PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Manny Hatton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and rum punch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hatton
vs
punch

225 cm
22
130 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

167 cm
19
145 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

MAX SUPPS

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Manny Hatton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, rum punch!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Atkins and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hatton will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hatton looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
A jab from Hatton does it's job there.
Hatton shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says punch as he avoids it easily.
Hatton shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has punch pinned against the cage. punch gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Manny Hatton. That's going to take a lot out of him.

punch looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Hatton!
punch looking to control but Hatton is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
punch unloads with some shots from mount but Hatton bucks and avoids them well.
punch thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
punch thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

That's one minute gone in the round.
punch controlling his opponent.
Hatton knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for punch on the ground.
punch lands a big elbow.
punch misses with a head shot.
punch throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Hatton because punch loaded up on that one.
punch looking to control but Hatton is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
punch misses with a head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

punch has control of Hatton's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Hatton regains control of the situation pretty easily.
punch sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Hatton holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as punch tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
punch has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

punch working for a guillotine from mount but Hatton is in no mood to give up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
punch throws some wild stikes that Hatton manages to avoid easily.
punch wants to control the pace but Hatton is squirming around nicely.
punch sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

punch looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
A nice elbow there by punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
punch wants to control the pace but Hatton is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
punch lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

punch is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Hatton is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Hatton flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. punch anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Hatton and secures both hooks! This could be bad! punch slips an arm under Hatton chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. punch has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. punch is squeezing on Hatton like an anaconda would it's prey. Hatton fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). rum punch!