PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hugh Jackman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Larry Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Jackman
vs
Love

180 cm
25
182 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
175 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hugh Jackman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Larry Love!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Bruno Hogan and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Love tries to sprawl but Jackman drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Love trying to control here.
Love is trying to stand back up but Jackman is controlling him
Still in half guard, Jackman seems content to control.
Love gets full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackman won't allow Love to get back to his feet.
Love looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jackman trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jackman looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

We're going to have a standup here because Hugh Jackman wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Love tries to clinch but Jackman is having none of it.
Jackman throws a nice looking combination but Love bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's two 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.
Love tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jackman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jackman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Jackman instigates a clinch.
Love landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Jackman gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Love regains guard.
Jackman stopping the sweep attempt from Love.
Love looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Love has his hands on Jackman's head, controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackman tries to free his leg and advance position but Love is retaining full guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Larry Love.
Love tries to clinch up

and Jackman counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Jackman.
Love trying to keep a closed guard but Jackman is proving a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackman is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Love looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Larry Love.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jackman is defended easily by Love.
Love wants to clinch up but Jackman keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hugh Jackman dominated that 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.

Love tries to clinch up
and Jackman counters with a nice body shot.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Jackman.
Love is trying to get back to his feet.
Love is looking to regain half guard here but Jackman keeps moving and retains side control.
Love is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love works his way to full guard. Good work.
Jackman trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jackman is looking to work some ground and pound but Love has wrist control.
Jackman won't allow Love to get back to his feet.
Jackman not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

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.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Love is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Hugh Jackman.
Love tries to clinch but Jackman moves out of range.
Jackman keeps the fight on the outside.
Jackman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Love throws a leg kick but Jackman sees it coming and moves out of range.
Love throws a front kick aimed at Jackman's knee but Jackman avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jackman rushes Love and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Love throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jackman blocks it with crossed arms.

Jackman gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Jackman performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Love is trying to control but can't.
Love is trying to stand.
Jackman is trying to control. Love wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Jackman is thwarting Love's attempts to control the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Larry Love was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Love dodges the punch combination from Jackman.
Love moves in looking to clinch but Jackman pushes him off.
Jackman throws a right and a left that Love avoids nicely.
Love fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Love is looking to clinch but Jackman is avoiding it.
Horrible takedown by Jackman or perhaps it was just good defense by Love which made him look bad.
Love scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hugh Jackman dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Love fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jackman throws a leg kick that misses.
Jackman looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Love tries to land a leg kick but Jackman saw it coming and moves away.
Love throws a leg kick that misses.
Hugh Jackman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jackman fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Hugh Jackman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Love thows a body kick. Jackman tries to catch it but that hurt him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackman will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hugh Jackman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Love throws a leg kick that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jackman swats away the attempt to clinch by Love.
Love fails in his attempt to clinch.
Love is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jackman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Love shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Jackman moves out of range of the leg kick from Love.

Love clinches up against the cage.
Love lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Hugh Jackman has been cut.
Love tries to land knees in the clinch but Jackman avoids the damage to the body.
Larry Love has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jackman fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jackman has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Love is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Love is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Love with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Love connects with a knee to the head.
Love gets underhooks to prevent Jackman's takedown attempt.
Love lands a nice knee to the body.
Love tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Love unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackman lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Love landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Love scores a nice knee to the body.
Love scores a nice knee to the body.
Love using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Love unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jackman tries for a takedown but Love manages to get underhooks.
Love working Jackman over with knees to the body.
Love scores with a knee to the head.
Love connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jackman's face.
Love landing knees to the body.
Love crunches a lovely knee into Jackman's ribcage.
Love tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Love scores with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love working Jackman over with knees to the body.
Love unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackman lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Love lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Love tries to land knees in the clinch but Jackman avoids the damage to the body.
Love using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jackman avoiding damage as Love throws knees to the body.
Love using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jackman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jackman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Love tries a knee to the head but Jackman blocks it.
Love utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jackman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jackman has Love pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Love manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Love with a knee to the head.
Jackman managing to block the knees to the body from Love.
Love utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Love missing with knees to the body.
Love misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jackman.
Jackman jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Love walks away with a smile on his face. Jackman gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

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.

Jackman looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Love is trying to control the position but Jackman postures up.
Jackman looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Love looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

And that's the end of the fight!
Larry Love comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jackman has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hugh Jackman!