PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Davian Hawklight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raise Hell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hawklight comes into the arena with War Pimp Renaissance blaring out of the sound system. Hell is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Mobb Deep - Hell On Earth (Front Lines). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hawklight
vs
Hell

195 cm
21
191 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

183 cm
21
191 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Davian Hawklight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Raise Hell!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hawklight throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hawklight throws a low kick but Hell moves out of range easily.
Hawklight bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A low kick from Hawklight misses

and Hell counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Hawklight's guard now.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Hawklight keeping moving, preventing Hell from controlling successfully.

Hell drops back, looking for a kneebar! Hawklight looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Hawklight looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Hawklight!
Hawklight is looking to take a break and control but Hell is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hawklight taking a breather here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hell is trying to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hell wants to control but Hawklight postures up.
Hawklight tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Hell tries to bench press Hawklight off him but Hawklight keeps the position.
Hawklight is looking to take a break and control but Hell is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hell is looking to reverse the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hell regains half guard there - taking advantage of Hawklight's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Hell wants to sweep but Hawklight has passed to side control!
Hell tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hell keeps trying to improve his position.
Hawklight tries to move into full mount but can't pass Hell's legs.
Hawklight is working hard here to advance position.
You can see the frustration on Hell's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hawklight wants to control but Hell is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawklight gets to mount! Hell was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Hell tries to improve his position but instead Hawklight has taken his back!
Hell tries to roll but Hawklight sticks to his back.
Hell tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Hawklight will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hawklight avoids the attempt from Hell to control.
Hawklight sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hell sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raise Hell 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.

Hawklight loads up on a big right hand but Hell slips the punch.
Hawklight tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hell moves out of range of the leg kick from Hawklight.
Hawklight misses with a body shot.
Hell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hawklight was well out of range. Poor timing from Hell.
Hell moves out of range as Hawklight throws a body kick.
Hell 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.
Hawklight tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hell avoids the head kick by Hawklight.
Hell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hawklight paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hawklight misses with a left hand

and Hell counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Hell.
Hell throws a big right hand that misses.
Hell postures up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hell is in close to Hawklight's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawklight is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hell landing some decent shots from guard.
Hawklight not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hell passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Hawklight stops Hell from passing to mount.
Hawklight is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hell tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Hawklight tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hell wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Hawklight takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hell tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Raise Hell has got the better of the ground game so far.

Hell working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hawklight defending against the ground and pound.
Hawklight looks to move to half guard but instead Hell has passed into mount! Damn!
Hell misses with a head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawklight is squirming around, avoiding Hell's attempts to control the action.
Hawklight is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Hell avoids the attempt from Hawklight to control.
Hawklight bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

Hell looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hell is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hell has control of Hawklight's left arm, preventing Hawklight from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hell throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hawklight looking to pass the guard.
Hell controls Hawklight momentarily but Hawklight frees himself.
Hell might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Hawklight haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Hawklight stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hell swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raise Hell showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Hawklight connects with a nice looking jab.
Hawklight cracks Hell with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hawklight is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Hell cracks Hawklight with an open hand slap.
An inside leg kick from Hawklight misses.
Hell throws a good cross that connects.
Hell delivers a nice body kick.
Hell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hawklight.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hawklight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hell moves out of range as Hawklight strikes.
Hawklight paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hawklight looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hell lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hell is looking to slow Hawklight down with leg kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawklight throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Hell counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Hawklight is looking to sweep but instead, Hell has passed into half guard.
Hell not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Hell is working for a kimura but Hawklight is defending it quite comfortably.
Hawklight blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hell.
Hawklight avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hell.

Hell is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Hell controlling the action here.
Davian Hawklight has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Raise Hell is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hawklight slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawklight can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Hell controls the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Raise Hell.
Hell getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A low kick from Hawklight misses

and Hell counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Hawklight!
Hawklight is looking to reverse the position.
Hell is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Hawklight will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
You can see the frustration on Hawklight's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hell in side control, just content to control the action for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!

OK we're going to have a standup here. Raise Hell hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Hawklight fails to land with a series of punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hawklight throws a shot from downtown. Hell moves away and avoids it.
Hawklight throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Hell counters with a shoot takedown. Hawklight fights it but they end up in guard.
Hell looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Raise Hell comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hell 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raise Hell!
A less than humble Raise Hell misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.