PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Grom Hamfist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Beavis Cornholio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Hamfist
vs
Cornholio

180 cm
20
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

178 cm
18
178 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Diamond Design Clothing

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Grom Hamfist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Beavis Cornholio!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cornholio throws a head kick but Hamfist moves out of range.
Hamfist wants to clinch.

A head kick lands from Cornholio that sends Hamfist to the canvas. Hamfist tries to scramble back to his feet but Cornholio brings him back down into side control.

It looks like Grom Hamfist has been cut.

Cornholio is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Hamfist is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Hamfist parries the strikes from Cornholio easily there. Cornholio is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Hamfist to escape.
Cornholio advances nicely into full mount.

Cornholio wants to finish this one by submission but Hamfist is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Cornholio.

Cornholio with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Hamfist holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Cornholio tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamfist regains half guard.

Cornholio is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hamfist defends it well.
Cornholio is looking to take a break and control but Hamfist is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Cornholio is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Cornholio is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Hamfist knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cornholio on the ground.
Hamfist won't allow Cornholio to pass to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Hamfist is defending against the submission attempts here by Cornholio.
Cornholio looks gassed!
Hamfist trying to control here.

Cornholio is working for a submission of some sort.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Cornholio connects with a high kick.
Cornholio throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamfist tries to clinch up but Cornholio circles away and keeps his distance.
Hamfist is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cornholio lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hamfist doesn't manage to clinch there - Cornholio circles away.

Hamfist moves into the clinch.
Cornholio wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hamfist lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Beavis Cornholio has been cut.
Cornholio avoids the elbow strike from Hamfist, against the cage.
Hamfist lands a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Hamfist.
Hamfist lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hamfist scores with a knee to the head.
Hamfist unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cornholio lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hamfist.
Hamfist connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cornholio's face.
Hamfist with a knee to the head.
Hamfist connects with a knee to the head.
Cornholio tries to pull guard but Hamfist won't allow it.
Knees to the body from Hamfist.
Cornholio looking to throw knees to the head but Hamfist is blocking nicely.
Hamfist misses with a knee to the head.
Cornholio can't break the clinch.
Cornholio wants to get back to striking at distance but Hamfist won't allow it.
Hamfist landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hamfist throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cornholio blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cornholio landing knees to the head.
Cornholio wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hamfist lands a knee to the body.
Hamfist throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hamfist tries a knee to the head but Cornholio blocks it.
Cornholio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hamfist with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cornholio tries to land a knee to the head but Hamfist blocks with his arms.
Cornholio misses with a knee strike.
Hamfist crunches a lovely knee into Cornholio's ribcage.

Cornholio breaks from the clinch.
Hamfist is looking to clinch but Cornholio is avoiding it.
Hamfist is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Beavis Cornholio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cornholio throws a head kick but Hamfist moves out of range.
Hamfist tries to clinch up.
Hamfist blocks a head kick by Cornholio.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hamfist doesn't manage to clinch there - Cornholio circles away.
Cornholio misses with a head kick.
Hamfist tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cornholio paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cornholio throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hamfist wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Beavis Cornholio dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hamfist avoids the head kick by Cornholio.
Cornholio tries to land a front kick but Hamfist steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Hamfist has Cornholio up against the cage in a clinch.
Hamfist throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hamfist misses with a knee strike.
Hamfist with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cornholio wants to break free but Hamfist has control.
Hamfist throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cornholio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cornholio stalling in the clinch but Hamfist improves position.

Cornholio breaks from the clinch.
Hamfist wants to clinch up but Cornholio keeps it at a distance.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hamfist crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Cornholio - the referee stops the clock and Hamfist gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Cornholio. Hamfist manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Cornholio lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Cornholio throws a sloppy head kick and Hamfist moves out of range easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hamfist moves in looking to clinch but Cornholio pushes him off.
Cornholio tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Hamfist gets a clinch.
Hamfist landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamfist lands a knee to the head.
Hamfist tries to land a knee to the head but Cornholio blocks with his arms.
Hamfist misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cornholio.
Cornholio throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cornholio wants to break the clinch but can't.

Cornholio jumps into guard, dragging Hamfist to the mat.

Cornholio working for submissions but it's allowed Hamfist to get to half guard.
Hamfist prevents Cornholio from improving his position.
Still in half guard, Hamfist seems content to control.
Cornholio gets full guard.

