PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Boogie Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lars Hagen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boogie Knight is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Knight
vs
Hagen

186 cm
24
212 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

185 cm
25
217 lbs
10 - 5 - 2

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Maximum Vitality

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Boogie Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Lars Hagen!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hagen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Knight throws out the jab.

Hagen forces Knight back against the cage and clinches.
Knight lands a nice uppercut.
Knight throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hagen blocks it with crossed arms.
Hagen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hagen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Knight backwards.
Hagen misses with a punch on the inside.
Knight blocks an uppercut.
Hagen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Knight backwards.
Hagen scores with a shoulder strike.
Hagen throws a head punch that misses.
Hagen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Knight connects with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hagen trying to control the position but instead, Knight has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hagen into the cage.
Knight works on Hagen's body with a couple of short punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight tries to work over Hagen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hagen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knight.
Still in the clinch, Knight scores with a nice short uppercut.

Knight breaks from the clinch.
Knight cracks a nice hook into Hagen's ribs.
Knight throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knight misses the jab.
Hagen tries to clinch but Knight moves out of range.
Knight lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Knight throws a shot from downtown. Hagen moves away and avoids it.
Hagen connects with an inside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Hagen.
Hagen scores with a shot to the body.
Hagen drops his hands momentarily and Knight takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hagen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hagen blocks a jab.
Knight takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hagen misses with a looping right.
Knight throwing a counter right hand but Hagen manages to avoid it.
Knight takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hagen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hagen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Knight fires out a quick counter leg kick but Hagen just manages to avoid it.
Knight pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hagen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hagen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hagen has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Knight feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hagens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Knight ducks under a wild hook from Hagen.
Knight thows a leg kick but Hagen checks it
and Hagen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Knight looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hagen lands a high kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hagen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Knight.
Nice shot by Knight.
Knight throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hagen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Knight takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Hagen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Knight throws a head kick but Hagen moves out of range.
Hagen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Knight throws a big counter combination but Hagen scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Hagen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hagen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knight attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hagen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Knight slips under a jab from Hagen.
Knight jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Knight lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hagen takes a step back to recover.
Hagen scores with a jab.
Hagen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Knight.
A lazy left from Knight finds it's target.
Hagen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Knight swats him away and circles back towards the center.
It looked like Knight wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Knight lands the left hand.
Hagen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Knight is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Hagen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hagen. Knight does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hagen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hagen appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Hagen moves away from the strike by Knight.
Knight connects with an inside leg kick.
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 Boogie Knight will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Knight misses with an uppercut. Hagen saw that one coming.
Hagen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Knight.
Hagen throws a right and a left that Knight avoids nicely.

Hagen takes the fight into the clinch.
Knight tries to break free but Hagen pushes him back against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Hagen.
Knight missing with knees to the body.
Hagen misses with some punches.
Knight makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hagen lands with a right to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hagen misses with a body punch.
Hagen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Knight's elbow.
Still in the clinch, Hagen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hagen misses with a body punch.
Hagen misses with some punches.
Hagen blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hagen scores with a hook to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Knight.
A body shot lands from Knight.
Hagen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Knight's elbow.
Knight using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hagen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hagen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hagen is struggling to control the position.
Hagen lands a body shot in the clinch.
Knight misses with a punch to the body.
Hagen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Knight tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hagen blocking some punches.
Hagen tries to throw a body punch but Knight avoids it by throwing Hagen back against the cage.
Hagen tries a body shot but Knight blocks it.
Hagen pushes Knight back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hagen tries to work over Knight's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knight with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lars Hagen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Hagen.
A left hand lands to the body for Hagen.
Hagen will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Knight up against the cage.
Knight fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knight lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hagen taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knight.
Hagen is stalling here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hagen.
Knight misses with a punch to the body.
Knight misses with the head strike.
Knight looking to slow down the pace here.
Hagen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Knight backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hagen misses with a punch to the body.
Hagen lands a shoulder strike.
Hagen misses with a punch on the inside.
Knight with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Knight breaks from the clinch.
Hagen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hagen throws a head kick but Knight moves out of range.
Hagen tries to clinch up.
Knight misses with a hook.
Nice body kick there by Hagen.
Hagen missing with a left hand there. Knight was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Knight dips to his left and cracks Hagen with an uppercut!
Knight misses with a body shot
and Hagen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Knight chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hagen uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Knight lands a front kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knight thuds his right hand into Hagen's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Knight throws a leg kick
and Hagen counters with a straight right hand.
Knight shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Knight throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hagen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hagen misses the jab.
Knight loads up on a big right hand but Hagen slips the punch.
Knight throws a body punch but Hagen moves out of range.
Good exchange - Hagen coming out on top.
Hagen with a nice cross.
Knight throws a body punch but Hagen moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lars Hagen 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Knight pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hagen lands with a cross.
Hagen has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Hagen is looking to clinch.
Hagen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hagen throws out a counter right but Knight avoids it with no problem.
Hagen checks a low kick from Knight.
Knight throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hagen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Knight walks into a left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hagen scores with a jab to the body.
Knight comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hagen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hagen throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hagen throws a leg kick but Knight moved away.
Hagen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Knight misses with a left hand
enabling Hagen to counter with a crisp jab.
Hagen throws a head kick but Knight moves out of range.
Hagen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Knight can pounce on him.
Knight cracks Hagen with a good jab.
A punch combination from Hagen misses.
Hagen misses with a body shot
and Knight counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Knight chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Knight just misses with a punch to the body.
Hagen scores with a shot to the body.
Knight throws a hook to the side of Hagen's head but Hagen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hagen throws an off balance right hand
and Knight counters with a nice body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hagen moves away.
A big right from Hagen misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knight on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Knight jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Knight swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Knight throws a head kick but Hagen moves out of range.
Hagen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Knight swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hagen throws a head kick but Knight moves out of range.
Hagen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hagen unleashes a big counter combination but Knight bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Hagen moves out of range as Knight strikes.
Hagen throws a head kick that Knight semi-blocks.
Hagen tries to score with a low kick but Knight moves his leg out of the way.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight blocks a leg kick.
Knight was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Some wild striking there from Hagen.
Knight lands a leg kick that knocks Hagen off balance momentarily.
Knight throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knight misses with a body kick.
Hagen lands a nice shot to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hagen. That's going to slow Knight down.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hagen checks a leg kick.
Knight avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hagen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Hagen.
Knight on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hagen throws a head kick but Knight moves out of range.
Knight throws a body punch but Hagen moves out of range.
Hagen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hagen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hagen moves out of range of the body kick from Knight.
Hagen throws a chopping leg kick but Knight manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Good leg kick by Hagen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Knight looks to score with a jab to the body but Hagen is just out of range.
Hagen throws a sloppy head kick and Knight moves out of range easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Knight misses the target.
Hagen only half commits to the counter leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Lars Hagen.
Well Hagen has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lars Hagen!
Our winner, Lars Hagen, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.