PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sandy Hawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oleewae Osie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hawkins comes to the cage accompanied by Enter Sandman. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Hawkins
vs
Osie

180 cm
22
164 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

178 cm
20
169 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Aggression Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sandy Hawkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Oleewae Osie!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Osie scores with a nice head shot.
Osie misses with a straight left.
Osie thows a left - swing and a miss!
A looping hook to the body misses from Osie. Hawkins does a little dance to reset his feet.
Osie lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Osie throws a hook but Hawkins avoids it easily.
Osie misses with a hook.
Osie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hawkins. That's going to slow Osie down.
Hawkins swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A cross from Osie lands.
Osie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hawkins lands a lovely overhand right.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hawkins, right into the meat.
Osie misses with an uppercut. Hawkins saw that one coming.
Osie closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hawkins misses with an uppercut.
A jab from Osie misses.
Hawkins throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Osie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hawkins.
Oleewae Osie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hawkins rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Osie moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Hawkins.

Hawkins goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Osie has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Hawkins but great work by Osie.
Osie throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Hawkins is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Osie's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Hawkins is trying to control but can't.
Osie misses with a head shot. Hawkins uses the momentum to regain guard.
Hawkins looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins wants to sweep but no luck.
Osie wanted to stand there but Hawkins had control of the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hawkins is pulling down on Osie's head to control his posture.
Osie working some strikes from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins wants to sweep but no luck.
Hawkins seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Hawkins manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Hawkins looking to control and managing it successfully.
Hawkins wants to control the pace but Osie is squirming around nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Hawkins is really struggling to control Osie but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Hawkins controlling the pace for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sandy Hawkins dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Decent striking displayed by Hawkins there.
Hawkins swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Osie throws a lazy right hand but Hawkins sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice defenses there by Hawkins.
Osie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Osie misses with an uppercut.
Hawkins is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hawkins throws a head kick that misses.
Osie might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Hawkins uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Osie.
Osie lands with an uppercut that bounces Hawkins off the cage and back into rage.
Osie cracks Hawkins with a right hand to the side of the head.
Osie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hawkins keeps Osie at a distance using the push kick.
Osie is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hawkins misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawkins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hawkins uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Osie.
Hawkins moves forwards but Osie connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hawkins uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Osie.
Hawkins fails to land with a series of punches.
Osie misses with a double jab
and Hawkins counters with a big head kick but Osie shrugs it off.
Osie is breathing heavily.
Hawkins will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hawkins digs a good body shot into Osie's ribs.
Hawkins misses with a head kick.
Sandy Hawkins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hawkins connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hawkins moves out of range of the strikes.
Osie cracks a nice hook into Hawkins's ribs.
Hawkins lands with a nice body punch.
Hawkins looks for a takedown but Osie sprawls well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Osie there.
Osie throws a looping overhand right but Hawkins ducks down to avoid it.

Hawkins gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hawkins using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Osie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hawkins throws a knee to the head but misses.
Osie tries to break the clinch but Hawkins is controlling the position.
Osie tries to break the clinch but Hawkins is controlling the position.
Hawkins displaying some good clinch control by pressing Osie up against the cage.

Hawkins is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Osie can't fight it off and eventually Hawkins manages to take the fight to the floor. Osie looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Hawkins trying to control the position from guard on top but Osie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hawkins drops back looking for a leg! Osie is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Osie manages to kick Hawkins off! Hawkins jumps back into Osie's guard.
Hawkins trying to control but Osie is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hawkins's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Hawkins tries to free his leg and advance position but Osie is retaining full guard.
Hawkins is working hard here to advance position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sandy Hawkins dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Osie misses with a body shot.
A slow jab from Osie misses its intended target.

Hawkins has closed the distance and engaged Osie in a clinch.
Hawkins controlling the action here for a moment.
Hawkins lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Oleewae Osie has been cut.
Osie blocks the elbow strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hawkins just misses with a elbow thrown towards Osie's brow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hawkins holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Osie wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hawkins tries a knee to the head but Osie blocks it.
Hawkins stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Osie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Osie stops a takedown attempt from Hawkins.
Osie working hard to break the clinch.
Hawkins stalling against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sandy Hawkins.
A looping hook to the body misses from Osie. Hawkins does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hawkins looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Osie throws a jab when Hawkins was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Osie misses with a body punch

and Hawkins counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hawkins.
A hook to the body from Hawkins.
Hawkins taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Hawkins - that landed with a thud.
Hawkins missing with knees to the body.
Osie takes a knee to the side of the body.
Osie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hawkins scores with a knee to the head.
Osie takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Osie being controlled against the cage.
Hawkins lands a nice knee to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hawkins takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hawkins with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hawkins is stalling here.
Osie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hawkins misses with a knee to the head.
Hawkins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Osie avoids it.
Oleewae Osie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hawkins lands a hook that snaps the head of Osie backwards.
Osie managing to block the knees to the body from Hawkins.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hawkins takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's four 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.
Osie is trying to break the clinch but Hawkins has him pressed against the cage.
Osie avoids a wild elbow strike from Hawkins.
Hawkins with a knee to the head.

Hawkins has clasped his hands together around Osie's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hawkins passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Osie!
Hawkins looking to control but Osie is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sandy Hawkins is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Osie is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sandy Hawkins showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hawkins 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sandy Hawkins!