PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Hawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DeMarcus Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wright has chosen Roy Jones Jr.- Cant Be Touched as his entrance music. DeMarcus Wright is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Hawkins
vs
Wright

190 cm
22
211 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
21
220 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BioPharm Nutrition

Malicious Intent Fight Gear

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anthony Hawkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, DeMarcus Wright!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Reed Andrews and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wright moves into the clinch.
Wright wants to stall.
Hawkins wants to break free but Wright has control.
Wright tries a knee to the head but Hawkins blocks it.
Wright misses with a knee to the head.
Hawkins wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wright misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hawkins.

Hawkins manages to break the clinch.
A combination from Hawkins does no damage.
Wright is looking to clinch.
Wright fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wright misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wright avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hawkins misses with a wild combination.

Wright has taken the fight to the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wright tries to stall but Hawkins uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Wright pushes off an throws an elbow but Hawkins leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hawkins is looking to break free of the clinch but Wright has double underhooks.
Wright with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wright tries to land a knee to the head but Hawkins blocks with his arms.
Hawkins is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hawkins is trying to break free.
Wright scores with a knee to the head.
Wright tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawkins wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wright is trying to stall.
Hawkins is looking to break free of the clinch but Wright has double underhooks.
Wright throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hawkins blocks it with crossed arms.
Hawkins tries to break the clinch but Wright is controlling the position.
Hawkins can't break the clinch.
Wright scores with a knee to the head.
Wright lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hawkins wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wright has him pressed against the cage.
Hawkins has had enough of the clinch but Wright keeps him there for the moment.
Wright tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hawkins wants to break free but Wright has control.
Wright looking to throw knees to the head but Hawkins is blocking nicely.
Wright looks gassed!
Wright prevents Hawkins from breaking the clinch.
Hawkins wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wright tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wright keeps control of Hawkins as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hawkins can't break the clinch.
Wright misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hawkins.
Wright with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hawkins wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wright has him pressed against the cage.
Wright misses with a knee to the head.
Wright keeps control of Hawkins as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hawkins wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wright misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hawkins.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Wright using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hawkins has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Hawkins has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Wright regains guard immediately.

Hawkins avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hawkins pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wright is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hawkins working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hawkins pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wright is keeping the position for now.

Hawkins gets to his feet - Wright follows without any prompting.
Hawkins ducks under a wild hook from Wright.
Wright dodges the punch combination from Hawkins.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins misses with a two punch combination.
No joy there for Hawkins, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wright throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wright tries to clinch but Hawkins moves out of range.
Hawkins rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wright moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wright tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hawkins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hawkins circles away from the clinch attempt.

Wright shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Wright sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Wright.
Hawkins is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Wright has taken his back.
Wright controlling from the back.
Wright throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Hawkins!
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
Hawkins tries to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

DeMarcus Wright dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Wright 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.
Hawkins scores with a jab to the head.
Hawkins swats away the attempt to clinch by Wright.
Wright tries to clinch but Hawkins is having none of it.
Wright misses the jab.
Wright tries to clinch but Hawkins moves out of range.

Wright gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hawkins has had enough of the clinch but Wright keeps him there for the moment.
Wright lands an elbow inside that Hawkins shrugs off.
Wright lands a knee to the body.
Wright tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hawkins wants to get back to striking at distance but Wright won't allow it.
Wright lands an elbow just above Hawkins 's eye.
Wright misses with a knee to the head.
Hawkins is trying to break free.
Hawkins wants to break free but Wright has control.
Wright is looking to control Hawkins's arms but Hawkins gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wright has his back to the cage.
Knees to the body from Wright.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wright misses with a knee to the head.
Wright scores a nice knee to the body.
Hawkins tries to score a body lock takedown but Wright shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Wright lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright tries to land a knee to the head but Hawkins blocks with his arms.
Wright using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Wright.
Hawkins takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wright with a knee to the head.
Wright unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hawkins lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hawkins wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Wright breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wright slips a jab and a cross from Hawkins.
Wright is looking to clinch.
Wright slips a jab and a cross from Hawkins.
Wright is looking to clinch but Hawkins is avoiding it.
Wright tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hawkins paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wright avoids a punch combination nicely.

