PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bigus The Whopper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hulk Hogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Whopper comes to the cage accompanied by gay bar by electric 7. Hogan has chosen Hulk Hogan as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

The Whopper
vs
Hogan

198 cm
19
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

202 cm
19
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined

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 Helsinki, Bigus The Whopper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hulk Hogan!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hogan gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Hogan throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
The Whopper stopping the sweep attempt from Hogan.
The Whopper throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The Whopper won't allow Hogan to sweep him here.
The Whopper has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The Whopper trying to control the position from guard on top but Hogan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hogan tries to strike from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hogan wants to sweep but no luck.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hogan fails with the takedown

and The Whopper counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by The Whopper.
Hogan throws some shots to the body, keeping his opponent honest.
Hogan with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing The Whopper can't handle though.
Hogan looking for a sweep. Not yet Hogan, not yet.

Hogan looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The Whopper stopping the sweep attempt from Hogan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Whopper cracks Hogan with a solid left hand.
Hogan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hogan can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hogan looks gassed!

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hogan moves in looking to clinch but The Whopper pushes him off.

Hogan shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hogan was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Hogan throws some wild stikes that The Whopper manages to avoid easily.
Hogan punching from mount but The Whopper doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Hogan with shots to the head and body - The Whopper looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hogan scoring with strikes but The Whopper is staying in there.
The Whopper is in all sorts of trouble here.
The Whopper tries to hold on but Hogan postures up.
The Whopper is bucking up trying to escape but Hogan cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The Whopper sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
The Whopper is trying to stand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogan lands with a punch from half guard.
Hogan working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The Whopper is trying to stand up here but Hogan is controlling him well.
The Whopper wants to improve his position but Hogan is controlling well.
The Whopper trying to control here.
The Whopper moves into full guard.
The Whopper trying to keep a closed guard but Hogan is proving a slippery customer.
The Whopper wants to stand up but Hogan is controlling him.
Hogan passes into half guard.
The Whopper is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The Whopper is pressing down on Hogan's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Hogan gets to his feet. The Whopper looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

The Whopper moves into the clinch successfully.
Hogan looking for a takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan takes a knee right on the jaw!
The Whopper drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hogan has The Whopper pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. The Whopper manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Bigus The Whopper has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hulk Hogan.
The Whopper wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hogan has The Whopper pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. The Whopper manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Hogan wants a takedown but no success here.
The Whopper stops a takedown attempt from Hogan.
Hogan tries to pull guard but The Whopper holds him up against the cage and eventually Hogan drops back down to his feet.
The Whopper with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Hogan turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Hogan is putting a hurting on The Whopper here, landing some big shots from side control.
The Whopper takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Hogan moves into full mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hogan fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

The Whopper is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Whopper tries to lock up and control but Hogan gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Oh The Whopper is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hogan won't let The Whopper get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Hogan with a couple of short strikes.
Hogan is landing with some decent strikes but The Whopper is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
You get the feeling that The Whopper really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Hogan can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as The Whopper is looking to escape.
Hogan with a couple of short strikes.
The Whopper bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Hogan looking to hit a scissor sweep but The Whopper is one step ahead there.
Hogan throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
The Whopper seems to have got his legs back now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hogan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in The Whopper's guard.
Hogan preventing the sweep.
Hogan landing some decent shots from guard.

Hogan decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hulk Hogan dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Hogan fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The Whopper with a lazy takedown attempt

and Hogan counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in The Whopper's guard now.
The Whopper wants to stand up but Hogan is controlling him.
Hogan tries to free his leg and advance position but The Whopper is retaining full guard.
Hogan preventing the sweep.

The Whopper has his feet on Hogan's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Hogan misses with a right hand

and The Whopper counters with a shoot takedown. Hogan fights it but they end up in guard.
The Whopper wants to control from the top but Hogan keeps moving.
The Whopper wants to stand but Hogan is controlling his posture from full guard.
Hogan looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but The Whopper puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
The Whopper trying to control from half guard but Hogan is working away.
Hogan has hold of The Whopper's hands but The Whopper slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The Whopper is tying to control. Hogan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hogan tries to roll over but The Whopper keeps him under control.
Hogan is not content to let The Whopper control the position.
Hulk Hogan has got the better of the ground game so far.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Hogan drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear The Whopper down.
The Whopper tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Hogan is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but The Whopper is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The Whopper wants to control but Hogan postures up.
Hogan lands an elbow.
The Whopper takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Hogan trying to control the position but The Whopper is working away.
The Whopper struggling a bit here.
Hogan working the ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hogan cracks The Whopper with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Check out the look on Hogan's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Check out the look on Hogan's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The Whopper stops Hogan from passing to mount.
The Whopper is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogan working the head with strikes.
Hogan working the ground and pound.
Hogan grinds an elbow into The Whopper's temple.
Hogan grinds an elbow into The Whopper's temple.
Hogan in side control lands a decent elbow.
Hogan is chipping away with strikes.
The Whopper is trying to get back to his feet.
Hogan working the head with strikes.

