PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bret Hart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rahm Emanuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hart
vs
Emanuel

187 cm
25
219 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

192 cm
25
205 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bret Hart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rahm Emanuel!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hart walks into a left hand.
Hart with a poor takedown
and Emanuel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Emanuel scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hart avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hart uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Emanuel.

Hart feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Hart lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hart trying to control but Emanuel is working from the bottom.

Emanuel has his foot on Hart's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hart works his way back into a safe position though.
Hart throwing strikes but missing.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hart scoring with punches to the head and body.

Emanuel is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Hart avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hart landing some decent shots from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hart sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Hart avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hart passes Emanuel's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Emanuel looking for submissions off his back.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hart connects with a nice short shot to Emanuel's temple.
Hart 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.
Well, if Hart is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hart lands a nice short elbow.

Emanuel is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Hart pulls his head out easily.
Hart looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hart lands strikes from half guard.
Hart is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Hart lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Hart winds up and cracks Emanuel with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hart is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hart lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Hart takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hart wants to pass to mount but Emanuel is defending the position.
Hart working Emanuel over with strikes.
Emanuel taking some punishment here, with Hart in his half guard.
Emanuel is trying to stand back up but Hart is controlling him

Emanuel is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Hart pulls his head out easily.
Hart frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Emanuel is trying desperately to improve position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Hart landing shots from mount.
Emanuel is squirming around, avoiding Hart's attempts to control the action.
Hart connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hart is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Emanuel can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Emanuel is bucking up trying to escape but Hart cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Emanuel is rocked!
Hart lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Emanuel hang on?
Emanuel is still in real trouble! Can Hart finish him?
A nice elbow there by Hart.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Emanuel tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hart takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Emanuel tries to buck Hart off but he can't manage it.
Emanuel seems to have recovered his senses.
Hart postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Emanuel looks a forlorn figure.
Hart scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Emanuel is desperately trying to improve his position but Hart has a good base and remains in mount.
Emanuel is bucking up trying to escape but Hart cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Emanuel that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Hart with good strikes from the mount here!
Hart scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Emanuel?
Hart sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Hart lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Emanuel hang on?
Hart cracks Emanuel with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bret Hart!