PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jefferson Davis Hogg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christiano Smokeleaf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hogg comes to the cage accompanied by Last Ones Standing. Smokeleaf has chosen Clawfinger Biggest & the Best as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be fireworks!

Davis Hogg
vs
Smokeleaf

195 cm
29
327 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

200 cm
28
242 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

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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 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jefferson Davis Hogg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Christiano Smokeleaf!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, David Schapiro and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Hogg misses.
Hogg misses with a body kick.
Hogg ducks under a wild hook from Smokeleaf.
Hogg checks a leg kick nicely.
Hogg takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Smokeleaf throws a body punch but Hogg moves out of range.
Smokeleaf swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A head kick misses from Smokeleaf.
Hogg is looking to clinch.
Smokeleaf throws a leg kick but Hogg sees it coming and moves out of range.
Smokeleaf wants to clinch.
Nice cross by Smokeleaf.
Hogg misses with a low kick.
Jefferson Davis Hogg seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smokeleaf wants to slow Hogg down by chopping away at his legs.
Smokeleaf lands a lovely overhand right.
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!
Smokeleaf swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smokeleaf on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smokeleaf scores with a sloppy right hand. Hogg should have avoided that one.
Hogg tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Smokeleaf manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smokeleaf listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hogg pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Smokeleaf pushes Hogg up against the cage in a clinch.
Smokeleaf lands with a light punch inside.
Still in the clinch, Smokeleaf scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hogg goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Smokeleaf tries to throw a body punch but Hogg avoids it by throwing Smokeleaf back against the cage.
Hogg lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Smokeleaf or not.
Hogg with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smokeleaf is working for takedown but Hogg is calmly controlling the position for now.
Smokeleaf misses with some punches.
Smokeleaf managing to block the knees to the body from Hogg.
Hogg blocking some punches.
Hogg using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogg lands a nice knee to the body.
Smokeleaf looks winded!
Hogg with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Christiano Smokeleaf has been cut.
Hogg missing with knees to the body.
Smokeleaf is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hogg pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Hogg lands a shot to the body.
Hogg throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hogg tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smokeleaf's elbow.
Smokeleaf on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smokeleaf tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hogg crunches a lovely knee into Smokeleaf's ribcage.
Hogg is leaning against Smokeleaf and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hogg misses with a knee strike.
Hogg is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Smokeleaf on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hogg stalls.
Hogg blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smokeleaf on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hogg tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smokeleaf's elbow.
Hogg utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Smokeleaf goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hogg tries to land knees in the clinch but Smokeleaf avoids the damage to the body.
Smokeleaf softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hogg connects with a knee to the head.
Smokeleaf working hard to break the clinch.
Hogg tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smokeleaf avoids it.
Smokeleaf is looking for a takedown.
Jefferson Davis Hogg has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Christiano Smokeleaf.
Hogg misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smokeleaf.
Smokeleaf has a couple of punches blocked by Hogg.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Smokeleaf creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hogg lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hogg tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smokeleaf avoids it.
A hook to the body from Hogg.
Hogg putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Smokeleaf in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hogg tries a body shot but Smokeleaf blocks it.
Hogg misses with a knee to the head.
Smokeleaf throws a head punch that misses.
Nice body punch from Hogg.
Smokeleaf goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Smokeleaf is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hogg gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Smokeleaf tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hogg tries to land knees in the clinch but Smokeleaf avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hogg is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smokeleaf is defending well for now.
Hogg tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smokeleaf avoids it.
Smokeleaf misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jefferson Davis Hogg dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Christiano Smokeleaf's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hogg lands a front kick.
Smokeleaf misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hogg.
Smokeleaf will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Smokeleaf looks to land a left hand but Hogg moved out of range nicely.
Hogg throws the kick towards the body but Smokeleaf avoids it.
Smokeleaf moves out of range of the body kick.
Hogg throws a body kick that misses.

