PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thade Mcreay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hunter Hearst Hogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hogan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Game kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Hunter Hearst Hogan has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Mcreay
vs
Hearst Hogan

178 cm
19
202 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

172 cm
20
215 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thade Mcreay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hunter Hearst Hogan!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Wagner Zegers and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hogan.
Mcreay takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Hogan pushes Mcreay away with a front kick.

Hogan scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Hogan misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Hogan lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Mcreay down.

It looks like Thade Mcreay has been cut.
Mcreay sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mcreay wants to get back to full guard.
Hogan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hogan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hogan drops an elbow to the side of Mcreay's head.
Mcreay is trying to control but can't.

Hogan seems to be looking for submissions.
Hogan thows a huge punch but Mcreay dodges it nicely.
Hogan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Mcreay is defending against the submission attempts here by Hogan.
Mcreay moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mcreay swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Mcreay throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Mcreay trying to keep a closed guard but Hogan is proving a slippery customer.
Mcreay wants to stand up but Hogan is controlling him.
Hogan wants to get up but he can't break Mcreay's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Mcreay trying to keep a closed guard but Hogan is proving a slippery customer.
Hogan is looking to stand up but Mcreay won't let him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Mcreay tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mcreay has a closed guard, preventing Hogan from standing up.

Hogan decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Mcreay, up you get!
Mcreay keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hogan misses with a low kick.

Mcreay decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Mcreay is looking to take a break and control but Hogan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hogan is trying to get back to full guard.
Hogan is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Mcreay's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Mcreay's back!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hogan lands strikes to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan scores with punches and elbows.

Thade Mcreay's cut is getting worse.
Mcreay is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Hogan is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Hogan gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Hogan gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Hogan apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Mcreay tries for a takedown but Hogan circles away easily

and Hogan counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hogan.
Hogan gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Mcreay.

Hogan breaks the clinch.
An inside leg kick from Hogan misses.
Mcreay misses with a takedown attempt

and Hogan counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thade Mcreay. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hogan trying to move into half guard but instead Mcreay has managed to sweep!

Mcreay drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Hogan manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Mcreay has Hogan in his guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hogan preventing the sweep.
Mcreay is breathing heavily.
Mcreay keeping full guard, as Hogan tries to pass.

Hogan stands and steps away. Mcreay gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A looping hook to the body misses from Mcreay. Hogan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mcreay tries for a takedown but Hogan circles away easily
and Hogan counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Mcreay fails with the takedown

and Hogan counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hogan is thwarting Mcreay's attempts to control the position.

Hogan looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hunter Hearst Hogan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thade Mcreay's cut.
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.

Hogan has Mcreay up against the cage in a clinch.
Hogan wants a takedown but no success here.

Hogan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Mcreay bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Hogan is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Mcreay trying to mount his opponent but Hogan defends it.

Mcreay is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hogan defends it well.
Hogan gets back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcreay throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Mcreay drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Hogan manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Mcreay has Hogan in his guard.
Hogan working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mcreay utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hogan works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Hogan lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Mcreay trying to control but Hogan postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Hogan there.

Hogan is working for a kimura but Mcreay is defending it quite comfortably.
The fighters are battling for position here. Mcreay manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Mcreay throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hogan passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Hogan stands up.

Hogan closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcreay makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Mcreay.
Hogan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hogan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hogan working some strikes from top position.

Mcreay throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hogan slips nicely into half guard.
Hogan looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mcreay with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Hogan decides to return to a standing position.

Mcreay closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Hogan to the mat! Hogan manages to get full guard.
Mcreay trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hogan is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Hogan passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Mcreay!
Mcreay is wriggling around trying to escape.

Hogan looking to isolate an arm here. Mcreay doesn't see it coming and as Hogan extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Hogan!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Hunter Hearst Hogan!