PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between haso hogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brock Lesnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). hogan comes to the cage accompanied by wanderlei intro. Brock Lesnar has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with haso hogan's chin.

hogan
vs
Lesnar

197 cm
23
300 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

198 cm
22
286 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, haso hogan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brock Lesnar!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Steve Montenegro and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lesnar fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lesnar doesn't manage to clinch there - hogan circles away.
Lesnar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lesnar should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
hogan tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lesnar swivels and escapes.
hogan fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Lesnar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
hogan swats away the attempt to clinch by Lesnar.

Lesnar closes the distance and pushes hogan back into the cage.
hogan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
hogan is working for takedown but Lesnar is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for haso hogan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

hogan has picked Lesnar up - he's going for a ride! hogan dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lesnar is staying active underneath hogan, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Lesnar tries to kick hogan off but hogan keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
hogan trying to mount his opponent but Lesnar defends it.
Lesnar is trying to defend against the ground and pound but hogan scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
hogan prevents Lesnar from improving his position.
Lesnar trying to control here.
hogan stops Lesnar from getting back to his feet.
hogan working Lesnar over with strikes.
Lesnar is trying to defend against the ground and pound but hogan scores with a couple of nice shots.
hogan drops an elbow to the side of Lesnar's head.
Lesnar is trying to stand.
Lesnar keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lesnar tries to get to full guard but hogan has control of the leg.
hogan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
hogan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Lesnar looks gassed!
Lesnar trying to hold on to hogan's head to control him but hogan postures up.
hogan throwing shots but Lesnar is blocking nicely.
hogan slows the pace down in half guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Lesnar with a poor takedown

and hogan counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Lesnar's guard now.

hogan drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and hogan jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
hogan is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
hogan throwing strikes but missing.
hogan is working Lesnar over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
hogan passes Lesnar's left leg - he's now in half guard.

hogan is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Lesnar doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time hogan.
Lesnar is looking to control hogan's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Lesnar avoid being mounted?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar taking some punishment here, with hogan in his half guard.

hogan is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
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. hogan connects with a nice short shot to Lesnar's temple.
hogan slips a nice elbow through Lesnar's hands, connecting with Lesnar's forehead.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
hogan is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Lesnar wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

haso hogan dominated that 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.

hogan darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
hogan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lesnar's head.

hogan is working for a submission of some sort.
hogan throwing shots but Lesnar is blocking nicely.
Lesnar is looking to improve his position.

hogan is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Lesnar defends it well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
hogan content to control rather than advance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnar is pressing down on hogan's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
hogan trying to control but Lesnar is working from the bottom.
hogan is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Lesnar looking for a guillotine here but hogan defends easily.
hogan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
hogan with a nice head shot there.
hogan makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Lesnar has momentary wrist control but hogan slips an elbow through the middle.
hogan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
hogan advances to half guard.
hogan is trying to control. Lesnar wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
hogan looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
hogan lands with a punch from half guard.
hogan blocks the strikes from Lesnar.
Lesnar has hold of hogan's hands but hogan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
hogan controlling the action here.
Lesnar is refusing to be controlled, as hogan sits in half guard.
Lesnar is trying to get back to full guard.

hogan stands up out of the half guard.

hogan shoots in and bounces Lesnar off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
hogan wants to control from the top but Lesnar keeps moving.
haso hogan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar looking to control.
hogan landing some decent shots from guard.
Lesnar trying to control the position.
hogan prevents Lesnar from getting back to his feet.
hogan working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lesnar's head.
hogan works over Lesnar with some ground and pound from guard.
hogan looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
hogan wants to control from the top but Lesnar keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

haso hogan dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

hogan shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. hogan showed some decent athleticism there.

hogan is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
hogan wants to pass to mount but Lesnar is defending the position.
hogan seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Lesnar does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

hogan stands up out of the half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
hogan wants to clinch but Lesnar slips to the side
and Lesnar counters with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by hogan or perhaps it was just good defense by Lesnar which made him look bad.
hogan blocks a head kick by Lesnar.
Lesnar tries to score a power double leg takedown but hogan sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Lesnar somewhat.

hogan 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.
hogan trying to control but Lesnar is working from the bottom.
hogan lands a couple of digs.
Lesnar is trying to control the position but hogan postures up.
hogan trying to control but Lesnar is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
hogan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Lesnar is looking to sweep but instead, hogan has passed into half guard.

hogan stands up from half guard.

hogan closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

hogan stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Lesnar to get to his feet.
Lesnar looks to throw a body kick

and hogan counters with a shoot takedown. Lesnar fights it but they end up in guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
hogan trying to control but Lesnar is working from the bottom.
hogan is looking to work some ground and pound but Lesnar has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
hogan scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
hogan postures up and lands a big shot to Lesnar's brow.
hogan is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
haso hogan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
hogan has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Lesnar is trying to control the position from the bottom.
hogan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lesnar can do to turn this around?
hogan content to stall in guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

hogan thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
hogan working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lesnar's head.
hogan's corner is telling him to maintain position.
hogan won't allow Lesnar to sweep him here.

And that's the end of the fight!
haso 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... haso hogan!