PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paul Maul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Crack Hack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Maul
vs
Hack

179 cm
22
175 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

175 cm
23
174 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

The Dark Side

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paul Maul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Crack Hack!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Chris Saunders and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maul throws a jab but it's blocked by Hack.
Maul has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Hack moves out of range of the strikes.
Hack takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hack is looking to clinch but Maul is avoiding it.

Maul clinches.
Maul blocks an uppercut.
Maul stalling in the clinch.
Hack with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Maul works on Hack's body with a couple of short punches.
Hack using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Maul working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Maul fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hack misses with an elbow over the top.
Hack looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hack lands an elbow inside.
Maul takes an elbow to the temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hack looking to throw knees to the head but Maul is blocking nicely.
Hack lands an elbow inside that Maul shrugs off.
Hack lands an elbow that stopped Maul in his tracks for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hack trying to land knees to the body.
Maul throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hacks head.
Hack using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Maul has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hack tries a knee to the head but Maul blocks it.

Maul manages to break the clinch.
Maul lands a jab to the head.
The crowd cheers as Maul lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hack doesn't seem phased though.
Maul misses with a wild body shot.
Maul cracks Hack with an open hand slap.
Hack keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Paul Maul seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maul will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hack fails in his attempt to clinch.
Maul throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Maul - just one landing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hack takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Hack takes the fight into the clinch.
Hack misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Maul.
Hack creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Maul lands a right hand.
Maul managing to block the knees to the body from Hack.
A bit of stalling here from Maul.
Maul blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Maul is stalling here.
Nice elbow from Hack.
Maul lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hack looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Maul dodges an elbow strike from Hack.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maul lands with a short shot to the head.
Hack tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Maul blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hack misses with a body punch.
Maul takes a knee right on the jaw!
Maul is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hack is keeping busy.
Maul avoids the elbow strike from Hack, against the cage.
Hack trying to land knees to the body.
Hack tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maul's elbow.
Hack lands a good knee to the midsection. Maul won't want to take too many of those.
Maul trying to stall but Hack improves his position.
Maul scores with a shot to the side of Hack's head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hack obliges.
Maul blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hack misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maul scores with a hook to the body.
Maul pressing his opponent against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hack tries to land knees in the clinch but Maul avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maul presses Hack against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hack scores a nice knee to the body.
Hack blocking some punches.
Hack leaning against his opponent.

Maul breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hack avoids a punch combination nicely.
Maul digs a good hook to Hack's body.

Maul instigates a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hack misses with an elbow strike.
Maul being controlled against the cage.
Hack landing some nice looking knees to the body.
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 Paul Maul will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Maul works Hack's body with a nice hook.
Maul swats away the attempt to clinch by Hack.
Hack tries to clinch but Maul is having none of it.

Maul fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hack, pushing him back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hack throws an elbow but misses.
Hack tries to land a knee to the head but Maul blocks with his arms.
A head punch on the inside from Hack fails to land.
Maul avoids the elbow strike from Hack, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hack.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hack tries to land knees in the clinch but Maul avoids the damage to the body.
Hack throws an elbow but it misses.
Maul wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maul working hard to break the clinch.
Hack trying to land knees to the body.
Maul managing to block the knees to the body from Hack.
Hack tries to land a knee to the head but Maul blocks with his arms.
Hack tries to land knees in the clinch but Maul avoids the damage to the body.
A shot in the inside from Maul.
Hack throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hack swings wildly with an uppercut but Maul uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hack trying to land knees to the body.

Maul breaks the clinch.
Hack tries to close the distance and clinch but Maul swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Maul fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hack looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
No joy there for Maul, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hack avoids a punch combination nicely.
Maul throws a jab but it's blocked by Hack.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hack closes the distance but Maul moves to the side
and Maul counters with a two punch combo.

Hack moves into range and clinches up with Maul.
Crack Hack seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Maul scores with a shot to the side of Hack's head.
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!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hack throws a knee to the head but misses.
Maul lands with a light punch inside.
Maul lands with a light punch inside.
Maul blocks an elbow strike from Hack.
A short left from Maul.
Maul avoiding damage as Hack throws knees to the body.
Hack misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Maul.
Hack tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maul's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hack goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maul managing to block the knees to the body from Hack.
Maul just leaning against Hack, taking a breather.
Hack throws an elbow but it misses.
Hack is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hack tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hack trying to stall but Maul improves his position.
Hack working aggressively here.
Maul on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Maul looking to stall.
A right hand to the body from Maul.
A short left from Maul.
Hack pushes off an throws an elbow but Maul leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hack.
Maul avoiding damage as Hack throws knees to the body.
Hack looking to slow down the pace here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maul lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Maul stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Maul gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Maul looking to stall.
Maul avoiding damage as Hack throws knees to the body.
Hack misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Maul.
Hack misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Maul.
Maul has had enough of the clinch but Hack keeps him there for the moment.
Still in the clinch, Hack scores with a nice short uppercut.
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.
Hack is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Maul is defending well for now.
Maul working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Maul.
Maul avoiding damage as Hack throws knees to the body.
Maul lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hack or not.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Paul Maul will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Maul lands with a nice body punch.
Maul looks to score with a jab to the body but Hack is just out of range.
Hack walks into a straight right hand from Maul.
Maul throws a body punch but Hack moves out of range.
Maul 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.

Maul darts in and clinches Hack up against the cage.
Maul lands a hook that snaps the head of Hack backwards.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Maul creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Maul escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Maul swats away the attempt to clinch by Hack.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hack takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A combination from Maul does no damage.
Hack wants to clinch but Maul slips to the side
and Maul counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hack thinking.
Maul misses with a wild body shot.
Maul misses with a jab to the body
and Hack counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hack tries to clinch up but Maul circles away and keeps his distance.
Hack takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Paul Maul is winning the standup battle so far.
Maul ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hack moves away.
Maul throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hack cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hack moves out of range of the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maul throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Maul takes the fight into the clinch.
Hack misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Maul.
Hack trying to land knees to the body.
Maul taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hack tries to land knees in the clinch but Maul avoids the damage to the body.
Hack lands an elbow inside.
Maul lands with a right to the head.
Hack is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hack throws an elbow but misses.
Hack throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Maul blocks it with crossed arms.
Maul stalling in the clinch but Hack improves position.
Hack tries to land a knee to the head but Maul blocks with his arms.
Maul lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hack throws an elbow but it misses.
Maul has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Maul just leaning against Hack, taking a breather.
Hack blocks an uppercut.
Maul struggles to land a body shot inside as Hack controls his hands.
Maul avoids a wild elbow strike from Hack.
Maul will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hack up against the cage.
Hack throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Maul stalling.
Maul wants to stall.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Maul creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hack tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Maul breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hack dodges the punch combination from Maul.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Maul. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Maul.
Maul misses with an uppercut
and Hack counters with a stiff right hand.
Hack tries to clinch but Maul moves out of range.
Hack takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maul throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good shot there by Maul.
Hack keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Maul.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Some wild striking there from Maul.
Crack Hack has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Maul circles away from the clinch attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Maul showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Maul, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Maul!