PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lotus Hawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaroslav Niemi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lotus Hawkins had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Hawkins
vs
Niemi

195 cm
18
235 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
240 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 Los Angeles, Lotus Hawkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jaroslav Niemi!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hawkins has a takedown stuffed.
Niemi looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Niemi throws a head kick that misses.

Hawkins rushes Niemi and presses him up against the cage.

Hawkins gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Niemi regains guard.
Hawkins slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Niemi avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Hawkins stands and steps away. Niemi gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Niemi tries to keep at a distance but Hawkins has taken the fight into the clinch.

Hawkins pulls guard.

Hawkins has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Niemi off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Hawkins fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Hawkins rushes Niemi and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Niemi gets underhooks to prevent Hawkins's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lotus Hawkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Hawkins manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawkins lands a head kick!
Hawkins goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Hawkins scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Niemi shoots in but no luck this time.

Hawkins closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Hawkins lands in his opponent's guard.
Hawkins postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Niemi wants to sweep here but Hawkins controlling him for the moment.
Hawkins scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hawkins stops Niemi from standing up.
Hawkins trying to control the position from guard on top but Niemi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hawkins stands and throws Niemi's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niemi is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Hawkins has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Niemi really wants to buck Hawkins off and get back to his feet.
Niemi is looking to get to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee warns Niemi that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Hawkins with good strikes from the mount here!

Hawkins has hold of Niemi's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Niemi manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Niemi is desperately trying to improve his position but Hawkins has a good base and remains in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Niemi is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Hawkins blocks Niemi's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Hawkins breaks from Niemi's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Niemi wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Hawkins thowing shots but they're missing.
Niemi tries to reverse the position but Hawkins maintains control.

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

Hawkins has hold of Niemi's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Niemi manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Hawkins lands a big shot there that rocks Niemi but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hawkins controlling the position easily from mount.
Hawkins lands a nice shot to the head.

Niemi is rocked!

Hawkins goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Niemi turns into him and now he's in Hawkins's guard.
Hawkins trying to keep a closed guard but Niemi is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lotus Hawkins dominated that round.
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.

Hawkins bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Niemi is looking for a sweep.
Hawkins in side control, just content to control the action for now.

Hawkins tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hawkins has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Hawkins decides to stand back up.

Hawkins shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hawkins showed some decent athleticism there.
Niemi is breathing heavily.
Niemi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawkins content to control rather than advance.
Niemi is trying to stand up here but Hawkins is controlling him well.

Hawkins gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Hawkins works over Niemi's head and body with a nice combination.

Hawkins moves into the clinch successfully.
Niemi is looking to control Hawkins's arms but Hawkins gets an underhook and turns him. Now Niemi has his back to the cage.
Hawkins connects with a nasty looking knee right to Niemi's face.
Hawkins scores a nice knee to the body.

Hawkins breaks the clinch.

Hawkins moves into range and clinches up with Niemi.
Hawkins gets underhooks to prevent Niemi's takedown attempt.
Niemi is trying to break the clinch but Hawkins has him pressed against the cage.
Niemi tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hawkins just stands there and leans against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins has Niemi pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Niemi manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Niemi swings wildly with an uppercut but Hawkins uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Niemi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hawkins's brow.

Hawkins breaks from the clinch.
Niemi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hawkins shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hawkins circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hawkins misses with a head kick.
Lotus Hawkins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hawkins shoots in but Niemi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lotus Hawkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hawkins throws a nice looking combination but Niemi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Hawkins closes the distance and clinches.

Hawkins breaks from the clinch.
Hawkins lands with a right hand.
Hawkins scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Hawkins gets a clinch.
Hawkins changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Niemi fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Hawkins instigates a clinch.
Niemi drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Hawkins breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Hawkins clinches.

Hawkins breaks from the clinch.

Hawkins pushes Niemi up against the cage in a clinch.

Hawkins manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Hawkins keeping full guard, as Niemi tries to pass.
Hawkins 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.
Niemi throws and elbow that misses. Hawkins uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Niemi's guard. Nice move by Hawkins!
Hawkins scoring with some ground and pound.
Hawkins is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Niemi looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Hawkins puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Hawkins passes the guard and advances to mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins punishing his opponent with strikes.
Niemi is bucking up trying to escape but Hawkins cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hawkins is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Niemi can do to turn this around?
Hawkins lands a heavy elbow.
Niemi is still in real trouble! Can Hawkins finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!

Hawkins wants to finish this one by submission but Niemi is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Hawkins.
Niemi seems to have recovered his senses.
Hawkins lands a big shot there that rocks Niemi but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hawkins lands with some strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hawkins can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Niemi is looking to escape.
Hawkins landing strikes, looking to finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lotus Hawkins dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Hawkins darts in and clinches Niemi up against the cage.
Niemi has had enough of the clinch but Hawkins keeps him there for the moment.
Hawkins leaning against his opponent.

Hawkins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Niemi looks to clinch
and Hawkins counters with a head kick.

Hawkins drives through and clinches with Niemi against the cage.

Hawkins breaks from the clinch.

Hawkins moves into the clinch.
Hawkins stops a takedown attempt from Niemi.
Niemi is pressed up against the cage. Hawkins has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Niemi down to the mat. Niemi avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Hawkins shoots for a takedown but Niemi saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Niemi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Hawkins changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Niemi looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Hawkins has knee on belly and moves into mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hawkins cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Hawkins content just to control the position here.
Niemi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hawkins lands a nice shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Niemi is in a horrible position here. Hawkins smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hawkins looking to finish Niemi with some ground and pound. This is bad for Niemi!
Hawkins putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Niemi is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Hawkins takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Hawkins lands with some strikes.
Hawkins scores with a couple of good head shots there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
BOOM! Hawkins connects with a massive shot to the dome!
A nice elbow there by Hawkins.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niemi is bucking up trying to escape but Hawkins cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hawkins connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hawkins is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Niemi can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Niemi is in a horrible position here. Hawkins smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
BOOM! Hawkins connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Hawkins working for a guillotine from mount but Niemi is in no mood to give up.
Hawkins lands a nice shot to the head.
Hawkins scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Hawkins looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Niemi really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins with a couple of short strikes.
Niemi regains half guard.
Hawkins is looking to advance position but Niemi won't allow it.
Niemi striking from the bottom.

Niemi kicks off Hawkins and gets to his feet.
Niemi moves in looking to clinch but Hawkins pushes him off.
Hawkins changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Niemi tries to avoid it but Hawkins manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Niemi to the ground. Niemi escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lotus Hawkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Hawkins scores a takedown into full mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hawkins cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Hawkins with good strikes from the mount here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Hawkins content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Hawkins.
Hawkins with a couple of short strikes.
Hawkins looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Hawkins landing punches.
BOOM! Hawkins connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Hawkins is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Niemi has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Hawkins landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Niemi is trying desperately to improve position.
Jaroslav Niemi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Niemi swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lotus Hawkins showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hawkins 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 Suge Night scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lotus Hawkins!