PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jambo Desstutin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lance Hamilton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Desstutin comes into the arena with I'm going to punch a hole in your face Lance Hamilton!!!!!! blaring out of the sound system. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Desstutin
vs
Hamilton

177 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
208 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Rivers Edge Nutrition

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jambo Desstutin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lance Hamilton!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Dmitry Maklakov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hamilton shoots in but Desstutin avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hamilton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Desstutin manages to avoid it.

Hamilton shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Hamilton lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Hamilton looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Hamilton working Desstutin over with strikes here.
Desstutin is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Desstutin is squirming around, avoiding Hamilton's attempts to control the action.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hamilton unloading with bombs!
Hamilton controlling from mount.
Hamilton landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hamilton working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hamilton cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Hamilton has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hamilton lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Desstutin is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hamilton misses with a head shot.
Hamilton is landing with some decent strikes but Desstutin is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hamilton dominating with strikes here.
Hamilton connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hamilton trying to control but Desstutin is having none of it.
Hamilton is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamilton throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Desstutin takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Desstutin is working to get back to half guard.
Desstutin is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Hamilton throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Desstutin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hamilton on the ground.
Desstutin is squirming around, avoiding Hamilton's attempts to control the action.
Desstutin can't escape the position.
Hamilton thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Hamilton tries to control but Desstutin wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamilton is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Hamilton breaks from Desstutin's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Desstutin keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Desstutin is squirming around, avoiding Hamilton's attempts to control the action.

Hamilton looking for a guillotine from mount but Desstutin is having none of it.
Hamilton looks gassed!
Desstutin is trying to escape the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Desstutin takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Hamilton lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Hamilton lands a heavy elbow.
Desstutin blocking the ground and pound.

Hamilton has control of Desstutin's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Desstutin regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Desstutin tries to reverse the position but Hamilton maintains control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Desstutin avoids a series of strikes thrown by Hamilton.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lance Hamilton dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hamilton misses with a body shot.
Desstutin checks a leg kick.
Hamilton shoots in and drives through. Desstutin sprawls well.

Hamilton changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Desstutin looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Hamilton wants to control but Desstutin is keeping him busy.
Desstutin tries to escape but Hamilton is in control.
Lance Hamilton has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hamilton in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Hamilton in side control, throwing shots but Desstutin defends.
Hamilton working away.

Hamilton thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Desstutin tries to bench press Hamilton off him but Hamilton keeps the position.
Hamilton is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Hamilton seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Desstutin defending against the ground and pound.
Hamilton throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Desstutin is looking for a sweep.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Desstutin lands the left hand.

It looks like Lance Hamilton has been cut.
Desstutin throws a right hand that Hamilton ducks under and follows up with a left that Hamilton also avoids with ease.
Desstutin scores with a three punch combo!
Desstutin misses with a wild combination.
Desstutin leaves Hamilton with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Desstutin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Hamilton scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Desstutin blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hamilton.
Hamilton not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Desstutin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hamilton.
Hamilton thows a huge punch but Desstutin dodges it nicely.
Hamilton not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hamilton is thwarting Desstutin's attempts to control the position.
Hamilton throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hamilton not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hamilton dodges the punch combination from Desstutin.
Desstutin lands a nice hook to Hamilton's body. Hamilton takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A left and a right from Desstutin both land. Nice combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Desstutin throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A punch lands to the side of Hamilton 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamilton is looking to chop away at Desstutin's legs.
Hamilton shoots in for a takedown but Desstutin shows good takedown defense.
Jambo Desstutin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lance Hamilton.
Desstutin misses with a two punch combination.
Desstutin lands with a good body shot.
Hamilton dodges the punch combination from Desstutin.

Hamilton gets the takedown into side control.
Desstutin managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Hamilton.
Hamilton misses with the ground and pound.
Desstutin is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Hamilton content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

Hamilton is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Desstutin knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Desstutin struggling a bit here.
Hamilton throws a strike aimed at the side of Desstutin's head but Desstutin avoids it well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Desstutin tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Desstutin covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jambo Desstutin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lance Hamilton's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Desstutin misses with a two punch combination.

Hamilton shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Hamilton thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hamilton is stalling here. Desstutin is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Hamilton seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Desstutin has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Desstutin could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Hamilton wants to control but Desstutin postures up.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Hamilton is trying to improve his position.
Hamilton takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamilton struggling a bit here.
Hamilton sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Desstutin looks to land a strike but Hamilton avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Desstutin postures up.

Hamilton manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Desstutin moves away from the strike by Hamilton.
Desstutin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Desstutin tries to clinch but Hamilton moves out of range.
Hamilton shoots in but Desstutin avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hamilton tries to score a power double leg takedown but Desstutin sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Hamilton somewhat.
Lance Hamilton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Desstutin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hamilton looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Desstutin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Desstutin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Desstutin lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

That has opened up Lance Hamilton's cut even more.
Desstutin scores with a three punch combo!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hamilton steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Desstutin. That one must have hurt.
Hamilton dodges the punch combination from Desstutin.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Desstutin.
Hamilton gets back to half guard.
Hamilton has his hands clasped together around Desstutin's back. He's all about the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hamilton is refusing to be controlled, as Desstutin sits in half guard.
Desstutin looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Desstutin wants to stand up but Hamilton manages to regain full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jambo Desstutin showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Desstutin has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 28:28
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:28
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 28:28

The fight is ruled a draw!