PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Milan Michalek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Hackenburg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Milan Michalek has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Michalek
vs
Hackenburg

200 cm
24
216 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

184 cm
21
224 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Crippler's Corner

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Milan Michalek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Christian Hackenburg!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hackenburg throws a leg kick which misses Michalek's front leg but catches the back leg as Michalek tries to avoid it.
Hackenburg slips a jab from Michalek.
Hackenburg tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Michalek is able to avoid easily.
Hackenburg checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hackenburg looks to land a body kick but Michalek moved away.
Michalek moves out of range of the leg kick from Hackenburg.
Michalek avoids a kick to the body.

Hackenburg closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Michalek did well to prevent Hackenburg getting side control.
Hackenburg not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hackenburg seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Michalek does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Hackenburg trying to pass the guard but Michalek defending well.
Hackenburg throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hackenburg trying to mount his opponent but Michalek defends it.
Michalek is holding on to half guard well.
Hackenburg trying to pass the guard but Michalek defending well.
Hackenburg is trying to control. Michalek wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Michalek slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Hackenburg missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hackenburg trying to control the position from guard on top but Michalek is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Michalek looking to control.
Hackenburg looking to pass the guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hackenburg is looking to slow Michalek down with leg kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hackenburg lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hackenburg explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Milan Michalek is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Michalek tries to sprawl but Hackenburg drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Michalek wants to get back to full guard.
Hackenburg trying to pass the guard but Michalek defending well.
Nice strikes from Hackenburg there.
Hackenburg missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hackenburg trying to pass the guard but Michalek defending well.
Hackenburg is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Hackenburg thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Michalek's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hackenburg wants to control but Michalek is keeping him busy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hackenburg throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Michalek moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christian Hackenburg dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hackenburg scores with a leg kick.
Hackenburg connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hackenburg tries to clinch there but Michalek circles away.
Michalek stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Michalek wants it to stay on the feet.
Hackenburg blocks a head kick by Michalek.
Michalek moves out of range of the body kick.
Michalek tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hackenburg misses with a leg kick
and Hackenburg takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hackenburg moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michalek displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hackenburg.
Michalek checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Michalek takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A punch lands to the side of Hackenburg 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Hackenburg fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Michalek, pushing him back against the cage.
Hackenburg looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hackenburg slowing the pace effectively.
Hackenburg creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hackenburg throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hackenburg pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hackenburg just misses with a elbow thrown towards Michalek's brow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hackenburg just misses with a elbow thrown towards Michalek's brow.
Michalek is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Milan Michalek has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Christian Hackenburg.
Michalek wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Michalek dodges an elbow strike from Hackenburg.
Michalek trying to control the position but instead, Hackenburg has worked for underhooks and has pushed Michalek into the cage.
Hackenburg lands an elbow inside that Michalek shrugs off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hackenburg throws an elbow but it misses.
Michalek is trying to break the clinch but Hackenburg is controlling him.
Hackenburg looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Michalek tries to break free but Hackenburg pushes him back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hackenburg just misses with a elbow thrown towards Michalek's brow.
Michalek blocks an elbow strike.
Hackenburg creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Michalek is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hackenburg throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Michalek manages to break the clinch.
Hackenburg fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Michalek has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hackenburg slips under a jab from Michalek.
Hackenburg connects with an inside leg kick.
Hackenburg throws a leg kick but Michalek sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hackenburg throws a nice outside leg kick.
Michalek tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hackenburg lands with a thumping leg kick.
Michalek misses with a body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hackenburg takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Christian Hackenburg has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hackenburg avoids the head kick by Michalek.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Christian Hackenburg will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Christian Hackenburg's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Good leg kick by Hackenburg there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Hackenburg drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Hackenburg has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Michalek!
Christian Hackenburg has got the better of the ground game so far.
Michalek is looking to get to half guard.
Hackenburg sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Michalek is bucking up trying to escape but Hackenburg cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Michalek can't escape the position.
Hackenburg with the ground and pound from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hackenburg unloads with some shots from mount but Michalek bucks and avoids them well.
Hackenburg sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Michalek tries to reverse the position but Hackenburg maintains control.
Hackenburg punching from mount but Michalek doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Hackenburg throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Michalek because Hackenburg loaded up on that one.
Michalek wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Hackenburg.
Michalek is looking to improve his position but Hackenburg isn't that keen on the idea.
Hackenburg has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hackenburg looking to control and managing it successfully.
Hackenburg misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Hackenburg working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Michalek takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hackenburg landing punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michalek is desperately trying to improve his position but Hackenburg has a good base and remains in mount.
Hackenburg fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Michalek really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hackenburg landing shots from mount.
Hackenburg loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Michalek scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Hackenburg land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Hackenburg stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Christian Hackenburg!
A very excited looking Christian Hackenburg made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.