PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Hearn (ranked 99 p4p, 519 weight class) and Harry Alonzo Longabaugh (ranked 12 p4p, 64 weight class). Hearn comes into the arena with Professor X - Dave blaring out of the sound system. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Hearn
vs
Longabaugh

185 cm
34
180
25 - 15 - 0

180 cm
25
175
12 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

New Standard

NARCOS
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thomas Hearn!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Harry Alonzo Longabaugh!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Chris Dean and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hearn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Longabaugh lands with an overhand left.
Hearn throws a shot to the body.
Hearn dips to his left and cracks Longabaugh with an uppercut!
Longabaugh misses with a right hand
and Hearn counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hearn staying out of range there.
Hearn shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Longabaugh takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Longabaugh on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hearn throws a leg kick
and Longabaugh counters with a stiff right hand.
Longabaugh checks a low kick from Hearn.
Longabaugh ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hearn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hearn throws a nice inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hearn lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Longabaugh checks a leg kick.
Hearn scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Longabaugh throws a right and a left that Hearn avoids nicely.
Hearn tries to land a leg kick but Longabaugh saw it coming and moves away.
Hearn misses the body punch
and Longabaugh counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hearn pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hearn lands a two punch combo.
Hearn has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Longabaugh jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hearn keeps Longabaugh at a distance using the push kick.
Thomas Hearn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Longabaugh stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hearn.
Hearn scores with a punch to the head.
Longabaugh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hearn.
Longabaugh is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Hearn with a body shot.
Hearn fakes the leg kick and cracks Longabaugh in the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab by Longabaugh.

It looks like Thomas Hearn has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Longabaugh misses with a left hand
and Hearn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hearn is looking to wear down Longabaugh with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hearn throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Longabaugh let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Hearn connects with a leg kick.
Longabaugh throws a shot from downtown. Hearn moves away and avoids it.
Hearn connects with a looping right hand.
Hearn pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Longabaugh misses with an uppercut.
Hearn scoring well with a low kick there.
Hearn with a nice calf kick.
Hearn moves away from the strike by Longabaugh.
Longabaugh thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hearn works Longabaugh's body with a nice hook.
Longabaugh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hearn.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hearn misses with a looping left.
Longabaugh misses with a looping left.
Longabaugh takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A big left from Longabaugh misses.
Hearn slips a jab and a cross from Longabaugh.
Hearn is looking to score with low kicks.
Longabaugh swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hearn ducks under a wild hook from Longabaugh.
Hearn connects with a looping right hand.
Longabaugh might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Hearn lands with a kick to the ribs.
Longabaugh chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hearn can pounce on him.
Hearn thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Longabaugh if he has to take too many more of those.
Hearn throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hearn throws a leg kick that is checked
and Longabaugh counters with a right hand to the body.
Hearn looks to land a right hand but Longabaugh moved out of range.
Longabaugh looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Longabaugh throws a body punch but Hearn moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Longabaugh on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hearn. Hearn obviously looking to wear him down.
Hearn misses with a body shot.
Hearn throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hearn connects with an inside leg kick.
Hearn lands with a good body shot.
Hearn thows a leg kick but Longabaugh checks it
and Longabaugh counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hearn thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Longabaugh if he has to take too many more of those.
Longabaugh blocks a jab.
Longabaugh lands a right hook to the body.
Longabaugh is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hearn.
Hearn was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Longabaugh scores with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Longabaugh slips a jab from Hearn.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Hearn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thomas Hearn's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hearn lands a slapping body shot.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Longabaugh might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Hearn has got the better of the exchanges.
Hearn ducks under a wild hook from Longabaugh.
Hearn throws a body punch but Longabaugh moves out of range.
Hearn throws a hook but Longabaugh avoids it easily.
Longabaugh is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Hearn with a body shot.
Hearn pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hearn jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nice cross by Hearn.
Hearn misses with a looping left.
Hearn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Longabaugh can do to turn this around?
