PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Choi Senna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and davie hogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying hogan's choice of entrance music: Stand BY Me. The key to victory for Choi Senna has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Senna
vs
hogan

191 cm
19
179 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

179 cm
22
170 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Choi Senna!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, davie hogan!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, John Mangel and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Senna scores with a jab to the body.
Senna tries to clinch but hogan is having none of it.
Senna dodges the punch combination from hogan.
Senna looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
hogan has a takedown stuffed.
Senna tries to close the distance and clinch up but hogan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Senna tries to clinch up but hogan circles away and keeps his distance.
Senna fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
hogan shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Senna defends it nicely.
Senna throws a head kick but hogan moves out of range.
Senna throws a good cross that connects.

It looks like davie hogan has been cut.

hogan shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Senna wants to control but hogan is keeping busy and won't allow it.
hogan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Senna blocking the ground and pound attempt from hogan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Senna tries to roll over but hogan keeps him under control.
hogan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Senna wants to get back to full guard but hogan has mounted him!
Senna tries to lock up and control but hogan gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
hogan with a couple of short strikes.
Senna blocking the ground and pound.
hogan punching from mount but Senna doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Senna tries to get back to half guard but can't.
hogan is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Senna can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
hogan looking to ground and pound but Senna is blocking nicely.
hogan thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Senna is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
hogan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
hogan sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Senna's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
hogan misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Senna is in all sorts of trouble here.
BOOM! hogan connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Senna is trying to escape the mount.
hogan with the ground and pound from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Senna holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as hogan tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Senna is desperately trying to improve his position but hogan has a good base and remains in mount.
hogan postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Senna looks a forlorn figure.
Senna squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Senna knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for hogan on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Senna is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
hogan unloads with some shots from mount but Senna bucks and avoids them well.
Senna holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as hogan tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
hogan landing strikes from the mount.
Senna is trying to stand.
Senna is in a horrible position here. hogan smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Senna is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
hogan with shots to the head and body - Senna looks very uncomfortable down there.
hogan working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
hogan breaks from Senna's wrist control and lands an elbow.
hogan throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Senna because hogan loaded up on that one.
hogan putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
hogan landing strikes from the mount.
hogan is landing with some decent strikes but Senna is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Senna blocking the ground and pound.
hogan controlling his opponent.
hogan is landing with some decent strikes but Senna is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
hogan has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Senna's face.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
hogan throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

davie hogan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on davie hogan's cut.
That's time! Senna's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Senna lands a jab to the nose.
hogan shoots in but no luck this time.
Senna displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from hogan.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Senna swinging wildly here.

hogan shoots in and bounces Senna off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Senna utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
hogan throwing strikes from guard but Senna blocks nicely.
hogan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
hogan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
hogan is breathing heavily.
Senna is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst hogan is controlling him.
Senna on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Senna tries to get out of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
hogan landing with the ground and pound.
hogan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Senna works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Senna misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Senna fails in his attempt to clinch.
hogan fails with a takedown attempt.
Choi Senna has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of davie hogan.
Senna tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Senna tries to close the distance and clinch up but hogan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
hogan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Horrible takedown by hogan or perhaps it was just good defense by Senna which made him look bad.
A head kick misses from Senna.

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 avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Senna thows a body shot but no joy.
The fight stays on the outside here - Senna looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Senna scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

hogan is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Senna's half guard.
hogan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
hogan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Senna wants to get back to full guard but hogan has passed into side control.
Senna wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by hogan.
hogan is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Senna can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
hogan fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Senna really wants to buck hogan off and get back to his feet.
Senna working to try and regain half guard.
davie hogan has got the better of the ground game so far.
hogan throwing strikes here but Senna is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
hogan punishing his opponent with strikes.
hogan avoids the attempt from Senna to control.
Senna holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as hogan tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
hogan has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Senna's face.
hogan working the ground and pound effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
hogan cracks Senna with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Senna tries to buck hogan off but he can't manage it.
Senna tries to reverse the position but hogan maintains control.
Senna takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
hogan throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Senna is in all sorts of trouble here.
hogan looking to finish with strikes here!

hogan has hold of Senna's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Senna manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Senna is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

davie hogan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on davie hogan's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

hogan keeps the fight on the outside.
Senna leaves hogan with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
hogan shoots in for a double leg but Senna sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Senna is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Senna throws a head kick that misses.
Senna misses with a double jab.
hogan shoots in for a double leg but Senna sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Choi Senna has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of davie hogan.
hogan fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Senna tries a head kick but it misses.
Senna throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
hogan fails with a takedown attempt.
Senna scores with a sloppy right hand. hogan should have avoided that one.
Senna paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
hogan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
hogan closes the distance and clinches up with Senna, looking for a takedown. hogan pushes Senna against the cage but Senna circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
hogan avoids the head kick by Senna.
Senna misses with a two punch combination.
Senna is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
hogan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
hogan tries for a takedown but Senna sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
hogan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Choi Senna is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jab by Senna.
Senna tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Senna misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Senna thows a body shot but no joy.
hogan scores with a nice body kick.
hogan has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from hogan there as he acknowledges the shot.
hogan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Senna finds it's way round the side to connect with hogan's head.
hogan shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Senna as he avoids it easily.
Senna throws a head kick but hogan moves out of range.
Senna throws a right and a left that hogan avoids nicely.
Senna slaps away a takedown attempt from hogan, before circling back to the center of the mat.
hogan shoots in looking for a takedown. Senna tries to sprawl out of it but hogan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Senna manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
hogan shoots in for a takedown but Senna shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
hogan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
hogan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Senna throws a body kick the misses
and hogan counters with a one-two to the body.
Senna throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and hogan counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
hogan prevents Senna from getting back to his feet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as hogan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
hogan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Senna is keeping the position for now.
Senna working a defensive guard here.
hogan stands and throws Senna's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Choi Senna has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
hogan trying to control the action but Senna is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Senna is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, hogan asserts his dominance and retains side control.
hogan in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Senna is looking to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Senna has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

hogan jumps guard.
Senna pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. hogan is keeping the position for now.
Senna is working hard here to advance position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Senna tries to stand but hogan is controlling from the bottom.

Senna has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing hogan to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Senna is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - hogan pulls down on the head and he's put Senna to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). davie hogan!