PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Bale (ranked 997 p4p, 151 weight class) and Devil Anse Hatfield (ranked 1668 p4p, 219 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bale
vs
Anse Hatfield

194 cm
32
215 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

182 cm
36
210 lbs
16 - 12 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tony Bale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Devil Anse Hatfield!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bale throws a hook but Hatfield avoids it easily.

Oooooh!!! Bale has knocked Hatfield down with a huge combo! Bale steps away and waves a wobbly Hatfield back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

It looks like Devil Anse Hatfield has been cut.
Bale fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hatfield manages to avoid it.
Hatfield wants to counter with a clinch but Bale pushes him away.
Bale rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hatfield moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bale feints and then cracks Hatfield's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hatfield down.
Bale takes a swing at Hatfield's ribcage but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Hatfield bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Hatfield working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Bale dodges the ground and pound from Hatfield.
The strikes coming from Hatfield are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Hatfield fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Bale defending against the ground and pound.
Hatfield creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Bale sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hatfield landing strikes.
Hatfield has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bale taking a bit of punishment here - Hatfield scoring with strikes.
Hatfield looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Bale is avoiding damage well.
The strikes coming from Hatfield are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Bale takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Hatfield lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Bale down.
Hatfield postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Hatfield advances to mount.
Bale blocking the ground and pound.
Hatfield landing strikes from the mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Hatfield there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Hatfield avoids the attempt from Bale to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hatfield looking to control but Bale is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Hatfield misses with a head shot.
Hatfield punishing his opponent with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
BOOM! Hatfield connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Hatfield throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Hatfield throwing strikes here but Bale is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Hatfield punching from mount but Bale doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Bale avoids a series of strikes thrown by Hatfield.
Hatfield with good strikes from the mount here!
Hatfield sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Hatfield throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hatfield throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Bale because Hatfield loaded up on that one.
Bale is trying to stand.
Hatfield raining down shots from the mount!
Hatfield scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bale?
Hatfield can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bale is looking to escape.
Bale is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Bale regains half guard.
Hatfield thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bale's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hatfield working Bale over with strikes.
We've been hearing good reports from Bale's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Hatfield throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hatfield missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bale is trying to stand up here but Hatfield is controlling him well.
Bale taking some punishment here, with Hatfield in his half guard.
Hatfield throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hatfield throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hatfield throwing shots but Bale is blocking nicely.
Hatfield is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Bale keeping control of the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Devil Anse Hatfield dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Devil Anse Hatfield's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hatfield ducks under a wild hook from Bale.
Bale misses with a hook.
Bale swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hatfield showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bale.
Hatfield has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hatfield sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A leg kick checked by Hatfield.
Bale defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hatfield.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bale lands a body shot.
Bale connects with a leg kick. Hatfield looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Bale throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Decent striking displayed by Bale there.
Some bone on bone action there as Hatfield checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bale lands a head shot.
Hatfield takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bale connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hatfield moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hatfield slips under a jab.

Bale moves into range and clinches up with Hatfield.
Bale lands a hook that snaps the head of Hatfield backwards.
Hatfield throws a head punch that misses.
Hatfield misses with the head strike.

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

Bale gets a clinch.

Hatfield breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bale wants to clinch.
Tony Bale is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bale throws a low kick, looking for Hatfield's leg but Hatfield calmly moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hatfield! But no joy.
Bale feints and then cracks Hatfield's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hatfield down.
Bale throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bale misses with a head kick.
Bale throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Bale tries to keep at a distance but Hatfield has taken the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Bale's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hatfield swings wildly with an uppercut but Bale uses good head movement to avoid it.

Hatfield breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tony Bale is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fighters circling - Bale throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hatfield is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tony Bale is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bale throws a hook but Hatfield blocks it.
Bale wants to clinch up but Hatfield keeps it at a distance.
Bale lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bale scores with a leg kick.
Bale is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Hatfield is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Bale looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bale tries to clinch but Hatfield is having none of it.
Hatfield lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Bale misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bale tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hatfield was well out of range. Poor timing from Bale.
Bale with a jab.
Bale misses with a looping right.
Hatfield checks a low kick from Bale.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bale misses with a low kick as Hatfield jumps back.
Tony Bale seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bale swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big left from Bale misses.
Hatfield tries to counter with a clinch but Bale shakes him off and moves away.
Bale tries to work over Hatfield's front leg with a kick but Hatfield checks it.
Bale connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bale with a jab.
Bale throws a head kick but Hatfield moves out of range.
Bale sets himself, and Hatfield steps forward looking for the clinch! Bale avoids it this time.
Bale looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hatfield tries to counter by closing the distance.
Hatfield uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bale.
Bale tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hatfield swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bale fails to land with a series of punches.
Hatfield takes a body punch but keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Bale dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Devil Anse Hatfield's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Bale loads up on a big right hand but Hatfield slips the punch.
Hatfield swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bale throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bale missing with a left hand there. Hatfield was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A little jabbing left from Hatfield on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Good exchange - Bale coming out on top.
Hatfield tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bale manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Bale. Those never looked like landing.
Hatfield looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bale is looking to slow Hatfield down with leg kicks.
Bale throws a shot from downtown. Hatfield moves away and avoids it.
Hatfield takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bale darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The fighters circling - Bale throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bale misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hatfield.
Bale throws a head kick that misses.
Bale sets himself, and Hatfield steps forward looking for the clinch! Bale avoids it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatfield moves in looking to clinch but Bale pushes him off.
Bale with a hook.
Bale thuds a left hand into Hatfield's body.
Bale cracks a nice hook into Hatfield's ribs.
Bale takes a swing at Hatfield's ribcage but misses.
Bale is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bale tries to score with a low kick but Hatfield moves his leg out of the way.
Hatfield looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bale looks to land a combination but Hatfield avoids it well.
Hatfield throws out a counter right but Bale avoids it with no problem.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bale lands a jab.
Bale misses with a hook.
Bale wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hatfield rushes Bale and presses him up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bale.

Hatfield breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bale throws a right hand that misses
and Hatfield counters with a three punch combo that has Bale backing up. Bale nods at Hatfield to acknowledge the strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bale clobbers Hatfield with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hatfield cracks Bale with an open hand slap.

It looks like Tony Bale has been cut.

Hatfield forces Bale back against the cage and clinches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bale.

Hatfield breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bale scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Bale gets tackled into the cage by Hatfield. Hatfield maintains the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bale breaks the clinch.
Bale throws a front kick that sends Hatfield stumbling back into the cage.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bale. That's going to slow Hatfield down.
A left lands for Bale.
Bale rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hatfield moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Despite the aggression on Hatfield's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Bale looks to score with a jab to the body but Hatfield is just out of range.
Bale waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hatfield.
Bale just misses with a punch to the body.
Hatfield doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Hatfield's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bale connects with an inside leg kick.
Bale circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bale takes a swing at Hatfield's ribcage but misses.

Hatfield drives through and clinches with Bale against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bale breaks the clinch.

Hatfield has managed to clinch.
Hatfield swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bale tries to circle away but Hatfield has him pinned against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Hatfield fails to land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Still in the clinch, Hatfield scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bale has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hatfield lands with a short shot to the head.
Bale is trying to force a seperation but Hatfield has the dominant position.
Hatfield misses with some punches.
Hatfield scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bale wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bale.
A frustrated look appears on Bale's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Bale breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bale throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hatfield on the side of the head.
Bale jabs Hatfield to the body, keeping him at a distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Bale showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bale 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Bale!
Tony Bale 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.