PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hans Moleman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Hand Grenade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moleman comes to the cage accompanied by Jay-Z - Run This Town. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Moleman
vs
Hand Grenade

183 cm
25
172 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

173 cm
26
180 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

GREEN!160

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hans Moleman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcus Hand Grenade!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Stewart Dunkirk and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hand Grenade tries to bum rush Moleman with a series of wild strikes but Moleman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Moleman instigates a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hand Grenade.
Moleman misses with some punches.
Moleman swings wildly with an uppercut but Hand Grenade uses good head movement to avoid it.
Moleman swings wildly with an uppercut but Hand Grenade uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hand Grenade tries to break free but Moleman pushes him back against the cage.
Hand Grenade's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hand Grenade blocking some punches.
Our sources have told us that Moleman has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
A bit of stalling here from Moleman.
Hand Grenade has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Moleman keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hand Grenade's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hand Grenade.
Hand Grenade tries to break free but Moleman pushes him back against the cage.
Hand Grenade blocking some punches.
Moleman has Hand Grenade pressed against the cage, preventing Hand Grenade from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hand Grenade is trying to break the clinch but Moleman has him pressed against the cage.
Moleman keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hand Grenade's efforts to push away.
Hand Grenade blocking some punches.

Hand Grenade breaks from the clinch.

Moleman darts in and clinches Hand Grenade up against the cage.
Hand Grenade wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hand Grenade wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Moleman has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hand Grenade breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hand Grenade swings for the body but Moleman moves out of range.
Hand Grenade looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Moleman tries to counter by clinching up but Hand Grenade breaks away and moves out of range.

Moleman rushes Hand Grenade and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Moleman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Moleman keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hand Grenade's efforts to push away.
Hand Grenade wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hand Grenade has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Hand Grenade breaks from the clinch.
Hand Grenade misses with a combination

and Moleman holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hand Grenade wants to break the clinch but can't.
Moleman keeps control of Hand Grenade as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hand Grenade breaks from the clinch.
Marcus Hand Grenade seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hand Grenade throws a good cross that connects.
Hand Grenade avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hand Grenade is looking for the big counter here.
Hand Grenade throws a good cross that connects.
Hand Grenade throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Moleman moves to clinch but Hand Grenade breaks away
and Hand Grenade counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Some wild striking there from Hand Grenade.
Moleman ducks under a wild hook from Hand Grenade.
Hand Grenade throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Moleman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Moleman staying out of range there.
Hand Grenade slips under a jab.
Hand Grenade circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hand Grenade throws out a loose jab but Moleman uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hand Grenade tries to keep at a distance but Moleman has taken the fight into the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Moleman creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Hand Grenade's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Moleman fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hand Grenade, pushing him back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Moleman.
Moleman throws a punch but it's blocked by Hand Grenade.
Moleman keeps control of Hand Grenade as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Moleman keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hand Grenade's efforts to push away.
Moleman has a couple of punches blocked by Hand Grenade.
Moleman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hand Grenade.
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 Hans Moleman will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hand Grenade gets tackled into the cage by Moleman. Moleman maintains the clinch.
Hand Grenade tries to circle away but Moleman has him pinned against the cage.
Moleman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Hand Grenade breaks the clinch.
Hand Grenade misses with a two punch combination.
Hand Grenade swats away the attempt to clinch by Moleman.
Moleman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hand Grenade now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Moleman tries to clinch up but Hand Grenade circles away and keeps his distance.
Moleman is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Moleman moves into the clinch.
Hand Grenade tries to break the clinch but Moleman is controlling the position.
Moleman stalling.
A head punch on the inside from Moleman fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hand Grenade blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hand Grenade tries to break the clinch but Moleman is controlling the position.
Hand Grenade has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hand Grenade is trying to break the clinch but Moleman is controlling him.
Hand Grenade is trying to break free.
Hand Grenade wants to break the clinch but can't.
Moleman lands a hook that snaps the head of Hand Grenade backwards.
Moleman working aggressively here.

