PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vincent Hosking (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daly Foran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hosking comes to the cage accompanied by War Machine. Vincent Hosking has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hosking
vs
Foran

172 cm
22
161 lbs
3 - 6 - 1

175 cm
19
160 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Vincent Hosking!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Daly Foran!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Eliza Hachem and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Foran closes the distance and clinches.

Hosking jumps guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Foran avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Hosking throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Foran escapes and throws Hosking's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Foran in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

Foran is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Hosking has escaped the position, nice work there.
Foran working the ground and pound but Hosking is defending the strikes.
Foran tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Hosking tries to bench press Foran off him but Foran keeps the position.
Hosking parries the strikes from Foran easily there. Foran is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Hosking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hosking manages to work his way to half guard, despite Foran's best efforts.
Foran prevents Hosking from improving his position.
Foran looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Hosking gets back to full guard.
Foran landing with the ground and pound.
Foran with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Foran forces his way into half guard.
Foran missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hosking is trying to stand up here but Foran is controlling him well.
Foran wants to take a breather but Hosking is having none of it.
Hosking is trying to control but can't.
Hosking avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Foran.

Hosking looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hosking trying to control from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hosking controlling the position well.
Hosking is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Foran's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Foran's back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hosking lands punches and elbows.
Foran trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.

Hosking looking to break Foran's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Foran remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Hosking will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!

Hosking working for the choke.
Foran trying to control but not successfully.
Foran turns into Hosking and is now in his guard.
Foran stands and throws Hosking's legs to the side, diving into side control.
You can see the frustration on Hosking's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hosking is trying to buck Foran off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Foran working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Hosking dodges the ground and pound from Foran.
Hosking wants to get back to his feet.
Foran in side control lands a decent elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Foran trying to control the position but Hosking is working away.
An elbow from Foran crashes against the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Daly Foran will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Foran avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hosking tries to clinch there but Foran circles away.
Foran has a takedown stuffed.
Hosking misses with the combination.
Good shot there by Foran.
Foran wants to clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Hosking 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hosking fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Hosking tries to score a power double leg takedown but Foran sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Hosking somewhat.
Hosking shoots in for a double leg but Foran sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vincent Hosking. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hosking dives in and grabs Foran's left leg, looking for a takedown. Foran pushes down on Hosking's head and hops out.
Foran misses with a few strikes there.
Foran attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

Hosking closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hosking lands a right hand that snaps the head of Foran backwards.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Foran jumps guard.
Foran is wriggling around but Hosking manages to pass to half guard.
Foran moves into full guard.
Hosking won't allow Foran to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hosking trying to control but Foran is working from the bottom.
Hosking throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Foran not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hosking trying to control but Foran is working from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Foran throws out a leg kick but Hosking moves out of range and Foran only half commits.
Foran tried to score with a low kick but Hosking checks it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Foran throws a wild body kick that Hosking sees coming a mile off.
Left hook, right uppercut from Foran.
Foran misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foran lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hosking is looking to clinch.
Foran tries to clinch there but Hosking circles away.
Foran tries to clinch but Hosking moves out of range.
Hosking moves in looking to clinch but Foran pushes him off.
Foran avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Hosking clinches with his opponent.
Hosking is leaning against Foran and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Hosking pulls guard effortlessly.
Hosking throwing short punches from the bottom.
Hosking trying to control the position.
Foran wants to pass the guard but Hosking is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hosking looking to control.
Foran really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hosking. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Foran stopping the sweep attempt from Hosking.
Foran is fighting to break Hosking's control of his arms but Hosking is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Hosking looking for a guillotine here but Foran defends easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Foran postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Vincent Hosking will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Foran tries to close the distance and clinch but Hosking swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hosking changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Foran tries to avoid it but Hosking manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Foran to the ground. Foran escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hosking fails in his attempt to clinch.
Foran will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hosking moves in looking to clinch but Foran pushes him off.
Daly Foran seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Foran tries to clinch but Hosking moves out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Hosking as Foran shoots in.
Hosking avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Foran connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hosking momentarily.

Hosking shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Foran's guard.
Hosking passes into half guard.
Foran is trying to get back to full guard.

Foran looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hosking takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Hosking is trying to work for a kimura but Foran is defending well.
Hosking tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Foran.
Foran keeping control of the position.
Foran wants to improve his position but Hosking is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hosking is trying to work for a kimura but Foran is defending well.
Hosking lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Foran trying to control from the bottom.

Foran looking for submissions off his back.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Foran can do anything to dispel that myth.
Foran takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hosking moves nicely into side control.
Hosking creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Foran sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Foran manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hosking prevents Foran from improving his position.
Hosking passes to side control.

Hosking has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Hosking shoots in but Foran avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Foran throws a series of strikes that have Hosking backpedaling.
Hosking displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Foran.
Vincent Hosking has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daly Foran.
Foran misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hosking shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Hosking shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Foran manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Hosking lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Foran wants to improve his position but instead Hosking has moved into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Hosking seems to be working for a kimura but Foran defends the submission attempt.
Hosking stops Foran from getting back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Foran has hold of Hosking's hands but Hosking slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Foran tries to get to full guard but Hosking has control of the leg.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vincent Hosking showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hosking has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:28
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Vincent Hosking!