PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Weston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BC Hawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hawkins has chosen Paint it Black as his entrance music. The key to victory for Michael Weston has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Weston
vs
Hawkins

180 cm
20
211 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

185 cm
24
215 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Michael Weston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, BC Hawkins!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hawkins looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Weston is fending him off so far but Hawkins persists. Nope, Weston circles away and we're back to standing.
Hawkins misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hawkins wants to clinch.
Hawkins shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Weston but Weston pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Michael Weston has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of BC Hawkins.
Hawkins avoids a punch combination nicely.

Weston forces Hawkins back against the cage and clinches.
Weston tries to pull guard but Hawkins won't allow it.
Weston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Weston prevents the takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The referee is keeping an eye on Hawkins - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Hawkins looking for a takedown.
Hawkins tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Weston smiles and moves away.
Weston fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawkins shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Weston as he jumps to the side.
Weston pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Hawkins shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Weston tries to lock up and control but Hawkins gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Weston gets back to half guard.
Weston wants to get back to full guard.
Weston is working hard here to advance position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Hawkins is trying to work for a kimura but Weston is defending well.
Hawkins wants to take a breather but Weston is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Weston pushes Hawkins off and gets back to his feet.
Hawkins shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Weston sprawls well. Weston wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hawkins gets slowly back to his feet.
Hawkins looks gassed!
Hawkins avoids the head kick by Weston.
Hawkins avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hawkins fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Weston keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Hawkins gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Weston to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Weston trying to stand up but can't free himself from Hawkins's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hawkins uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Hawkins tries for a takedown but Weston circles away easily

and Weston counters with a single leg into guard. Hawkins didn't expect that.
Hawkins looking for a sweep. Not yet Hawkins, not yet.
Weston trying to control but Hawkins is working from the bottom.
Weston tries to free his leg and advance position but Hawkins is retaining full guard.

Weston gets to his feet - Hawkins follows without any prompting.
Weston circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Weston feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Weston wants to get up but he can't break Hawkins's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Weston won't allow Hawkins to sweep him here.
Weston postures up.
Weston working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Weston in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Weston trying to control but Hawkins is working from the bottom.
Hawkins not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Weston is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Weston dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hawkins misses with a takedown attempt

and Weston counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Weston.
Weston trying to control but Hawkins is working from the bottom.
Weston wants to stand but Hawkins has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Hawkins looking to control but Weston passes into half guard.
Hawkins moves into full guard.
Weston wants to control from the top but Hawkins keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weston throwing strikes from guard but Hawkins blocks nicely.
Hawkins looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Michael Weston overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Weston thows a big elbow that misses.
Hawkins looking to control.
Weston pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hawkins is keeping the position for now.
Weston wants to control from the top but Hawkins keeps moving.
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.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Weston missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

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

Hawkins has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hawkins prevents a takedown attempt there.
Weston prevents a takedown attempt there.
Weston wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hawkins misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hawkins wants a takedown but no success here.
Michael Weston has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of BC Hawkins.
Hawkins has Weston pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Weston manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Hawkins is breathing heavily.
Hawkins wants a takedown but no success here.
Hawkins tries to score a body lock takedown but Weston shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Hawkins has Weston pressed against the cage, preventing Weston from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Weston is trying to trip Hawkins. He has hold of a leg but Hawkins is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Weston persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Weston thows a big elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins wants to sweep here but Weston controlling him for the moment.
Weston advances position into side control!
Hawkins seems a little lost for a moment, as Weston dominates the positioning.

Weston stands up and we're back to a striking position.

Weston gets the takedown into side control.

Weston thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hawkins is looking to regain half guard here but Weston keeps moving and retains side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weston lands a decent elbow from side control.
Weston works to advance to full mount. Hawkins defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Weston 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.
Hawkins is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Weston controlling from the full mount.

Weston stands up from mount. Strange move.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Weston dominated that second round.
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!

Weston misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Michael Weston is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Weston tries for a takedown but Hawkins circles away easily

and Hawkins decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Weston's guard.
Weston working a defensive guard here.
Weston tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Weston trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Hawkins would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Hawkins trying to control but Weston is working from the bottom.
Weston pulls Hawkins in close to prevent any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawkins trying to control the position from guard on top but Weston is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Weston looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Hawkins is defending well. Weston quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Hawkins has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Weston celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Michael Weston!