PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Morello Hawthorne (ranked 4859 p4p, 4853 weight class) and Hugo Kulusevski (ranked 93 p4p, 91 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Hawthorne
vs
Kulusevski

159 cm
18
130
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
18
175
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Morello Hawthorne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hugo Kulusevski!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hawthorne dives in and scores a takedown into Kulusevski's guard.
Hawthorne slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Kulusevski is trying to keep Hawthorne in close.
Kulusevski wants to sweep but no luck.
Kulusevski is looking to stand up but Hawthorne isn't so interested in that idea.
Hawthorne slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hawthorne's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Kulusevski can't keep his opponent in guard - Hawthorne advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawthorne is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Hawthorne throwing shots but Kulusevski is blocking nicely.
Kulusevski taking some punishment here, with Hawthorne in his half guard.
Kulusevski has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hawthorne is working away from the top position though.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hawthorne lands a nice short elbow.
Hawthorne missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kulusevski is refusing to be controlled, as Hawthorne sits in half guard.
Hawthorne keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hawthorne is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Hawthorne is looking to pass Kulusevski's guard but actually Kulusevski recovers to full guard.
Kulusevski keeping moving, preventing Hawthorne from controlling successfully.
Hawthorne works over Kulusevski with some ground and pound from guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hawthorne is stalling in the full guard.
Kulusevski trying to control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Morello Hawthorne showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hawthorne has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Morello Hawthorne!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Morello Hawthorne!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Morello Hawthorne!

Morello Hawthorne wins by unanimous decision!