PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Holton Hamburger (ranked 2903 p4p, 376 weight class) and David James (ranked 5954 p4p, 635 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Hamburger
vs
James

185 cm
29
193 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

190 cm
22
200 lbs
5 - 5 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

//buriedALIVE// Fight Gear

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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Holton Hamburger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, David James!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Josh West and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

James takes the fight into the clinch.
James misses with a hook to the ribs.
James tries to land knees in the clinch but Hamburger avoids the damage to the body.
James tries to land knees in the clinch but Hamburger avoids the damage to the body.
James tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
James lands a left hand.
James is defending well against a takedown attempt.
James utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hamburger wants a takedown but no success here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
James lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hamburger backwards.
James misses with a body punch.
James lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hamburger lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hamburger drops to a knee looking for a takedown but James gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Holton Hamburger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hamburger is breathing heavily.
James with a knee to the head.

It looks like Holton Hamburger has been cut.
James throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A knee to the head by James.
James with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
James scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for James.
James with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamburger takes a knee right on the jaw!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

James drops Hamburger with a big knee straight up the middle! Hamburger is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Hamburger is rocked!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

James moves into the clinch successfully.
Oh Hamburger is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
James lands a nice knee to the body.
James lands a nice shot to the body.
James lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
James with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
James landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hamburger seems to have got his legs back now.
James connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hamburger's face.
James working Hamburger over with knees to the body.
James unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hamburger lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
James scores with a knee to the head.
James jerks Hamburger's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Hamburger drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! James goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from James because Hamburger was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). David James!
David James decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.