PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rhage Baldwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BJ Hanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that BJ Hanson was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Baldwin
vs
Hanson

175 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
20
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rhage Baldwin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, BJ Hanson!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanson keeps the fight on the outside.
Baldwin slaps away a takedown attempt from Hanson, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Hanson clinches.
Hanson tries to score a body lock takedown but Baldwin shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Hanson is stalling here.
Baldwin wants a takedown but no success here.
Hanson lands an elbow that stopped Baldwin in his tracks for a moment.
Hanson is trying to pull guard but Baldwin turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Rhage Baldwin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of BJ Hanson.

Hanson pulls guard effortlessly.
Baldwin throwing strikes from guard but Hanson blocks nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Baldwin lands a couple of digs.
Baldwin throws a strike but Hanson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baldwin punching from the bottom.
Baldwin looking to control.
Hanson stopping the sweep attempt from Baldwin.
Baldwin is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rhage Baldwin has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Baldwin closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Hanson did well to prevent Baldwin getting side control.
Baldwin is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Hanson reverses the position - he's now on top in Baldwin's guard.
Hanson trying to control the position from guard on top but Baldwin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Baldwin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hanson.
Baldwin trying to keep a closed guard but Hanson is proving a slippery customer.
Baldwin 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hanson stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Horrible takedown by Baldwin or perhaps it was just good defense by Hanson which made him look bad.
Baldwin wants to clinch

and Hanson counters with a head kick that drops Baldwin to the mat! Baldwin scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Baldwin is rocked!
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!
Baldwin tries to clinch but Hanson moves out of range.
Oh Baldwin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hanson stuffs the takedown attempt from Baldwin. Baldwin gets slowly back to his feet.

Hanson clinches with his opponent.
Baldwin seems to have got his legs back now.
Baldwin is trying to pull guard but Hanson has him pressed against the cage.
Hanson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baldwin prevents a takedown attempt there.
Hanson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Baldwin smiles and moves away.
Baldwin swats away the attempt to clinch by Hanson.
Baldwin fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Baldwin is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hanson.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hanson misses with a series of wild punches.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Baldwin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Baldwin shoots in for a double leg but Hanson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Baldwin tries for a takedown but Hanson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hanson throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Baldwin colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Hanson as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Baldwin is left battered and dazed whilst Hanson and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). BJ Hanson!