PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dominic Trujillo (ranked 2344 p4p, 1475 weight class) and Stephen Hawking (ranked 299 p4p, 204 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Trujillo
vs
Hawking

175 cm
46
174
36 - 19 - 2

174 cm
22
176
9 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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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 36 - 19 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Dominic Trujillo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Stephen Hawking!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Darius Henderson and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trujillo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A combination from Hawking does no damage.
Hawking lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Trujillo checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hawking 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 Trujillo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Trujillo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

Trujillo gets a double leg takedown into Hawking's guard.

Hawking is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Trujillo presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hawking is trying to break the clinch but Trujillo has him pressed against the cage.
Hawking prevents a takedown attempt there.
Trujillo can't find room to land a body shot as Hawking controls the action.
Hawking is trying to pull guard but Trujillo turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Hawking is trying to break free.
Hawking is trying to pull guard but Trujillo has him pressed against the cage.
Hawking has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hawking lands a nice shot to the body.
Still in the clinch, Trujillo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hawking is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hawking misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trujillo struggles to land a body shot inside as Hawking controls his hands.
Trujillo misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Trujillo.

Hawking manages to break the clinch.
Hawking misses with a wild combination.
Trujillo dives in and grabs Hawking's left leg, looking for a takedown. Hawking pushes down on Trujillo's head and hops out.
Trujillo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Trujillo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A combination from Hawking does no damage.
Trujillo throws a body punch but Hawking moves out of range.
Hawking has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Trujillo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hawking looks for the body kick but Trujillo saw that one coming.
Trujillo staying out of range there.
Trujillo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hawking manages to avoid it.
Hawking throws a body kick that misses
and Trujillo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawking is looking to land body kicks.
Trujillo avoids the head kick by Hawking.
Hawking lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trujillo misses with a looping right.
Hawking moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nice uppercut there from Trujillo.
Trujillo swings widly with a right hand

and Hawking holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Trujillo misses with some punches.
Hawking stalling in the clinch.
Hawking wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hawking fails to pull guard.
Dominic Trujillo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stephen Hawking.
Trujillo lands a shot to the body.
Trujillo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hawking backwards.
Hawking gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Trujillo.
Trujillo misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawking tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Trujillo smiles and moves away.
Trujillo shoots for a takedown but Hawking saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hawking tries to land a leg kick but Trujillo saw it coming and moves away.
Hawking misses with a body shot.
Hawking misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hawking throws a looping overhand right but Trujillo ducks down to avoid it.
Hawking is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Trujillo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Trujillo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hawking manages to avoid it.
Trujillo sets himself, and Hawking steps forward looking for the clinch! Trujillo avoids it this time.
Hawking takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A shot to the liver by Trujillo. Beautiful body shot.
Trujillo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hawking looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Trujillo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hawking throws a lazy body kick
enabling Trujillo to counter with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo lands a right hook to the body.
Dominic Trujillo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Trujillo tries to keep at a distance but Hawking has taken the fight into the clinch.

Hawking pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hawking throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Jab by Trujillo.
Trujillo blocks a leg kick.
Hawking just misses with a punch to the body.
Trujillo throws the left hand but Hawking avoids the punch easily.
Hawking tries to bum rush Trujillo with a series of wild strikes but Trujillo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hawking throws a right and a left that Trujillo avoids nicely.
Danga de danga de dang - Trujillo scores with a four punch combination!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hawking closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Trujillo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Trujillo stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Stephen Hawking will probably get the nod.
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.

Hawking throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Trujillo.
Hawking avoids the body shot from Trujillo.
As Trujillo backs off Hawking throws a huge counter combo but Trujillo manages to avoid it all.
Trujillo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hawking's head.
Trujillo lands a nice hook to Hawking's body. Hawking takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Stephen Hawking is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Trujillo takes a swing at Hawking's ribcage but misses.
Trujillo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hawking throws a head kick that misses.
Some wild striking there from Hawking.
Hawking motions for Trujillo to come forward. Hawking throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hawking tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Trujillo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hawking throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hawking tries to clinch
and Trujillo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hawking throws a right hand that Trujillo ducks under and follows up with a left that Trujillo also avoids with ease.
Hawking misses with a two punch combination.
Stephen Hawking seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hawking clobbers Trujillo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trujillo cracks Hawking with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nice defenses there by Trujillo.
Trujillo scores with a decent looking hook.
Hawking misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hawking takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hawking doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hawking is looking to clinch.
Trujillo lands with a good body shot.
Hawking takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Trujillo lands with a shot to the body.
Hawking swinging wildly here.
Trujillo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trujillo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawking throws a head kick but Trujillo moves out of range.
Trujillo misses with a right hand

and Hawking holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Trujillo lands a nice shot to the body.

