PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paul Hogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roman Christos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hogan
vs
Christos

168 cm
19
130 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

171 cm
22
142 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Paul Hogan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Roman Christos!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Bruno Hogan and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christos cracks Hogan with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Christos lands with an overhand left.
Hogan thows a body shot but no joy.
Hogan looks to land a combination but Christos avoids it well.
Christos misses with a shot to the body

so Hogan counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Hogan preventing the sweep.

Hogan drops back looking for a leg! Christos is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Christos manages to kick Hogan off! Hogan jumps back into Christos's guard.
Hogan won't allow Christos to sweep him here.

Hogan drops back looking for a leg! Christos is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Christos manages to kick Hogan off! Hogan jumps back into Christos's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Christos lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hogan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Christos shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Christos slips under a jab.
Christos swings for the body but Hogan moves out of range.
Christos misses with an uppercut.
The fighters circling - Christos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Christos with a hook.
Christos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hogan moves away.
Christos misses with a hook. Hogan ducked under it nicely.
Good standup being displayed there by Christos as he connects with a hook.
Christos throws a hook to the side of Hogan's head but Hogan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Christos misses the shot to the body.
Christos scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christos misses with a double jab

and Hogan counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Christos looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Hogan avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Christos tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Christos working for submissions but it's allowed Hogan to get to half guard.
Christos looks gassed!

Hogan is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Christos defends it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Hogan is looking for a kimura here.
Hogan trying to pass the guard but Christos defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christos keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Christos wants to improve his position but Hogan is controlling well.
Christos is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hogan scores with a couple of nice shots.
Christos looks like he's trying to stand up.
Christos is looking to improve his position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Christos scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Roman Christos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hogan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Christos.
Christos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Christos swings for the body but Hogan moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hogan takes one on the button.
Hogan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Christos.
Hogan ducks under a wild hook from Christos.
Hogan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Christos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Christos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hogan was well out of range. Poor timing from Christos.
Christos waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Hogan.
Hogan lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Christos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Christos loads up on a big right hand but Hogan slips the punch.
Hogan takes a jab right on the kisser.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Roman Christos will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Christos lands with a shot to the body.
Christos throws a hook to the side of Hogan's head but Hogan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Hogan looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Hogan works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Christos wants to get back to full guard.
Hogan uses his free foot to push down on Christos's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Christos.
Christos keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Hogan working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

Hogan is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Christos has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Christos keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christos is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Christos sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

Christos looking for submissions off his back.

Hogan is working for a kimura but Christos is defending it quite comfortably.
Christos tries to roll over but Hogan keeps him under control.
Hogan not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Christos slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Christos wants to sweep here but Hogan controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hogan scoring with some ground and pound.
Hogan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Christos looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hogan is one step ahead there.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Christos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hogan.
Christos misses with an uppercut.
Christos cracks Hogan with a right hand to the side of the head.
Roman Christos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hogan defending well as Christos loads up on a big left hand.
Hogan takes one on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christos lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hogan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
No joy there for Hogan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Christos looks to land a left hand but Hogan moved out of range nicely.
Hogan moves out of range of the strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Christos misses the target.
Christos misses with a wild combination.
Hogan takes a jab right on the kisser.
The fighters circling - Christos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hogan moves out of range of the strikes.
Hogan misses with a looping right.

That's four 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.
Hogan slips under a jab.
Christos throws a jab but it's blocked by Hogan.
Hogan walks into a stiff left hand from Christos.
Christos takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Hogan feints and as Christos raises his hands in defense, Hogan changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hogan slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Christos is trying to get back to half guard.
Hogan tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Christos is looking to regain half guard here but Hogan keeps moving and retains side control.

Hogan looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Hogan dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Hogan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Christos was well out of range. Poor timing from Hogan.
Christos misses with a body shot

and Hogan counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Hogan is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Christos sees it coming and defends easily.
Hogan prevents Christos from improving his position.

Hogan looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Christos moves into full guard.
Christos bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hogan's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christos advances position into side control!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hogan misses with a strike from the bottom.
Paul Hogan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Christos has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Hogan!

Christos working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Hogan is trying desperately to improve position.
Christos postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hogan looks a forlorn figure.
Hogan wants to control but Christos is having none of it.

Hogan defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Christos.
Hogan slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogan works his way to full guard. Good work.
Christos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hogan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hogan trying to keep a closed guard but Christos is proving a slippery customer.

Hogan is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Christos advances to half guard.

Hogan is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Christos pulls his head out easily.
Hogan is trying to get back to full guard.
Christos passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Hogan!
Hogan has given up his back here. Will Christos look for the submission or keep pounding away?
Hogan wants to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christos lands shots from the back.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hogan can't escape the position.

Christos has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Christos scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Hogan is looking for a way out.
Christos doesn't have the hooks in and Hogan manages to turn into his guard.
Hogan trying to control but Christos is working from the bottom.
Christos manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hogan manages to get himself to full guard.
Hogan keeping full guard, as Christos tries to pass.
Hogan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christos pushes down on Hogan's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Christos tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hogan knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Christos is looking for a kimura here.
Christos tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hogan knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Christos is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Hogan has managed to free his arm - good work.
Christos wants to pass the guard but Hogan is defending well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roman Christos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Christos has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roman Christos!