PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Hawke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Frost (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joe Frost has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hawke
vs
Frost

155 cm
19
170 lbs
2 - 4 - 1

183 cm
23
180 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 2 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Mike Hawke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Joe Frost!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frost throws a right hand that Hawke ducks under and follows up with a left that Hawke also avoids with ease.
Hawke tries to close the distance and clinch up but Frost swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hawke showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Frost.
Frost throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Frost misses with a few strikes there.
Frost takes a swing at Hawke's ribcage but misses.
Hawke wants to clinch.
Hawke throws a sloppy head kick and Frost moves out of range easily.
Frost fails with a takedown attempt.
Frost will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hawke tries to clinch up.
Hawke throws a predictable looking body shot
and Frost counters with a two punch combo.
Frost throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hawke throws a nice head kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hawke has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hawke there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hawke tries to clinch there but Frost circles away.
Frost looks to land a combination but Hawke avoids it well.
No joy there for Frost, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hawke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mike Hawke is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Frost rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hawke moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hawke fails with an attempt to clinch.
Danga de danga de dang - Frost scores with a four punch combination!
Frost avoids the head kick by Hawke.

Hawke has closed the distance and engaged Frost in a clinch.
Hawke misses with a knee to the head.
Frost takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hawke working Frost over with knees to the body.
Hawke with a knee to the head.
Frost looks gassed!
Frost tries to break the clinch but Hawke is controlling the position.
Hawke looking to throw knees to the head but Frost is blocking nicely.
Frost takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hawke lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Frost backwards.
Hawke scores with a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frost wants to break free but Hawke has control.
Hawke lands a shot to the body.
Hawke lands a nice elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hawke lands a damaging elbow.
Hawke lands a body shot.
Hawke lands a damaging elbow.
Frost takes a shot to the head.
Hawke tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hawke.
Hawke lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hawke lands a knee to the head.
Frost misses with the head strike.
Hawke lands a right hand that snaps the head of Frost backwards.
Hawke lands a knee to the head.
Hawke tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from Hawke.
A knee to the head by Hawke.
Frost takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hawke lands a knee to the body.
Frost has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hawke lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hawke using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Frost has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frost is trying to break the clinch but Hawke has him pressed against the ropes.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hawke obliges.
Hawke lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hawke.
Hawke keeps control of Frost as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Frost wants to get back to striking at distance but Hawke won't allow it.
Frost is trying to break the clinch but Hawke is controlling him.
Hawke landing knees to the head.
Hawke lands a knee to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Frost's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hawke working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hawke unloads a knee to the mid-section. Frost lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A short right from Hawke.
Frost takes a knee to the side of the body.
Frost looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Frost tries to break free but Hawke pushes him back against the ropes.
Hawke with a knee to the head.
Hawke lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hawke with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Frost tries to circle away but Hawke has him pinned against the ropes.
Hawke keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Frost's efforts to push away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hawke tries to land a knee to the head but Frost blocks with his arms.
Frost tries to break free but Hawke pushes him back against the ropes.
Frost blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Frost is looking to break free of the clinch but Hawke has double underhooks.
Hawke tries to land knees in the clinch but Frost avoids the damage to the body.
Frost wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hawke has him pressed against the ropes.
Frost has had enough of the clinch but Hawke keeps him there for the moment.
Frost wants to break the clinch but can't.
Frost tries to break the clinch but Hawke is controlling the position.
Frost is trying to break free.
Frost has had enough of the clinch but Hawke keeps him there for the moment.
Hawke landing knees to the head.
Hawke lands an elbow inside that Frost shrugs off.
Frost wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hawke has him pressed against the ropes.
Hawke has a couple of punches blocked by Frost.
Frost wants to break free but Hawke has control.
Hawke misses with a knee to the head.
Frost tries to circle away but Hawke has him pinned against the ropes.
Hawke landing knees to the head.
Hawke tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Hawke dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Danga de danga de dang - Frost scores with a four punch combination!
Hawke tries to clinch up but Frost circles away and keeps his distance.
Frost circles away from the clinch attempt
and Frost counters with a stiff right hand.
Hawke takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Frost ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hawke moves away.
Hawke throws a sloppy head kick and Frost moves out of range easily.
Hawke tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Frost counters with a series of strikes. Hawke will be more careful next time no doubt.
Frost swats away the attempt to clinch by Hawke.
Jab from Frost.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Frost misses with a two punch combination.
Frost is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hawke rather than just go for the knockout.
Hawke tries to clinch but Frost moves away
and Frost counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Frost looks to land a combination but Hawke avoids it well.
Hawke tries to clinch
and Hawke takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Frost is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawke tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Frost counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Hawke tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Frost counters with a right hand to the body.

