PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kia Blank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Hawk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hawk has chosen Its Not Over/Daughtry as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Blank is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Tony Hawk has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Kia Blank's chin.

Blank
vs
Hawk

193 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

179 cm
25
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Kia Blank!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tony Hawk!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, William Gold and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hawk displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Blank throws out the jab.
Blank is breathing heavily.
Blank stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Blank wants it to stay on the feet.
Hawk shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Blank pinned against the cage. Blank gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Hawk misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Kia Blank has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tony Hawk.

Hawk scores a takedown into full mount!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Hawk looking to control but Blank is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Blank knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hawk on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawk is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.
Hawk wants to control the pace but Blank is squirming around nicely.
Blank really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Blank squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Blank really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Hawk looking to control but Blank is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blank working to try and regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hawk wants to control the pace but Blank is squirming around nicely.
Hawk might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Blank kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Blank swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawk wants to control the pace but Blank is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hawk wants to stand but Blank is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
Blank is squirming around, avoiding Hawk's attempts to control the action.
Hawk tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
Hawk looking to control but Blank is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawk raining down shots from the mount!

Hawk looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Hawk tries to control but Blank wriggling away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Hawk wants to finish this one by submission but Blank is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Hawk.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Hawk dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kia Blank's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hawk moves into the clinch successfully.
Hawk misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blank.
Blank tries to break free but Hawk pushes him back against the cage.
Hawk lands an elbow just above Blank 's eye.
Hawk lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Kia Blank's cut is getting worse.
Blank wants to break free but Hawk has control.
Hawk is trying to break free.
Hawk lands an elbow inside that Blank shrugs off.
Hawk lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Kia Blank's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

Hawk breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kia Blank seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hawk looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Blank displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hawk.
Hawk wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawk scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Hawk closes the distance and clinches.
Hawk comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Blank is rocked!

Jeez, Kia Blank's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Kia Blank's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tony Hawk!
Tony Hawk seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.