PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Papoh Bamoya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathan Hawkes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bamoya comes to the cage accompanied by Lupang Hinirang. Hawkes has chosen I'm Shipping Up to Boston as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bamoya
vs
Hawkes

182 cm
24
180 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

180 cm
25
181 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class MT
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Papoh Bamoya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jonathan Hawkes!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Hawkes. Bamoya does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bamoya ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bamoya tries to clinch but Hawkes moves out of range.

Hawkes moves into the clinch successfully.
Hawkes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Papoh Bamoya has been cut.
Hawkes tries to work over Bamoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bamoya missing with knees to the body.
Hawkes tries a knee to the head but Bamoya blocks it.
A short uppercut from Bamoya.
Hawkes throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bamoyas head.
A body shot lands from Hawkes.
Hawkes with a knee to the head.
Hawkes misses with a knee to the head.
Hawkes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bamoya lands a nice elbow.
Hawkes creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bamoya digs a right hand into Hawkes's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hawkes's gas tank.
Hawkes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hawkes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bamoya's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hawkes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bamoya.
Hawkes looks gassed!
Bamoya lands a nice shot to the body.
Bamoya lands a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bamoya scores a nice knee to the body.
Hawkes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bamoya is leaning against Hawkes and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bamoya working Hawkes over with knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Bamoya.
Bamoya lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bamoya comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Jonathan Hawkes has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bamoya lands a left hand.
Bamoya lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bamoya lands a nice elbow.
Bamoya lands an elbow just above Hawkes 's eye.
Bamoya landing knees to the body.
Hawkes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A knee to the head by Bamoya.
Knees to the body from Bamoya.
Bamoya lands an elbow inside.
Hawkes takes a shot to the head.
Bamoya landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bamoya lands a body shot.
Bamoya lands a shoulder strike.
Bamoya utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Bamoya.
Hawkes throws a head punch that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Bamoya.
A nice left hand lands by Bamoya.
Hawkes takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bamoya blocking some punches.
Bamoya with a knee to the head.
Hawkes takes a knee right on the jaw!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bamoya.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bamoya.
Bamoya tries a knee to the head but Hawkes blocks it.
Hawkes missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bamoya lands an elbow that stopped Hawkes in his tracks for a moment.
Bamoya lands a nice elbow.
Bamoya lands an uppercut.
Bamoya scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hawkes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bamoya lands a shot to the body.
Bamoya lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short right from Bamoya.
Bamoya lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hawkes.
Bamoya lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bamoya.
Hawkes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bamoya lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right from Bamoya.
Bamoya lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hawkes misses with the head strike.
Hawkes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bamoya lands a knee to the body.
Bamoya is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bamoya landing knees to the head.
Bamoya lands a good knee to the midsection. Hawkes won't want to take too many of those.
Bamoya presses Hawkes against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bamoya lands an elbow just above Hawkes 's eye.
Bamoya lands an uppercut.
Hawkes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bamoya stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bamoya.
Bamoya comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bamoya.
Bamoya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hawkes avoids it.
Nice body punch from Bamoya - that landed with a thud.
Bamoya blocks an uppercut.
Hawkes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bamoya backwards.
Bamoya tries a knee to the head but Hawkes blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bamoya.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bamoya.
Hawkes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bamoya lands a nice uppercut.
Hawkes lands a shot to the body.
Bamoya lands a right hand.
Hawkes misses with a knee to the head.
Hawkes takes a knee right on the jaw!
With the fighters up against the cage, Hawkes throws an elbow but misses.
Bamoya lands an elbow that stopped Hawkes in his tracks for a moment.
Bamoya gets through Hawkes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hawkes misses with the head strike.
Bamoya lands an elbow that stopped Hawkes in his tracks for a moment.
Bamoya lands a nice shot to the body.
Bamoya works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bamoya lands an elbow that stopped Hawkes in his tracks for a moment.
Bamoya with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bamoya creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hawkes's defenses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawkes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bamoya on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hawkes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hawkes misses with a body punch.
Bamoya throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hawkes blocks it with crossed arms.
Hawkes throws a head punch that misses.
A right hand to the body from Bamoya.
Bamoya lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Bamoya - that landed with a thud.
Hawkes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bamoya's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bamoya lands a good knee to the midsection. Hawkes won't want to take too many of those.
Bamoya lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bamoya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bamoya comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bamoya is working Hawkes over against the cage.
Hawkes tries to throw a body punch but Bamoya avoids it by throwing Hawkes back against the cage.
Bamoya lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hawkes looking to throw knees to the head but Bamoya is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bamoya lands a nice knee to the body.
Hawkes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bamoya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hawkes in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bamoya throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hawkess head.
Bamoya lands with a short shot to the head.
Bamoya scores a nice knee to the body.
Hawkes is leaning against Bamoya and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Papoh Bamoya dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Bamoya misses with a wild combination.
Hawkes scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Bamoya goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hawkes misses with a right hand
and Bamoya counters with a head kick.
Papoh Bamoya is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hawkes moves out of range of the body kick.
Hawkes moves out of range of the strikes.

