PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sama Paska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sammy Hawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sammy Hawkins has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Sama Paska's chin.

Paska
vs
Hawkins

177 cm
19
155 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

175 cm
25
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sama Paska!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sammy Hawkins!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Bart Greer and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paska misses with a looping left.
Paska blocks the body kick.
Paska misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hawkins.
Hawkins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A big right from Hawkins misses.
Paska moves out of range of the body kick from Hawkins.
Paska is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Paska takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Paska definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Paska throws an overhand right that lands on Hawkins's shoulder, as Hawkins tries to avoid the shot.

Hawkins clinches with his opponent.
Hawkins effectively controlling the action here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paska dodges an elbow strike from Hawkins.
Hawkins trying to land knees to the body.
Paska blocks an elbow strike.
Paska pushes Hawkins back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Paska.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawkins throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Paska blocking some punches.
Hawkins misses with an elbow over the top.
Paska blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Paska.
Hawkins looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Paska misses with a punch on the inside.
Hawkins pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hawkins misses with an elbow over the top.
Paska blocks an elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Paska.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hawkins.
A head punch on the inside from Paska fails to land.
Hawkins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Paska avoids the elbow strike from Hawkins, against the cage.
Hawkins looking to stall.
Hawkins lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Paska avoids a wild elbow strike from Hawkins.
Paska working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paska swings wildly with an uppercut but Hawkins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hawkins looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Paska blocks an elbow strike.
Hawkins blocking some punches.
Hawkins creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hawkins comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Sama Paska has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hawkins lands an elbow that stopped Paska in his tracks for a moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Paska.
Paska lands a left hand.
Hawkins tries to land knees in the clinch but Paska avoids the damage to the body.
Paska misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hawkins misses with an elbow strike.
Paska swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Paska fails to land.
Paska lands a nice uppercut.
Paska dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Hawkins throws an elbow that misses.
Paska blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins throws an elbow but it misses.
Paska misses with a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Paska.
Paska has a couple of punches blocked by Hawkins.
Hawkins blocks an uppercut.
Hawkins trying to land knees to the body.
Paska avoids the elbow strike from Hawkins, against the cage.
Hawkins blocking some punches.
Hawkins blocking some punches.
Paska lands a right hand.
A short right from Paska.
Hawkins trying to control the position but instead, Paska has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hawkins into the cage.
Paska blocks the elbow strike.
Hawkins misses with an elbow strike.
Hawkins misses with an elbow over the top.
Paska lands a shoulder strike.
Paska dodges an elbow strike from Hawkins.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hawkins just misses with a elbow thrown towards Paska's brow.
Hawkins throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hawkins throws an elbow that misses.
Paska gets through Hawkins's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Paska lands a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hawkins is trying to maintain a safe position but Paska gets an underhook and turns Hawkins into the cage.
Paska avoiding damage as Hawkins throws knees to the body.
Paska misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hawkins lands an elbow that stopped Paska in his tracks for a moment.
Paska lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hawkins lands an elbow that stopped Paska in his tracks for a moment.
Paska tries a body shot but Hawkins blocks it.
Hawkins misses with an elbow over the top.
Hawkins working aggressively here.
Paska cracks Hawkins with a nice body shot.
Paska lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hawkins backwards.
Hawkins lands a nice elbow.
Paska is stalling here.
Paska lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hawkins backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Sammy Hawkins will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Sama Paska's cut.
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.

Hawkins tries a head kick but it misses.
Hawkins lands with a slapping head kick.
Hawkins uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Paska.
Hawkins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Paska swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jab by Paska.
Hawkins ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Paska takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

Hawkins closes the distance and clinches.
Paska managing to block the knees to the body from Hawkins.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paska on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Paska displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hawkins up against the cage.
Hawkins throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Paska dodges an elbow strike from Hawkins.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawkins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Paska avoids it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hawkins throws an elbow but misses.
Hawkins misses with an elbow over the top.
Paska lands a shot to the body.
Paska lands with a short shot to the head.

Hawkins is rocked!
Paska works on Hawkins's body with a couple of short punches.
Hawkins is breathing heavily.
Paska fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Paska.
Hawkins is still on wobbly legs! Can Paska finish him?
Paska throws a big uppercut that drops Hawkins! More strikes from Paska and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Hawkins lies dazed against the cage as Paska celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sama Paska!
Sama Paska decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.