PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sandy Hawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zachariah Wayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hawkins's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Enter Sandman. Wayne comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Open your eyes before you die! kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Hawkins
vs
Wayne

180 cm
29
164 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

184 cm
26
168 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

TITAN

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 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sandy Hawkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zachariah Wayne!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Steve Smith and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wayne throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hawkins connects with a crisp jab.

It looks like Zachariah Wayne has been cut.
Hawkins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wayne.
Hawkins tries to clinch up but Wayne circles away and keeps his distance.
Hawkins throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wayne pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wayne throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hawkins sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A head kick from Wayne lands but Hawkins takes it in his stride.
Wayne displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hawkins.

Hawkins clinches up with Wayne and pushes him back against the cage.
Wayne scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wayne pushes Hawkins back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hawkins blocks a body shot from Wayne.
Wayne lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Hawkins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hawkins dives in and grabs Wayne's left leg, looking for a takedown. Wayne pushes down on Hawkins's head and hops out.
Hawkins avoids the body shot from Wayne.
Hawkins fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawkins feints and then cracks Wayne's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wayne down.
Wayne looks to land a right hand but Hawkins moved out of range.
Hawkins rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wayne moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hawkins tries a head kick but it misses.
Hawkins dodges the punch combination from Wayne.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wayne.
Wayne pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Wayne digs a good body shot into Hawkins's ribs.
Hawkins swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hawkins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wayne.
Hawkins swinging wildly here.
Wayne lands a nice hook to Hawkins's body. Hawkins takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wayne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wayne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hawkins.
Hawkins defending well as Wayne loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wayne slaps away a takedown attempt from Hawkins, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sandy Hawkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A combination from Hawkins does no damage.
Wayne swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wayne lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Zachariah Wayne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wayne scores with a shot to the body.
Wayne throws a front kick that sends Hawkins stumbling back into the cage.
Hawkins stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wayne.
Hawkins takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hawkins is breathing heavily.
Wayne digs a good hook to Hawkins's body.
A bone on bone clash there as Hawkins blocks the leg kick.
Wayne throws a hook to the side of Hawkins's head but Hawkins sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hawkins uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wayne.
Wayne tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wayne throws a combination. Hawkins tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hawkins looks to land a right hand but Wayne moved out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Wayne.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wayne lands a nice shot to the body.
Hawkins steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wayne.
Hawkins has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Wayne.
Hawkins slips under a jab.
Hawkins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wayne.
The fighters circling - Wayne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice uppercut there from Wayne.
Nice cross by Wayne.
Zachariah Wayne is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wayne misses with an uppercut.
Hawkins misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wayne throws a lazy right hand but Hawkins sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wayne uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hawkins.
Wayne misses with a wild body shot.
Hawkins avoids the body shot from Wayne.
Wayne fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hawkins checks it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins ducks right into an uppercut from Wayne.
Wayne keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hawkins.
Hawkins missing with a left hand there. Wayne was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hawkins lands with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wayne displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hawkins.

Hawkins gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hawkins prevents a body shot from Wayne.
Hawkins blocks a body shot from Wayne.
Hawkins tries to work over Wayne's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hawkins pushes Wayne back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wayne misses with a body punch.
Wayne throws an elbow but it misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wayne just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hawkins's brow.
Wayne taking a breather.
Hawkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wayne's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zachariah Wayne dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zachariah Wayne's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hawkins throws a nice looking combination but Wayne bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hawkins avoids the head kick by Wayne.
Hawkins jabs Wayne to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Good standup being displayed there by Wayne as he connects with a hook.
Hawkins throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Donk. Wayne catches Hawkins right on the button with a cross.
Hawkins throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wayne swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hawkins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wayne swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hawkins avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

Hawkins takes the fight into the clinch.
Wayne trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wayne.
Hawkins misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wayne.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hawkins.
Wayne lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wayne gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Wayne controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Hawkins manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Hawkins throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Wayne because Hawkins loaded up on that one.
Wayne is working to get back to half guard.
Wayne stops Hawkins from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.

