PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Aka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hulk Hogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hulk Hogan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Aka
vs
Hogan

191 cm
26
212 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

185 cm
27
216 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jason Aka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Hulk Hogan!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Steven Brown and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aka looks to land a right hand but Hogan moved out of range.
Aka fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hogan checks a leg kick.
Aka takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hogan gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Aka counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Aka.
Hogan lands a body shot.
Aka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hogan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Aka has a couple of punches blocked by Hogan.
Aka crunches a lovely knee into Hogan's ribcage.
Aka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hogan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hogan looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aka crunches a lovely knee into Hogan's ribcage.
Aka missing with knees to the body.
Hogan takes a knee to the side of the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aka.
Aka tries to land a knee to the head but Hogan blocks with his arms.
Aka is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hogan is defending well for now.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Aka obliges.
Hogan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Aka crunches a lovely knee into Hogan's ribcage.
Aka with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aka landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Aka wants a takedown.
Aka tries a knee to the head but Hogan blocks it.
Aka missing with knees to the body.
Hogan is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Aka gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Aka misses with a knee to the head.
Hogan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Aka tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hogan avoids it.
Aka trying to land knees to the body.
Aka misses with a knee to the head.
Aka prevents Hogan from breaking the clinch.
Aka with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Hogan has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Aka is trying to keep an underhook but Hogan manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Hogan is trying to control. Aka wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Aka is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Aka manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aka tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hogan trying to control the position from guard on top but Aka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Aka lands a decent shot there.
Hogan must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Aka not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Aka bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hogan's guard.
Hogan can't keep his opponent in guard - Aka advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aka missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hogan moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Aka thows a big elbow that misses.
Hogan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Aka.

Aka has gone for a leg lock! Hogan slips out almost immediately though and dives into Aka's guard.
Hogan stopping the sweep attempt from Aka.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Aka manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Aka cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Aka lands a big elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aka lands a nice shot to the head.
Aka scores with a couple of good head shots there.

It looks like Hulk Hogan has been cut.
Hogan tries to reverse the position but Aka maintains control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Aka dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hulk Hogan's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hogan throws a lazy uppercut
and Aka counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Hulk Hogan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hogan thows a body shot but no joy.
Hogan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Aka moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hogan moves out of range as Aka throws a body kick.
Aka throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Aka misses with a head kick.
Hulk Hogan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Aka lands a high kick!
Aka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hogan.
Aka misses with a body kick.
Aka throws out a powerful jab.
Hogan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aka.
Hogan misses with a hook to the body
and Aka counters with a leg kick.
Hogan tries to bum rush Aka with a series of wild strikes but Aka uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hogan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hogan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Aka.
Aka scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hogan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hogan takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Hogan is breathing heavily.
Hogan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Hogan is rocked!
Aka throws an uppercut from hell that sends Hogan clean off his feet! He's out cold! Aka stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jason Aka!