Hand Grenade breaks the clinch.
Moleman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hand Grenade paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hand Grenade throws out a counter right but Moleman avoids it with no problem.
Hand Grenade avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hand Grenade is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Moleman with a body shot.
Hand Grenade swings for the body but Moleman moves out of range.
Hand Grenade circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Hand Grenade to counter with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moleman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hand Grenade manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hand Grenade throws a body punch but Moleman moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Moleman misses the target.
No joy there for Hand Grenade, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Moleman slips a jab and a cross from Hand Grenade.
Moleman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Moleman moves in looking to clinch but Hand Grenade pushes him off.
A nice side step and Hand Grenade releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Hand Grenade misses with a wild body shot.
Hand Grenade looks to land a left hand but Moleman moved out of range nicely.
Hand Grenade will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Moleman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hand Grenade paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Moleman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice defenses there by Moleman.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Moleman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Marcus Hand Grenade is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hand Grenade swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Moleman cracks Hand Grenade with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
No joy there for Hand Grenade, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hand Grenade tests Moleman's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hand Grenade throws a right hand that misses
and Moleman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Moleman tries to clinch but Hand Grenade is having none of it.
Moleman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hand Grenade misses with a wild combination.
Marcus Hand Grenade seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Moleman moves into the clinch successfully.
Moleman taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Moleman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hand Grenade has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Moleman seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Hand Grenade can turn it around.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Moleman scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hand Grenade blocking some punches.
Moleman has Hand Grenade pressed against the cage.

Hand Grenade escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moleman tries to clinch there but Hand Grenade circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hand Grenade. Moleman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Moleman is looking to clinch.
It seemed like Hand Grenade was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Moleman fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Hand Grenade showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Hand Grenade throws the left hand but Moleman avoids the punch easily.
Hand Grenade rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Moleman cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Moleman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hand Grenade.
Hand Grenade's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Hand Grenade duly obliges.
Moleman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Moleman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice defenses there by Moleman.
Moleman slips a jab and a cross from Hand Grenade.
Hand Grenade avoids the body shot from Moleman.

Moleman drives through and clinches with Hand Grenade against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hand Grenade looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hand Grenade tries to break free but Moleman pushes him back against the cage.

Hand Grenade manages to break the clinch.
Moleman's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hand Grenade connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Moleman scrambles back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hand Grenade throws a series of punches but Moleman moves out of range.
Moleman swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Moleman gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Moleman takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Come on Moleman - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hand Grenade wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Moleman has him pressed against the cage.
Hand Grenade has had enough of the clinch but Moleman keeps him there for the moment.
Moleman slows down the pace here.
Hand Grenade wants to get back to striking at distance but Moleman won't allow it.
Hand Grenade wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Moleman has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Moleman lands a hook that snaps the head of Hand Grenade backwards.
Hans Moleman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Moleman is trying to maintain a safe position but Hand Grenade gets an underhook and turns Moleman into the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Hand Grenade's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Moleman controlling the action here for a moment.
Hand Grenade tries to circle away but Moleman has him pinned against the cage.
Moleman keeps control of Hand Grenade as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hand Grenade has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hand Grenade working hard to break the clinch.

Hand Grenade breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hand Grenade looks to land a combination but Moleman avoids it well.
Hand Grenade tries to bum rush Moleman with a series of wild strikes but Moleman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hand Grenade throws a right hand that misses
and Moleman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A big left from Hand Grenade misses.
Hand Grenade misses with an uppercut
and Moleman counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Moleman thuds his right hand into Hand Grenade's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Moleman fails in his attempt to clinch.

Moleman pushes Hand Grenade up against the cage in a clinch.
Moleman keeps control of Hand Grenade as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hand Grenade working hard to break the clinch.
Moleman lands a hook to the side of the head.
Moleman lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hand Grenade backwards.
Moleman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Hand Grenade manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Moleman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Moleman moves into the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Moleman.
Moleman keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hand Grenade's efforts to push away.
Moleman lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moleman stalling against the cage.
Moleman wants to stall.
Moleman keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hand Grenade's efforts to push away.
Hand Grenade tries to circle away but Moleman has him pinned against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hans Moleman showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Moleman has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hans Moleman!
Hans Moleman gave a mention to GREEN!160 in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).