PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kory Beach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hulk Junior Hogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kory Beach looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Beach
vs
Junior Hogan

150 cm
22
130 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
18
133 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kory Beach!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hulk Junior Hogan!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hogan tries to clinch up but Beach circles away and keeps his distance.
Beach looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Hogan slips a straight right by Beach.
Beach jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hogan is looking to clinch.
Beach waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Hogan.
Beach tries to land a leg kick but Hogan saw it coming and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hogan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Beach misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hogan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Hogan misses with a two punch combination.
Beach looks to land a left hand but Hogan moved out of range nicely.
Hogan misses with a body shot.
An inside leg kick from Beach misses.
A big left from Beach misses.
Hulk Junior Hogan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hogan checks a leg kick.
Hogan stuffs the takedown attempt from Beach. Beach gets slowly back to his feet.
Beach missing with a left hand there. Hogan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hogan avoids the body shot from Beach.
Hogan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Beach circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beach throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hogan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Beach swings for the body but Hogan moves out of range.
Hogan wants to clinch.
Beach checks a low kick from Hogan.
Hogan tries to clinch up but Beach circles away and keeps his distance.
Hogan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's four 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.
Hogan tries to clinch up.
Beach avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hogan wants to clinch.
Beach circles away from the clinch attempt.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hogan is looking to clinch but Beach is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Kory Beach will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hogan slips a straight right by Beach.
Beach throws a jab when Hogan was well out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Beach checks a leg kick.
Hogan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hogan shoots in for a takedown but Beach shows good takedown defense.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Hogan.
Hogan tries to clinch there but Beach circles away.
Beach moves out of range of the body kick from Hogan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan checks a leg kick nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hogan throws a right and a left that Beach avoids nicely.
Hogan fails with a takedown attempt.
Beach stuffs the takedown.
Kory Beach has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hulk Junior Hogan.
Hogan throws a half hearted mid kick.

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.

Hogan scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Hogan throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

Hogan working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Hogan tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beach keeping his opponent close.
Hogan creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Beach sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Beach is looking to regain half guard here but Hogan keeps moving and retains side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Hogan tries for a kimura but Beach is defending well.
Hogan scoring with punches from side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hogan trying to control the position but Beach is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hulk Junior Hogan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hogan checks a leg kick.
Beach has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Beach circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hogan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Beach's waist but Hogan gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hogan off to one side.
Hogan fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hogan doesn't manage to clinch there - Beach circles away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hogan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Beach throws a leg kick but Hogan checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beach throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hogan makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Beach really felt that one!
Hogan tries to clinch but Beach moves out of range.
Hogan misses with a two punch combination.
Beach pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hogan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hogan tries to clinch but Beach is having none of it.
Beach throws a low kick but Hogan avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogan tries to clinch up.
Hulk Junior Hogan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Beach swats away the attempt to clinch by Hogan.
Hogan tries to clinch there but Beach circles away.
Beach throws a body punch but Hogan moves out of range.
Beach blocks a low kick nicely.
Beach wants to slow Hogan down by chopping away at his legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beach throws a jab when Hogan was well out of range.
Beach throws a leg kick but Hogan moved away.
Beach swats away the attempt to clinch by Hogan.
Hogan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hogan wants to clinch up but Beach keeps it at a distance.
Hogan checks a leg kick.
Beach ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hogan moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Hogan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kory Beach is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Beach misses the jab.
Hogan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Horrible takedown by Hogan or perhaps it was just good defense by Beach which made him look bad.
Kory Beach has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hulk Junior Hogan.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hogan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hogan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hogan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hogan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hulk Junior Hogan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hogan has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hulk Junior Hogan!
Hulk Junior Hogan is the new bantamweight champion!