PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Old Greg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Hawk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Greg comes to the ring accompanied by Love Games. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Greg
vs
Hawk

180 cm
23
198 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

191 cm
20
192 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Old Greg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matt Hawk!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Winston Howard and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hawk scores with a nice head shot.

It looks like Old Greg has been cut.
Hawk misses with a two punch combination.
Greg shoots for a takedown but Hawk saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
No joy there for Hawk, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Greg shoots in looking for a takedown. Hawk tries to sprawl out of it but Greg keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Hawk manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hawk throws a series of punches but Greg avoids them all with ease.
Greg shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Old Greg. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hawk swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hawk scores with a decent looking hook.
Hawk looks to land a combination but Greg avoids it well.
Greg shoots for a double leg takedown but Hawk sprawls well. He's pushed Greg's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hawk scores with a jab to the head.
Greg takes one to the side of the head.
Greg fails with the takedown.
Greg is breathing heavily.
Good shot there by Hawk.

Greg closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hawk avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Greg.

Greg is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Greg stops Hawk from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greg throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hawk is trying to stand up here but Greg is controlling him well.
Greg thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hawk's head.
Hawk keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hawk on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Greg wants to pass the guard but Hawk is defending well.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hawk misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Greg takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hawk lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A combination from Hawk does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Greg avoids a punch combination nicely.

Greg closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Greg is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
The referee warns Hawk that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Greg throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Greg lands a nice shot to the head.
Greg scoring with strikes but Hawk is staying in there.
Greg working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Poor strikes thrown by Greg there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawk squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Greg looking to finish Hawk with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hawk!
Greg lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Greg punishing his opponent with strikes.
Greg with a couple of short strikes.

Greg looking for a guillotine from mount but Hawk is having none of it.
Hawk is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Hawk blocking the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawk taking shots to the head.
Greg lands a big elbow.
Hawk is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.
Greg breaks from Hawk's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Greg is working for a guillotine from mount but Hawk frees his head quite easily.
Greg dominating with strikes here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
You get the feeling that Hawk really doesn't like being in this position too much.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Old Greg dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Old Greg's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nice sprawl there from Hawk as Greg shoots in.
Hawk comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Greg fails with a takedown attempt.
Hawk moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Greg takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hawk fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hawk scores with a one two! Greg had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Greg looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Hawk!
Hawk taking shots to the head.
Greg looking to finish with strikes here!
Greg lands a big shot there that rocks Hawk but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greg throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Greg landing strikes from the mount and Hawk is in trouble!
Greg looking to finish with strikes here!
Greg has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Greg thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Greg throws some wild stikes that Hawk manages to avoid easily.
Greg misses with a head shot.
Greg lands a nice shot to the head.
Greg connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Greg breaks from Hawk's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Greg punching from mount but Hawk doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Old Greg overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Greg is landing with some decent strikes but Hawk is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Greg with good strikes from the mount here!
Greg cracks Hawk with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Greg jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Hawk is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Hawk and Greg has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

Hawk throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Greg.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Old Greg. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawk fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Greg on the side of the head.
Greg will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nice body punch from Hawk.
Hawk throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Greg.
Greg shoots in and drives through. Hawk sprawls well.
A right-left combo lands from Hawk.
Nice takedown defense from Hawk. No joy for Greg on that attempt.
Matt Hawk is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hawk swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Greg shoots for a double leg takedown but Hawk sprawls well. He's pushed Greg's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hawk throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Greg.
Hawk throws a series of punches but Greg moves out of range.
Greg fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Hawk. No joy for Greg on that attempt.
Hawk fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Greg shoots for a takedown but Hawk saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hawk lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawk stuffs the takedown.
Hawk lands with a hook. Greg tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hawk is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Hawk misses with a wild combination.
Matt Hawk is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice takedown defense from Hawk. No joy for Greg on that attempt.
Hawk scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Greg looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Greg throwing strikes from guard but Hawk blocks nicely.
Greg won't allow Hawk to get back to his feet.
Hawk keeping full guard, as Greg tries to pass.
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 Old Greg will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Old Greg's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Greg changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Hawk looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Hawk is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Greg looks up at the clock and then as Hawk takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Greg smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

Greg wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Hawk, who protects the arm well.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Greg is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Hawk has escaped the position, nice work there.

Greg wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Hawk, who protects the arm well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greg creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Hawk sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Greg working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Greg scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Hawk to see if he's OK.
Greg throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Greg in side control lands a decent elbow.
Greg working the ground and pound but Hawk is defending the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Greg creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Hawk sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Greg throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Greg advances nicely into full mount.
Greg is landing with some decent strikes but Hawk is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Greg lands a big shot there that rocks Hawk but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Greg thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Greg landing punches.
Greg throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Hawk because Greg loaded up on that one.
A nice elbow there by Greg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greg lands a big shot there that rocks Hawk but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Greg goes for an armbar but Hawk turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Hawk.
Greg might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Greg lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Hawk!
Hawk is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Greg throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Matt Hawk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greg lands a nice shot to the head.
Hawk holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Greg tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Greg dominating with strikes here.
Greg connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Greg misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Hawk blocking the ground and pound.
Greg throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Old Greg is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Greg unloads with some shots from mount but Hawk bucks and avoids them well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Old Greg showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Greg, 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Old Greg!