Hawking breaks from the clinch.

Hawking clinches up against the cage.
Trujillo is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hawking gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Trujillo lands with a light punch inside.
Trujillo has Hawking pressed against the cage, preventing Hawking from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hawking prevents a takedown attempt there.
Trujillo misses with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hawking is trying to break free.
Trujillo misses with a punch on the inside.
Trujillo misses with a punch to the body.
Trujillo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Trujillo manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hawking has closed the distance and engaged Trujillo in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Trujillo fails to land.
Trujillo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hawking's elbow.
Trujillo swings wildly with an uppercut but Hawking uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trujillo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hawking backwards.
Hawking tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Hawking breaks the clinch.
Trujillo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Trujillo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hawking.
Trujillo throws a right hand that misses
and Hawking counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A head kick by Hawking misses
and Trujillo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Trujillo misses the shot to the body.
Trujillo avoids a kick to the body.
Trujillo throws a body shot but no joy.
Hawking throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Trujillo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hawking thows a leg kick but Trujillo checks it
and Trujillo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hawking tries to close the distance and clinch but Trujillo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hawking has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Trujillo.
Hawking misses with a right hand
and Trujillo counters with a nice body shot.
Trujillo with the inside leg kick.
Trujillo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A clash of legs there as Trujillo blocks the low kick.
A head kick misses from Hawking.
Trujillo scores with a jab to the body.
Hawking scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Trujillo doesn't seem bothered though.
Trujillo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hawking misses with a few strikes there.
A left lands for Trujillo.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dominic Trujillo dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Trujillo swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hawking misses with a head kick.
Trujillo with the inside leg kick.
Trujillo looks to score with a jab to the body but Hawking is just out of range.
Trujillo throws a body shot but no joy.
Trujillo scores with a decent looking hook.
Hawking tried to score with a low kick but Trujillo checks it.
Hawking misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hawking will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trujillo throws a body punch but Hawking moves out of range.
Hawking uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Trujillo.
Hawking fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Trujillo manages to avoid it.
Hawking avoids the body shot from Trujillo.
Hawking throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawking takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A left lands for Trujillo.
Hawking uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Trujillo.
Hawking attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A leg kick checked by Trujillo.
Trujillo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hawking takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hawking on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Trujillo. Trujillo obviously looking to wear him down.
Hawking throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hawking misses with a low kick.
Hawking has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hawking has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Trujillo.
Hawking throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Trujillo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hawking throws a nice looking combination but Trujillo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Stephen Hawking is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Trujillo misses with a body shot.
Hawking lands with a nice body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawking throws a series of punches but Trujillo avoids them all with ease.
Trujillo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trujillo uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hawking has time to react.
Hawking throws a half hearted mid kick.
Trujillo feinted with a counter takedown.
Hawking fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hawking thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hawking on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Trujillo is looking to wear down Hawking with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Trujillo throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hawking.
Hawking slips under a jab from Trujillo.
Hawking is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Hawking walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Trujillo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Trujillo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hawking misses with a two punch combination.
Trujillo walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hawking checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hawking lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Hawking connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Trujillo momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawking jabs Trujillo right on the nose. Trujillo blinks but takes it well.
Hawking throws a series of punches but Trujillo moves out of range.
A cross from Trujillo lands.
Trujillo connects with a looping right hand.
Trujillo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hawking manages to avoid it.
Hawking throws a sloppy head kick
and Trujillo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A head kick by Hawking misses
and Trujillo counters with an outside leg kick.
Hawking takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A nice leg kick from Trujillo, right into the meat of the thigh.
Trujillo scores with a sloppy right hand. Hawking should have avoided that one.
Hawking tries to land a leg kick but Trujillo saw it coming and moves away.
Trujillo is looking to counter punch.
Trujillo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hawking manages to avoid it.
Trujillo takes a swing at Hawking's ribcage but misses.
Hawking throws a sloppy head kick and Trujillo moves out of range easily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Trujillo 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 Hawking has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hawking and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawking throws a sloppy head kick and Trujillo moves out of range easily.
Hawking throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
It looked like Trujillo wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
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!
Trujillo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A big left from Trujillo misses.
Hawking is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hawking fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hawking throws a head kick that misses
and Trujillo counters with a slapping leg kick.
Trujillo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hawking misses with a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Hawking.
A shot to the body from Trujillo misses
and Hawking counters with a nice uppercut.
Hawking fails in his attempt to clinch.
A cross from Trujillo lands.
Trujillo misses with a looping left.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Dominic Trujillo.
I think Trujillo has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Ben Watson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 30:28
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dominic Trujillo!
Dominic Trujillo bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.