PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Strikes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and SasH Hemingway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Strikes
vs
Hemingway

186 cm
34
180 lbs
28 - 30 - 1

184 cm
25
185 lbs
6 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 28 - 30 - 1, fighting out of London, Carlos Strikes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, SasH Hemingway!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Richard Clark and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strikes misses with a head kick.
Strikes stuffs the takedown.
Hemingway will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hemingway misses with the combination.

Hemingway looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Strikes!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Hemingway cracks Strikes with a big right hand but Strikes just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Hemingway lands a nice forearm strike.
Strikes takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Hemingway creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Strikes managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Hemingway.
Strikes is looking for a sweep.
Hemingway scoring with punches from side control.
Hemingway working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Hemingway has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Strikes explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hemingway changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Strikes tries to avoid it but Hemingway manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Strikes to the ground. Strikes escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hemingway misses with a head kick.
Strikes throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Hemingway's head.
Horrible takedown by Hemingway or perhaps it was just good defense by Strikes which made him look bad.
Carlos Strikes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of SasH Hemingway.
Hemingway fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Strikes avoids it really well and circles away.

Strikes takes the fight into the clinch.
Come on Strikes - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hemingway is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Strikes stalling the fight.
Hemingway looking for a takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hemingway is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Hemingway tries to pull guard but Strikes won't allow it.

Strikes breaks the clinch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Strikes!
SasH Hemingway seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hemingway misses with a few strikes there.
Hemingway throws a left and a right that both miss
and Strikes counters with a nice uppercut.

Hemingway is rocked!
Hemingway gets hit by the mother of all head kicks and drops to the canvas in a crumpled heap! Woooow, the Internet is going to be talking about this one for weeks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Carlos Strikes!
Carlos Strikes thanked the fans post fight for their support.