PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Road Warrior Hawk (ranked 1721 p4p, 2084 weight class) and Sam Diego (ranked 259 p4p, 305 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hawk
vs
Diego

186 cm
28
195
8 - 2 - 0

189 cm
21
195
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Road Warrior Hawk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sam Diego!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Richard Clark and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hawk tries a head kick but it misses.
Hawk swings widly with a right hand
and Diego counters with a low kick, right behind Hawk 's knee.
Hawk throws a head kick but Diego moves out of range.
Diego throws a looping overhand right but Hawk ducks down to avoid it.
Diego scores with a hook to the body. Hawk takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Diego stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Diego dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hawk. That did some damage!
Hawk misses with a hook
and Hawk takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Hawk is rocked!
Hawk fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Diego on the side of the head.

It looks like Sam Diego has been cut.
Diego has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Hawk defending well as Diego loads up on a big left hand.
Hawk avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Diego scores with the left hand. Hawk knows he should have avoided that one.
Oh Hawk is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hawk misses with a hook. Diego ducked under it nicely.
Hawk seems to have got his legs back now.
Hawk shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Diego on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Diego ducks under a wild hook from Hawk.
Hawk throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hawk bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hawk cracks Diego with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Diego avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Hawk misses the target.

Diego has Hawk up against the cage in a clinch.
Hawk tries to break the clinch but Diego is controlling the position.
Diego lands a nice shot to the body.
A short uppercut from Diego.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hawk.
Diego has a couple of punches blocked by Hawk.
Diego misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diego can't find room to land a body shot as Hawk controls the action.

Hawk breaks the clinch.
Hawk steps in with a hook that catches Diego right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Hawk follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Diego looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Road Warrior Hawk!