Longabaugh throws an overhand right that lands on Hearn's shoulder, as Hearn tries to avoid the shot.
Hearn throws a low kick, looking for Longabaugh's leg but Longabaugh calmly moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hearn throws a head kick but Longabaugh moves out of range.
Hearn misses with a hook
and Longabaugh counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hearn shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A countering left hand to the body from Longabaugh misses.
Hearn misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hearn feints and then cracks Longabaugh's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Longabaugh down.
Hearn misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Longabaugh to counter with a crisp jab.
Longabaugh takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A bone on bone clash there as Longabaugh blocks the leg kick.
Longabaugh throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hearn throwing a counter right hand but Longabaugh manages to avoid it.
Longabaugh scores with a three punch combo!
Hearn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A slow jab from Longabaugh misses its intended target.
Hearn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Longabaugh.
Longabaugh swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hearn counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hearn is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Longabaugh misses with a straight right.
Hearn throws a chopping leg kick but Longabaugh manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hearn lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Hearn - that will leave a mark!
Longabaugh avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
It seemed like Longabaugh was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hearn throws a leg kick but Longabaugh moved away.
Hearn turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hearn throws a low kick but Longabaugh avoids it.
Longabaugh just misses with a punch to the body.
Hearn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Longabaugh moves away.
Hearn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hearn scores with a hook to the body. Longabaugh takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hearn throws a hook but Longabaugh blocks it.
Longabaugh throws out a counter right but Hearn avoids it with no problem.
A big left from Hearn misses.
Longabaugh swings widly with a right hand
and Hearn counters with a left to the body.
Longabaugh throws a lazy right hand but Hearn sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Longabaugh has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hearn.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hearn throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hearn needs to keep his hands up - Longabaugh had a free shot at his head there.
Hearn moves out of range of the strikes.
Longabaugh takes one to the side of the head.
Longabaugh misses with a two punch combination.
Longabaugh's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A low kick from Hearn is predictable there
enabling Longabaugh to counter with a crisp jab.
Hearn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hearn dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hearn feints and then cracks Longabaugh's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Longabaugh down.
Hearn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Longabaugh was well out of range. Poor timing from Hearn.
Longabaugh swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Longabaugh avoids the body shot from Hearn.
Longabaugh thows a left - swing and a miss!
An attempted straight right counter from Hearn misses the target.
Longabaugh misses with a left hand
and Hearn counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Longabaugh throws a series of punches but Hearn moves out of range.
Jab, jab by Hearn - just one landing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hearn lands with a kick to the ribs.
Hearn with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hearn lands with a straight right. Longabaugh didn't see that one coming.
Hearn cracks Longabaugh with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Longabaugh throws the left hand but Hearn avoids the punch easily.
Hearn was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Longabaugh jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Longabaugh moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hearn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Longabaugh moves away.
Hearn walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A jab from Longabaugh misses.
Hearn looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Longabaugh swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Hearn dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Thomas Hearn's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Longabaugh throws out a loose jab but Hearn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hearn punishes Longabaugh's body with a nice straight punch.
Hearn throws a shot from downtown. Longabaugh moves away and avoids it.
Hearn gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Longabaugh counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Longabaugh misses with a body shot.
Hearn appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Longabaugh avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Longabaugh swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Longabaugh throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Longabaugh swings for the body but Hearn moves out of range.
Hearn throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hearn punishes Longabaugh's body with a nice straight punch.
Hearn throws a wild body kick that Longabaugh sees coming a mile off.
Longabaugh swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Longabaugh takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hearn tries to bum rush Longabaugh with a series of wild strikes but Longabaugh uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Longabaugh throws a body punch but Hearn moves out of range.
A lazy left from Longabaugh finds it's target.
Hearn thuds his shin into the meat of Longabaugh's side.
Jab by Hearn.
Longabaugh displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hearn throws out the jab.
Hearn throws a sloppy head kick and Longabaugh moves out of range easily.
