PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lincoln Hawk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Italian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tony Italian has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hawk
vs
Italian

195 cm
18
214 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
20
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lincoln Hawk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tony Italian!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Italian will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nice sprawl there from Hawk as Italian shoots in.
Hawk lands with a shot to the body.
Italian misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hawk lands a jab to the nose.
Hawk lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Italian at a distance.

Italian closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Italian lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hawk is trying to break the clinch but Italian is controlling him.
Italian lands an uppercut.
Hawk wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Italian has him pressed against the cage.
Italian lands a hook that snaps the head of Hawk backwards.
Italian misses with a hook from the clinch.
Italian throws a head punch that misses.
Italian cracks Hawk with a nice body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Italian breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Italian moves away from the strike by Hawk.
Italian slips under a jab.
Hawk scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Donk. Hawk catches Italian right on the button with a cross.
Nice cross by Hawk.
Italian keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hawk.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Italian uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hawk.
Hawk lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Italian misses with a few strikes there.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Italian's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Italian misses with a takedown attempt - Hawk sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Lincoln Hawk has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tony Italian.
Hawk throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Italian is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Italian throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hawk's waist but Hawk gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Italian off to one side.
Italian looks gassed!
Good shot there by Hawk.
Hawk takes a swing at Italian's ribcage but misses.
Hawk takes a swing at Italian's ribcage but misses.

Italian closes the distance and pushes Hawk back into the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Italian's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Italian manages to break the clinch.
Hawk lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hawk lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hawk is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

Italian rushes Hawk and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hawk digs a right hand into Italian's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Italian's gas tank.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Italian displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hawk up against the cage.
Hawk is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Italian is trying to maintain a safe position but Hawk gets an underhook and turns Italian into the cage.
Hawk is trying to break the clinch but Italian is controlling him.
Hawk wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hawk keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Italian's efforts to push away.
Italian just leaning against Hawk, taking a breather.
Hawk wants to break free but Italian has control.

Italian breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Hawk finds it's way through Italian's defenses.
Hawk connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Horrible takedown by Italian or perhaps it was just good defense by Hawk which made him look bad.
Hawk connects with a nice looking jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hawk. Italian does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Hawk does no damage.
Hawk lands a slapping body shot.
Italian takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nice shot by Hawk.
Italian drops his hands momentarily and Hawk takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Italian is rocked!
Lincoln Hawk is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hawk cracks Italian with a left hook right on the temple and Italian goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Hawk lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Italian is OK!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lincoln Hawk!