PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hulk Hogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Hogan
vs
Williams

180 cm
24
202 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

179 cm
26
216 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hulk Hogan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, William Williams!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Dirk Anderson and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hogan dives in for a single leg takedown but Williams sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Hogan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Williams.
No joy there for Williams, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hogan shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Williams as he jumps to the side.
Hogan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Williams swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Hogan gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Hogan turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Hogan working the head with strikes.
Hogan fails to land a wild elbow strike.
You can see the frustration on Williams's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Hogan wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Williams, who protects the arm well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Hogan tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hogan has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan in side control lands a decent elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hogan working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Williams really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hogan. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hogan works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Hogan misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Williams is looking for a sweep.
Williams is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Hogan working the head and body with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hogan lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Williams taking a bit of punishment here - Hogan scoring with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogan landing a few strikes.
Hogan is working Williams over with some ground and pound from side control.
Hogan connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Williams some visible discomfort.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hogan working the body and head with strikes.

Williams is rocked!
Hogan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
A big shot lands for Hogan! That's hurt Williams! Will he recover? Hogan fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hulk Hogan!
A victorious Hulk Hogan thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.