Wright moves into range and clinches up with Hawkins.
Wright with a knee to the head.
Wright tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hawkins tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Wright just stands there and leans against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright crunches a lovely knee into Hawkins's ribcage.
Wright tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hawkins takes a shot to the head.
Hawkins is trying to break free.
Wright with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees to the body from Wright.
Wright misses with a knee to the head.
Hawkins wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hawkins has had enough of the clinch but Wright keeps him there for the moment.
Wright tries a knee to the head but Hawkins blocks it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Wright takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hawkins wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wright avoiding damage.
Wright looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wright prevents Hawkins from breaking the clinch.
Wright lands an elbow just above Hawkins 's eye.
Wright with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A knee to the head by Wright.
Hawkins has had enough of the clinch but Wright keeps him there for the moment.

Wright breaks from the clinch.
Hawkins misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright tries to clinch there but Hawkins circles away.
Wright fails with an attempt to clinch.
Horrible takedown by Hawkins or perhaps it was just good defense by Wright which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthony Hawkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wright looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wright tries to clinch up.
Hawkins throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wright tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hawkins paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wright tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hawkins misses with a combination

and Wright counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Wright.
A short left from Wright.
A bit of stalling here from Wright.
Wright stalling in the clinch but Hawkins improves position.
Wright stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hawkins wants to break free but Wright has control.
Wright lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Wright with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wright with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Hawkins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wright fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hawkins falls off balance throwing a combination

and Wright counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Wright throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wright with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hawkins can't break the clinch.
Wright lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Wright breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
No joy there for Hawkins, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wright lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wright is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hawkins throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Wright counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Wright.
Wright trying to stall but Hawkins improves his position.
Wright misses with a knee to the head.
Hawkins wants to break free but Wright has control.

Wright breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

DeMarcus Wright showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Hawkins avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Wright instigates a clinch.
Hawkins wants to get back to striking at distance but Wright won't allow it.
Hawkins avoiding damage as Wright throws knees to the body.
Wright misses with a knee strike.
Hawkins is trying to break the clinch but Wright has him pressed against the cage.
Wright unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hawkins lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hawkins wants to get back to striking at distance but Wright won't allow it.
Wright swings wildly with an uppercut but Hawkins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hawkins is looking to break free of the clinch but Wright has double underhooks.

Hawkins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hawkins tries to bum rush Wright with a series of wild strikes but Wright uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A punch combination from Hawkins misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wright doesn't manage to clinch there - Hawkins circles away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Wright shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Hawkins being controlled here, momentarily.
Wright tries to free his leg and advance position but Hawkins is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Hawkins is proving hard to escape from.
Hawkins lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Wright!
Hawkins working the ground and pound effectively.
Poor strikes thrown by Hawkins there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Hawkins trying to control but Wright is having none of it.
Wright manages to regain half guard whilst avoiding the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Wright trying to control from the bottom.
The fighters are battling for position here. Wright manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Wright had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Hawkins is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Wright Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Hawkins's back instead.
Wright doesn't have the hooks in and Hawkins manages to turn into his guard.
Hawkins trying to control the position from guard on top but Wright is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Wright had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Hawkins is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Wright Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Hawkins's back instead.
Wright is trying to stick to Hawkins's back but Hawkins is turning into Wright. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Wright's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Hawkins.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hawkins drops back looking for a leg! Wright is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Wright manages to kick Hawkins off! Hawkins jumps back into Wright's guard.
Hawkins trying to control the position from guard on top but Wright is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Wright throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Wright looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hawkins is one step ahead there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hawkins in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hawkins postures up in Wright's guard and throws a big left but Wright blocks it.
Wright working a defensive guard here.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hawkins swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Wright counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Anthony Hawkins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hawkins swinging wilding here.
Wright fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hawkins manages to avoid it.
Wright looks for a takedown but Hawkins sprawls well.
Anthony Hawkins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wright is looking to clinch but Hawkins is avoiding it.
Hawkins avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wright fails with an attempt to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
DeMarcus Wright comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Wright 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight for DeMarcus Wright!
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight for DeMarcus Wright!
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight for DeMarcus Wright!

DeMarcus Wright wins by unanimous decision!