PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Hawke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chad Bugasto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hawke
vs
Bugasto

180 cm
25
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
195 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Knockout power

MMA Animal

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Hawke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chad Bugasto!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, John Mangel and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bugasto has managed to clinch.
Hawke takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bugasto.
Knees to the body from Bugasto.
Hawke tries for a takedown but Bugasto manages to get underhooks.
Bugasto with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bugasto putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hawke in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hawke tries for a takedown but Bugasto manages to get underhooks.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bugasto.
Hawke drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bugasto gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Hawke. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hawke is breathing heavily.
Bugasto stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bugasto landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hawke looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bugasto connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hawke's face.

It looks like John Hawke has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bugasto scores with a knee to the head.
Hawke wants a takedown but no success here.
Bugasto landing knees to the head.
Bugasto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hawke is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Bugasto gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Bugasto landing knees to the body.
Bugasto lands a nice elbow.
Bugasto maintains plum control as Hawke tries to back straight out! Bugasto connects with one knee! Two knees! Three, four, five, six...seven unasnwered knees! Hawke blocks the eight but eats the ninth - then collapses! Oh the brutality!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knees). Chad Bugasto!