PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hammer Handy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Courageous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Handy
vs
Courageous

190 cm
20
266 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

183 cm
19
240 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

ZSTAR

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hammer Handy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kevin Courageous!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Paulo Santos and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Courageous as Handy shoots in.
Courageous keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Handy.
Handy is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

It looks like Kevin Courageous has been cut.
Handy shoots in for a takedown but Courageous shows good takedown defense.

Handy shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Handy prevents Courageous from improving his position.
Courageous holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Courageous trying to control here.
Courageous wants to get back to his feet.
Courageous wants to improve his position but Handy is controlling well.
Handy trying to pass the guard but Courageous defending well.
Handy takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Handy is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Courageous manages to get to full guard.
Handy tries to free his leg and advance position but Courageous is retaining full guard.
Courageous trying to control the position here.
Courageous is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Handy manages to get to full guard.

Handy has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Courageous can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Courageous slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Handy wants to sweep here but Courageous controlling him for the moment.
Handy wants to hit a switch here but Courageous passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Handy there!
Handy is in a horrible position here. Courageous smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Courageous controlling from mount.
Handy is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Handy is working hard here to advance position.
Handy is breathing heavily.
Courageous controlling from the full mount.
Handy is desperately trying to improve his position but Courageous has a good base and remains in mount.
Handy swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Courageous can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Handy is looking to escape.
Handy working to try and regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Courageous content just to control the position here.
Courageous lands with some strikes.
Courageous pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Handy is looking to get to half guard.
Courageous controlling his opponent.
Courageous manages to capitalize on a mistake by Handy to take his back!
Oooh a big shot gets through from Courageous. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Good control from Courageous.
Handy tries to roll but Courageous sticks to his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Hammer Handy will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kevin Courageous's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Handy wants to clinch up but Courageous keeps it at a distance.
Courageous blocks a low kick nicely.
Courageous should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Handy tries to clinch up.

Handy gets a takedown into half guard.
Courageous is looking to improve his position.
Handy stops Courageous from getting back to his feet.
Courageous is looking to control Handy's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Courageous avoid being mounted?

Handy is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Courageous defends it well.
Handy missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Handy is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Courageous tries to get to full guard but Handy has control of the leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Courageous closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Handy to the mat! Handy manages to get full guard.

Handy working for a triangle but Courageous defends it easily.
Courageous is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Handy escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Courageous gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Courageous stands and throws Handy's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Courageous's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Courageous has hold of Handy's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Handy seems comfortable defending it but Courageous has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Handy is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Handy is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Courageous couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kevin Courageous!