PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hulk Hogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan McCarthy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Hogan
vs
McCarthy

178 cm
25
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hulk Hogan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ryan McCarthy!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCarthy lands a nice looking body shot.
Hogan fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Hogan shoots in and bounces McCarthy off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McCarthy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hogan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as McCarthy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if McCarthy can do anything to dispel that myth.

Hogan thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Hogan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as McCarthy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
McCarthy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hogan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hogan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hogan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hogan wants to pass the guard but McCarthy is keeping the position.
Hogan passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hogan tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hogan has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The strikes coming from Hogan are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Hogan advances to mount.
Hogan connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Hogan is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Hogan extends the arm and McCarthy is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Hulk Hogan!