PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hulk Hogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Humble Bman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bman has chosen Ramones - Spiderman as his entrance music. Hulk Hogan could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Humble Bman's chin.

Hogan
vs
Bman

190 cm
23
210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
21
220 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Great wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hulk Hogan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Humble Bman!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Emerson Jorge and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hogan has a takedown stuffed.
Hogan shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bman as he avoids it easily.
Bman tries to clinch up.
Hogan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Hogan moves into range and clinches up with Bman.
Hogan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hogan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bman misses with a knee to the head.
Bman is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hogan taking a breather.
Hogan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bman blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bman misses with a knee to the head.
Bman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hogan blocks it with crossed arms.
The referee calls for Hogan to work.
Hogan misses with a hook from the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hogan taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hogan misses with a punch on the inside.
Bman prevents a body shot from Hogan.
Hogan swings wildly with an uppercut but Bman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hogan leaning against his opponent.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hogan.
Hogan looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hulk Hogan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bman taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Hogan.
Hogan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hogan misses with the head strike.
Bman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hogan as Bman tries to tie him up.
Hogan content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bman.
Hogan lands with a right to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hogan.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hogan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hogan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hogan taking a breather.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hogan takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Hulk Hogan has been cut.
Hogan working aggressively here.
Bman with a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bman as Hogan tries to tie him up.
Hogan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hogan is looking to control Bman's arms but Bman gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hogan has his back to the cage.
Hogan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hogan tries to throw a body punch but Bman avoids it by throwing Hogan back against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bman effectively controlling the action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bman.
Hogan scores with a shot to the side of Bman's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bman as Hogan tries to tie him up.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hogan.
Bman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bman lands an elbow that stopped Hogan in his tracks for a moment.
Hogan effectively controlling the action here.
Hogan tries to work over Bman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bman taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Bman wants to stall.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bman looking to throw knees to the head but Hogan is blocking nicely.
Hogan drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bman gets the underhooks and prevents it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A short right from Hogan.
Bman connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hulk Hogan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hulk Hogan's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Hogan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hogan looks to score with a jab to the body but Bman is just out of range.
Hogan shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bman pinned against the cage. Bman gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Bman has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hogan misses with some punches.
Hogan working aggressively here.
Hogan misses with a punch on the inside.
Hogan tries to throw a body punch but Bman avoids it by throwing Hogan back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Hogan.
Bman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hogan.
Bman lands a knee to the body.
Bman looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan throws a punch but it's blocked by Bman.
Come on Hogan - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bman tries a knee to the head but Hogan blocks it.
Hogan gets through Bman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hogan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hogan tries to throw a body punch but Bman avoids it by throwing Hogan back against the cage.

Hogan tightens his grip and picks Bman up, before dumping him to the ground. Bman manages to land in guard.
Hogan not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Hogan's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hogan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogan seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Bman looking to control.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hogan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hogan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bman momentarily.
Humble Bman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hogan.
Hogan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hogan looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Bman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hogan swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bman moves in looking to clinch but Hogan pushes him off.
Bman is looking to clinch but Hogan is avoiding it.
Bman throws a hook but Hogan avoids it easily.
Hogan scores with a jab. Bman acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bman moves out of range of the strikes.
Hogan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hogan misses the shot to the body.
Bman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bman displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hogan.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hulk Hogan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bman keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hogan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hogan fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hogan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Hogan looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Bman!
Hogan tries to control but Bman wriggling away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hogan landing strikes, looking to finish!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hogan controlling from the full mount.
Bman flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hulk Hogan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hulk Hogan's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Hogan loads up on a big right hand but Bman slips the punch.
Bman slips a straight right by Hogan.
Bman is looking to chop away at Hogan's legs.
Bman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hogan.
Bman tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hogan counters with a nice uppercut.
Humble Bman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hogan throws out the jab.
Hogan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bman.
Hogan swats away the attempt to clinch by Bman.
Bman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hulk Hogan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hogan doesn't manage to clinch there - Bman circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hogan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bman wants to clinch up but Hogan keeps it at a distance.
Hogan changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bman tries to avoid it but Hogan manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bman to the ground. Bman escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hogan gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Bman counters by clinching up.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hulk Hogan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hogan.
Hogan avoids the elbow strike from Bman, against the cage.
Hogan takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bman blocks an uppercut.
Bman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bman blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hulk Hogan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hogan struggles to land a body shot inside as Bman controls his hands.
Bman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hogan avoids it.
Hogan throws a head punch that misses.
Bman slows down the pace here.
Hogan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hogan avoiding damage as Bman throws knees to the body.
Bman is trying to maintain a safe position but Hogan gets an underhook and turns Bman into the cage.
Hogan being controlled against the cage.
Bman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bman misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bman slowing the pace effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan throws a punch but it's blocked by Bman.
Bman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hogan.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hogan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hogan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bman backwards.
Hogan dodges an elbow strike from Bman.
Hogan is pushing Bman up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Good body shot from Hogan.
Bman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A shot in the inside from Hogan.
Bman holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bman blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hogan misses with a short punch on the inside.
The referee calls for Hogan to work.
A short uppercut from Hogan.
Hogan lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hogan working aggressively here.
Hogan is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hulk Hogan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hogan struggles to land a body shot inside as Bman controls his hands.
Bman is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hogan is working Bman over against the cage.
Humble Bman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bman throws a knee to the head but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hulk Hogan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hogan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hulk Hogan!