Hawkes has Bamoya up against the cage in a clinch.
Bamoya is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bamoya unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bamoya lands a hook that snaps the head of Hawkes backwards.
A short body shot lands from Bamoya as the two fighters clinch.
Bamoya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hawkes misses with a punch on the inside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bamoya with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bamoya lands a left hand.
Good body shot from Bamoya.
Hawkes lands a right hand.
Bamoya lands a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bamoya lands a body punch.
Bamoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hawkes is defending well for now.
Bamoya landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bamoya with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hawkes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bamoya cracks Hawkes with a nice body shot.
Bamoya lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bamoya is leaning against Hawkes and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hawkes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hawkes throws a head punch that misses.
Hawkes digs a right hand into Bamoya's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bamoya's gas tank.
A shot in the inside from Bamoya.
Bamoya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hawkes avoids it.
Hawkes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bamoya creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bamoya takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bamoya works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hawkes throws an elbow but misses.
Bamoya comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bamoya presses Hawkes against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bamoya lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bamoya makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bamoya utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bamoya lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawkes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bamoya backwards.
Hawkes scores with a shot to the side of Bamoya's head.
Hawkes swings wildly with an uppercut but Bamoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bamoya lands a nice knee to the body.
Hawkes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bamoya lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bamoya landing knees to the body.
Bamoya lands a right hand.
Bamoya gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bamoya lands a damaging elbow.
Papoh Bamoya has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hawkes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Hawkes fails to land.
Bamoya landing knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bamoya obliges.
Nice body punch from Bamoya.
Bamoya lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hawkes.
Bamoya is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hawkes can do to turn this around?
Hawkes tries to land a knee to the head but Bamoya blocks with his arms.
Bamoya crunches a lovely knee into Hawkes's ribcage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hawkes.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bamoya just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hawkes's brow.
Nice body punch from Bamoya - that landed with a thud.
Hawkes misses with a punch on the inside.
Bamoya lands a damaging elbow.
Bamoya pushes Hawkes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Bamoya.
Bamoya misses with an elbow over the top.
Hawkes misses with a knee to the head.
Bamoya working Hawkes over with knees to the body.
Bamoya works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hawkes throws a head punch that misses.
Bamoya is working Hawkes over against the cage.
Bamoya tries to land knees in the clinch but Hawkes avoids the damage to the body.
Bamoya lands a nice knee to the body.
Bamoya throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hawkes lands a nice shot to the body.
Hawkes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hawkes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bamoya throws a head punch that misses.
Hawkes scores with a knee to the head.
Hawkes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hawkes lands an uppercut.
Bamoya lands a knee to the body.
Bamoya throws an elbow but it's blocked.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Hawkes in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Hawkes tries to land a knee to the head but Bamoya blocks with his arms.
Hawkes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bamoya lands a knee to the body.
Hawkes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bamoya.
Bamoya working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hawkes misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bamoya connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hawkes's face.
Hawkes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bamoya missing with knees to the body.
Bamoya avoids the elbow strike from Hawkes, against the cage.
Bamoya presses Hawkes against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nice body punch from Bamoya.
A nice left hand lands by Bamoya.
Hawkes is working Bamoya over against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Bamoya.
Hawkes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bamoya lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bamoya.
Hawkes tries a knee to the head but Bamoya blocks it.
A left hand lands to the body for Bamoya.
Bamoya missing with knees to the body.
Bamoya blocking some punches.
Bamoya presses Hawkes against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bamoya lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hawkes backwards.
Bamoya lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hawkes backwards.
Bamoya throws an elbow but it misses.
Hawkes misses with the head strike.
Hawkes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bamoya blocks it with crossed arms.
Bamoya lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bamoya lands an elbow inside that Hawkes shrugs off.
Hawkes works on Bamoya's body with a couple of short punches.
Hawkes takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Papoh Bamoya dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Bamoya connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bamoya lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hawkes will feel that in the morning.
Bamoya scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bamoya lands with an uppercut that bounces Hawkes off the cage and back into rage.
Bamoya chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bamoya lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Bamoya lands a body shot.
Hawkes is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bamoya.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bamoya throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hawkes.

