PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hulk Hogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergai Poujanofski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hulk Hogan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hogan
vs
Poujanofski

185 cm
24
216 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

150 cm
23
208 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

►Schwarzenegger Nutrition
►Schwarzenegger Nutrition

SPARTAN FIGHTWARE
SPARTAN FIGHTWARE

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Hulk Hogan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Sergai Poujanofski!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Richard Clark and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danga de danga de dang - Hogan scores with a four punch combination!
Poujanofski looks for a takedown but Hogan sprawls well.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Poujanofski.
Poujanofski fails with a takedown attempt.
Hulk Hogan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sergai Poujanofski.
Poujanofski tries for a takedown but Hogan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hogan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Poujanofski.
Hogan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Poujanofski.
Hogan throws a leg kick that misses.

Hogan moves into the clinch.
Hogan leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hogan lands a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poujanofski jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hogan walks away with a smile on his face. Poujanofski gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A head kick misses from Hogan.
Hogan is looking to score with low kicks.

Hogan moves into the clinch.
Poujanofski takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hogan has Poujanofski pushed against the cage.

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.
A hook to the body from Hogan.
Hogan lands a right hand.

It looks like Sergai Poujanofski has been cut.
Poujanofski tries to pull guard but Hogan won't allow it.
Hogan cracks Poujanofski with a nice body shot.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hogan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hogan has hold of one of Poujanofski's legs. Poujanofski is fighting the takedown attempt but Hogan gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

Poujanofski has his foot on Hogan's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hogan works his way back into a safe position though.
Hogan is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Hogan preventing the sweep.
Hogan looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Hogan pushing down on Poujanofski's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Poujanofski looks gassed!
Poujanofski wants to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hogan landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hogan content to control rather than advance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hogan prevents Poujanofski from improving his position.
Poujanofski is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hogan wants to pass the guard but Poujanofski is defending well.
Hogan takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Hogan seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Poujanofski for as long as he can get away with.

Poujanofski is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Hogan pulls his head out easily.
Hogan performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hulk Hogan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sergai Poujanofski's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hogan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Hogan is trying to trip Poujanofski. He has hold of a leg but Poujanofski is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Hogan persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Hogan wants to pass the guard but Poujanofski is keeping the position.

Poujanofski is looking for a triangle but Hogan pushes his legs off easily.
Hogan sitting in guard here, content to control.

Poujanofski is looking for a triangle but Hogan pushes his legs off easily.
Hogan is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Poujanofski is breathing heavily.

Hogan avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan is working Poujanofski over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Poujanofski being controlled here, momentarily.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Hulk Hogan just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Danga de danga de dang - Hogan scores with a four punch combination!

Hogan clinches with his opponent.
Poujanofski tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hogan smiles and moves away.
Hogan throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hogan clinches with his opponent.
A right hook to the body lands for Hogan.
Hogan cracks Poujanofski with a nice body shot.
Poujanofski tries to pull guard but Hogan won't allow it.

Hogan tightens his grip and picks Poujanofski up, before dumping him to the ground. Poujanofski manages to land in guard.
Hogan content to stall in guard here.
Hogan is working Poujanofski over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hogan trying to control the position from guard on top but Poujanofski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Poujanofski is on top in guard.

Poujanofski has gone for a leg lock! Hogan slips out almost immediately though and dives into Poujanofski's guard.
Hogan trying to control the position from guard on top but Poujanofski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hogan sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Hogan won't allow Poujanofski to sweep him here.
Hogan works over Poujanofski with some ground and pound from guard.
Hogan 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Poujanofski is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hogan has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Hogan sitting in guard, not really doing much.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Hulk Hogan just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hogan.

Hogan shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hogan showed some decent athleticism there.
Poujanofski tries to get to full guard but Hogan has control of the leg.
Hogan will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hogan slips a nice elbow through Poujanofski's hands, connecting with Poujanofski's forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hulk Hogan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sergai Poujanofski's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Poujanofski shoots and misses
enabling Hogan to counter with a crisp jab.

Hogan shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Hogan dominating with strikes here.
Hogan takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Hogan in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Hogan controlling from mount.
Poujanofski is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hogan trying to control but Poujanofski is having none of it.
Poujanofski is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hogan looking to control and managing it successfully.
Poujanofski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hogan lands with some strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan lands with some strikes.
A nice elbow there by Hogan.
Hogan lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Hogan lands a nice shot to the head.
Hogan tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Hogan lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Hogan looking to control and managing it successfully.
BOOM! Hogan connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Poujanofski keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hogan controlling from the full mount.
Poujanofski tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogan controlling the pace for now.
Hogan prevents Poujanofski from getting the reversal.
Hogan controlling his opponent.
Poujanofski is looking to get to half guard.
Sergai Poujanofski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hogan content just to control the position here.
Poujanofski really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The referee warns Poujanofski that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poujanofski is working to get back to half guard.
Hogan content just to control the position here.
Hogan has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Hulk Hogan just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Hogan closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Hogan performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Hogan is trying to control the action in half guard but Poujanofski is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hogan seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hogan performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Poujanofski is trying to get back to full guard.
Hogan is controlling the pace.
Poujanofski tries to get to full guard but Hogan has control of the leg.
Poujanofski tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Poujanofski missing with punches from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hogan misses with a low kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hulk Hogan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hogan 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hulk Hogan!