PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mitchell Hobson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ilbert Tash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tash is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Seven drunken nights. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hobson
vs
Tash

185 cm
25
180 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

180 cm
21
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Lion Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mitchell Hobson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ilbert Tash!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Andrew Berry and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hobson lands with a good body shot.
Hobson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Hobson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tash, pushing him back against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hobson is leaning against Tash and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hobson misses with the head strike.
Hobson presses Tash against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A bit of stalling here from Hobson.
Tash struggles to land a body shot inside as Hobson controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hobson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hobson tries a body shot but Tash blocks it.
Hobson lands with a short shot to the head.
Hobson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hobson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Hobson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hobson misses with some punches.
Hobson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hobson working aggressively here.
Hobson letting Tash take a breather here.
Tash scores with a hook to the body.
Hobson throws a punch but it's blocked by Tash.
Hobson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Hobson fails to land.
Tash has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tash creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tash gets through Hobson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tash.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hobson misses with the head strike.
Hobson lands a body shot.
Tash blocking some punches.

Tash breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tash misses with a body shot

and Hobson moves into the clinch.
Tash has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Hobson seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Tash can turn it around.
Hobson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hobson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hobson swings wildly with an uppercut but Tash uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hobson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hobson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tash blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hobson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tash backwards.
Hobson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tash swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tash throws a head punch that misses.
Hobson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Hobson fails to land.
Hobson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tash tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hobson's elbow.
Tash is trying to break free.
Hobson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hobson lands a right hand.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A right hand to the body from Hobson.
Hobson misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tash escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hobson misses the shot to the body.
Hobson throws a right and a left that Tash avoids nicely.
Hobson tries to clinch but Tash moves out of range.
Tash takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Hobson moves into range and clinches up with Tash.
Hobson blocks the elbow strike.
Tash can't find room to land a body shot as Hobson controls the action.
Hobson misses with the head strike.
Tash fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hobson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hobson tries to work over Tash's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hobson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hobson working aggressively here.
Hobson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mitchell Hobson 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.

Tash will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tash misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hobson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tash can do to turn this around?
Hobson misses with a wild body shot.
Hobson misses with a looping right.

Hobson has closed the distance and engaged Tash in a clinch.
Hobson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Good body shot from Hobson.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Hobson misses with a punch on the inside.
Tash can't break the clinch.

Hobson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tash takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hobson is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hobson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hobson is looking to wear down Tash with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Tash throws a body shot but no joy.
Hobson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tash throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tash fails to land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Tash, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tash thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tash uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hobson.
Tash throws out a counter right but Hobson avoids it with no problem.
Tash throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tash swats away the attempt to clinch by Hobson.
Tash is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Tash shoots for a double leg takedown but Hobson sprawls well. He's pushed Tash's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hobson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tash.
Hobson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tash doesn't seem bothered though.
Tash swinging wildly here.
Tash takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

It looks like Ilbert Tash has been cut.
Tash misses with an uppercut. Hobson saw that one coming.
Hobson tries to clinch but Tash moves out of range.

Hobson has closed the distance and engaged Tash in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Hobson.
Mitchell Hobson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tash is trying to break free.
Tash avoiding damage.
Hobson works on Tash's body with a couple of short punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Tash breaks the clinch.
Tash keeps the fight on the outside.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tash! But no joy.
Tash thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tash throws a head kick but Hobson moves out of range.
Hobson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Tash is rocked!
Hobson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tash is still on wobbly legs! Can Hobson finish him?
Tash throws a body punch but Hobson moves out of range.

Hobson clinches up against the cage.
Hobson lands a right hand.
Tash misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hobson lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Tash to his knees! Hobson keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mitchell Hobson!
Mitchell Hobson is the new welterweight champion!
Mitchell Hobson took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Beast Mode Supplements for their support in the buildup to the fight.
Ilbert Tash spoke after the fight, saying 'If only I had been called Sue I might have won this fight.'.