PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Derfel Cardan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baki Hanma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cardan comes to the cage accompanied by Old England's Glory. Hanma has chosen B-Complex - Beautiful Lies as his entrance music. Baki Hanma is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Cardan
vs
Hanma

199 cm
20
295 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

178 cm
18
235 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Dissolution Fight Wear
Milwaukee's Best 160 (85% laundry)

Modern Wear Apparel

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Derfel Cardan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Baki Hanma!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanma takes a swing at Cardan's ribcage but misses.
Cardan ducks under a wild hook from Hanma.
Hanma throws the left hand but Cardan avoids the punch easily.
Cardan circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've been informed that Hanma has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Hanma ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cardan moves away.
Hanma tries to clinch there but Cardan circles away.
Hanma stuns Cardan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cardan thows a body kick. Hanma tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Hanma lands with a straight right. Cardan didn't see that one coming.
Hanma misses with a straight right.
Hanma misses with an uppercut
and Cardan counters with a low kick, right behind Hanma 's knee.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hanma looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cardan lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hanma can't find room to land a body shot as Cardan controls the action.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Cardan.
Cardan digs a right hand into Hanma's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hanma's gas tank.
Hanma looks winded!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cardan blocking some punches.
Cardan can't find room to land a body shot as Hanma controls the action.
Cardan misses with a body punch.
Hanma swings wildly with an uppercut but Cardan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cardan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cardan.
Cardan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cardan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hanma's elbow.
Cardan lands a nice uppercut.
Cardan can't find room to land a body shot as Hanma controls the action.
Cardan tries a body shot but Hanma blocks it.
Cardan lands a nice shot to the body.
Cardan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Cardan.
Cardan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hanma backwards.
Hanma's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cardan effectively controlling the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cardan slowing the pace effectively.
Cardan gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
A right hook to the body lands for Cardan.
Cardan effectively controlling the action here.
Cardan lands a body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cardan slows down the pace here.
Cardan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cardan struggles to land a body shot inside as Hanma controls his hands.
Cardan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hanma or not.
Cardan stalling.
Cardan is working Hanma over against the cage.
I was talking to Cardan's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Cardan lands a body punch.
Cardan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Cardan.

It looks like Baki Hanma has been cut.
Cardan tries to work over Hanma's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanma letting Cardan take a breather here.
Cardan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A right hand to the body from Cardan.
Cardan lands a shoulder strike.

Hanma is rocked!
Cardan creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Hanma's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Hanma drops to his knees and Cardan pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Derfel Cardan!
A victorious Derfel Cardan thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.