PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Yonic (ranked 2100 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hulk Hogan (ranked 303 p4p, 40 weight class). Hogan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. My Time Is Now kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Marcus Yonic could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Hulk Hogan's chin.

Yonic
vs
Hogan

177 cm
26
185 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

169 cm
26
193 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Marcus Yonic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hulk Hogan!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Santiago Holmes and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hogan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hogan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yonic.
Hogan changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
We've been hearing reports that Yonic has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.

Yonic closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Yonic lands in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hogan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hogan lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Yonic escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Hogan gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Hogan lands a couple of digs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yonic wants to sweep but no luck.
Hogan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hogan must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Yonic is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Hogan is aware though and is defending well.
Hogan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hogan with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yonic is adopting a defensive guard.
Hogan tries to free his leg and advance position but Yonic is retaining full guard.
Hogan lands a couple of elbows.
Hogan trying to control the position from guard on top but Yonic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hogan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Yonic's head.
Hogan distracts Yonic with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hogan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Yonic avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hogan wants to pass the guard but Yonic is keeping the position.
Hogan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Yonic is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Yonic is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hogan tries to roll over but Yonic keeps him under control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yonic landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hogan is trying is best to control the position here.
Hogan is looking to improve his position.
Hogan makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Hogan.
Yonic passes Hogan's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Nice strikes from Yonic there.
Yonic is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hogan is looking for a sweep. Yonic is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hogan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hogan trying to control from the bottom.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan tries to get to full guard but Yonic has control of the leg.
Yonic scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Yonic is nestled in close to Hogan, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Hogan is looking to improve his position.
Yonic 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.
Hogan is still trying to improve position.
Hogan is trying to maintain the position but Yonic is very close to passing his half guard.
Yonic is nestled in close to Hogan, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Hogan wants to get back to full guard.
Yonic is nestled in close to Hogan, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yonic lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Yonic working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Hogan wants to control the action here but instead Yonic manages to pass to full mount!
Hogan tries to lock up and control but Yonic gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Yonic looking to control but Hogan is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Hogan working to try and regain half guard.
Yonic is landing with some decent strikes but Hogan is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hogan is wriggling around trying to escape.
Yonic lands a couple of good shots and Hogan has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

Hogan is rocked!
Yonic lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Yonic.
Hogan is still in real trouble! Can Yonic finish him?
Yonic lands a shot to the body.
Yonic cracks Hogan with a big right hand from the back mount! Hogan immediately covers up and the referee dives in to save him under a barrage of more strikes! Yonic takes this one by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcus Yonic!
A victorious Marcus Yonic thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
The defeated Hulk Hogan had this to say: 'My time is not yet now.'.