PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adolf Hasselhoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Mack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Hasselhoff
vs
Mack

191 cm
24
265 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

189 cm
22
233 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Adolf Hasselhoff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sam Mack!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Illya Tyunina and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mack on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mack throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Hasselhoff has closed the distance and engaged Mack in a clinch.
Hasselhoff lands an uppercut.
Mack fails to pull guard.

Mack pulls Hasselhoff into guard.
Hasselhoff being controlled here momentarily.
Mack looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hasselhoff is one step ahead there.
Hasselhoff throws a strike but Mack rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Mack trying to control the position from guard on top but Hasselhoff is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hasselhoff wants to stand and escape but Mack is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hasselhoff looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mack is one step ahead there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mack stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hasselhoff swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Mack darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Mack stands up and beckons Hasselhoff to join him on the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mack walks into a straight right hand from Hasselhoff.
Mack tries to score a power double leg takedown but Hasselhoff sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Mack somewhat.
Mack looks gassed!
Hasselhoff misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hasselhoff lands a jab to the head.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Mack.
Adolf Hasselhoff has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sam Mack.
Hasselhoff bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Hasselhoff lands a left and a right that send Mack crashing to the mat, dazed. Hasselhoff thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Sam Mack has been cut.

Hasselhoff clinches up against the cage.

Hasselhoff breaks from the clinch.
Hasselhoff jabs at Mack's body.

Hasselhoff moves into the clinch successfully.

Hasselhoff breaks the clinch.
Hasselhoff ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hasselhoff fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mack, pushing him back against the cage.

Hasselhoff breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Hasselhoff closes the distance and clinches.
Mack fails to pull guard.
A bit of stalling here from Hasselhoff.

Hasselhoff breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mack has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A left and a right from Hasselhoff both land. Nice combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hasselhoff lands a right hook to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hasselhoff, as that shot connected.
Hasselhoff ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hasselhoff misses with a two punch combination.
Mack shoots in for a double leg but Hasselhoff sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Mack avoids a kick to the body.
Hasselhoff scores with a jab to the body.
Hasselhoff goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hasselhoff scores with a push kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hasselhoff looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hasselhoff rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mack moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mack doesn't manage to clinch there - Hasselhoff circles away.
Hasselhoff throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mack.
Mack tries to clinch up
and Hasselhoff counters with a two punch combo.
Hasselhoff is looking to wear down Mack with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Mack closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hasselhoff circles away.
Hasselhoff lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mack at a distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hasselhoff keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hasselhoff lands a high kick!
Hasselhoff misses with an attempted mid kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adolf Hasselhoff dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sam Mack's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Hasselhoff takes a kick to the side of the head.
Hasselhoff throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Jab, jab by Hasselhoff - just one landing.
Mack fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Hasselhoff throws a right hand that Mack ducks under and follows up with a left that Mack also avoids with ease.
Mack on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Hasselhoff pushes Mack up against the cage in a clinch.

Hasselhoff has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Mack uses from the top position.
Mack being controlled here momentarily.
Hasselhoff throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Hasselhoff is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mack can do to turn this around?
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Mack decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Hasselhoff, up you get!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hasselhoff throws a nice looking combination but Mack bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hasselhoff scores with a kick to the body.
Mack closes the distance but Hasselhoff moves to the side
and Hasselhoff counters with a nice body shot.
Hasselhoff dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hasselhoff shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Mack sprawls well. Mack wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hasselhoff gets slowly back to his feet.
Hasselhoff wants to clinch up but Mack keeps it at a distance.
Hasselhoff dips to his left and cracks Mack with an uppercut!
Mack slips a jab and a cross from Hasselhoff.
Adolf Hasselhoff is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mack slaps away a takedown attempt from Hasselhoff, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Adolf Hasselhoff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Mack closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Hasselhoff did well to prevent Mack getting side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mack throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hasselhoff is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Mack scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Mack wants to take a breather but Hasselhoff is having none of it.

