PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Veljko Besic (ranked 6481 p4p, 4148 weight class) and Ethan Hawk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ethan Hawk is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Besic
vs
Hawk

179 cm
18
175
0 - 1 - 0

181 cm
18
175
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

MKFC

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Veljko Besic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ethan Hawk!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Besic looks to clinch
and Hawk connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Besic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hawk throws out a counter right but Besic avoids it with no problem.
Nice uppercut lands for Besic. That snapped Hawk's head back.
A slow jab from Besic misses its intended target.
It seemed like Hawk was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hawk connects with a right hand. Besic shakes it off.
Besic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hawk sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Besic on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Besic closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hawk counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Besic misses with an uppercut. Hawk saw that one coming.

Besic closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hawk takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Besic swings wildly with an uppercut but Hawk uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Besic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Besic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Besic misses with some punches.
Besic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Hawk.
Hawk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hawk blocks a body shot from Besic.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Besic.

Besic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hawk keeps the fight on the outside.
Hawk swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Besic looks to clinch
and Hawk counters with a nice uppercut.
Besic throws a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Besic tries to clinch but Hawk is having none of it.
Besic gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hawk lands a slapping body shot.
Hawk swats away the attempt to clinch by Besic.
Besic misses the shot to the body.

Besic closes the distance and clinches.
Hawk leaning against his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hawk stalling in the clinch.
The crowd are getting on Hawk's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hawk.
Hawk lands a hook that snaps the head of Besic backwards.
Besic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hawk's elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ethan Hawk comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hawk has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 9:10
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 9:10
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 9:10

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ethan Hawk!