PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Myers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hulk Hogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Myers comes into the arena with I'm Your BoogieMan blaring out of the sound system. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Myers
vs
Hogan

205 cm
19
250 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

190 cm
23
277 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Black Skull Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Michael Myers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hulk Hogan!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hogan is looking to clinch but Myers is avoiding it.
Michael Myers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hogan displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Myers.
Hogan tries to clinch there but Myers circles away.
Myers fails with the takedown.
Myers misses with a takedown attempt - Hogan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Myers. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hogan moves in looking to clinch but Myers pushes him off.
No luck for Myers with that takedown attempt.
Myers swats away the attempt to clinch by Hogan.
Nice takedown defense from Hogan. No joy for Myers on that attempt.
Myers fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hogan tries to clinch up.
Myers shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hogan but Hogan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Hogan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Myers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Myers closes the distance and clinches up with Hogan, looking for a takedown. Myers pushes Hogan against the cage but Hogan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Myers has a takedown stuffed.
Myers is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Myers swats away the attempt to clinch by Hogan.

Hogan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hogan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Myers.
Myers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hogan taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hogan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Michael Myers has been cut.
Myers letting Hogan take a breather here.
Hogan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Myers's defenses.
Hogan lands a damaging elbow.
Myers avoiding damage as Hogan throws knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hogan obliges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hogan tries to land a knee to the head but Myers blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Myers takes an elbow to the temple.
Myers blocks an elbow strike from Hogan.
Knees to the body from Hogan.
Come on Hogan - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The crowd are getting on Hogan's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Hogan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Michael Myers's cut is getting worse.
Hogan crunches a lovely knee into Myers's ribcage.
Myers drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hogan gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Hogan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Myers blocks the elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Myers tries to score a body lock takedown but Hogan shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Hogan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Myers has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hogan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Myers's brow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hogan obliges.
Hogan stalls.
Hogan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Myers tries for a takedown. No joy.
Hogan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Myers drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hogan gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Myers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hogan is trying to stall.
Hogan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hogan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Michael Myers's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Myers wants a takedown but no success here.
Myers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hogan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Myers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Myers wants a takedown but no success here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Myers goes for a takedown attempt but Hogan pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Myers shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hogan as he avoids it easily.
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 Michael Myers's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hogan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Myers.
Myers shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hogan pinned against the cage. Hogan gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Myers shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Myers was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Hogan wants to control but Myers is having none of it.
Hogan is wriggling around trying to escape.
Myers working the ground and pound effectively.

Myers is going olschool here, as he tries to force Hogan to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Hogan shrugs it off.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
You get the feeling that Hogan really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Myers tries to control but Hogan wriggling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan really wants to buck Myers off and get back to his feet.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Myers is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Hogan slaps away a takedown attempt from Myers, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Myers. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hogan moves in looking to clinch but Myers pushes him off.
Hogan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Myers is defended easily by Hogan.
Hulk Hogan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Hogan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hogan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hogan tries to land knees in the clinch but Myers avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Myers's defenses.
Hogan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Myers's defenses.
Hogan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Myers's defenses.
Hogan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Myers blocks it with crossed arms.
Myers avoiding damage as Hogan throws knees to the body.
Myers wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hogan has him pressed against the cage.
Hogan prevents Myers from breaking the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Myers as Hogan tries to tie him up.
Hogan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hogan trying to land knees to the body.
Myers tries to score a body lock takedown but Hogan shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Hogan unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Myers has picked Hogan up - he's going for a ride! Myers dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Hogan is not content to let Myers control the position.
Hogan has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Myers is working away from the top position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Myers stops Hogan from getting back to his feet.
Myers lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Myers is working for a kimura but Hogan is defending it quite comfortably.
Myers seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hogan does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Myers looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Myers is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Hogan wants to control but Myers is keeping busy.

Myers seems to be looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Myers dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Michael Myers'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. This is the final round!

Myers fails with a takedown attempt.
Nice defenses there by Hogan.
Hogan tries to clinch but Myers is having none of it.
Myers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hogan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hogan wants to clinch up but Myers keeps it at a distance.

Hogan clinches up with Myers and pushes him back against the cage.
Hogan pushes off an throws an elbow but Myers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hogan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Myers takes an elbow to the temple.
Hogan tries to land a knee to the head but Myers blocks with his arms.
Myers blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Myers avoids a wild elbow strike from Hogan.
Hogan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hogan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from Hogan.
Myers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hogan prevents the takedown attempt.
Hogan is trying to stall.
Hogan trying to land knees to the body.
Hogan tries a knee to the head but Myers blocks it.
Hogan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Myers is keeping busy.

Myers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Myers shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hogan defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Myers. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Horrible takedown by Myers or perhaps it was just good defense by Hogan which made him look bad.
Hogan wants to clinch up but Myers keeps it at a distance.
Hogan slaps away a takedown attempt from Myers, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Myers throws a body punch but Hogan moves out of range.
Hulk Hogan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Hogan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hogan misses with a knee strike.
Hogan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hogan throws an elbow but misses.
Hogan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan lands an elbow inside that Myers shrugs off.
Hogan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Myers escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Myers fails with a takedown attempt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Myers.
Hogan wants to clinch up but Myers keeps it at a distance.
Hogan tries to clinch but Myers moves out of range.
Myers fails to land the takedown.
Myers shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hogan pinned against the cage. Hogan gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Myers fails with a takedown attempt.

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.
Hogan tries to clinch but Myers moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hogan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Myers fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Hogan tries to clinch up but Myers circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hogan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hogan wants to clinch up but Myers keeps it at a distance.

Myers darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Myers stops Hogan from getting back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Myers is looking for a kimura here.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Hulk Hogan.
I think Hogan 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 William Peck scores the fight 27:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:29

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