Mack is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Hasselhoff keeps control of the position for the meantime.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hasselhoff'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.
Hasselhoff wants to control but Mack is keeping busy and won't allow it.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A bone on bone clash there as Hasselhoff blocks the leg kick.
Mack wants to clinch but Hasselhoff slips to the side
and Hasselhoff counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mack falls off balance throwing a combination

and Hasselhoff moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hasselhoff scores with a shoulder strike.

Hasselhoff breaks from the clinch.
Mack tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mack avoids the head kick by Hasselhoff.
Jab, jab by Hasselhoff - just one landing.

Hasselhoff forces Mack back against the cage and clinches.

Hasselhoff breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mack avoids the head kick by Hasselhoff.
Mack misses with a takedown

and Hasselhoff counters by clinching up.
Hasselhoff looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adolf Hasselhoff. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mack is trying to stall.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Hasselhoff manages to break the clinch.
Hasselhoff fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hasselhoff scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adolf Hasselhoff dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sam Mack's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Hasselhoff lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Mack throws a lazy body kick
and Hasselhoff counters with a nice body shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hasselhoff!
Hasselhoff fakes the leg kick and cracks Mack in the body.
Mack has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Hasselhoff lands a with a good body shot.
Hasselhoff scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hasselhoff goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hasselhoff lands with a right hand.
Mack clinches but Hasselhoff breaks the clinch
and Hasselhoff counters with a straight right hand.
Hasselhoff moves out of range of the body kick.
Mack misses with a takedown
and Hasselhoff counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hasselhoff tries to bum rush Mack with a series of wild strikes but Mack uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mack doesn't manage to clinch there - Hasselhoff circles away.
Mack closes the distance but Hasselhoff moves to the side

and Hasselhoff counters by moving into the clinch.
Mack wants to get back to striking at distance but Hasselhoff won't allow it.

Hasselhoff's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hasselhoff lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Mack tries to clinch up but Hasselhoff circles away and keeps his distance.

Hasselhoff forces Mack back against the cage and clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Hasselhoff's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mack has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Hasselhoff breaks the clinch.
Hasselhoff avoids the body shot from Mack.
Hasselhoff displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mack throws out the jab.
Hasselhoff dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Hasselhoff moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hasselhoff manages to break the clinch.
Mack tries to clinch up but Hasselhoff circles away and keeps his distance.
Mack showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hasselhoff.
Mack fails with the takedown.
Mack is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Mack shoots and misses

and Hasselhoff counters by moving into the clinch.
Adolf Hasselhoff has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sam Mack.

Hasselhoff breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mack wants to clinch
and Hasselhoff counters with a big head kick but Mack shrugs it off.

Hasselhoff scores a takedown into full mount!
Hasselhoff thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Hasselhoff knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mack on the ground.

Mack bucks Hasselhoff off and manages to get back to his feet!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hasselhoff misses with a few strikes there.
Nice takedown defense from Hasselhoff. No joy for Mack on that attempt.
Hasselhoff throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mack counters with a two punch combo.
Mack shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hasselhoff defends it nicely.
Hasselhoff digs a good body shot into Mack's ribs.
A low kick from Hasselhoff misses

and Mack moves into the clinch.
Hasselhoff gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hasselhoff prevents Mack from breaking the clinch.
Mack has Hasselhoff pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Hasselhoff manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Hasselhoff escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Hasselhoff gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Hasselhoff breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mack throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hasselhoff fails with a takedown attempt.

Mack scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Hasselhoff trying to hold on to Mack's head to control him but Mack postures up.
Hasselhoff wants to control the action here but instead Mack manages to pass to full mount!
Mack looking to control but Hasselhoff is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Mack controlling the pace for now.
Adolf Hasselhoff is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mack wants to control the pace but Hasselhoff is squirming around nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Adolf Hasselhoff showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hasselhoff, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight for Adolf Hasselhoff!
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight for Adolf Hasselhoff!
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight for Adolf Hasselhoff!

Adolf Hasselhoff wins by unanimous decision!