PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adonis Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hulk Hogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Who Let the Dogs Out. Hogan has chosen Real American as his entrance music. Adonis Silva has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Silva
vs
Hogan

205 cm
34
271 lbs
19 - 19 - 1

190 cm
34
258 lbs
55 - 27 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Cynical Truth Vegas

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 19 - 19 - 1, fighting out of New York, Adonis Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 55 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hulk Hogan!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hogan thows a body shot but no joy.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hogan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Silva throws the left hand but Hogan avoids the punch easily.
Silva is trying hard to land a takedown here. Hogan sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Silva tries to score with a low kick but Hogan moves his leg out of the way.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Hogan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A bone on bone clash there as Hogan blocks the leg kick.
We've been hearing reports that Silva has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Silva throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hogan counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Adonis Silva has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hogan defends it nicely.
Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hogan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Adonis Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hogan avoids the body shot from Silva.
Silva feints and then cracks Hogan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hogan down.
Hulk Hogan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adonis Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hogan sprawls well. Hogan wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silva throws a head kick but Hogan moves out of range.
Silva tries for a takedown but Hogan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hogan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hogan avoids the body shot from Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hogan is out of range and Silva settles back down.
Hogan moves out of range of the leg kick from Silva.
Hogan has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Silva throws a head kick but Hogan moves out of range.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Silva dives in and grabs Hogan's left leg, looking for a takedown. Hogan pushes down on Silva's head and hops out.
Silva shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hogan but Hogan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Silva throws a leg kick but Hogan moved away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a low kick as Hogan jumps back.
Nice takedown defense from Hogan. No joy for Silva on that attempt.
Silva scores with a jab to the body.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silva thuds his right hand into Hogan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Hogan counters by moving into the clinch.
Hogan lands a right hand.

Silva is trying to trip Hogan. He has hold of a leg but Hogan is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Silva persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva fails to land the takedown.
Good leg kick by Silva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Silva throws a hook but Hogan avoids it easily.
Hogan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
Silva goes for a double leg but Hogan avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Hogan continues to drive forward.
Good body shot from Hogan.
Hogan misses with a punch to the body.
Hogan is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adonis Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hogan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Hogan after a bit of a struggle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silvas head.
Hogan holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A short right from Hogan.
Hogan lands with a right to the head.

Adonis Silva's cut is getting worse.
Hogan prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Hogan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hogan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hogan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hogan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hogan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hogan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silva is trying to stall.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva with a poor takedown
and Hogan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva throws a jab when Hogan was well out of range.
Hogan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva throws a push kick but Hogan slaps the foot to one side.
Silva tries for a takedown but Hogan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva looks to land a right hand but Hogan moved out of range.
Adonis Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
A leg kick checked by Hogan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to score a power double leg takedown but Hogan sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Silva somewhat.
Silva misses with an uppercut
and Hogan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hogan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Silva in his tracks.

Adonis Silva's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hogan as he avoids it easily.
Hogan scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hogan cracks Silva on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Silva falls backwards against the cage. Hogan follows up with more strikes that drop Silva to his knees. Hogan keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Silva! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hulk Hogan!
After the fight, Hulk Hogan was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.