Hawke closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Frost can't break the clinch.
Frost tries to break the clinch but Hawke is controlling the position.
Hawke lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hawke cracks Frost with a nice body shot.
Hawke with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Hawke.
Hawke lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Frost goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Frost has had enough of the clinch but Hawke keeps him there for the moment.
Frost throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hawke unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees to the body from Hawke.
A knee to the head by Hawke.
Hawke lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hawke.
Hawke putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Frost in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Hawke.
A short right from Hawke on the inside.
Hawke working aggressively here.
Frost takes an elbow to the temple.

Frost's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hawke is looking to clinch.
Frost swinging wilding here.
Frost swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Hawke counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Frost is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Hawke tries to close the distance and clinch but Frost swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Frost with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Frost swats away the attempt to clinch by Hawke.
Joe Frost is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hawke tries to clinch up.
Hawke closes the distance but Frost moves to the side
and Frost counters with a two punch combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawke smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hawke tries to close the distance and clinch but Frost swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hawke connects with a jab.
Frost swats away the attempt to clinch by Hawke.
Hawke is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hawke showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Frost.

Frost shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Hawke's guard.

Frost stands and steps away. Hawke gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Frost circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hawke tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hawke fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawke doesn't manage to clinch there - Frost circles away.
Hawke throws a head kick but Frost moves out of range.
Hawke darts in trying to clinch
and Frost connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Frost misses with a wild combination.
Hawke lands with a kick to the temple. Frost shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Frost looks to score with a jab to the body but Hawke is just out of range.
Hawke scores with a push kick.
Hawke tries to close the distance and clinch up but Frost swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Frost throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hawke.
Frost misses with a wild combination.
Frost keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Frost showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Hawke closes the distance looking to clinch
and Frost counters with a three punch combo that has Hawke backing up. Hawke nods at Frost to acknowledge the strikes.
Hawke tries to clinch up.
Frost scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hawke in his tracks.
Nice takedown defense from Hawke. No joy for Frost on that attempt.
Frost has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Frost lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hawke circles away quickly and effectively.

Hawke drives through and clinches with Frost against the ropes.
Hawke tries to land a knee to the head but Frost blocks with his arms.
Hawke working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hawke throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Frost blocks it with crossed arms.
Hawke keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Frost's efforts to push away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hawke has Frost pressed against the ropes, preventing Frost from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hawke unloads a knee to the mid-section. Frost lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hawke tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hawke scores with a knee to the head.
Hawke using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hawke lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawke is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hawke misses with some punches.
Hawke lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hawke.
Hawke with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Frost tries to break the clinch but Hawke is controlling the position.
Hawke tries a knee to the head but Frost blocks it.
Hawke misses with a knee to the head.
Frost is trying to break the clinch but Hawke is controlling him.
Hawke goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Frost has had enough of the clinch but Hawke keeps him there for the moment.
Nice elbow from Hawke.
Hawke comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hawke scores a nice knee to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Frost's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Frost's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hawke scores a nice knee to the body.
Hawke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Frost has had enough of the clinch but Hawke keeps him there for the moment.
Frost wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hawke misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hawke scores with a knee to the head.
Frost leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Frost tries to circle away but Hawke has him pinned against the ropes.
Frost is trying to break the clinch but Hawke has him pressed against the ropes.
Hawke with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Frost escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hawke throws a sloppy head kick and Frost moves out of range easily.
Hawke throws a nice head kick!
Frost scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hawke doesn't seem bothered though.
Hawke throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Frost.
Hawke pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mike Hawke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Frost thows a body shot but no joy.
Frost falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hawke counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hawke tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawke clinches but Frost breaks the clinch
and Frost makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Frost lands a two punch combo.
Frost throws a combination that misses
and Hawke counters with a head kick. That will keep Frost thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Hawke tries to clinch there but Frost circles away.
Hawke pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hawke wants to clinch.
Frost misses with a double jab.
Hawke lands with a kick to the temple. Frost shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Frost swats away the attempt to clinch by Hawke.
Hawke darts in trying to clinch
letting Frost counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hawke throws a head kick that half lands.
Hawke closes the distance looking to clinch

so Frost counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Frost must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Hawke wants to stand but Frost is controlling the position.

Hawke is working an open guard so Frost takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Frost fails with the takedown
and Hawke counters with a head kick.

Hawke has closed the distance and engaged Frost in a clinch.
Hawke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hawke with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Frost lands a hook that snaps the head of Hawke backwards.
Frost tries to break the clinch but Hawke is controlling the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Joe Frost.
I think Frost has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Frost!