands a left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Hernando breaks from the clinch.
Good leg kick by Price there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Price throws a low kick, looking for Hernando's leg but Hernando calmly moves out of range.
Hernando connects with a looping right hand.
Hernando moves out of range of the body kick from Price.
Hernando throws a right and a left that Price avoids nicely.

Hernando moves into range and clinches up with Price.
Price lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Price looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Price is stalling here.
Hernando misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roberto Hernando had his way with Trevor Price in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Price is looking to clinch but Hernando is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Price looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Price tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hernando swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hernando fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hernando lands a jab to the nose.
Price throws a front kick aimed at Hernando's knee but Hernando avoids it well.
Hernando jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Price throws a nice outside leg kick.
Price tries to clinch but Hernando is having none of it.
Price throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hernando stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Price has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hernando lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Price backwards.
Price lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hernando lands a body punch in the clinch.
Price gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hernando lands a good knee to the midsection. Price won't want to take too many of those.
Price is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
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!
Hernando lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Hernando.
Price tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hernando avoids it.

Hernando pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hernando cracks Price with a good jab.
Hernando jabs Price to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hernando scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hernando waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Price.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hernando throws a head kick but Price moves out of range.

Hernando rushes Price and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Price is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Price wants to stall.
Price on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hernando scores with a shot to the side of Price's head.
Price lands an elbow that stopped Hernando in his tracks for a moment.
Hernando stalling the fight.
Price gets through Hernando's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernando lands a nice shot to the body.
Roberto Hernando is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hernando tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Price's elbow.
Price leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hernando lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Price misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hernando comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernando on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Price landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
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!
Price throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Price throws an elbow but it misses.
Hernando blocks an elbow strike.
Price misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Price gets through Hernando's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Trevor Price has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
With the fighters up against the cage, Price throws an elbow but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Roberto Hernando.
Well Hernando has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 50:45
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 50:45
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roberto Hernando!
Roberto Hernando thanked the fans post fight for their support.