Cornholio looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamfist controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Cornholio looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Cornholio working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Hamfist doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Hamfist manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Cornholio has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Hamfist can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Cornholio looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamfist 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.
Hamfist has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Hamfist avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Cornholio throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hamfist wants to get up but he can't break Cornholio's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Cornholio misses with a head kick.
Hamfist tries to clinch but Cornholio moves out of range.
Cornholio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hamfist moves in looking to clinch but Cornholio pushes him off.
Cornholio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hamfist doesn't manage to clinch there - Cornholio circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hamfist looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hamfist fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hamfist tries to close the distance and clinch but Cornholio swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cornholio tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hamfist tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hamfist is looking to clinch.
Hamfist is looking to clinch.
Cornholio throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Hamfist pushes Cornholio up against the cage in a clinch.
Cornholio swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Beavis Cornholio will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. This is the final round!

Hamfist wants to clinch.
Hamfist is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hamfist tries to clinch but Cornholio moves out of range.

Hamfist darts in and clinches Cornholio up against the cage.
Hamfist with a knee to the head.
Cornholio stalling.
Cornholio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hamfist throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hamfist landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hamfist using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cornholio has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cornholio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cornholio is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cornholio fails to pull guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cornholio is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cornholio tries to land a knee to the head but Hamfist blocks with his arms.
Hamfist using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cornholio has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cornholio misses with a knee strike.

Cornholio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hamfist is looking to clinch but Cornholio is avoiding it.
Cornholio throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cornholio tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hamfist doesn't manage to clinch there - Cornholio circles away.
Hamfist is looking to clinch.
Cornholio tries a head kick but it misses.
Hamfist wants to clinch up but Cornholio keeps it at a distance.
Hamfist tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cornholio swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Hamfist takes the fight into the clinch.
Cornholio is trying to break free.
Hamfist with a knee to the head.
Cornholio can't break the clinch.
Cornholio looking to throw knees to the head but Hamfist is blocking nicely.
Cornholio wants to get back to striking at distance but Hamfist won't allow it.
Hamfist landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hamfist missing with knees to the body.

Cornholio breaks the clinch.
Cornholio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cornholio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hamfist avoids the head kick by Cornholio.
Cornholio throws a head kick but Hamfist moves out of range.
Hamfist fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Cornholio tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hamfist tries to clinch there but Cornholio circles away.
Cornholio tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Hamfist moves into the clinch successfully.
Hamfist scores a nice knee to the body.
Cornholio misses with a knee to the head.
Hamfist unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cornholio lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hamfist with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hamfist tries a knee to the head but Cornholio blocks it.
Knees to the body from Hamfist.
Hamfist tries to land knees in the clinch but Cornholio avoids the damage to the body.

Cornholio breaks from the clinch.
Grom Hamfist is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hamfist avoids the head kick by Cornholio.
Hamfist blocks a head kick by Cornholio.
Hamfist doesn't manage to clinch there - Cornholio circles away.
Cornholio keeps the fight on the outside.
Cornholio avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hamfist wants to clinch.
Cornholio tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamfist tries to clinch but Cornholio is having none of it.
Hamfist fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hamfist tries to clinch but Cornholio moves out of range.
Cornholio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cornholio moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hamfist moves in looking to clinch but Cornholio pushes him off.

Hamfist clinches.
Cornholio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hamfist landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cornholio trying to land knees to the body.
Hamfist with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cornholio using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hamfist has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cornholio wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hamfist has him pressed against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hamfist.
Cornholio is trying to maintain a safe position but Hamfist gets an underhook and turns Cornholio into the cage.
Cornholio lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hamfist with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Cornholio breaks the clinch.
Cornholio pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Hamfist drives through and clinches with Cornholio against the cage.
Beavis Cornholio is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hamfist tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Cornholio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Cornholio.
Hamfist fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cornholio throws a head kick but Hamfist moves out of range.
Hamfist is looking to clinch but Cornholio is avoiding it.
Cornholio throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cornholio tries a head kick but it misses.
Hamfist tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cornholio swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cornholio throws a head kick but Hamfist moves out of range.
Hamfist tries to clinch but Cornholio is having none of it.
Hamfist avoids the head kick by Cornholio.
Hamfist is looking to clinch but Cornholio is avoiding it.
Grom Hamfist has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cornholio misses with a head kick.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hamfist tries to close the distance and clinch but Cornholio swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hamfist will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cornholio throws a head kick that misses.
Hamfist moves in looking to clinch but Cornholio pushes him off.

And that's the end of the fight!
Grom Hamfist showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Cornholio has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Beavis Cornholio!