PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mister Hankey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and IHate You (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hankey
vs
You

180 cm
25
184 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
192 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Quark's

After School Syndicate

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mister Hankey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, IHate You!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Peter Branson and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hankey tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
You is looking for the big counter here.
Hankey closes the distance but You moves to the side
and You counters with a nice uppercut.
You connects with a right hand. Hankey shakes it off.

Hankey closes the distance and clinches.
You can't break the clinch.
Hankey throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but You blocks it with crossed arms.
You looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Hankey has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics You uses from the top position.
Hankey seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Hankey has a closed guard, preventing You from standing up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hankey seems keen to control You's posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You stopping the sweep attempt from Hankey.
You must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Hankey has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Hankey wants to sweep here but You controlling him for the moment.
Hankey is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

You avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hankey.
Hankey throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hankey missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
You is trying to stand back up but Hankey is controlling him

That's two minutes gone in the round.
You taking some punishment here, with Hankey in his half guard.
You is trying to stand back up but Hankey is controlling him
Hankey thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed You's head.
You on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hankey throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hankey controlling the pace.
Hankey stalling away here and it's allowed You to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Hankey distracts You with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
You keeping moving, preventing Hankey from controlling successfully.
You is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hankey postures up in You's guard and throws a big left but You blocks it.
Hankey trying to control the position from guard on top but You is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
You can't keep his opponent in guard - Hankey advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Hankey looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks You with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hankey throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
You is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hankey scores with a couple of nice shots.
Hankey content to control rather than advance.
Hankey is trying to control. You wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hankey missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hankey throwing shots but You is blocking nicely.
Hankey is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Hankey sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. You defending well though.
Hankey has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hankey passes to side control.
Hankey in side control, throwing shots but You defends.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hankey cracks You with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Hankey is looking to take a break and control but You is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mister Hankey dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hankey pushes You up against the cage in a clinch.
Hankey looking to throw knees to the head but You is blocking nicely.
Hankey missing with knees to the body.
Hankey has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
You tries to break the clinch but Hankey is controlling the position.
Hankey missing with knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hankey landing knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hankey lands a nice knee to the body.
Hankey fails to pull guard.
Hankey tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hankey missing with knees to the body.
Hankey missing with knees to the body.
Hankey is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables You to keep the fight standing.
Hankey lands a knee to the head.

It looks like IHate You has been cut.
Hankey landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
You is breathing heavily.
Hankey connects with a knee to the head.

Hankey drags the fight down to the ground.
Hankey wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Hankey bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in You's guard.

Hankey postures up in You's guard and throws a big left but You blocks it.
Hankey slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
You on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hankey lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear You down.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hankey tries to score with some ground and pound. You controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Hankey lands a decent elbow from side control.
Hankey is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt You will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hankey trying to control the position but You is working away.
Hankey advances to mount.
Hankey looking to finish You with some ground and pound. This is bad for You!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hankey tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Hankey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that You can do to turn this around?
Hankey can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as You is looking to escape.
Hankey with good strikes from the mount here!
Hankey tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Hankey lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Hankey looking to control but You is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Hankey landing strikes from the mount and You is in trouble!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hankey tries to control but You wriggling away.
Hankey lands a big elbow.
Hankey controlling from the full mount.
A nice elbow there by Hankey.
You is bucking up trying to escape but Hankey cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

You is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hankey is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and You goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Hankey!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Mister Hankey!