PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Crag Hack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sagara Sanosuke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hack
vs
Sanosuke

189 cm
27
199 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

190 cm
30
199 lbs
23 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Crag Hack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sagara Sanosuke!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Cecil Peabody and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hack tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanosuke swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hack moves in looking to clinch but Sanosuke pushes him off.
Sanosuke throws a hook but Hack blocks it.
Hack thuds his right hand into Sanosuke's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Hack moves into the clinch.
Sanosuke misses with a punch on the inside.
Hack tries a knee to the head but Sanosuke blocks it.
Hack displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sanosuke up against the cage.
Sanosuke has a couple of punches blocked by Hack.
Sanosuke throws a head punch that misses.
Sanosuke stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hack blocking some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sanosuke as Hack tries to tie him up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hack.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hack blocks a body shot from Sanosuke.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hack throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hack tries a knee to the head but Sanosuke blocks it.
Sanosuke misses with a body punch.
Hack working aggressively here.
Sanosuke working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sanosuke avoids a wild elbow strike from Hack.
A nice left hand lands by Sanosuke.
Sanosuke misses with a punch on the inside.
Hack with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hack looking to slow down the pace here.
Hack taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hack misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanosuke.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hack.

It looks like Sagara Sanosuke has been cut.
Hack blocks an uppercut.
Sanosuke takes an elbow to the temple.
Hack looking to throw knees to the head but Sanosuke is blocking nicely.
Hack throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hack blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sanosuke makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hack displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sanosuke up against the cage.
Hack tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanosuke's elbow.
Sanosuke takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sanosuke lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hack backwards.
Hack with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hack connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanosuke swings wildly with an uppercut but Hack uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sanosuke as Hack tries to tie him up.
Hack lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hack crunches a lovely knee into Sanosuke's ribcage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hack.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Sanosuke fails to land.
Sanosuke lands with a right to the head.
Hack blocks an uppercut.
Hack lands a knee to the head.
Hack blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hack tries to throw a body punch but Sanosuke avoids it by throwing Hack back against the cage.
Hack looking to slow down the pace here.
Hack missing with knees to the body.
Sanosuke softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Sanosuke scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hack tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanosuke avoids the damage to the body.
Sanosuke throws a punch but it's blocked by Hack.
Sanosuke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sanosuke tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hack tries to stall but Sanosuke uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sanosuke throws a punch but it's blocked by Hack.
Hack prevents a body shot from Sanosuke.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanosuke takes an elbow to the temple.
Sanosuke scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sanosuke misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hack with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hack misses with an elbow strike.
Hack looking to throw knees to the head but Sanosuke is blocking nicely.
Hack missing with knees to the body.
Hack misses with a knee strike.
Sanosuke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hack with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hack blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sanosuke scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sanosuke misses with a short punch on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hack lands a nice knee to the body.
Sanosuke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hack throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hack takes a shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Crag Hack dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sagara Sanosuke'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.

Sanosuke circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hack misses with a wild body shot.

Hack moves into the clinch.
Sanosuke misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hack pressing his opponent against the cage.
Hack throws a knee to the head but misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hack landing knees to the body.
Sanosuke throws a punch but it's blocked by Hack.
Hack with a knee to the head.
Sanosuke working aggressively here.
Sanosuke dodges an elbow strike from Hack.
Hack is trying to stall.
A short right from Sanosuke on the inside.
Hack scores a nice knee to the body.
Sanosuke is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hack tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hack using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sanosuke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hack stalling.
Hack blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hack trying to land knees to the body.
Hack looking to stall.
Sanosuke working aggressively here.
Hack lands an elbow inside that Sanosuke shrugs off.
Sanosuke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Sanosuke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hack lands an elbow inside.
Hack with a knee to the head.
Hack taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hack connects with a knee to the head.
Sanosuke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Sanosuke.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sanosuke.
Hack will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sanosuke up against the cage.
Sanosuke working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hack pushes off an throws an elbow but Sanosuke leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
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!
Hack connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sanosuke's face.
Hack missing with knees to the body.
Hack landing knees to the body.
Sanosuke has a couple of punches blocked by Hack.
Hack connects with a knee to the head.
Hack lands a big right hand that drops Sanosuke! The killer instinct kicks in and Hack finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Hack!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Crag Hack!
Crag Hack decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.