PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between To Hak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Flare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Flare has chosen Also Sprach Zarathustra as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Rick Flare has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hak
vs
Flare

175 cm
27
185 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

173 cm
41
180 lbs
30 - 25 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, To Hak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 25 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Rick Flare!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Winston Howard and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the liver by Hak. Beautiful body shot.
A left and a right from Hak both land. Nice combination.
Hak lands a body shot.
Flare on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Hak pushes Flare up against the cage in a clinch.
Flare swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hak lands a right hand that snaps the head of Flare backwards.
Hak blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hak fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hak.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Flare blocks an uppercut.
Hak lands with a short shot to the head.
Flare misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hak working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hak.
Hak lands a hook that snaps the head of Flare backwards.
Flare takes a shot to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hak creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hak lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hak scores with a shot to the side of Flare's head.
Hak misses with a body punch.
Hak doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hak misses with a short punch on the inside.
Flare misses with a hook from the clinch.
Flare misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hak fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hak works on Flare's body with a couple of short punches.
Hak misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hak lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hak misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from Hak.
Hak swings wildly with an uppercut but Flare uses good head movement to avoid it.
A body shot lands from Hak.
Flare throws a punch but it's blocked by Hak.
Flare throws a punch but it's blocked by Hak.
Hak swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hak fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Flare working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hak leaning his opponent against the cage.
Flare looking for a takedown.
Hak softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hak stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hak pushes Flare back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Flare working aggressively here.
Hak lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Flare takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hak lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Flare throws a punch but it's blocked by Hak.
Hak scores with a shot to the side of Flare's head.
A head punch on the inside from Hak fails to land.
Flare misses with a body punch.
Hak scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hak working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hak working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hak fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flare misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hak lands a right hand.
Hak scores with a hook to the body.
Flare managing to block the knees to the body from Hak.
Hak cracks Flare with a nice body shot.
Flare looks winded!
Hak pushes Flare back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Flare throws a punch but it's blocked by Hak.
Hak lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hak lands a shot to the body.
Hak is leaning against Flare and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short uppercut from Hak.
Hak cracks Flare with a nice body shot.
Hak lands a hook that snaps the head of Flare backwards.
Hak lands with a short shot to the head.
Hak lands a left hand that snaps the head of Flare backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hak lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Hak.

Flare is rocked!
Flare prevents a body shot from Hak.
I was talking to Hak's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hak scores with a shot to the side of Flare's head.
Flare takes a shot to the head.
Flare drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hak gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Hak lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Flare tries to stall but Hak uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hak works on Flare's body with a couple of short punches.
A short body shot lands from Hak as the two fighters clinch.
Hak lands an uppercut.
Hak scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hak lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Flare is still on wobbly legs! Can Hak finish him?
Hak prevents a takedown attempt there.
Flare seems to have recovered his senses.
To Hak has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rick Flare.
Hak lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Flare takes a shot to the head.
Hak lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Flare backwards.
Hak creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Flare with a big uppercut! Flare tries to clinch up but Hak pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Flare to the mat! Flare covers up and Hak unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). To Hak!
Our winner, To Hak, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.