PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dragos Ilie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hunter Hearst Hogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hogan has chosen The Game as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Ilie
vs
Hearst Hogan

192 cm
23
223 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

172 cm
25
215 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

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Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Dragos Ilie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Hunter Hearst Hogan!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Chris Edwards and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ilie avoids the head kick by Hogan.

Ilie gets a clinch.
Ilie lands with a right to the head.
Hogan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ilie is defending well for now.
Hogan stalls.

Hogan jumps guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ilie's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ilie throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hogan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Hogan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Hogan is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Ilie throwing strikes from guard but Hogan blocks nicely.
Ilie working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hogan's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ilie looking to pass the guard.
Hogan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hogan trying to keep a closed guard but Ilie is proving a slippery customer.
Ilie trying to control but Hogan is working from the bottom.
Hogan is trying to control the position but Ilie postures up.
Ilie in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hogan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ilie manages to get himself to full guard.
Ilie trying to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ilie is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hogan trying to control but Ilie is working from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hogan misses with a straight right.
Hogan misses with an uppercut
and Ilie makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ilie throws a series of punches but Hogan moves out of range.
Ilie throws a leg kick

and Hogan counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
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. Hogan connects with a nice short shot to Ilie's temple.
Hogan with the ground and pound but Ilie uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Ilie looking for a sweep. Not yet Ilie, not yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ilie will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Ilie looking for a sweep. Not yet Ilie, not yet.
Hogan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hogan preventing the sweep.
Hogan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hogan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hogan looking to pass the guard.
Ilie manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hogan manages to get himself to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hogan is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hogan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ilie manages to get himself to full guard.
Hogan trying to control but Ilie is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ilie is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hogan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ilie swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hogan makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hogan trying to control the position from guard on top but Ilie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hogan works a leg free and moves into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hogan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hogan seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hunter Hearst Hogan dominated that round.
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.

Ilie misses the jab.
Hogan checks a leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Hogan blocks the leg kick.
Hogan misses with a head kick.
Ilie is looking to clinch.
Hogan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hogan throws a head kick that misses.
Ilie looks to land a right hand but Hogan moved out of range.
Ilie checks a low kick from Hogan.
Ilie chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hogan can pounce on him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan misses with a hook.
Hogan swings for the body but Ilie moves out of range.
Hogan feints and then cracks Ilie's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ilie down.
Ilie checks the leg kick.
Hogan fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hogan fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Ilie avoids it really well and circles away.
Hogan shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ilie but Ilie pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Dragos Ilie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hunter Hearst Hogan.
Hogan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ilie.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogan fails with a takedown attempt.
Hogan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ilie fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ilie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hogan.
Hogan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ilie lands with a straight right. Hogan didn't see that one coming.

Hogan pushes Ilie up against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hogan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hogan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ilie.
Hogan changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ilie fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Ilie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hogan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hogan tries to close the distance and clinch but Ilie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hogan misses the jab.
Ilie moves in looking to clinch but Hogan pushes him off.
A leg kick checked by Ilie.
Hogan shoots in and drives through. Ilie sprawls well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hogan fails to land the takedown.
Dragos Ilie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Ilie moves into the clinch.
Ilie looking to stall.
Ilie can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Hogan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ilie.
Hogan lands a nice knee to the body.
Hogan leaning against his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hogan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ilie or not.
Ilie tries to throw a body punch but Hogan avoids it by throwing Ilie back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hunter Hearst Hogan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Ilie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good leg kick by Hogan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ilie slips a straight right by Hogan.
Hogan throws an off balance right hand
and Ilie counters with a left and a right that stings Hogan.
Hogan throws a sloppy head kick and Ilie moves out of range easily.
Ilie wants to land a leg kick but Hogan is out of range.
Hogan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hunter Hearst Hogan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hogan lands a leg kick that knocks Ilie off balance momentarily.
Hogan blocks a leg kick.
Ilie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hogan dodges the punch combination from Ilie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ilie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hogan manages to avoid it.
Ilie blocks a leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Ilie checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ilie on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hogan. Hogan obviously looking to wear him down.
Hogan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hogan connects with a leg kick. Ilie looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

Hogan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hogan prevents a takedown attempt there.
A bit of stalling here from Hogan.
Hogan gets through Ilie's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

It looks like Dragos Ilie has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Hogan.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hogan.
Hogan is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hogan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Hogan is trying to trip Ilie. He has hold of a leg but Ilie is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Hogan persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Hogan stands and throws Ilie's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Hogan connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Ilie some visible discomfort.
Ilie is not content to let Hogan control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ilie can't do much from the bottom here.
Hogan misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Ilie holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
Ilie tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hogan wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Hogan fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Ilie taking punishment in the form of punches.
Hogan lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Hogan tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Hogan is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Ilie will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hogan is trying to ground and pound but Ilie uses the momentary lack of control by Hogan to regain half guard.

Hogan looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hogan passes to side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hunter Hearst Hogan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hogan has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Atkins scores the fight for Hunter Hearst Hogan!
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight for Hunter Hearst Hogan!
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight for Hunter Hearst Hogan!

Hunter Hearst Hogan wins by unanimous decision!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Hunter Hearst Hogan made sure he mentioned xXx - Voodoo Labs - 159+ Energy - $45, along with how happy he was to win his fight.