PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stratton Hartford (ranked 3032 p4p, 2508 weight class) and Yuujiro Hanma (ranked 335 p4p, 286 weight class). Hartford kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Outshined. The key to victory for Stratton Hartford has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Hartford
vs
Hanma

194 cm
23
205
2 - 2 - 0

189 cm
20
220
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stratton Hartford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yuujiro Hanma!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Fedor Mirinova and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A low kick lands for Hartford.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hartford. That's going to slow Hanma down.
Hanma avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hanma throws an overhand right that lands on Hartford's shoulder, as Hartford tries to avoid the shot.
Hanma takes a swing at Hartford's ribcage but misses.
Hartford scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hartford ducks under a wild hook from Hanma.
Hanma lands a right hook to the body.

Hartford pushes Hanma up against the cage in a clinch.
Hanma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hanma letting Hartford take a breather here.
Hanma struggles to land a body shot inside as Hartford controls his hands.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hartford as Hanma tries to tie him up.
Hanma looking to slow down the pace here.
Hanma looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanma stalls.
Hanma misses with a punch to the body.
Hanma misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hartford blocks a body shot from Hanma.
Hartford blocks a body shot from Hanma.
Hanma misses with a hook to the ribs.

Hartford breaks from the clinch.
Hanma misses with a body shot.
Hartford throwing a counter right hand but Hanma manages to avoid it.
Hartford misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hanma appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Hartford throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hanma counters with a three punch combo that has Hartford backing up. Hartford nods at Hanma to acknowledge the strikes.
Hartford scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hartford misses with a looping right.
Hanma is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Hartford showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hanma.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanma avoids the head kick by Hartford.
Hartford tries to clinch but Hanma is having none of it.
Nice uppercut there from Hartford.
Hanma walks forward, straight into a front kick from Hartford.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hartford looks to score with a jab to the body but Hanma is just out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hartford takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hanma goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hartford working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hanma working aggressively here.
Hanma can't find room to land a body shot as Hartford controls the action.
Hartford is pushing Hanma up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
I was talking to Hartford's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

Hartford breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hartford lands a head kick!
Hanma misses with a wild body shot.
Hartford goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Hanma misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hartford.
Hanma is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hartford rather than just go for the knockout.
Hanma misses with a body shot.
Hartford scores with a kick to the body.
Hartford tries to clinch but Hanma moves out of range.
Hartford moves away from the strike by Hanma.
Hartford throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hanma misses with a body shot.
Hanma scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hartford doesn't seem bothered though.
Hartford throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Hanma changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hanma throws out a loose jab but Hartford uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hartford avoids the body shot from Hanma.
Hanma keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hartford.
Hartford misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hanma uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hartford has time to react.
Hanma fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hartford manages to avoid it.
Hanma tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hartford was well out of range. Poor timing from Hanma.
Hanma moves out of range as Hartford throws a body kick.
Hartford lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hanma at a distance.
Whack! Hartford lands a heavy head kick that drops Hanma. The ref tackles Hartford to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Hanma was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Stratton Hartford!
Stratton Hartford decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.