PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Broderick Hammerness (ranked 1476 p4p, 202 weight class) and Darius Jurevicious (ranked 3896 p4p, 467 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hammerness might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson. Darius Jurevicious told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Hammerness
vs
Jurevicious

182 cm
27
211 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

198 cm
21
215 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Excellent grappler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Velocity Fightwear

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Broderick Hammerness!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darius Jurevicious!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Gwen Towbar and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hammerness throws a right and a left that Jurevicious avoids nicely.
Jurevicious misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hammerness counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hammerness misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hammerness lands a nice shot to the body.
Hammerness misses with an uppercut. Jurevicious saw that one coming.
Jurevicious moves away from the strike by Hammerness.
Jurevicious misses with a hook.
Hammerness misses with a straight right.
Jurevicious throws out a counter right but Hammerness avoids it with no problem.
Jurevicious walks into a left hand.
Hammerness misses with an uppercut.
Hammerness takes a swing at Jurevicious's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hammerness. Jurevicious does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hammerness lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The fighters circling - Jurevicious throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jurevicious takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A jab from Hammerness misses.
Jurevicious tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Hammerness cracks Jurevicious with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jurevicious staying out of range there.
Hammerness misses the shot to the body.
Jurevicious feints the counter takedown.
Hammerness misses with an uppercut

and Jurevicious counters with a shoot takedown. Hammerness fights it but they end up in guard.
Hammerness on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hammerness tries to get out of the position.
Jurevicious working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jurevicious throws a big elbow that misses.
Hammerness might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Jurevicious throwing strikes but missing.
Hammerness has momentary wrist control but Jurevicious slips an elbow through the middle.
Jurevicious content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jurevicious working some strikes from top position.
Hammerness utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jurevicious accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jurevicious working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hammerness's head.
Jurevicious throws a big elbow that misses.
Jurevicious is in close to Hammerness's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Jurevicious drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Jurevicious jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Hammerness knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jurevicious on the ground.
Jurevicious is in close to Hammerness's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hammerness seems keen to control Jurevicious's posture.
Jurevicious with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jurevicious throwing strikes from guard but Hammerness blocks nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jurevicious in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jurevicious lands a couple of digs.
Jurevicious landing with the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jurevicious's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jurevicious throws a big elbow that misses.
Jurevicious trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jurevicious throwing strikes but missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jurevicious with a nice head shot there.
Jurevicious throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hammerness works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jurevicious working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jurevicious trying to control the position from guard on top but Hammerness is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jurevicious stands up over Hammerness, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jurevicious is looking to work some ground and pound but Hammerness has wrist control.
Jurevicious throwing strikes from guard but Hammerness blocks nicely.
Jurevicious keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hammerness's head.
Hammerness preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darius Jurevicious dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hammerness misses the shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Hammerness.
Jurevicious avoids the body shot from Hammerness.
Hammerness misses with a body shot.
A punch combination from Hammerness misses.
Jurevicious staying out of range there.
Hammerness keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jurevicious.
Jurevicious throws a leg kick

and Hammerness counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hammerness.
Hammerness makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hammerness lands with a light punch inside.
Jurevicious blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Hammerness pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hammerness just misses with a punch to the body.
And Jurevicious tries to counter it with a takedown but Hammerness pushes his down on his head and steps out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerness jabs at Jurevicious's body.
Hammerness works Jurevicious's body with a nice hook.
Hammerness defending well as Jurevicious loads up on a big left hand.
Jurevicious on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Broderick Hammerness is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jurevicious tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hammerness lands a jab to Jurevicious's midsection.
Hammerness throws a jab when Jurevicious was well out of range.
Broderick Hammerness is winning the standup battle so far.
Hammerness comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Broderick Hammerness seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hammerness throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hammerness swings for the body but Jurevicious moves out of range.
Jurevicious looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Some wild striking there from Hammerness.
Jurevicious has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hammerness finds it's way round the side to connect with Jurevicious's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerness looks to land a right hand but Jurevicious moved out of range.
Hammerness looks to score with a jab to the body but Jurevicious is just out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hammerness misses with a body shot.
Hammerness swings for the body but Jurevicious moves out of range.
A cross from Hammerness lands.
Hammerness fails to land with a series of punches.
A lazy left from Hammerness finds it's target.

Jurevicious is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Hammerness's half guard.
My spies in Nuclear Physiques inform me that Jurevicious has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Jurevicious lands with a punch from half guard.
Jurevicious sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hammerness defending well though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jurevicious working over Hammerness with some ground and pound. Hammerness looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Jurevicious scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ground and pound from Jurevicious.
Hammerness is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jurevicious scores with a couple of nice shots.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jurevicious lands a nice short elbow.
Jurevicious prevents Hammerness from improving his position.

Jurevicious wants to work for an arm triangle but Hammerness is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hammerness keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jurevicious drops an elbow to the side of Hammerness's head.
Jurevicious looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Jurevicious sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hammerness defending well though.
Jurevicious lands strikes from half guard.
Hammerness is staying active underneath Jurevicious, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Jurevicious is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Jurevicious looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Jurevicious looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jurevicious passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Hammerness!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Broderick Hammerness will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Hammerness tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jurevicious was well out of range. Poor timing from Hammerness.
Jurevicious changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Jurevicious avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hammerness throws a good cross that connects.
Jurevicious gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Jurevicious takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hammerness swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hammerness takes a swing at Jurevicious's ribcage but misses.
Hammerness misses with a wild body shot.
Jurevicious throws out a counter right but Hammerness avoids it with no problem.
Hammerness is looking to wear down Jurevicious with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

Jurevicious changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Hammerness looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Darius Jurevicious has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hammerness parries the strikes from Jurevicious easily there. Jurevicious is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Hammerness to escape.
Jurevicious working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Jurevicious misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jurevicious is working Hammerness over with some ground and pound from side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hammerness takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Jurevicious lands a decent elbow from side control.
Hammerness has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Jurevicious landing strikes.
Hammerness takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Jurevicious working the body and head with strikes.

Jurevicious has an Americana. Hammerness didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Jurevicious is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Jurevicious hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Darius Jurevicious!
Darius Jurevicious seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Broderick Hammerness spoke after the fight, saying 'He was the better man today, but i will be back better than ever!'.