Longabaugh swings widly with a right hand
and Hearn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hearn ducks under a wild hook from Longabaugh.
Longabaugh jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Longabaugh misses with a straight right.
Hearn throws a body kick that misses
letting Longabaugh counter with a right hand.
Hearn moves out of range of the strikes.
Hearn was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Longabaugh misses with a straight left.
Longabaugh moves out of range of the body kick.
Hearn throws a solid leg kick but Longabaugh takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hearn.
Longabaugh misses with a wild body shot.
Hearn lands a jab to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hearn slips a straight right by Longabaugh.
Hearn connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Longabaugh looks to land a right hand but Hearn moved out of range.
Hearn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Longabaugh.
A little jabbing left from Longabaugh on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Longabaugh is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hearn slips a straight right by Longabaugh.
A shot to the body from Hearn misses
and Longabaugh connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hearn is looking to slow Longabaugh down with leg kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hearn goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hearn misses with a body kick.
Longabaugh misses with a straight right.
Longabaugh stuns Hearn with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hearn falls off balance throwing a combination
and Longabaugh counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Longabaugh throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hearn thows a leg kick but Longabaugh checks it
and Longabaugh counters with a nice uppercut.
Hearn lands a body shot.
Hearn connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hearn dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Longabaugh. That did some damage!
Hearn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Longabaugh throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hearn sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hearn throws a low kick, looking for Longabaugh's leg but Longabaugh calmly moves out of range.
Hearn throws a push kick but Longabaugh slaps the foot to one side.
Longabaugh swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hearn feints and then cracks Longabaugh's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Longabaugh down.
A head kick misses from Hearn.
Hearn lands a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Longabaugh dips to his left and cracks Hearn with an uppercut!
A swing and a miss from Longabaugh.
Longabaugh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hearn.
Hearn lands a really nice looking cross but Longabaugh seems unphased.
Longabaugh lands with an uppercut that bounces Hearn off the cage and back into range.
Longabaugh loads up on a big right hand but Hearn slips the punch.
Hearn is looking to counter punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Harry Alonzo Longabaugh just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Thomas Hearn's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Nice defenses there by Hearn.
Hearn throws the kick towards the body but Longabaugh avoids it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Longabaugh! But no joy.
A big right from Longabaugh misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Hearn misses its target.
Hearn lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hearn swings for the body but Longabaugh moves out of range.
Longabaugh checks a low kick from Hearn.
Hearn takes a swing at Longabaugh's ribcage but misses.
Longabaugh scores with a body shot.
Hearn throws a low kick, looking for Longabaugh's leg but Longabaugh calmly moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hearn ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hearn throws a body kick that misses.
Hearn misses the body punch
and Longabaugh counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hearn lands a glancing blow to the side of Longabaugh's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Hearn.
Hearn lands a nice looking kick to the body. Longabaugh takes a step back to recover.
Longabaugh checks a low kick from Hearn.
Hearn throws a low kick but it's checked well by Longabaugh.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Longabaugh! But no joy.
Hearn thuds his shin into the meat of Longabaugh's side.
Hearn throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Longabaugh counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hearn throws a nice looking combination but Longabaugh bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A shot to the body from Hearn misses
and Longabaugh cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Longabaugh has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A swing and a miss from Longabaugh.
Hearn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hearn connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hearn throws a body punch but Longabaugh moves out of range.
Hearn fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hearn gets cracked there but stands up to it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Longabaugh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hearn lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hearn works Longabaugh's body with a nice hook.
Hearn misses with a lunging right hand
and Longabaugh counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Thomas Hearn is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Hearn misses.
Longabaugh avoids a kick to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Longabaugh! But no joy.
Hearn lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hearn throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Longabaugh looks to score with a jab to the body but Hearn is just out of range.
Longabaugh blocks a head kick by Hearn.
Longabaugh throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hearn is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Longabaugh takes a swing at Hearn's ribcage but misses.
