PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ross The Boss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fatman Hatton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

The Boss
vs
Hatton

166 cm
22
144 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

155 cm
19
129 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ross The Boss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fatman Hatton!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Emerson Jorge and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hatton throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around The Boss's waist but The Boss gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hatton off to one side.

The Boss scores with a takedown into Hatton's guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
The Boss wants to stand but Hatton has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

The Boss decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Hatton, up you get!
The Boss misses with the combination.
The Boss fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

The Boss rushes Hatton and presses him up against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatton managing to block the knees to the body from The Boss.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, The Boss creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hatton tries to stall but The Boss uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A short right from The Boss on the inside.
Hatton is trying to maintain a safe position but The Boss gets an underhook and turns Hatton into the ropes.
The Boss lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hatton is looking to control The Boss's arms but The Boss gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hatton has his back to the ropes.
The Boss digs a right hand underneath Hatton's ribcage. Hatton let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short right hand to the side of the head by The Boss.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The Boss wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hatton has him pressed against the ropes.
Hatton is trying to maintain a safe position but The Boss gets an underhook and turns Hatton into the ropes.
Hatton is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and The Boss has denied him.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Fatman Hatton.
Hatton tries for a takedown but The Boss circles away easily
and The Boss counters with a one-two to the body.
The Boss pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hatton stuffs the takedown attempt from The Boss. The Boss gets slowly back to his feet.
The Boss tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Hatton paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hatton takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The Boss tries to score a power double leg takedown but Hatton sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten The Boss somewhat.
The Boss misses the jab.
Ross The Boss seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The Boss scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

The Boss decides to stand up, so the ref orders Hatton to his feet.
The Boss listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hatton shoots and misses
and The Boss counters with a left and a right that stings Hatton.
Ross The Boss has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fatman Hatton.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The Boss scores a takedown into full mount!
The Boss raining down shots from the mount!
Hatton wants to hold on but The Boss pushes him away.
Hatton really doesn't want to stay on the ground with The Boss. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The Boss misses with a head shot.
Hatton tries to lock up and control but The Boss gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The Boss 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.
Hatton is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hatton is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hatton tries to hold on but The Boss pushes him away.
The Boss lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hatton tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The Boss looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The Boss landing strikes, looking to finish!
The Boss scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hatton?
Hatton is looking to get to half guard.
The Boss lands a nice shot to the head.

Hatton is rocked!
The Boss lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hatton is still in real trouble! Can The Boss finish him?
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The Boss raining down shots from the mount!
Hatton takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! The Boss's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ross The Boss!