PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh Weathers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Hawk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Weathers comes into the arena with By The Way blaring out of the sound system. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Weathers
vs
Hawk

200 cm
18
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Josh Weathers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mike Hawk!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A good leg kick by Hawk.
Hawk tries to clinch but Weathers moves away

and Weathers counters with a takedown into side control.
Hawk is trying to get back to half guard.
Hawk is trying to control Weathers's posture but Weathers avoids it.
Hawk tries to escape but Weathers is in control.
Weathers tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Hawk taking a bit of punishment here - Weathers scoring with strikes.
Weathers in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Hawk tries to improve position but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Weathers tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawk is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Weathers asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Hawk on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Weathers taking a breather here.
Hawk takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Weathers is chipping away with strikes.
Weathers cracks Hawk with a big right hand but Hawk just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hawk is looking for a sweep.
Weathers lands a decent elbow from side control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hawk takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Weathers scoring with punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawk is trying to escape the position but Weathers is controlling the position.
Hawk takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Weathers controlling the position.
Weathers working the head with strikes.
Weathers lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Weathers takes a little break here. Hawk wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Weathers in side control lands a decent elbow.
Hawk looks gassed!
Hawk is trying to control Weathers's posture but Weathers avoids it.
Hawk is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weathers working the body and head with strikes.
Weathers lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Weathers landing strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Weathers landing a few strikes.
Weathers grinds an elbow into Hawk's temple.
Weathers in side control lands a decent elbow.
Weathers landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Weathers taking a breather here.
Weathers lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Hawk down.
Weathers working the head with strikes.
Weathers grinds an elbow into Hawk's temple.
Weathers controls the position from side control.
Hawk taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weathers cracks Hawk with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Weathers lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Weathers working the head and body with strikes.
Hawk takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Weathers landing a few strikes.
Weathers controls the position.
Weathers working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Weathers lands some shots froms side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Weathers working the ground and pound from side control.
Hawk is working to avoid the ground and pound but Weathers connects with a decent elbow.
Weathers lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Weathers working the ground and pound from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Weathers working the head with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Weathers dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hawk gets caught flat footed, as Weathers shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Weathers content to stall in guard here.
Weathers has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

We're going to have a standup here because Josh Weathers wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Weathers gets the takedown into side control.
Hawk is trying to control Weathers's posture but Weathers avoids it.
Hawk is looking for a sweep.
Hawk is breathing heavily.
Weathers lands some shots froms side control.
Weathers cracks Hawk with a big elbow.
Hawk regains half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawk taking some punishment here, with Weathers in his half guard.
Weathers seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Weathers seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Hawk for as long as he can get away with.
Weathers working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Weathers content to control rather than advance.
Weathers knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hawk on the ground.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Hawk is trying to stand up here but Weathers is controlling him well.
Weathers slows the pace down in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Josh Weathers just wasn't active enough.

Weathers throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Hawk tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Weathers is in Hawk's guard.
Weathers lands a couple of digs.
Weathers is working Hawk over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Weathers stands up over Hawk, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Weathers postures up.
Weathers sitting in guard here, content to control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Weathers stands up over Hawk, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Weathers lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Weathers slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Weathers postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Weathers is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hawk can do to turn this around?
Weathers controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weathers is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Weathers working some strikes from top position.
Weathers controls from within his opponent's guard.

Hawk looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Weathers connects with a couple of short punches.
Weathers slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Josh Weathers overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Weathers is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawk can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Weathers controls the pace.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Weathers works over Hawk with some ground and pound from guard.
Weathers sitting in guard here, content to control.
Weathers's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

Josh Weathers has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Weathers closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Weathers lands in his opponent's guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Weathers sitting in guard, not really doing much.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Weathers dominated that second round.
That's time! Weathers's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Weathers looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Hawk!
Weathers takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Weathers lands a nice shot to the head.
Weathers fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hawk wants to hold on but Weathers pushes him away.
Weathers is landing with some decent strikes but Hawk is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hawk is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hawk is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Hawk takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Weathers tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Weathers lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hawk hang on?
Weathers controlling the pace for now.
Weathers in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weathers in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Weathers with good strikes from the mount here!
Weathers tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Weathers lands a heavy elbow.

Hawk is rocked!
Weathers has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hawk's face.
Weathers controlling the position easily from mount.
Weathers lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hawk is still in real trouble! Can Weathers finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Weathers! Hawk is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Josh Weathers!