PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hulk Hogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yli Paino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hogan
vs
Paino

190 cm
18
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

210 cm
21
270 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Roidstore[MMABR]

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hulk Hogan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yli Paino!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paino keeps the fight on the outside.

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

Paino tightens his grip and picks Hogan up, before dumping him to the ground. Hogan manages to land in guard.
Paino in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hogan is on top in guard.
Hogan won't allow Paino to get back to his feet.
Hogan is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Paino keeping moving, preventing Hogan from controlling successfully.
Hogan slips nicely into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan wants to control but Paino is keeping him busy.
Hogan stalling.
Paino is looking to escape.
Hogan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Hogan trying to control the pace.

Paino makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

Paino gets a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Paino drops an elbow to the side of Hogan's head.
Ground and pound from Paino.
Paino throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Paino looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hogan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hogan manages to get to full guard.
Hogan looking for a sweep. Not yet Hogan, not yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan is trying to control the position but Paino postures up.
Paino won't allow Hogan to get back to his feet.
Paino connects with a couple of short punches.
Paino won't allow Hogan to sweep him here.
Paino postures up.
Hogan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hogan might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Hogan is controlling Paino's posture.
Hogan keeping moving, preventing Paino from controlling successfully.
Paino stopping the sweep attempt from Hogan.
Hogan is trying to control the position but Paino postures up.

That's four 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.
Paino scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hogan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Paino with a nice cross.
Hogan tries to clinch up

and Paino counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hogan won't be happy with that.
Paino looks gassed!
Hogan sneaks back into half guard.
Hogan on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hogan tries to get out of the position.
Paino not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Paino prevents Hogan from improving his position.
Hogan is trying to maintain the position but Paino is very close to passing his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yli Paino dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hogan with a poor takedown
and Paino counters with a nice body shot.
Hogan misses with a takedown
and Paino counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Hulk Hogan has been cut.

Paino drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Hogan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Paino.
Hogan working a defensive guard but Paino manages to pass into side control anyway.
Hogan is trying to get back to half guard.
Paino has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hogan can't do much from the bottom here.
Yli Paino has got the better of the ground game so far.
The strikes coming from Paino are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Paino.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hogan gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Paino counters with a left to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hulk Hogan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Paino shoots in and drives through. Hogan sprawls well.

Paino closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Hogan did well to prevent Paino getting side control.
Hogan is looking to improve his position.
Hogan regains full guard. Nicely done.
Hogan is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Paino manages to escape and get back to his feet!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogan tries a head kick but it misses.
Hogan shoots and misses

and Paino counters by moving into the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A body shot lands from Paino.
Hogan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hogan is trying to force a seperation but Paino has the dominant position.

Paino has picked Hogan up - he's going for a ride! Paino dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Paino trying to control the action but Hogan is working from the bottom.
Hogan is trying to maintain the position but Paino is very close to passing his half guard.
Paino sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hogan defending well though.

Hogan looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Paino working over Hogan with some ground and pound. Hogan looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paino thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hogan's head.
Hogan trying to control from the bottom.
Paino thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hogan's head.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hogan tries for a takedown but Paino circles away easily

and Paino counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Hogan trying to control but Paino postures up.

Hogan kicks off Paino and gets to his feet.
Hogan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Paino misses with a takedown

and Hogan counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hogan seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

Paino kicks Hogan off and gets back to his feet.
Hogan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Paino decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Hogan's guard.
Hogan controls Paino momentarily but Paino frees himself.
Paino postures up in Hogan's guard and throws a big left but Hogan blocks it.
Paino throwing strikes from guard but Hogan blocks nicely.
Hogan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hogan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Hogan working for a triangle but Paino defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yli Paino showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Hulk Hogan's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Nice sprawl there from Paino as Hogan shoots in.
Paino shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Hogan counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Hogan wants to control from the top but Paino keeps moving.
Paino wants to stand but Hogan is controlling the position.
Hogan would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Paino takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paino keeping moving, preventing Hogan from controlling successfully.
Hogan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hogan showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Paino throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Paino uses the cage to get back to his feet.

Hogan shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Paino's guard.

Hogan stands up and waves to Paino to follow him.
Hogan fails in his attempt to clinch.

Hogan closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Paino to the mat! Paino manages to get full guard.
Hogan is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan passes into half guard.

Hogan decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Yli Paino is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hogan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Paino.
Hogan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Paino avoids the head kick by Hogan.
Hogan doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Paino counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Hogan keeping moving, preventing Paino from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hogan trying to control the position.

Hogan has his foot on Paino's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Paino works his way back into a safe position though.
Hogan doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Hogan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Paino landing some decent shots from guard.
Hogan can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Paino controls the pace.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hogan tries to close the distance and clinch but Paino swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hulk Hogan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paino with a poor takedown

so Hogan counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hulk Hogan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Paino has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yli Paino!