PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben The Hound (ranked 4333 p4p, 428 weight class) and Jack Liukas (ranked 5213 p4p, 500 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

The Hound
vs
Liukas

196 cm
20
235 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

199 cm
20
242 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Aspire Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ben The Hound!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jack Liukas!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Micheangelo Fripello and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Hound tries to close the distance and clinch up but Liukas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Liukas throws a leg kick
and The Hound counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The Hound connects with a good right hand that stumbles Liukas. Liukas circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Liukas misses with a double jab.
The Hound jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Liukas throws a leg kick
letting The Hound counter with a right hand.
The Hound lands with a nice combination. Liukas backs away looking to recover.
A bone on bone clash there as Liukas blocks the leg kick.
Liukas looks to land a right hand but The Hound moved out of range.
The Hound scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Liukas misses with a hook
letting The Hound counter with a right hand.

It looks like Jack Liukas has been cut.
Liukas throws a poor cross that misses
and The Hound connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liukas lands a jab to the nose.
Liukas throws a right hand that misses
and The Hound counters with a stiff right hand.
The Hound seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
The Hound on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Hound bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Liukas misses with a straight left.
The Hound lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The Hound keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Liukas looks to throw the jab but The Hound is out of range.
Liukas misses with a telegraphed body shot
and The Hound counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Liukas lands a jab to the nose.
Liukas misses with an uppercut
and The Hound makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Liukas really felt that one!
Liukas throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Liukas misses with the combination.
Liukas works The Hound's body with a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liukas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Hound was well out of range. Poor timing from Liukas.
Jack Liukas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab, jab by The Hound - just one landing.
The Hound is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Hound lands with a nice body punch.
A big left from Liukas misses.
The Hound lands a nice hook to Liukas's body. Liukas takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The Hound with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Liukas to score with a decent uppercut.
The Hound steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Liukas.
The Hound delivers a nice body kick.
Liukas punishes The Hound's body with a nice straight punch.
Liukas throws a right hand that misses
and The Hound counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The Hound uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Liukas.
And The Hound counters with a quick kick to the body but Liukas blocks it.
The Hound misses with a straight right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Hound bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Liukas throws a good cross that connects.
Liukas lunges at The Hound with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by The Hound's hand.
Liukas looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Liukas misses with a body punch
and The Hound counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The Hound takes one to the chin there.
Liukas throws an ugly left hook that misses
and The Hound counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Liukas lands with a straight right. The Hound didn't see that one coming.
Liukas throws a poor cross that misses
and The Hound counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Liukas checks a low kick from The Hound.
Liukas misses with a double jab.
The Hound connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The Hound ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Hound avoids the body shot from Liukas.
Liukas throws an overhand right that lands on The Hound's shoulder, as The Hound tries to avoid the shot.
Liukas tried to score with a low kick but The Hound checks it.
Liukas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by The Hound.
The Hound jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
The Hound takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The Hound moves out of range of the strikes.
The Hound takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Liukas misses the body punch
and The Hound makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Liukas really felt that one!
Liukas looks to score with a jab to the body but The Hound is just out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Hound avoids the body shot from Liukas.
The Hound misses with a wild body shot.
A leg kick checked by The Hound.
The Hound thinks about countering with a body kick.
Liukas cracks The Hound with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
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 Ben The Hound will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jack Liukas's cut.
That's time! The Hound's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A slapping leg kick lands for The Hound.
The Hound throws a leg kick but Liukas sees it coming and moves out of range.
The Hound avoids the body shot from Liukas.
The Hound jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Liukas swings widly with a right hand
and The Hound counters with a nice leg kick.
A slow jab from The Hound misses its intended target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Liukas. The Hound does a little dance to reset his feet.
It looked like The Hound was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Liukas.
Liukas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Hound moves away.
Liukas looks to land a left hand but The Hound moved out of range nicely.
The Hound throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Liukas throws a poor cross that misses
and The Hound counters with a nice uppercut.
A nice leg kick lands there from The Hound.
Ben The Hound is winning the standup battle so far.
Liukas lands a nice shot to the body.
The Hound tries to score with a low kick but Liukas moves his leg out of the way.
Liukas throws a counter combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liukas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Liukas moves into range and connects with a jab.
Liukas misses with a lunging right hand
and The Hound counters with a right hand to the body.
Liukas just misses with a punch to the body.
The Hound jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Liukas loads up on a big right hand but The Hound slips the punch.
The Hound steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Liukas.
Liukas thows a left - swing and a miss!
The Hound defending well as Liukas loads up on a big left hand.
Liukas misses with a straight right.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Liukas in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
The Hound avoids the body shot from Liukas.
The Hound was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Liukas goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liukas misses with a wild body shot.
The Hound throwing a counter right hand but Liukas manages to avoid it.
The Hound thuds a left hand into Liukas's body.
A shot to the body from Liukas misses
and The Hound counters with a body kick that stops Liukas in his tracks momentarily.
Liukas is breathing heavily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Liukas misses with a telegraphed body shot
and The Hound counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The Hound connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That has opened up Jack Liukas's cut even more.
Liukas misses with a body shot.
The Hound throws a big counter combination but Liukas scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
The Hound looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Liukas looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Liukas darts in and clinches The Hound up against the cage.
The Hound misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Hound.
The Hound lands a body shot in the clinch.
The Hound tries to work over Liukas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from The Hound fails to land.
The Hound tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from The Hound.
The Hound misses with some punches.
The Hound lands an uppercut.
Liukas misses with the head strike.
Liukas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Liukas stalling in the clinch but The Hound improves position.
The Hound tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Liukas's elbow.
Liukas has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from The Hound.
Liukas throws a punch but it's blocked by The Hound.
Liukas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from The Hound.
Liukas is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The Hound struggles to land a body shot inside as Liukas controls his hands.
Liukas leaning against his opponent.
Liukas misses with a punch to the body.
Liukas blocking some punches.
The Hound lands with a right to the head.
Liukas misses with a body punch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liukas is trying to maintain a safe position but The Hound gets an underhook and turns Liukas into the cage.
The Hound scores with a nice hook to the head.
The Hound gets through Liukas's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Liukas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ben The Hound has scored more points in the clinch so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice right hand lands inside from The Hound.

Liukas is rocked!
The Hound pushes Liukas against the cage. The Hound is working some dirty boxing. The Hound pushes off with a quick right hook! Liukas goes down! Liukas tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! The Hound moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben The Hound!
A victorious Ben The Hound thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.