PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sandy Hawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Cozad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hawkins comes into the arena with Enter Sandman blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hawkins
vs
Cozad

180 cm
28
164 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

185 cm
27
160 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry

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 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sandy Hawkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Cozad!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hawkins throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hawkins moves out of range as Cozad throws a body kick.
A combination from Hawkins does no damage.
A low kick from Cozad misses
and Cozad takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hawkins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cozad paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fighters circling - Hawkins throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hawkins checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Cozad is looking to chop away at Hawkins's legs.
Cozad lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hawkins will feel that in the morning.
Cozad avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hawkins throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cozad misses with an uppercut. Hawkins saw that one coming.
Cozad throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cozad lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Cozad throws a chopping leg kick but Hawkins manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Cozad scoring well with a low kick there.
Hawkins misses the shot to the body.
Cozad connects with a leg kick. Hawkins looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawkins walks into a straight right hand from Cozad.
Cozad lands with a hook. Hawkins tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Cozad takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Hawkins misses with a few strikes there.
Cozad throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Hawkins's head.
Cozad misses with a head kick.
Hawkins tries to bum rush Cozad with a series of wild strikes but Cozad uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
No joy there for Hawkins, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hawkins misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Cozad counters with a leg kick.
Cozad throws a leg kick but Hawkins moved away.
Jab by Cozad.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cozad feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hawkins's calf.
Hawkins checks a low kick from Cozad.
Sandy Hawkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cozad is looking to land body kicks.
Cozad thows a body kick. Hawkins tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Cozad moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cozad connects with an inside leg kick.
Cozad connects with a crisp jab.
Cozad lands an overhand right.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Cozad lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hawkins has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hawkins and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hawkins tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cozad is able to avoid easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hawkins. That's going to slow Cozad down.
Cozad cracks the inside of Hawkins's front leg.
Cozad fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hawkins has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hawkins shoots in but no luck this time.
Cozad bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hawkins's head.
Hawkins looks to land a body kick but Cozad moved away.
Cozad misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hawkins moves out of range of the body kick from Cozad.
A thudding body kick lands there by Hawkins!
Cozad pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Hawkins or perhaps it was just good defense by Cozad which made him look bad.
Cozad scores with a jab to the jaw.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cozad darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hawkins's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cozad connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hawkins scrambles back to his feet.
Hawkins checks a low kick from Cozad.
Hawkins lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cozad circles away quickly and effectively.
Hawkins misses with a few strikes there.
Hawkins throws a head kick that half lands.
Cozad throws a leg kick but Hawkins checks it.
Cozad looks to land a left hand but Hawkins moved out of range nicely.
Hawkins cracks Cozad with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hawkins thows a body shot but no joy.
Cozad thuds his right hand into Hawkins's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Cozad scores with a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hawkins lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cozad circles away quickly and effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Cozad.
Cozad misses with a head kick.
Hawkins lands a nice hook to Cozad's body. Cozad takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cozad avoids the head kick by Hawkins.
Hawkins slips a jab from Cozad.
Cozad throws a lazy uppercut
and Hawkins counters with a nice low kick that buckles Cozad's knee momentarily.
Hawkins is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Cozad throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hawkins sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cozad tries to move into range but Hawkins moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Cozad looks to throw the jab but Hawkins is out of range.
Hawkins looks to land a combination but Cozad avoids it well.
Hawkins dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cozad. That did some damage!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cozad thuds a left hand into Hawkins's body.
Hawkins slips a jab from Cozad.

