PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Murray Hewitt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diggin Sack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sack's choice of entrance music: TUF Theme. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Hewitt
vs
Sack

188 cm
25
184 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

177 cm
26
183 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Murray Hewitt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Diggin Sack!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Viktor Lagutenko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sack ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hewitt leaves Sack with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sack has a takedown stuffed.
Sack shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sack shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hewitt defends it nicely.
Murray Hewitt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diggin Sack.
Hewitt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sack.

Hewitt gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Sack is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sack postures up in Hewitt's guard and throws a big left but Hewitt blocks it.
Sack wants to control from the top but Hewitt keeps moving.
Hewitt wants to get back to his feet but Sack is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Diggin Sack was stalling too much, according to the referee.
A shot to the liver by Hewitt. Beautiful body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hewitt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sack throws out the jab.
Sack bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hewitt throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sack is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hewitt.
Sack slips under a jab.
Sack is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hewitt.
A swing and a miss from Sack.
Hewitt swings for the body but Sack moves out of range.
Hewitt rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sack moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hewitt stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hewitt cracks Sack with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hewitt misses with a looping left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sack staying out of range there.
Sack throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sack throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hewitt sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Hewitt fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sack, pushing him back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Hewitt - that landed with a thud.
Hewitt lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hewitt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sack's elbow.
Sack struggles to land a body shot inside as Hewitt controls his hands.
Hewitt tries to work over Sack's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hewitt.
Hewitt lands with a light punch inside.
Hewitt pushes Sack back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hewitt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sack's elbow.
Hewitt lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hewitt misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sack is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sack is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Hewitt has denied him.
Hewitt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sack tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hewitt misses with a punch on the inside.
Sack stalling in the clinch but Hewitt improves position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hewitt.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hewitt throws a head punch that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sack throws a head punch that misses.
Hewitt misses with a body punch.
Sack drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hewitt gets the underhooks and prevents it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Hewitt throws a lazy right hand but Sack sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Murray Hewitt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hewitt leaves Sack with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hewitt lands the left hand.
Hewitt smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hewitt looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hewitt throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sack counters with a two punch combo.
Sack takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Murray Hewitt is winning the standup battle so far.
Sack misses with a looping right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hewitt thuds a left hand into Sack's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sack moves out of range as Hewitt strikes.
Sack keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sack is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Hewitt fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sack throws a right and a left that Hewitt avoids nicely.
Hewitt misses the jab.
Hewitt lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hewitt.
Hewitt throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sack uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hewitt.
Hewitt swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hewitt is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Hewitt throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sack on the side of the head.
Hewitt lands a jab-cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sack tries for a takedown but Hewitt circles away easily
and Hewitt counters with a stiff right hand.
Hewitt works Sack's body with a nice hook.
Hewitt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hewitt moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sack tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hewitt was well out of range. Poor timing from Sack.
Hewitt connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hewitt connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sack. Sack circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hewitt looks to land a right hand but Sack moved out of range.
Hewitt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Danga de danga de dang - Hewitt scores with a four punch combination!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hewitt connects with a single shot there.
Sack looks to land a left hand but Hewitt moved out of range nicely.
Sack throws a big shot that misses.
Sack takes one to the side of the head.
Hewitt misses with the combination.
Hewitt connects with a single shot there.
Hewitt moves away from the strike by Sack.
Hewitt scores with a punch to the head.
Sack misses with a hook
and Hewitt counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hewitt is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Hewitt scores with a one two! Sack had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sack fails with a takedown attempt.
Murray Hewitt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diggin Sack.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Hewitt misses with a looping right.
Sack shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sack dives in and grabs Hewitt's left leg, looking for a takedown. Hewitt pushes down on Sack's head and hops out.
Sack shoots in but no luck this time.
Sack 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.
Hewitt catches Sack with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hewitt avoids the body shot from Sack.
Hewitt thuds a left hand into Sack's body.
Hewitt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Murray Hewitt dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Sack closes the distance and clinches up with Hewitt, looking for a takedown. Sack pushes Hewitt against the cage but Hewitt circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sack avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hewitt scores with a one two! Sack had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Sack is trying hard to land a takedown here. Hewitt sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Hewitt slips a straight right by Sack.
Hewitt connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hewitt sizes up Sack with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sack walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sack takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
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!
Hewitt thuds his right hand into Sack's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hewitt takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sack takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Sack moves out of range of the strikes.
Decent striking displayed by Hewitt there.
Sack missing with a left hand there. Hewitt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hewitt is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sack uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hewitt.
Sack changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hewitt tries to avoid it but Sack manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hewitt to the ground. Hewitt escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Murray Hewitt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diggin Sack.
Hewitt lands with a straight right. Sack didn't see that one coming.
Hewitt stuffs the takedown attempt from Sack. Sack gets slowly back to his feet.
Sack takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hewitt lands a slapping body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hewitt thuds his right hand into Sack's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hewitt scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sack in his tracks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hewitt connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sack. Sack circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sack closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hewitt scores with a decent looking hook.
Hewitt lands a nice looking body shot.
Hewitt connects with a looping right hand.
Sack throws a big shot that misses.
Nice cross by Hewitt.
Hewitt scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sack misses with a looping right.
Hewitt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sack thuds his right hand into Hewitt's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hewitt stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hewitt lands a really nice looking cross but Sack seems unphased.
A lazy left from Hewitt finds it's target.

Sack is rocked!
Hewitt slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sack is still on wobbly legs! Can Hewitt finish him?
Sack takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sack has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hewitt.
Sack seems to have recovered his senses.
A cross from Hewitt lands.
Hewitt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hewitt throws a big shot that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sack uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hewitt.
Hewitt uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Hewitt is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hewitt misses with a series of wild punches.
Sack bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Diggin Sack has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hewitt lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hewitt lands a nice shot to the body.
Sack defending well as Hewitt loads up on a big left hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Murray Hewitt showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hewitt, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Murray Hewitt!