PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Charles Hawtry (ranked 388 p4p, 333 weight class) and Jay Steve (ranked 55 p4p, 46 weight class). Hawtry comes to the cage accompanied by The Rain. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Jay Steve enters the cage!

Hawtry
vs
Steve

182 cm
35
159
24 - 18 - 1

185 cm
35
177
25 - 18 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing
HELLBENT

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Hawtry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jay Steve!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steve moves away from the strike by Hawtry.
Hawtry ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Steve moves away.
Hawtry slips a straight right by Steve.
Donk. Hawtry catches Steve right on the button with a cross.
Steve lands with a nice body punch.
Steve dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Steve misses with a looping left.
Steve takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jab from Steve.

It looks like Charles Hawtry has been cut.
We've been hearing reports that Hawtry has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Hawtry cracks Steve with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hawtry slips under a jab from Steve.
Steve looks to land a right hand but Hawtry moved out of range.
Steve lands a lovely overhand right.
Jay Steve seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!
Steve moves out of range as Hawtry strikes.
Steve throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hawtry uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Steve.
Steve lands with a nice body punch.
Steve misses with an uppercut.
Hawtry moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve takes a swing at Hawtry's ribcage but misses.
Hawtry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Steve walks into a left hand.
Nice shot by Steve.
A telegraphed right hand from Hawtry misses the target.
Steve looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hawtry avoids the body shot from Steve.
Steve ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Steve throws a head kick but Hawtry moves out of range.
Steve thows a left - swing and a miss!
Steve misses with a lunging right hand
and Hawtry counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hawtry throws the left hand but Steve avoids the punch easily.
Steve throws out a counter right but Hawtry avoids it with no problem.

Hawtry takes the fight into the clinch.
Steve throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Good body shot from Steve.
Hawtry tries to pull guard but Steve holds him up against the cage and eventually Hawtry drops back down to his feet.
Steve misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Steve misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hawtry changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Steve fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Steve throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hawtry sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Steve fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jay Steve is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Steve moves into the clinch successfully.
Hawtry misses with a body punch.
Steve misses with a punch to the body.
Steve lands an elbow inside.
Steve misses with a hook from the clinch.
Steve throws a head punch that misses.
Steve misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hawtry stalling in the clinch but Steve improves position.
Steve working aggressively here.
Hawtry blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hawtry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Steve blocks the elbow strike.
Steve misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hawtry prevents a body shot from Steve.
Hawtry lands with a right to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawtry lands a nice shot to the body.
Steve fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hawtry blocking some punches.
Hawtry prevents a body shot from Steve.
A short uppercut from Steve.
Hawtry trying to land knees to the body.
Hawtry takes a shot to the head.
Steve throws a punch but it's blocked by Hawtry.
Steve throws a head punch that misses.
Steve lands an elbow inside.
A head punch on the inside from Steve fails to land.
Steve swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Steve tries to work over Hawtry's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hawtry tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Steve just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Charles Hawtry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hawtry lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Steve misses with a hook from the clinch.
Steve swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Steve.
Hawtry misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steve throws a head punch that misses.
Hawtry tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Steve smiles and moves away.
Steve just misses with a punch to the body.
Hawtry slips under a jab from Steve.
Donk. Hawtry catches Steve right on the button with a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hawtry lands with a nice body punch.
Steve just misses with a punch to the body.
Hawtry works Steve's body with a nice hook.
Steve uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hawtry.
Hawtry moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromSteve.
Hawtry connects with a jab.
Steve fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hawtry on the side of the head.
Hawtry loads up on a big right hand but Steve slips the punch.
Hawtry lands a jab to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Steve tries to clinch up

and Hawtry counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Hawtry makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Steve dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Charles Hawtry's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hawtry takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Steve misses with a left hand
and Steve takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A big right from Steve misses.
Steve ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Steve scores with a nice right hand.
Steve throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hawtry avoids the head kick by Steve.
Hawtry was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Hawtry lunges at Steve with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Steve's hand.
Hawtry shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Steve but Steve pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Steve is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Steve misses the target.
Steve swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hawtry tries to counter by clinching up but Steve breaks away and moves out of range.

Hawtry shoots in and bounces Steve off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hawtry postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Steve pushes Hawtry off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve misses the jab.
Hawtry half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Steve throws a head kick but Hawtry moves out of range.
Steve dips to his left and cracks Hawtry with an uppercut!
Steve throws a shot from downtown. Hawtry moves away and avoids it.
Hawtry scores with a jab to the head.
Steve smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A jab from Hawtry does it's job there.
Hawtry misses with a hook. Steve ducked under it nicely.
Hawtry displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Steve throws out the jab.
Steve connects with a body shot that sends Hawtry's belly button to the back.
Steve thows a left - swing and a miss!
Steve bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hawtry's head.
Steve has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Steve throws a jab when Hawtry was well out of range.
Hawtry throws a series of punches but Steve moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hawtry steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Steve.
Hawtry lands a nice looking body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawtry walks into a jab.

Hawtry is rocked!
Steve throws a looping overhand right but Hawtry ducks down to avoid it.
Oh Hawtry is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Steve swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Steve throws a monster overhand right that drops Hawtry! Steve follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jay Steve!
A very excited looking Jay Steve rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
Charles Hawtry spoke after the fight, saying 'Fuck you all, ya pricks!!'.