PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Freddrick Constantine (ranked 3498 p4p, 136 weight class) and Richie Hutchins (ranked 7460 p4p, 229 weight class). Freddrick Constantine has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Constantine
vs
Hutchins

200 cm
26
265 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

208 cm
24
290 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Freddrick Constantine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Richie Hutchins!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Topper Green and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Constantine lands a high kick!
Constantine throws a head kick but Hutchins moves out of range.
Hutchins shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Constantine.
Constantine scores with a nice right hand.
Hutchins defending well as Constantine loads up on a big left hand.
Hutchins drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Constantine defends it well.

Hutchins moves into the clinch.
Hutchins tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Constantine slowing the pace effectively.
Hutchins on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Constantine misses with a knee strike.
Constantine trying to stall but Hutchins improves his position.
A short right from Constantine.
Constantine looking to throw knees to the head but Hutchins is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Constantine working aggressively here.
Hutchins blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Constantine trying to land knees to the body.
Hutchins lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Constantine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Constantine's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Hutchins blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Constantine misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Constantine.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Constantine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hutchins is defending well for now.
Constantine fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Constantine trying to land knees to the body.
Hutchins takes a knee to the side of the body.
Constantine misses with a knee strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Constantine is stalling here.
Constantine leaning against his opponent.
Constantine utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Constantine pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Constantine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hutchins is defending well for now.
Constantine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Constantine tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hutchins.
Constantine with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Constantine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hutchins letting Constantine take a breather here.
Constantine trying to land knees to the body.
Hutchins managing to block the knees to the body from Constantine.
Hutchins cracks Constantine with a nice body shot.
Constantine tries to stall but Hutchins uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hutchins on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hutchins avoiding damage as Constantine throws knees to the body.
Constantine content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hutchins tries to throw a body punch but Constantine avoids it by throwing Hutchins back against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Freddrick Constantine dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A head kick misses from Hutchins.
Hutchins darts in looking for a takedown but Constantine gets double underhooks and turns Hutchins into the ropes.
Constantine feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Constantine looks to throw the jab but Hutchins is out of range.
Freddrick Constantine is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Good leg kick by Constantine there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Hutchins clinches up with Constantine and pushes him back against the ropes.
Constantine scores with a shoulder strike.
Constantine stalling in the clinch but Hutchins improves position.
Constantine throws a punch but it's blocked by Hutchins.
Constantine taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A hook to the body from Hutchins.
Constantine with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Constantine is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hutchins managing to block the knees to the body from Constantine.
Hutchins wants to get back to striking at distance but Constantine won't allow it.
Constantine throws a punch but it's blocked by Hutchins.
Hutchins managing to block the knees to the body from Constantine.
Hutchins letting Constantine take a breather here.
Constantine stalls.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Constantine for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Hutchins wants to stall.
Constantine is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Constantine lands a nice uppercut.
Hutchins looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hutchins avoiding damage as Constantine throws knees to the body.
Constantine lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Constantine using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hutchins has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Constantine is trying to maintain a safe position but Hutchins gets an underhook and turns Constantine into the ropes.
Constantine working Hutchins over with knees to the body.
Hutchins is breathing heavily.
Hutchins can't find room to land a body shot as Constantine controls the action.
Hutchins misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hutchins blocking some punches.
Hutchins trying to control the position but instead, Constantine has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hutchins into the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hutchins.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hutchins.
Constantine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hutchins is defending well for now.
Constantine tries a knee to the head but Hutchins blocks it.
Constantine landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hutchins wants to break the clinch but can't.
Constantine misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hutchins.
Constantine lands with a light punch inside.
Constantine tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Freddrick Constantine has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Constantine looking to throw knees to the head but Hutchins is blocking nicely.
Constantine taking a breather.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Constantine stalling in the clinch.
Constantine will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hutchins up against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Freddrick Constantine dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Constantine throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hutchins does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Constantine fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hutchins has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Constantine looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Constantine with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hutchins avoids the head kick by Constantine.
Constantine misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Constantine.
Constantine throws a sloppy head kick and Hutchins moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hutchins goes for a double leg but Constantine avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the ropes as Constantine continues to drive forward.
Constantine thows a body kick. Hutchins tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Hutchins takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hutchins chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Constantine can pounce on him.
Constantine misses with a hook.
And Hutchins tries to counter it with a takedown but Constantine pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Constantine misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Constantine scores with a head kick.
Constantine connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Constantine rushes Hutchins and presses him up against the ropes.
Constantine is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Constantine lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hutchins backwards.
Hutchins is trying to break free.
Hutchins on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Constantine tries a knee to the head but Hutchins blocks it.
Constantine misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hutchins.
Hutchins stalling in the clinch but Constantine improves position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hutchins misses with an elbow over the top.
Constantine lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hutchins backwards.
Constantine looking to slow down the pace here.
Hutchins blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Constantine prevents a body shot from Hutchins.
Hutchins on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Constantine throws a knee to the head but misses.
Constantine tries to land knees in the clinch but Hutchins avoids the damage to the body.
Hutchins managing to block the knees to the body from Constantine.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Constantine missing with knees to the body.
Hutchins blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Constantine throws a knee to the head but misses.
Constantine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hutchins is defending well for now.
Constantine gets through Hutchins's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Constantine just leaning against Hutchins, taking a breather.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Constantine tries to land knees in the clinch but Hutchins avoids the damage to the body.
Hutchins swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Constantine obliges.
Hutchins avoiding damage as Constantine throws knees to the body.
Constantine is trying to maintain a safe position but Hutchins gets an underhook and turns Constantine into the ropes.
Constantine working Hutchins over with knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Constantine.
A bit of stalling here from Constantine.
Constantine blocking some punches.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A nice left hand lands by Hutchins.
Richie Hutchins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Freddrick Constantine is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hutchins swings away with an uppercut that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Freddrick Constantine showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Constantine 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 Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Freddrick Constantine!