PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Thanks Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Hawk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hawk is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Moskau. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Gracie
vs
Hawk

180 cm
26
147 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

178 cm
23
155 lbs
3 - 7 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thanks Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Hawk!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hawk counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gracie lands with a good body shot.
Thanks Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gracie jabs at Hawk's body.
Gracie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gracie uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Gracie connects with a right hand. Hawk shakes it off.
Hawk takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hawk throws a combination that misses
and Gracie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hawk tries to clinch
and Gracie counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hawk looks gassed!
Hawk takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Gracie is looking to wear down Hawk with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gracie scores with a jab to the body.

Gracie drives through and clinches with Hawk against the cage.
Gracie lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Mike Hawk has been cut.

Gracie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Good exchange - Gracie coming out on top.

Gracie gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Gracie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gracie takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gracie, right into the meat.
Gracie cracks a nice hook into Hawk's ribs.
Gracie connects with a solid leg kick.
Gracie lands with a good body shot.
Gracie misses with a body shot.
Gracie moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Gracie.
Hawk needs to keep his hands up - Gracie had a free shot at his head there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Gracie rushes Hawk and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Gracie looking to throw knees to the head but Hawk is blocking nicely.
Gracie lands a nice elbow.

Gracie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gracie, as that shot connected.
Hawk takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Hawk on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Gracie throws a head kick but Hawk moves out of range.
Gracie lands with a nice combination. Hawk backs away looking to recover.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hawk moves away.
Hawk fails to land with a series of punches.
Hawk stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gracie.

Hawk tries to keep at a distance but Gracie has taken the fight into the clinch.

Gracie manages to break the clinch.
Gracie throws a right and a left that Hawk avoids nicely.
Gracie lands a nice looking body shot.
Gracie connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hawk. Hawk circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Gracie scores with a body shot.
Gracie lands a nice looking body kick.
Gracie punishes Hawk's body with a nice straight punch.
Hawk takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Both fighters circling a little - Gracie finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Gracie slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gracie lands a nice shot to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Gracie as he connects with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a head kick but Hawk moves out of range.
Gracie lands a jab to Hawk's midsection.
Gracie throws a leg kick which misses Hawk's front leg but catches the back leg as Hawk tries to avoid it.
Gracie misses with a few strikes there.
Gracie lands with a good body shot.
Hawk sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Gracie looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gracie lands a two punch combo.
Gracie wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gracie scores with a sloppy right hand. Hawk should have avoided that one.
A shot to the liver by Gracie. Beautiful body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gracie, as that shot connected.
Gracie changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hawk manages to avoid it.
Gracie connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gracie lands a right hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gracie drives through and clinches with Hawk against the cage.
Hawk has a couple of punches blocked by Gracie.
Gracie stalling against the cage.
Gracie with a knee to the head.
Gracie lands an elbow just above Hawk 's eye.

Gracie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gracie misses with a body shot.

Gracie darts in and clinches Hawk up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hawk takes an elbow to the temple.
Gracie holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Gracie is working for takedown but Hawk is calmly controlling the position for now.

Gracie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gracie misses with a wild combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Gracie gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hawk takes a shot to the head.
Hawk misses with a punch to the body.
Hawk tries to pull guard but Gracie won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thanks Gracie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Hawk'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.

Gracie fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nice shot by Gracie.

Gracie closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Gracie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gracie throws a body punch but Hawk moves out of range.

Gracie pushes Hawk up against the cage in a clinch.
Gracie slowing the pace effectively.
Hawk throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Gracie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hawk takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gracie misses with a knee to the head.
Hawk is breathing heavily.
Hawk takes an elbow to the forehead.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gracie.

Gracie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gracie throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Gracie swings for the body but Hawk moves out of range.
Gracie moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hawk's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gracie is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hawk can do to turn this around?
Gracie dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Thanks Gracie is winning the standup battle so far.
Hawk tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gracie counters with an inside leg kick.
Gracie cracks Hawk with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Gracie throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hawk stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gracie throws a leg kick which misses Hawk's front leg but catches the back leg as Hawk tries to avoid it.
Gracie's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hawk under the eye.
Gracie works Hawk's body with a nice hook.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Gracie connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hawk's hands.
Gracie throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hawk stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hawk takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gracie with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Gracie moves into the clinch.
Gracie lands an elbow inside.
Hawk jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Gracie walks away with a smile on his face. Hawk gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Hawk tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hawk has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Gracie lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie throws a good cross that connects.