Hawkins throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Cozad was covering up waiting for the punch and Hawkins finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Cozad looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Cozad dominated that round.
That's time! Hawkins's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Cozad avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cozad jabs at Hawkins's body.
Cozad throws a jab when Hawkins was well out of range.
Hawkins ducks under a wild hook from Cozad.
Cozad misses with a body kick.
Cozad walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hawkins checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hawkins misses with a jab, cross combination.
An inside leg kick lands from Cozad.
Cozad displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hawkins.
Cozad lands a leg kick that knocks Hawkins off balance momentarily.
Hawkins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hawkins moves into range and connects with a jab.
Cozad throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A slow jab from Cozad misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cozad throws a push kick but Hawkins slaps the foot to one side.
Cozad throws a hook but Hawkins avoids it easily.
A big right from Hawkins misses.
Charles Cozad seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cozad avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hawkins takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hawkins on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Cozad lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Cozad fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hawkins.
No joy there for Hawkins, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cozad delivers a nice body kick.
Hawkins takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cozad. That's going to slow Hawkins down.
Cozad does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hawkins tries to close the distance and clinch but Cozad swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cozad lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Cozad throws an off balance right hand
and Hawkins counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cozad lands with an uppercut that bounces Hawkins off the cage and back into range.
Cozad throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Cozad goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cozad chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cozad lands a front kick.
Hawkins misses with a two punch combination.
Good work by Hawkins as he checks the leg kick.
Cozad misses with a straight left.
Cozad throws a low kick but Hawkins avoids it.
Cozad slips under a jab.
Cozad takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cozad leaves Hawkins with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Cozad lands a leg kick that knocks Hawkins off balance momentarily.
Hawkins stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cozad.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Cozad.
Cozad connects with an inside leg kick.
Hawkins swinging wildly here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cozad looks to throw the jab but Hawkins is out of range.
Cozad moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Sandy Hawkins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A swing and a miss from Cozad.
Hawkins misses with the body kick
and Cozad counters with an inside leg kick.
Cozad throws a front kick aimed at Hawkins's knee but Hawkins avoids it well.
Charles Cozad is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cozad throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hawkins sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cozad throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cozad throws a big shot that misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hawkins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Hawkins shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hawkins showed some decent athleticism there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Cozad wants to control but Hawkins is keeping busy.
Cozad tries to get to full guard but Hawkins has control of the leg.
Hawkins is keen to just control but Cozad is a slippery customer.
Cozad keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Hawkins 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.
Cozad is pressing down on Hawkins's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Cozad showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Hawkins's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Cozad stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hawkins will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Cozad looks to land a body kick but Hawkins moved away.
Cozad throws a leg kick which misses Hawkins's front leg but catches the back leg as Hawkins tries to avoid it.
Cozad lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hawkins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cozad manages to avoid it.
Cozad looks for the body kick but Hawkins saw that one coming.
Cozad slips a jab from Hawkins.
Hawkins tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Cozad swivels and escapes.

Hawkins shoots in and gets a takedown into Cozad's guard.

Hawkins drops back, looking for a kneebar! Cozad looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Cozad looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Cozad!
Cozad controls the position.
Hawkins can't do much from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cozad slows the pace down.
You can see the frustration on Hawkins's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Cozad trying to control the action but Hawkins is working from the bottom.
Hawkins tries to bench press Cozad off him but Cozad keeps the position.
Hawkins is working hard here to advance position.
Sandy Hawkins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cozad controls the position.
You can see the frustration on Hawkins's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hawkins tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Cozad wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cozad controls the position.
Hawkins can't do much from the bottom here.
Cozad takes a little break here. Hawkins wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Charles Cozad.
Cozad scores with a decent looking hook.
Hawkins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins misses with an attempted mid kick.
Cozad works the jab nicely.
A slow jab from Cozad misses its intended target.
Hawkins scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Jab, jab by Cozad - just one landing.
Hawkins takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cozad scores with a sloppy right hand. Hawkins should have avoided that one.
Cozad is looking to score with low kicks.
Hawkins walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hawkins misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cozad is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hawkins checks a leg kick nicely.
Cozad throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hawkins digs a good body shot into Cozad's ribs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Cozad comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Cozad winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Cozad!
A very excited looking Charles Cozad made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.