PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between one pac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex hurricane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

pac
vs
hurricane

189 cm
20
205 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

190 cm
21
203 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Prefers ground

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, one pac!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Alex hurricane!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Andrew Berry and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
hurricane has a takedown stuffed.
hurricane shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says pac as he avoids it easily.
hurricane tries to close the distance and clinch but pac swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

pac looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for hurricane!
pac controlling from the full mount.
hurricane is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
pac blocks hurricane's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
pac avoids the attempt from hurricane to control.
pac lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
pac avoids the attempt from hurricane to control.
pac controlling from the full mount.
hurricane keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
pac punishing his opponent with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
pac controlling the position easily from mount.
A nice elbow there by pac.
pac controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
hurricane keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
pac punishing his opponent with strikes.
A nice elbow there by pac.
pac takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
hurricane is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
hurricane is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
pac 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.
pac controlling from mount.
pac is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. hurricane can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
hurricane tries to hold on but pac pushes him away.
hurricane is trying desperately to improve position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
hurricane looks gassed!
pac looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
pac takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. one pac just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
The fight stays on the outside here - hurricane looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A nice combination there by pac.
hurricane takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A head kick by hurricane misses
and pac counters with an outside leg kick.

pac shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
pac controlling from the top position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

pac gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

one pac dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

hurricane tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and pac counters with a takedown into side control.
pac happy to just control the position for now.
pac avoids the strikes from the bottom by hurricane.
pac is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down hurricane's shoulder. That is not cool.
hurricane tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but pac presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
pac scores with a couple of good head shots there.
pac controlling the position easily from mount.
hurricane is breathing heavily.
hurricane keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
pac working hurricane over with strikes here.
hurricane is in a horrible position here. pac smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
hurricane tries to get back to half guard but can't.
pac blocks hurricane's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
pac lands a big elbow.
pac controlling from the full mount.
pac is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. hurricane can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
pac controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
pac scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish hurricane?
pac takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
pac putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
one pac overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
pac controlling the pace for now.
pac landing shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
pac controlling from the full mount.
hurricane is trying to escape the mount.
pac takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

The referee stands the fighters back up. one pac just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
pac feints and then cracks hurricane's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow hurricane down.
A head kick by hurricane misses

and pac counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. pac connects with a nice short shot to hurricane's temple.
pac is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that hurricane can do to turn this around?

pac decides to stand and escape the position.
one pac is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

pac has managed to clinch.
pac lands an elbow that stopped hurricane in his tracks for a moment.

pac pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
hurricane tries to clinch but fails miserably

and pac counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

pac escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
hurricane tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and pac counters by moving into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
pac scores a nice knee to the body.

pac manages to break the clinch.
Alex hurricane seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
hurricane tries to clinch but pac moves away

and pac counters by moving into the clinch.
pac landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
hurricane trying to stall but pac improves his position.
pac is pushing hurricane up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Nice elbow from pac.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

one pac dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

pac circles away from the clinch attempt
and pac counters with a head kick.
hurricane throws a head kick that misses

and pac counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by pac.

pac breaks from the clinch.
A head kick by hurricane misses

and pac counters by moving into the clinch.
hurricane can't break the clinch.
hurricane throws a knee to the head but misses.
pac gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
pac stalling.

pac wants the takedown. hurricane is fighting it off but pac persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in hurricane's guard against the cage.

hurricane throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
pac is pushing down on hurricane's leg trying to pass to half guard. hurricane is fighting to maintain full guard but pac has managed to sneak the leg through.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
pac scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
pac trying to control the pace.
pac works his foot free and advances to mount.
hurricane is desperately trying to improve his position but pac has a good base and remains in mount.
pac raining down shots from the mount!
pac blocks hurricane's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
hurricane is trying to escape the mount.
pac sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
pac's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
pac seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down hurricane for as long as he can get away with.
hurricane keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

pac is working for a guillotine from mount but hurricane frees his head quite easily.
pac controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
pac lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
pac takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
hurricane is trying to escape the mount.
pac controlling the position easily from mount.
Alex hurricane has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
hurricane really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
pac controlling the position easily from mount.

The referee stands the fighters back up. one pac just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
hurricane darts in trying to clinch

and pac counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by pac.
hurricane throws a knee to the head but misses.
hurricane trying to land knees to the body.

pac is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. hurricane can't fight it off and eventually pac manages to take the fight to the floor. hurricane looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
pac sitting in guard here, content to control.

And that's the end of the fight!
one pac showed his dominance in that final round.
Well pac has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:25
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:25
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... one pac!