Hogan wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by The Whopper, who protects the arm well.
The Whopper is trying to control Hogan's posture but Hogan avoids it.
The Whopper wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Check out the look on Hogan's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Hogan working the head and body with strikes.
Hogan lands a few punches from side control.
The Whopper struggling a bit here.
The Whopper is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Hogan trying to control the position but The Whopper is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Whopper is trying to control Hogan's posture but Hogan avoids it.
The Whopper is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The Whopper wants to control but Hogan postures up.
Hogan works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The Whopper holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

The Whopper closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Hogan is looking for a sweep.
The Whopper tries to move into full mount but can't pass Hogan's legs.
Hogan tries to improve position but can't.
The Whopper lands a few punches from side control.
Hogan is looking to reverse the position.
Hogan is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Hogan closes the distance and clinches up with The Whopper, looking for a takedown. Hogan pushes The Whopper against the cage but The Whopper circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Whopper doesn't succeed with the takedown

so Hogan counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Hogan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The Whopper keeping moving, preventing Hogan from controlling successfully.
The Whopper wants to get back to his feet but Hogan is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The Whopper controls Hogan momentarily but Hogan frees himself.
Hogan connects with a couple of short punches.
Hogan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Whopper is trying to control the position but Hogan postures up.
Hogan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. The Whopper is keeping the position for now.
Hogan working some strikes from top position.
The Whopper controls Hogan momentarily but Hogan frees himself.
Hogan is looking to work some ground and pound but The Whopper has wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hulk Hogan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Hogan scores a takedown into full mount!
The Whopper wants to get back to his feet.
Hogan putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The Whopper in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Hogan cracks The Whopper with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Hogan is landing with some decent strikes but The Whopper is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The Whopper taking shots to the head.
The Whopper really wants to buck Hogan off and get back to his feet.

The Whopper somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!

The Whopper drives through with a takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Whopper won't allow Hogan to sweep him here.
Hogan lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for The Whopper!
Hogan punishing his opponent with strikes.
The Whopper takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hogan cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hogan lands with some strikes.
Hogan trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The Whopper bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan wants to sweep but no luck.
Hogan trying to strike off his back.

Hogan is working an open guard so The Whopper takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

The Whopper scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Hogan is trying to control but can't.

The Whopper stands up from half guard.

The Whopper pushes Hogan up against the cage in a clinch.
Hogan changes levels and goes for a takedown here. The Whopper fights it off and pushes away nicely.
The Whopper has his takedown stuffed

and Hogan holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The Whopper stops a takedown attempt from Hogan.

The Whopper manages to break the clinch.
Hogan fails with the takedown

and The Whopper counters with a takedown into side control.
Bigus The Whopper has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hulk Hogan.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hogan tries to improve position but can't.
The Whopper trying to control the action but Hogan is working from the bottom.
Hogan is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Whopper scoring with punches from side control.
The Whopper trying to control the position but Hogan is working away.
Hogan wants to control but The Whopper postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

The Whopper instigates a clinch.
Hogan tries to score a body lock takedown but The Whopper shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
The Whopper lands a knee to the head.

The Whopper is trying to trip Hogan. He has hold of a leg but Hogan is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. The Whopper persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Hogan keeping moving, preventing The Whopper from controlling successfully.
The Whopper showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The Whopper trying to control the position from guard on top but Hogan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Whopper stopping the sweep attempt from Hogan.
The Whopper trying to control the position from guard on top but Hogan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hogan is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hogan keeping moving, preventing The Whopper from controlling successfully.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

The Whopper gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hogan has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. The Whopper is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

The Whopper breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Excellent takedown into side control there by The Whopper.
Hogan is looking to regain half guard here but The Whopper keeps moving and retains side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The Whopper decides to stand up, so the ref orders Hogan 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 The Whopper's guard.
Hogan trying to control but The Whopper is working from the bottom.
Hogan is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Hogan trying to control but The Whopper is working from the bottom.
Hogan might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control The Whopper kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Hogan working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hogan trying to control the position from guard on top but The Whopper is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hogan lands a couple of elbows.
Bigus The Whopper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The Whopper keeping full guard, as Hogan tries to pass.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hogan scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hogan lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

The Whopper manages to escape and get back to his feet.

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

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Hulk Hogan.
I've got Hogan winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:30

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