PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Raekwon The Chef (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Hewson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Chef's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, C.R.E.A.M. - Wu Tang Clan. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

The Chef
vs
Hewson

172 cm
21
162 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

172 cm
23
167 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Raekwon The Chef!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Paul Hewson!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Gregory Folan and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hewson lands a lovely overhand right.
The Chef tries to clinch but Hewson is having none of it.
Hewson thows a left - swing and a miss!
The Chef tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hewson counters with a one-two to the body.
Hewson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Chef moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The Chef avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hewson misses with a low kick.
The Chef uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hewson.
The Chef misses with a hook to the body
and Hewson counters with a left to the body.
The Chef uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hewson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Chef moves into range and connects with a jab.
The Chef tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hewson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The Chef staying out of range there.
Hewson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The Chef tries to clinch up.
The Chef ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jab from Hewson.
The Chef misses with a hook.
Hewson misses with a hook.
The Chef staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hewson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The Chef defending well as Hewson loads up on a big left hand.
Hewson throws a lazy uppercut
and The Chef cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Chef throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hewson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The Chef wants to clinch up but Hewson keeps it at a distance.
A slow jab from Hewson misses its intended target.
The Chef is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hewson keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hewson throws a jab when The Chef was well out of range.

The Chef pushes Hewson up against the cage in a clinch.
The Chef tries a body shot but Hewson blocks it.

The Chef breaks the clinch.
Hewson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hewson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hewson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Paul Hewson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Chef takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The Chef throws an overhand right that lands on Hewson's shoulder, as Hewson tries to avoid the shot.
The Chef tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hewson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hewson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hewson swings for the body but The Chef moves out of range.
The Chef tries to clinch there but Hewson circles away.
The Chef lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hewson looks to land a left hand but The Chef moved out of range nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hewson fails to land with a series of punches.

The Chef moves into range and clinches up with Hewson.

The Chef breaks the clinch.
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 Raekwon The Chef will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

The Chef has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hewson tries to break free but The Chef pushes him back against the cage.
The Chef can't find room to land a body shot as Hewson controls the action.
Hewson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

The Chef escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The Chef slips under a jab from Hewson.
The Chef drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The Chef wants to clinch.
A decent looking cross lands there for The Chef.
Hewson throws a hook but The Chef blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Chef tries to clinch
enabling Hewson to counter with a crisp jab.
Paul Hewson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The Chef wants to clinch.
The Chef ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hewson moves away.
Hewson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hewson dips to his left and cracks The Chef with an uppercut!
The Chef tries to clinch up but Hewson circles away and keeps his distance.
Hewson scores with a crisp jab that stopped The Chef in his tracks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hewson connects with a body shot.
The Chef wants to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hewson misses with a double jab.
Hewson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hewson avoids the body shot from The Chef.
Hewson just misses with a punch to the body.
Hewson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The Chef on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hewson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hewson throws an off balance right hand
letting The Chef counter with a right hand.
The Chef tries to clinch there but Hewson circles away.
Hewson misses with an uppercut.
Hewson throws a hook but The Chef avoids it easily.
Hewson misses with a hook to the body
and The Chef counters with a nice uppercut.
The Chef wants to clinch up but Hewson keeps it at a distance.
Hewson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nice uppercut lands for The Chef. That snapped Hewson's head back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hewson tried to score with a low kick but The Chef checks it.
Hewson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice defenses there by The Chef.
The Chef is looking to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hewson. The Chef does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice defenses there by The Chef.
The Chef has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
The Chef ducks under a wild hook from Hewson.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Chef moves in looking to clinch but Hewson pushes him off.
Hewson throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Paul Hewson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Hewson connects with a good right hand that stumbles The Chef. The Chef circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hewson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hewson keeps the fight on the outside.
The Chef tries to clinch but Hewson is having none of it.
Hewson misses with an uppercut

and The Chef counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by The Chef.
Hewson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but The Chef has him pressed against the cage.
Hewson blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Hewson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The Chef moves out of range as Hewson strikes.
Hewson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Chef wants to clinch
enabling Hewson to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Chef tries to clinch up.
Hewson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Chef circles away quickly and effectively.
Hewson misses with an attempted mid kick.
The Chef takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The Chef takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hewson throws an overhand right that lands on The Chef's shoulder, as The Chef tries to avoid the shot.
Hewson looks to land a right hand but The Chef moved out of range.
Jab from Hewson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Chef staying out of range there.
The Chef tries to clinch up.
The Chef tries to clinch up
and Hewson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The Chef just misses with a punch to the body.
The Chef fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hewson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A big left from Hewson misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The Chef has closed the distance and engaged Hewson in a clinch.
Hewson can't break the clinch.

The Chef breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The Chef takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hewson misses with a straight right.
The Chef doesn't manage to clinch there - Hewson circles away.
The Chef slips a jab from Hewson.

The Chef has Hewson up against the cage in a clinch.
The Chef scores with a shoulder strike.

Hewson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hewson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hewson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hewson throws a jab when The Chef was well out of range.
Hewson lands a slapping body shot.
The Chef is looking to clinch.
The Chef tries to close the distance and clinch but Hewson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hewson misses the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hewson throws a low kick, looking for The Chef's leg but The Chef calmly moves out of range.

The Chef takes the fight into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Hewson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hewson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Hewson!
Paul Hewson spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.