Gracie has managed to clinch.
Hawk takes an elbow to the forehead.

Gracie is trying to trip Hawk. He has hold of a leg but Hawk is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Gracie persists though and gets the takedown into guard.

Gracie stands up and waves to Hawk to follow him.
Hawk takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gracie lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hawk at a distance.
Gracie throws a right hand that Hawk ducks under and follows up with a left that Hawk also avoids with ease.
Gracie misses with a two punch combination.
Gracie misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hawk counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Gracie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hawk.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawk misses with a right hand

and Gracie holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Gracie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hawk will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gracie catches Hawk with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Gracie looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gracie stuns Hawk with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hawk takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gracie fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hawk looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gracie dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mike Hawk is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hawk tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gracie counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gracie takes a swing at Hawk's ribcage but misses.
Hawk walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Gracie connects with a body shot.
Gracie with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie connects with a body shot that sends Hawk's belly button to the back.
Hawk dodges the punch combination from Gracie.
Gracie changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gracie's corner calls for a 1-2. Gracie obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Gracie closes the distance and pushes Hawk back into the cage.

Gracie breaks from the clinch.
Hawk throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gracie throws a shot to the body.
Gracie throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Gracie has closed the distance and engaged Hawk in a clinch.
Gracie tries to land a knee to the head but Hawk blocks with his arms.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hawk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hawk takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gracie lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Gracie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hawk tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thanks Gracie dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mike Hawk's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Gracie throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gracie connects with an inside leg kick.
Hawk avoids the body shot from Gracie.
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hawk moves away.

Hawk moves into range and clinches up with Gracie.
Hawk goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gracie prevents it.

Gracie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Hawk tries to keep at a distance but Gracie has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hawk takes an elbow to the temple.
A right handed body shot lands from Gracie.
Hawk tries to land knees in the clinch but Gracie avoids the damage to the body.

Gracie breaks the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gracie throws a leg kick which misses Hawk's front leg but catches the back leg as Hawk tries to avoid it.
Gracie throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hawk.
Hawk takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gracie thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawk throws a head kick that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Gracie lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Decent striking displayed by Gracie there.
Gracie connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hawk momentarily.
Gracie swings for the body but Hawk moves out of range.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Gracie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hawk darts in trying to clinch
and Gracie counters with a head kick.
Gracie throws a nice head kick!
Gracie pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gracie, right into the meat.
Gracie scores with a shot to the body.
Gracie connects with a right hand. Hawk shakes it off.
Thanks Gracie is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie tries to bum rush Hawk with a series of wild strikes but Hawk uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hawk takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hawk takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gracie connects with the punch.
Hawk on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Gracie lands with a good body shot.
Gracie throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hawk avoids the head kick by Gracie.
Gracie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hawk was well out of range. Poor timing from Gracie.
Gracie chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gracie lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Gracie misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Hawk moves into the clinch.
Hawk working hard to break the clinch.
Hawk is working for takedown but Gracie is calmly controlling the position for now.

Gracie manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie lands with a good body shot.
Gracie connects with an inside leg kick.
Gracie cracks the inside of Hawk's front leg.
Gracie jabs at Hawk's body.
Gracie wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gracie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hawk wants to clinch
and Gracie counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hawk's knee momentarily.
Gracie lands a lovely overhand right.
A left and a right from Gracie both land. Nice combination.
Hawk fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gracie fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hawk looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gracie punishes Hawk's body with a nice straight punch.
Mike Hawk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gracie fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gracie thuds his right hand into Hawk's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gracie lands with a shot to the body.
Hawk has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Gracie.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawk has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Gracie.
Hawk steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Gracie. That one must have hurt.
Gracie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hawk.
Gracie ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gracie lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Gracie lands with a nice body punch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gracie.

Gracie has closed the distance and engaged Hawk in a clinch.

Gracie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Gracie has closed the distance and engaged Hawk in a clinch.

Gracie breaks from the clinch.
Gracie tries to bum rush Hawk with a series of wild strikes but Hawk uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gracie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hawk.
Gracie dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Gracie rushes Hawk and presses him up against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thanks Gracie showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gracie 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:25
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:25
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thanks Gracie!