Hawkins has control of Wayne's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Wayne regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wayne wants to control but Hawkins is having none of it.
Hawkins throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Hawkins trying to control but Wayne is having none of it.
Hawkins avoids the attempt from Wayne to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wayne is wriggling around trying to escape.

Hawkins goes for an armbar but Wayne turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Wayne.
Wayne won't allow Hawkins to sweep him here.
Wayne controls from within his opponent's guard.
Wayne lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hawkins keeping moving, preventing Wayne from controlling successfully.
Wayne wants to get up but he can't break Hawkins's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Hawkins throws some wild stikes that Wayne manages to avoid easily.
Hawkins throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Wayne because Hawkins loaded up on that one.
Hawkins controlling from the full mount.

Hawkins jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Wayne is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Wayne and Hawkins has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Hawkins swings around for an armbar but Wayne sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Hawkins's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Zachariah Wayne will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Zachariah Wayne's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Wayne with a jab.
Hawkins fails with the takedown.
Hawkins takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Wayne thuds a left hand into Hawkins's body.
Wayne misses with an uppercut. Hawkins saw that one coming.
Wayne misses with a straight right.
Wayne misses with a looping left.
Hawkins takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hawkins tries a head kick but it misses.
A nice combination there by Wayne.
Hawkins moves out of range as Wayne strikes.
Hawkins closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wayne throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A telegraphed right hand from Wayne misses the target.
Hawkins moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Wayne connects with a right hand. Hawkins shakes it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wayne throws a right hand that misses
enabling Hawkins to counter with a crisp jab.
Hawkins swings for the body but Wayne moves out of range.
Wayne throws a body punch but Hawkins moves out of range.
Wayne throws a poor cross that misses
and Hawkins counters with a stiff right hand.
Wayne throws a leg kick but Hawkins moved away.
Wayne throws the left hand but Hawkins avoids the punch easily.
Hawkins scores with a push kick.
Hawkins scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Wayne doesn't seem bothered though.
Hawkins misses with a low kick as Wayne jumps back.
Wayne slips a jab and a cross from Hawkins.
Wayne bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hawkins's head.
Wayne avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wayne blocks a head kick by Hawkins.
Jab, jab by Wayne - just one landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from Wayne does it's job there.
Sandy Hawkins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins wants to clinch up but Wayne keeps it at a distance.
Wayne connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hawkins. Hawkins circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Good shot there by Wayne.
Wayne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hawkins was well out of range. Poor timing from Wayne.
Wayne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hawkins takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wayne lands a right hook to the body.
Wayne lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hawkins misses with a few strikes there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wayne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wayne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hawkins moves away.
Hawkins scores with a leg kick.
Wayne scores with a nice head shot.
Wayne looks for the body kick but Hawkins saw that one coming.
Wayne thows a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Wayne does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Wayne moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Hawkins misses with the combination.
Wayne looks to score with a jab to the body but Hawkins is just out of range.
Hawkins takes one to the chin there.
Wayne comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A jab lands there for Hawkins.
Hawkins has a takedown stuffed.
Hawkins takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Wayne lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wayne misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hawkins lunges at Wayne with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Wayne's hand.
Hawkins lands a right hook to the body.
Hawkins drops his hands momentarily and Wayne takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Zachariah Wayne seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wayne has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hawkins finds it's way round the side to connect with Wayne's head.
Hawkins just misses with a punch to the body.
Hawkins throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wayne's waist but Wayne gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hawkins off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sandy Hawkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wayne lands a jab to Hawkins's midsection.
Wayne slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wayne smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hawkins.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wayne throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hawkins with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Wayne to score with a decent uppercut.
Wayne keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hawkins.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zachariah Wayne comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Wayne winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zachariah Wayne!
Zachariah Wayne decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.