PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hulk Hogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and LJ Whitaker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hogan might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Hulk Hogan. LJ Whitaker will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Hogan
vs
Whitaker

202 cm
19
265 lbs
2 - 2 - 1

200 cm
22
275 lbs
3 - 0 - 1

Good takedowns
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Likes ground

ev0lved Fight Gear

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 2 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Hulk Hogan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, LJ Whitaker!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whitaker looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hogan is fending him off so far but Whitaker persists. Nope, Hogan circles away and we're back to standing.
Whitaker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Whitaker fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A head kick misses from Whitaker.
Whitaker moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Whitaker gets a clinch.
Hogan tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Whitaker smiles and moves away.

Hogan decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Whitaker is staying active underneath Hogan, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Hogan takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Whitaker keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hogan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Still in half guard, Hogan seems content to control.
Whitaker avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hogan.
Whitaker is trying to get back to full guard.
Whitaker avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hogan.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitaker trying to control but Hogan postures up.
Whitaker is not content to let Hogan control the position.
Whitaker looks like he's trying to stand up.
Whitaker really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hogan. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Whitaker gets caught flat footed, as Hogan shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Hogan lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hogan lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hogan with a nice head shot there.
Whitaker throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Hogan lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hogan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hogan seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Whitaker can't keep his opponent in guard - Hogan advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker has hold of Hogan's hands but Hogan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Whitaker can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hogan slips a nice elbow through Whitaker's hands, connecting with Whitaker's forehead.
Hogan works his foot free and advances to mount.
Hogan landing shots from mount.
Whitaker looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Whitaker wants to hold on but Hogan pushes him away.
Hogan in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Whitaker is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Hogan looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Hogan.
Hogan controlling the position easily from mount.
Hogan working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Hogan landing strikes from the mount and Whitaker is in trouble!

Whitaker is rocked!
Hogan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The referee warns Whitaker that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Whitaker is still in real trouble! Can Hogan finish him?
Whitaker is in a horrible position here. Hogan smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hogan postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Whitaker in real trouble here! The ref calls for Whitaker 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 4:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hulk Hogan!