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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between BMac Sapp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathan Hawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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130 lbs
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142 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, BMac Sapp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jonathan Hawkins!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Taro Takaoka and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sapp misses with an uppercut.
BMac Sapp seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hawkins has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hawkins there as he acknowledges the shot.
It looks like Jonathan Hawkins has been cut.
Hawkins fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sapp misses the jab.
Hawkins bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hawkins walks into a jab.
Hawkins misses with a wild body shot.
Hawkins moves away from the strike by Sapp.
Sapp thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sapp throws a jab when Hawkins was well out of range.
Sapp defending well as Hawkins loads up on a big left hand.
Sapp misses with a looping left.
Sapp misses the jab.
Sapp throws a shot from downtown. Hawkins moves away and avoids it.
Sapp throws a hook to the side of Hawkins's head but Hawkins sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hawkins ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sapp misses with a straight right.
Sapp throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hawkins scores with a hook to the body. Sapp takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sapp looks to throw the jab but Hawkins is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawkins drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Hawkins passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Hawkins in side control, throwing shots but Sapp defends.
Hawkins tries to score with some ground and pound. Sapp controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Hawkins working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Sapp on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Hawkins is putting a hurting on Sapp here, landing some big shots from side control.
Sapp dodges the ground and pound from Hawkins.
Sapp is breathing heavily.
Hawkins tries to score with some ground and pound. Sapp controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins trying to control the action but Sapp is working from the bottom.
Hawkins landing a few strikes.
Sapp taking punishment in the form of punches.
Hawkins slows the pace down.
Sapp avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Hawkins.
Sapp defending against the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins scores with punches from side control.
Sapp trying to remain calm as Hawkins controls from the top position.
Sapp on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sapp tries to get out of the position.
Hawkins grinds an elbow into Sapp's temple.
Hawkins cracks Sapp with a big right hand but Sapp just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Sapp takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
You can see the frustration on Sapp's face as Hawkins controls the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Hawkins controlling the position from side mount.
Hawkins advances nicely into full mount.
Hawkins cracks Sapp with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Hawkins lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hawkins landing punches.
Hawkins content just to control the position here.
Hawkins fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jonathan Hawkins dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jonathan Hawkins'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.
Hawkins connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sapp's hands.
Sapp misses with an uppercut.
Hawkins steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sapp.
A big right from Sapp misses.
Sapp throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hawkins sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sapp gets caught flat footed, as Hawkins shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Sapp wants to get back to his feet but Hawkins is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Sapp really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Hawkins passes Sapp's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Sapp keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sapp taking some punishment here, with Hawkins in his half guard.
Hawkins trying to control the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawkins not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sapp knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hawkins on the ground.
Hawkins looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Sapp blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hawkins.
Hawkins works his foot free and advances to mount.
Hawkins lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sapp taking shots to the head.
Hawkins scoring with strikes but Sapp is staying in there.
Hawkins working Sapp over with strikes here.
Sapp is rocked!
Hawkins lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Oh Sapp is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hawkins looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Sapp covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jonathan Hawkins!
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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