PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benjamin Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Hogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Watson kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Let Me Find Out. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Watson
vs
Hogan

193 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

205 cm
18
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Benjamin Watson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe Hogan !
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Eddie Farnsworth and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watson takes one to the side of the head.
Hogan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Watson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hogan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Watson looks to land a right hand but Hogan moved out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Watson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A jab from Hogan finds it's way through Watson's defenses.
Watson shoots in looking for a takedown. Hogan tries to sprawl out of it but Watson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Hogan manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Hogan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Watson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hogan lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hogan connects with a body shot that sends Watson's belly button to the back.
Donk. Hogan catches Watson right on the button with a cross.
Watson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Watson walks into a left hand.
Good standup being displayed there by Hogan as he connects with a hook.
Hogan scores with a hook to the body. Watson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A punch lands to the side of Watson 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Watson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hogan , pushing him back against the cage.
Hogan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Watson's elbow.
Hogan misses with a punch on the inside.
Watson prevents Hogan from breaking the clinch.
Hogan working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Hogan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice uppercut lands for Hogan . That snapped Watson's head back.
Hogan cracks Watson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hogan takes a swing at Watson's ribcage but misses.
Hogan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hogan is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Watson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Watson tries to move into range but Hogan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hogan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Watson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hogan scores with a nice right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Watson.
Watson controlling from side mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Watson in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Watson wants to stand but Hogan has his arm trapped.
Hogan sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Watson is breathing heavily.
Watson slows the pace down in half guard.
Watson thows a huge punch but Hogan dodges it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan manages to get to full guard.
Hogan wants to stand but Watson is controlling the position.
Watson preventing the sweep.
Hogan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Watson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Watson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Hogan is looking to stand up but Watson isn't so interested in that idea.
Watson wants to control from the top but Hogan keeps moving.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Sloppy strikes from Watson. Those never looked like landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson throws a body punch but Hogan moves out of range.
Hogan lands a jab to Watson's midsection.
Hogan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hogan is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Hogan with a nice cross.
Watson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Benjamin Watson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Watson throws a body kick that misses.
Joe Hogan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Watson shoots in looking for a takedown but Hogan manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Watson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A shot to the liver by Hogan . Beautiful body shot.
Watson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hogan is fending him off so far but Watson persists. Nope, Hogan circles away and we're back to standing.
Hogan lands a right hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hogan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Watson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hogan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Watson on the side of the head.
Hogan lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Watson backs up against the cage.
Hogan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Watson in his tracks.
Hogan scores with a punch to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe 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.

Hogan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Watson's head.
Hogan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Watson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hogan .
Watson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Watson shoots for a double leg takedown but Hogan sprawls well. He's pushed Watson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Watson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hogan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hogan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hogan scores with a shot to the body.
Hogan has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Watson misses with the combination.
A punch lands to the side of Watson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hogan scores with a three punch combo!
Hogan lands with an overhand left.
Hogan moves into range and connects with a jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hogan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Watson manages to avoid it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Watson throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Watson.
Hogan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Watson on the side of the head.
Hogan cracks Watson with a good jab.
Hogan 's corner calls for a 1-2. Hogan obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Watson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hogan swinging wildly here.
Benjamin Watson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hogan lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Watson backs up against the cage.
Watson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hogan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Watson fails to land the takedown.
Hogan stuns Watson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Watson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hogan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Watson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hogan .
Watson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hogan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Watson fails to land with a series of punches.
Hogan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Watson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hogan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hogan 's corner calls for a 1-2. Hogan obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hogan scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jab, jab by Hogan - just one landing.
Watson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Watson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Watson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Benjamin Watson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice body punch from Hogan .
Nice body punch from Hogan .
Watson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Watson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hogan as he jumps to the side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan scores with a shot to the body.
Hogan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Watsons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hogan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Watson in his tracks.
Hogan looks to land a combination but Watson avoids it well.
Hogan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Watson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Watson shoots for a double leg takedown but Hogan sprawls well. He's pushed Watson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hogan lands the left hand.
Watson avoids the body shot from Hogan .
Watson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hogan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Watson circles away quickly and effectively.
Watson throws a sloppy head kick and Hogan moves out of range easily.
Hogan lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Watson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Watson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hogan lands a jab to Watson's midsection.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Watson.
Hogan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Watsons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Watson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hogan cracks Watson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hogan thows a body shot but no joy.
Watson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hogan dodges the punch combination from Watson.
Joe Hogan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Watson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hogan scores with a jab. Watson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Watson throws a right hand that Hogan ducks under and follows up with a left that Hogan also avoids with ease.
Hogan scores with a body shot.
Joe Hogan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Watson drops his hands momentarily and Hogan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Hogan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Watson shoots in for a takedown but Hogan shows good takedown defense.
Watson misses with a double jab
and Hogan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hogan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hogan lands with a good body shot.
Watson throws a series of punches but Hogan moves out of range.
Hogan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Watson at a distance.
Hogan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hogan lands a jab.
Hogan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hogan connects with a body shot that sends Watson's belly button to the back.
Hogan scores with a jab to the head.
A jab from Hogan finds it's way through Watson's defenses.
Hogan scores with a jab to the body.
Hogan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hogan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hogan lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Watson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hogan finds it's way round the side to connect with Watson's head.
Hogan cracks Watson with an open hand slap.
Hogan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hogan getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Watson darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Watson is thwarting Hogan 's attempts to control the position.
Watson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hogan tries to get to full guard but Watson has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Watson wants to take a breather but Hogan is having none of it.
Watson has decided to stand back up but his arm is trapped. Whilst he's worrying about his arm, Hogan works to full guard.
Hogan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Watson manages to get himself to full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hogan wants to stand but Watson has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Watson keeping moving, preventing Hogan from controlling successfully.

Watson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hogan thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Hogan trying to control the position from guard on top but Watson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hogan trying to stand up but can't free himself from Watson's guard.
Watson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hogan wants to stand but Watson is controlling his posture from full guard.
Hogan trying to control but Watson is working from the bottom.
Watson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hogan on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Watson is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

Hogan breaks from the clinch.
Watson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hogan manages to avoid it.
Hogan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Watson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hogan misses with a few strikes there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Watson dips to his left and cracks Hogan with an uppercut!
Watson misses with a double jab.
Watson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Benjamin Watson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Joe Hogan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Hogan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Hogan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hogan 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Hogan !