PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Hand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hand has chosen Bloody Pimp as his entrance music. Dan Hand is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Balboa
vs
Hand

185 cm
26
217 lbs
9 - 6 - 1

191 cm
28
216 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 9 - 6 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rocky Balboa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dan Hand!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Igor Prikhodko and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hand looks to throw the jab but Balboa is out of range.
Hand throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Balboa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Balboa swinging wildly here.
Hand lands a jab to Balboa's midsection.
Hand with a nice cross.
Hand lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Balboa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hand circles away quickly and effectively.
Hand looks to score with a jab to the body but Balboa is just out of range.
Hand showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Balboa.
Balboa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hand moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Balboa walks into a left hand.
Balboa takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hand's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Hand duly obliges.
Balboa moves forwards but Hand connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Balboa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hand misses with a series of wild punches.
Balboa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Balboa needs to keep his hands up - Hand had a free shot at his head there.
Balboa throws an overhand right that lands on Hand's shoulder, as Hand tries to avoid the shot.
Hand lands a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Hand.
Balboa is breathing heavily.
Nice jab there from Hand.
Balboa throws a looping overhand right but Hand ducks down to avoid it.
Hand scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Rocky Balboa has been cut.
Hand works the jab nicely.
Danga de danga de dang - Hand scores with a four punch combination!
Balboa misses with a body shot
and Hand connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Balboa darts in trying to clinch
and Hand counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hand connects with a single shot there.
Balboa takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hand takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hand throws a combination. Balboa tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hand lands with a cross.

Balboa is rocked!
Hand drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Balboa right on the button. Balboa goes down! Hand follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Hand gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dan Hand!