PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maxim Popov (ranked 1707 p4p, 66 weight class) and Hulk Hogan (ranked 2436 p4p, 91 weight class). Hogan is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Real American. This should be a great matchup!

Popov
vs
Hogan

200 cm
27
290 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

201 cm
27
310 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

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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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Maxim Popov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hulk Hogan!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Skip Squint and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Popov lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Hulk Hogan has been cut.
Hogan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Popov moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

That has opened up Hulk Hogan's cut even more.
Sloppy strikes from Popov. Those never looked like landing.
Hogan shoots in but no luck this time.
Hogan fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Popov avoids it really well and circles away.
Hogan shoots for a takedown but Popov saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Maxim Popov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hulk Hogan.
Hogan tries to clinch but Popov moves out of range.
Popov scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Maxim Popov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Popov with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A big right followed by a crushing left from Popov knocks Hogan out cold! Ouch - that one's going to be featured in highlight reels for years to come!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Maxim Popov!
During a confident post fight interview, Maxim Popov thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Hulk Hogan stepped up to the mic, saying 'Good going, brother!'.