Hearn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Longabaugh.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Longabaugh crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Hearn - the referee stops the clock and Longabaugh gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Hearn. Longabaugh manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Hearn looks to score with a jab to the body but Longabaugh is just out of range.
Longabaugh looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Longabaugh checks a leg kick.
Hearn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Longabaugh.
Hearn throws a push kick but Longabaugh slaps the foot to one side.
Longabaugh scores with a shot to the body.
Hearn staying out of range there.
Hearn comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hearn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Longabaugh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Longabaugh just misses with a punch to the body.
Hearn with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Longabaugh is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Longabaugh moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Longabaugh throws an overhand right that lands on Hearn's shoulder, as Hearn tries to avoid the shot.
Longabaugh avoids a kick to the body.
Longabaugh throws out a loose jab but Hearn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hearn misses with a low kick.
Longabaugh throws a looping overhand right but Hearn ducks down to avoid it.
As Longabaugh backs away, Hearn returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Longabaugh takes one on the button.
A low kick from Hearn misses
and Longabaugh counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hearn lands a jab to the nose.
Hearn throws a body kick that misses
and Longabaugh counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Thomas Hearn will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Thomas Hearn's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Longabaugh swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Longabaugh misses with an uppercut.
Longabaugh misses with an uppercut.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hearn.
Longabaugh fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hearn throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hearn does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Longabaugh's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hearn under the eye.
Hearn dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Longabaugh misses with a looping right.
Longabaugh takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Longabaugh scores with a nice head shot.
Longabaugh connects with a right hand. Hearn shakes it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hearn.
Hearn lands with a straight right. Longabaugh didn't see that one coming.
Longabaugh looks to score with a jab to the body but Hearn is just out of range.
Hearn takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hearn shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Longabaugh eats them both and turns towards Hearn to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Hearn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hearn throws out a loose jab but Longabaugh uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hearn swinging wildly here.
Hearn takes a swing at Longabaugh's ribcage but misses.
Longabaugh misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hearn.
Hearn fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Harry Alonzo Longabaugh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Longabaugh checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Longabaugh swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Longabaugh fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That kick from Hearn tenderised Longabaugh's leg. Longabaugh is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hearn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Longabaugh.
Hearn throws a low kick, looking for Longabaugh's leg but Longabaugh calmly moves out of range.
Longabaugh throws out a counter right but Hearn avoids it with no problem.
Longabaugh takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A solid body kick from Hearn.
A nice leg kick from Hearn, right into the meat of the thigh.
Longabaugh misses with a combination
and Hearn counters with a straight right hand.
Hearn swings for the body but Longabaugh moves out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hearn.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Longabaugh misses with a two punch combination.
Longabaugh jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hearn swings widly with a right hand
and Longabaugh counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hearn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Longabaugh manages to avoid it.
Thomas Hearn is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Hearn.
Hearn lands a body shot.
Longabaugh looks to land a left hand but Hearn moved out of range nicely.
Hearn on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Longabaugh looks to land a left hand but Hearn moved out of range nicely.
Hearn defending well as Longabaugh loads up on a big left hand.
Hearn throws a quick counter kick to the body but Longabaugh avoids it.
Longabaugh tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hearn was well out of range. Poor timing from Longabaugh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hearn moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Hearn ducks under a wild hook from Longabaugh.
Hearn misses with a kick to the body.
Longabaugh looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Longabaugh moves out of range of the leg kick from Hearn.
Longabaugh looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hearn throws a body kick that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hearn tries to land a front kick but Longabaugh steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Longabaugh looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hearn slips a straight right by Longabaugh.
Hearn lands a front kick.
Longabaugh takes a jab right on the kisser.
A lazy left from Hearn finds it's target.
Longabaugh throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Hearn.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thomas Hearn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hearn 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 50:45
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 50:45
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 50:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thomas Hearn!
Thomas Hearn retains his welterweight title!
A relieved looking Thomas Hearn thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.