Hogg gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jefferson Davis Hogg has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Smokeleaf fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smokeleaf.
Smokeleaf doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hogg throws a knee to the head but misses.
Smokeleaf tries to throw a body punch but Hogg avoids it by throwing Smokeleaf back against the cage.
Smokeleaf goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hogg trying to land knees to the body.
Hogg trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogg is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smokeleaf is defending well for now.
Smokeleaf can't find room to land a body shot as Hogg controls the action.
Smokeleaf tries to throw a body punch but Hogg avoids it by throwing Smokeleaf back against the cage.
Hogg scores a nice knee to the body.
Hogg trying to land knees to the body.
Hogg lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hogg lands a body shot.
Smokeleaf is breathing heavily.
Hogg looking to throw knees to the head but Smokeleaf is blocking nicely.
Hogg blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hogg throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smokeleaf blocks it with crossed arms.
Smokeleaf on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Hogg.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hogg landing knees to the body.
Smokeleaf managing to block the knees to the body from Hogg.
Hogg tries to land knees in the clinch but Smokeleaf avoids the damage to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hogg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogg is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smokeleaf is defending well for now.
Hogg's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hogg lands a body shot in the clinch.
Smokeleaf swings wildly with an uppercut but Hogg uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Smokeleaf.
Smokeleaf on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hogg connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smokeleaf's face.
Hogg scores a nice knee to the body.
Smokeleaf on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hogg landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hogg unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smokeleaf lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hogg tries to land knees in the clinch but Smokeleaf avoids the damage to the body.
Smokeleaf goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Smokeleaf misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogg misses with a punch to the body.
Smokeleaf tries to throw a body punch but Hogg avoids it by throwing Smokeleaf back against the cage.
Hogg landing knees to the body.
Smokeleaf on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hogg is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smokeleaf can do to turn this around?
Smokeleaf managing to block the knees to the body from Hogg.
Smokeleaf can't find room to land a body shot as Hogg controls the action.
Smokeleaf lands a right hand.
Hogg unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Smokeleaf on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smokeleaf struggles to land a body shot inside as Hogg controls his hands.
Hogg with an attempt at a knee that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hogg working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Smokeleaf tries to throw a body punch but Hogg avoids it by throwing Smokeleaf back against the cage.
Hogg missing with knees to the body.
Smokeleaf lands a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smokeleaf on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Smokeleaf.
Smokeleaf misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hogg swings wildly with an uppercut but Smokeleaf uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smokeleaf managing to block the knees to the body from Hogg.
Hogg trying to land knees to the body.
Hogg tries a knee to the head but Smokeleaf blocks it.
A shot in the inside from Smokeleaf.
A left hand lands to the body for Hogg.
Smokeleaf working hard to break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smokeleaf avoiding damage as Hogg throws knees to the body.
Hogg crunches a lovely knee into Smokeleaf's ribcage.
Hogg blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jefferson Davis Hogg dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Christiano Smokeleaf's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Hogg pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hogg is looking to clinch but Smokeleaf is avoiding it.
Hogg wants to clinch up but Smokeleaf keeps it at a distance.
Hogg throws a body kick that misses
and Smokeleaf counters with a right hand to the body.
Smokeleaf misses with the combination.

Smokeleaf tries to keep at a distance but Hogg has taken the fight into the clinch.
Smokeleaf lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hogg tries to land knees in the clinch but Smokeleaf avoids the damage to the body.
Smokeleaf managing to block the knees to the body from Hogg.

Smokeleaf gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Hogg tries to get to full guard but Smokeleaf has control of the leg.

Smokeleaf is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Hogg has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogg makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Hogg.
Hogg keeping moving, preventing Smokeleaf from controlling successfully.
Smokeleaf 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.
Smokeleaf wants to control from the top but Hogg keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christiano Smokeleaf has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hogg controlling the position.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Christiano Smokeleaf hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Hogg tries a head kick but it misses.
Hogg tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Smokeleaf counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hogg cracks Smokeleaf with a good jab.
Hogg tried to score with a low kick but Smokeleaf checks it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hogg.
Hogg throws out a loose jab but Smokeleaf uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hogg scores with a kick to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogg tries to clinch up but Smokeleaf circles away and keeps his distance.
Smokeleaf jabs at Hogg's body.
Hogg misses with a body kick.
Christiano Smokeleaf seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hogg lands with a hook. Smokeleaf tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hogg lands a slapping body shot.
Smokeleaf misses with a looping left.
Smokeleaf ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hogg moves away.
Hogg moves in looking to clinch but Smokeleaf pushes him off.
A low kick from Hogg misses
and Smokeleaf counters with a straight right hand.
Smokeleaf fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hogg manages to avoid it.
Hogg throws a head kick but Smokeleaf moves out of range.
Hogg scoring well with a low kick there.
Hogg missing with a left hand there. Smokeleaf was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jefferson Davis Hogg is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smokeleaf chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hogg can pounce on him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smokeleaf throws a hook to the side of Hogg's head but Hogg sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Good leg kick by Smokeleaf there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hogg fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Smokeleaf misses with a leg kick.
Smokeleaf cracks Hogg with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Smokeleaf keeps the fight on the outside.
Hogg looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Jefferson Davis Hogg is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hogg throws the kick towards the body but Smokeleaf avoids it.
Smokeleaf throws the left hand but Hogg avoids the punch easily.

Smokeleaf looking to score a takedown here. Hogg is defending well but Smokeleaf drives through and ends up in Hogg's guard.
Smokeleaf throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smokeleaf postures up.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Christiano Smokeleaf.
I think Hogg has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:28
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jefferson Davis Hogg!
Our winner, Jefferson Davis Hogg, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.