PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John Equinox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephen Hawking (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Equinox has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Equinox
vs
Hawking

172 cm
25
150 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

175 cm
23
150 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

[†]FALCON CLOTHING[†]
[†]FALCON CLOTHING[†]

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Equinox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Stephen Hawking!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Edson Gomes and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hawking with a nice cross.
Equinox looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Equinox is looking to clinch but Hawking is avoiding it.
Equinox tries to clinch up.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hawking is defended easily by Equinox.
Equinox throws out a loose jab but Hawking uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hawking throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Equinox wants to clinch.
Hawking swings for the body but Equinox moves out of range.
Hawking thows a body shot but no joy.
Equinox fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hawking scores with a jab to the body.
Hawking misses with a wild body shot.
Stephen Hawking seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Equinox fails with an attempt to clinch.
Equinox on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hawking shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Equinox pinned against the cage. Equinox gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Hawking scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Hawking lands a nice forearm strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawking lands some shots froms side control.
Hawking is staying tight to Equinox's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Equinox is not content to let Hawking control the position.
Hawking works to advance to full mount. Equinox defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Equinox is desperately trying to improve his position but Hawking has a good base and remains in mount.
Equinox squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Hawking lands a nice shot to the head.
Equinox squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Equinox really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hawking postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Equinox looks a forlorn figure.
Equinox is desperately trying to improve his position but Hawking has a good base and remains in mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Equinox is in a horrible position here. Hawking smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hawking landing strikes from the mount.

Equinox is rocked!
Hawking lands a big shot there that rocks Equinox but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Oh Equinox is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Equinox is bucking up trying to escape but Hawking cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hawking connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hawking raining down shots from the mount!
Hawking has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Equinox tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hawking lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hawking with shots to the head and body - Equinox looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hawking content just to control the position here.
Hawking cracks Equinox with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Equinox is trying to stand.
Equinox seems to have got his legs back now.
Hawking has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Equinox's face.
Hawking has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Equinox's face.
Equinox on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Equinox tries to get out of the position.
Equinox takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Equinox is in all sorts of trouble here.
The referee warns Equinox that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Hawking lands a nice shot to the head.
Hawking working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Equinox sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hawking connects with a nice short shot to Equinox's temple.
Equinox pushes Hawking off looking to stand but Hawking dives back in and keeps control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Equinox is looking to improve his position.
Hawking is keen to just control but Equinox is a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawking drops an elbow to the side of Equinox's head.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Hawking in particular looking to stall.
Hawking lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Equinox has hold of Hawking's hands but Hawking slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Equinox is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hawking scores with a couple of nice shots.
Hawking moves nicely into side control.
Equinox tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Hawking lands a decent elbow from side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Equinox is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Check out the look on Hawking's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Hawking grinds an elbow into Equinox's temple.
Equinox tries to improve position but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stephen Hawking dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Equinox keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jab from Hawking.
Equinox tries to clinch but Hawking is having none of it.
Equinox tries to clinch but Hawking moves out of range.
Hawking swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Equinox.
Equinox wants to clinch.
Equinox fails with an attempt to clinch.

Hawking drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Hawking sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Equinox's guard.
Hawking stops Equinox from getting back to his feet.
Hawking drops an elbow to the side of Equinox's head.
Equinox is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Stephen Hawking has got the better of the ground game so far.
Equinox pushes Hawking off looking to stand but Hawking dives back in and keeps control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hawking looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hawking drops an elbow to the side of Equinox's head.
Hawking looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hawking is nestled in close to Equinox, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Hawking looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Equinox with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hawking frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
BOOM! Hawking connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Hawking has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Equinox is working to get back to half guard.
Equinox squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Hawking takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Hawking working Equinox over with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawking scoring with strikes but Equinox is staying in there.
Equinox in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Equinox keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hawking cracks Equinox with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Hawking cracks Equinox with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stephen Hawking!