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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hulk Hogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Whitplay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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277 lbs
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265 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hulk Hogan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Whitplay!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hogan is looking to clinch but Whitplay is avoiding it.
Mike Whitplay seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Whitplay waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Hogan.
Whitplay fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hogan on the side of the head.
Whitplay looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Whitplay misses with the combination.
Whitplay scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Whitplay shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hogan but Hogan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Whitplay.
Hulk Hogan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Whitplay.
Whitplay misses with a wild combination.
Whitplay closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hogan circles away.
Whitplay misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Whitplay feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Whitplay looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hogan wants to stand up but Whitplay is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan working for a triangle but Whitplay defends it easily.
Hogan is trying to keep Whitplay in close.
Whitplay stops Hogan from standing up.
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.
Hogan trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Whitplay trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hogan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Whitplay looks to land a right hand but Hogan moved out of range.
A solid body kick from Hogan.
Hogan rushes Whitplay and presses him up against the cage.
Hogan lands a damaging elbow.
Hogan holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hogan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hogan has closed the distance and engaged Whitplay in a clinch.
Hogan scores a nice knee to the body.
Hogan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hogan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hulk Hogan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Whitplay circles away from the clinch attempt.
Whitplay circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hogan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Whitplay swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hogan lands a nice knee to the body.
Hogan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hogan lands a knee to the body.
Hogan will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Whitplay up against the cage.
Hogan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitplay swats away the attempt to clinch by Hogan.
Whitplay changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hogan tries to avoid it but Whitplay manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hogan to the ground. Hogan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hogan clinches.
Hogan manages to break the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Knees to the body from Hogan.
Hogan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hogan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hogan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hogan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Whitplay can't break the clinch.
Hogan lands an elbow just above Whitplay 's eye.
Whitplay tries for a takedown but Hogan manages to get underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hulk Hogan dominated that round.
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.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hogan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Whitplay misses with a hook. Hogan ducked under it nicely.
Hogan drives through and clinches with Whitplay against the cage.
Hogan breaks from the clinch.
Whitplay misses with an uppercut.
Whitplay stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hogan rushes Whitplay and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hogan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Whitplay avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hogan darts in and clinches Whitplay up against the cage.
Hogan lands a damaging elbow.
Whitplay has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hogan is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Hogan taking a breather.
Whitplay tries for a takedown. No joy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hogan with a knee to the head.
It looks like Mike Whitplay has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitplay takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hogan breaks the clinch.
Hogan moves into the clinch.
Hogan lands a nice knee to the body.
Whitplay wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hogan is struggling to control the position.
Whitplay looking for a takedown.
Hulk Hogan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Whitplay.
Hogan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hogan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Whitplay finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hogan scores with a leg kick.
Hogan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hogan is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Hogan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogan tries to clinch but Whitplay is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hogan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Whitplay works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Whitplay tries for a takedown but Hogan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Whitplay misses with an uppercut. Hogan saw that one coming.
Whitplay tries to keep at a distance but Hogan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hogan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Whitplay lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hogan scores with a knee to the head.
Hogan is pushing Whitplay up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Whitplay fails to pull guard.
Knees to the body from Hogan.
Hogan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Whitplay's face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan prevents the takedown attempt.
Hogan is pushing Whitplay up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hogan breaks from the clinch.
Whitplay closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Hogan to the mat! Hogan manages to get full guard.
Whitplay trying to control but Hogan is working from the bottom.
Whitplay drops back looking for a leg! Hogan is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Hogan manages to kick Whitplay off! Whitplay jumps back into Hogan's guard.
Hogan pushes Whitplay off and gets back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitplay avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hogan moves in looking to clinch but Whitplay pushes him off.
Whitplay throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hogan blocks a jab.
Whitplay shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hogan as he jumps to the side.
Hogan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Whitplay changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hogan tries to avoid it but Whitplay manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hogan to the ground. Hogan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Whitplay might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Whitplay keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hogan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hulk Hogan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mike Whitplay'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. This is the final round!
Hogan doesn't manage to clinch there - Whitplay circles away.
Hulk Hogan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Whitplay tries to keep at a distance but Hogan has taken the fight into the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hogan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Whitplay has had enough of the clinch but Hogan keeps him there for the moment.
Hogan connects with a knee to the head.
Hogan gets underhooks to prevent Whitplay's takedown attempt.
Hogan manages to break the clinch.
Whitplay misses with a looping right.
Whitplay throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hogan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice combination there by Hogan.
Hogan wants to clinch up but Whitplay keeps it at a distance.
Hogan has Whitplay up against the cage in a clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan prevents the takedown attempt.
Hogan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hogan is looking to clinch.
Hogan tries to clinch but Whitplay is having none of it.
Hogan gets a clinch.
Whitplay takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hogan prevents a takedown attempt there.
Hulk Hogan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Whitplay.
Whitplay looking to slow down the pace here.
Hogan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hogan wants to clinch up but Whitplay keeps it at a distance.
Hogan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Whitplay tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hogan just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogan stalling the fight.
Hogan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Whitplay.
Whitplay tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hogan just stands there and leans against the cage.
Hogan stalling the fight.
Whitplay swings wildly with an uppercut but Hogan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Whitplay tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hogan.
Hulk Hogan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Whitplay wants to stall.
A knee to the head by Hogan.
Whitplay is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Whitplay misses with a knee to the head.
Hogan lands an elbow inside that Whitplay shrugs off.
Hogan is stalling here.
Whitplay jumps guard but Hogan stands there with Whitplay around his waist. Whitplay gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A nice combination there by Whitplay.
Hogan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Whitplay swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hogan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hogan defending well as Whitplay loads up on a big left hand.
Whitplay has a takedown stuffed.
Hulk Hogan is winning the standup battle so far.
Hogan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Whitplay, pushing him back against the cage.
Whitplay tries for a takedown. No joy.
Hogan manages to break the clinch.
Hogan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Whitplay moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hogan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Whitplay listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitplay scores with a jab. Hogan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Whitplay tries a head kick but it misses.
Whitplay shoots for a double leg takedown but Hogan sprawls well. He's pushed Whitplay's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hogan tries to close the distance and clinch but Whitplay swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A cross from Whitplay lands.
Hogan closes the distance and pushes Whitplay back into the cage.
Hogan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Whitplay avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Whitplay.
A jab lands there for Whitplay.
Mike Whitplay has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Whitplay looks for a takedown but Hogan sprawls well.
Whitplay uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hogan has time to react.
Whitplay misses with a body shot.
Hulk Hogan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hogan clinches with his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hulk Hogan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hogan, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hulk Hogan!
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energy
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FIGHT
RATING
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