Hawkes clinches.
Bamoya scores a nice knee to the body.
Bamoya scores with a knee to the head.
Bamoya throws a head punch that misses.
Hawkes works on Bamoya's body with a couple of short punches.
Hawkes tries to land a knee to the head but Bamoya blocks with his arms.
Bamoya avoids the elbow strike from Hawkes, against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bamoya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hawkes in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hawkes misses with an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawkes tries to land a knee to the head but Bamoya blocks with his arms.
Hawkes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bamoya.
Hawkes takes an elbow to the temple.
Bamoya landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A knee to the head by Bamoya.
Bamoya lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hawkes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bamoya lands an elbow inside that Hawkes shrugs off.
Bamoya lands an elbow just above Hawkes 's eye.
Hawkes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hawkes connects with a knee to the head.
Bamoya unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hawkes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bamoya is working Hawkes over against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bamoya.
Hawkes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bamoya landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hawkes lands a left hand.
Bamoya working Hawkes over with knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Bamoya.
Bamoya with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hawkes tries to land a knee to the head but Bamoya blocks with his arms.
A right handed body shot lands from Bamoya.
Bamoya lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Hawkes fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Hawkes fails to land.

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.
Bamoya avoids a wild elbow strike from Hawkes.
Bamoya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bamoya lands a nice shot to the body.
Bamoya lands a damaging elbow.
Hawkes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bamoya landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bamoya comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bamoya gets through Hawkes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hawkes swings wildly with an uppercut but Bamoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bamoya landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bamoya lands a body punch.
A short left from Hawkes.
Bamoya scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A shot in the inside from Bamoya.
Bamoya lands a left hand.
Bamoya lands a body punch.
Hawkes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bamoya tries to land knees in the clinch but Hawkes avoids the damage to the body.
Hawkes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bamoya's face.
Bamoya lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hawkes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bamoya lands a damaging elbow.
Hawkes tries to land a knee to the head but Bamoya blocks with his arms.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bamoya.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bamoya.
Hawkes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Bamoya.
Bamoya misses with a knee to the head.
Bamoya landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bamoya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bamoya.
Bamoya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bamoya.
Bamoya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hawkes avoids it.
Hawkes lands a shot to the body.
Hawkes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bamoya obliges.
Hawkes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bamoya.
Bamoya lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hawkes backwards.
Hawkes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bamoya connects with a knee to the head.
Jonathan Hawkes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hawkes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bamoya creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hawkes has a couple of punches blocked by Bamoya.
Hawkes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bamoya blocks it with crossed arms.
Bamoya lands a shoulder strike.
Bamoya presses Hawkes against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bamoya crunches a lovely knee into Hawkes's ribcage.
Bamoya blocks an elbow strike from Hawkes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Bamoya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hawkes can't find room to land a body shot as Bamoya controls the action.
Bamoya lands an elbow that stopped Hawkes in his tracks for a moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bamoya obliges.
Bamoya swings wildly with an uppercut but Hawkes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bamoya blocks an uppercut.
Hawkes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bamoya has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bamoya managing to block the knees to the body from Hawkes.
Hawkes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Bamoya - that landed with a thud.
Hawkes takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hawkes working aggressively here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bamoya.
Still in the clinch, Bamoya scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bamoya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hawkes avoids it.
Hawkes misses with a knee to the head.
Bamoya missing with knees to the body.
Bamoya softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bamoya trying to land knees to the body.
Hawkes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bamoya lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bamoya lands an elbow inside that Hawkes shrugs off.
Bamoya works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bamoya scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bamoya lands an uppercut.
Hawkes throws a knee to the head but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Papoh Bamoya showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bamoya 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Papoh Bamoya!