PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hulk Hogin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Coleman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hogin might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to real american. The crowd seem to be enjoying Coleman's choice of entrance music: Got Money. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hogin
vs
Coleman

170 cm
31
276 lbs
38 - 14 - 2

174 cm
32
258 lbs
28 - 21 - 3

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Springfield HW Nutrition
Springfield HW Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 38 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hulk Hogin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 21 - 3, fighting out of Tokyo, Mark Coleman!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Hogin. Coleman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Coleman tests Hogin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hogin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Coleman ducks under a wild hook from Hogin.
Hogin misses with an uppercut.
Hogin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Coleman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hogin misses with a two punch combination.
Coleman looks to throw the jab but Hogin is out of range.
Hogin throws a head kick that misses.
Hogin throws an overhand right that lands on Coleman's shoulder, as Coleman tries to avoid the shot.
Hogin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Coleman connects with the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coleman throws a nice looking combination but Hogin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Coleman getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Coleman swinging wildly here.
Hogin misses with a head kick.
Hogin throws a lazy right hand but Coleman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hogin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hogin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hogin throws a sloppy head kick and Coleman moves out of range easily.
Hogin misses with a wild combination.
Coleman thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coleman scores with a sloppy right hand. Hogin should have avoided that one.
Hogin takes one to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Coleman throws the left hand but Hogin avoids the punch easily.
Hogin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hogin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A slow jab from Hogin misses its intended target.
Hogin fails to land the takedown.
Coleman missing with a left hand there. Hogin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Coleman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hogin.
Coleman throws a right and a left that Hogin avoids nicely.
A big left from Hogin misses.
Coleman walks into a left hand.
Coleman slips a straight right by Hogin.
Coleman misses with a straight right.
A left and a right from Coleman both land. Nice combination.
Coleman lands a lovely overhand right.
Coleman lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hogin loads up on a big right hand but Coleman slips the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coleman throws a hook but Hogin blocks it.
Hogin fails with the takedown.
A head kick misses from Hogin.
Sloppy strikes from Coleman. Those never looked like landing.
Coleman defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hogin.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hulk Hogin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Coleman fails with the takedown.
Coleman avoids the head kick by Hogin.
Hulk Hogin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Coleman walks into a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Hulk Hogin will probably get the nod.
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.

Coleman fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Hogin sprawls well initially but Coleman persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Coleman is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hogin defends it well.
Hogin missing with punches from the bottom.
Hogin throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Coleman connects with a nice short shot to Hogin's temple.
Hogin wants to get back to full guard.
Coleman wants to pass to mount but Hogin is defending the position.
Coleman thows a huge punch but Hogin dodges it nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Coleman uses his free foot to push down on Hogin's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Hogin.
Coleman scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hogin?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hogin is trying desperately to improve position.
Coleman scoring with strikes but Hogin is staying in there.
Coleman landing strikes, looking to finish!

Hogin is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coleman postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Hogin in real trouble here! The ref calls for Hogin to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Coleman!
Mark Coleman decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.