PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lucas McCain (ranked 755 p4p, 1188 weight class) and Misha Hasselhoff (ranked 105 p4p, 157 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

McCain
vs
Hasselhoff

190 cm
23
205
7 - 2 - 0

187 cm
24
213
5 - 5 - 0

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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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lucas McCain !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Misha Hasselhoff!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Glass and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice leg kick from Hasselhoff, right into the meat of the thigh.
McCain throws a right hand that misses
and Hasselhoff counters with a stiff right hand.
Hasselhoff misses with a low kick.
McCain throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hasselhoff takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
McCain gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hasselhoff.
McCain keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hasselhoff.
McCain connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hasselhoff misses with a hook. McCain ducked under it nicely.
McCain looking to land some kicks to the body here.
McCain throws a leg kick but Hasselhoff moved away.
McCain with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
McCain takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hasselhoff looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hasselhoff lands a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hasselhoff throws a hook to the side of McCain 's head but McCain sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McCain throws a head kick that misses.
Hasselhoff misses with a hook. McCain ducked under it nicely.
Good leg kick by Hasselhoff.

McCain clinches up with Hasselhoff and pushes him back against the cage.
McCain lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hasselhoff backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McCain creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hasselhoff misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hasselhoff tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hasselhoff tries a knee to the head but McCain blocks it.
McCain misses with a punch to the body.
McCain scores with a hook to the body.
McCain swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hasselhoff misses with a punch to the body.

Hasselhoff breaks from the clinch.
A thudding body kick lands there by Hasselhoff!
Hasselhoff misses with a telegraphed body shot
and McCain counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hasselhoff fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hasselhoff throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McCain 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.
McCain getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
McCain throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from McCain misses its intended target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hasselhoff misses with a looping right.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! McCain crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Hasselhoff - the referee stops the clock and McCain gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Hasselhoff. McCain manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
McCain has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
McCain takes a jab right on the kisser.
Some bone on bone action there as McCain checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
McCain changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hasselhoff jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Hasselhoff gets tackled into the cage by McCain . McCain maintains the clinch.
Hasselhoff working aggressively here.
A bit of stalling here from McCain .
A nice right hand lands inside from Hasselhoff.
Hasselhoff misses with a knee strike.
Hasselhoff tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McCain dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for McCain .
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hasselhoff.
Hasselhoff struggles to land a body shot inside as McCain controls his hands.
Hasselhoff fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hasselhoff is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McCain is defending well for now.
McCain can't find room to land a body shot as Hasselhoff controls the action.
McCain stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hasselhoff throws a punch but it's blocked by McCain .
McCain lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
McCain scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hasselhoff working aggressively here.
McCain blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McCain tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hasselhoff's elbow.
McCain struggles to land a body shot inside as Hasselhoff controls his hands.
McCain lands a nice uppercut.
Hasselhoff tries to throw a body punch but McCain avoids it by throwing Hasselhoff back against the cage.
McCain misses with the head strike.
Hasselhoff misses with a knee to the head.
McCain lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hasselhoff wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hasselhoff lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McCain or not.
Hasselhoff can't find room to land a body shot as McCain controls the action.
McCain doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McCain managing to block the knees to the body from Hasselhoff.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCain lands a shoulder strike.
Hasselhoff blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hasselhoff blocking some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hasselhoff has McCain pressed against the cage, preventing McCain from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
McCain tries to throw a body punch but Hasselhoff avoids it by throwing McCain back against the cage.
McCain misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hasselhoff missing with knees to the body.
McCain lands with a short head shot on the inside.
McCain struggles to land a body shot inside as Hasselhoff controls his hands.
Hasselhoff doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hasselhoff prevents a body shot from McCain .
Hasselhoff working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
McCain struggles to land a body shot inside as Hasselhoff controls his hands.
Hasselhoff lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McCain tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Hasselhoff scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Hasselhoff.
McCain tries to throw a body punch but Hasselhoff avoids it by throwing McCain back against the cage.
McCain lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hasselhoff backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Misha Hasselhoff will probably get the nod.
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.

McCain takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
McCain chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hasselhoff can pounce on him.
McCain tries to close the distance and clinch but Hasselhoff swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hasselhoff swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hasselhoff misses with a wild body shot.
Hasselhoff misses with a telegraphed body shot

and McCain moves into the clinch.
McCain blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hasselhoff.

McCain breaks the clinch.

Hasselhoff tries to keep at a distance but McCain has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hasselhoff misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hasselhoff lands a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hasselhoff swings wildly with an uppercut but McCain uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCain working aggressively here.
Hasselhoff tries to work over McCain 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McCain is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hasselhoff is keeping busy.
McCain cracks Hasselhoff with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hasselhoff blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hasselhoff obliges.
McCain tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hasselhoff tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McCain 's elbow.
Hasselhoff is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
McCain misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hasselhoff misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McCain .

McCain 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hasselhoff throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hasselhoff throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McCain tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hasselhoff misses with a hook.
Hasselhoff blocks a leg kick.
Hasselhoff throws a looping overhand right but McCain ducks down to avoid it.
Hasselhoff uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before McCain has time to react.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hasselhoff 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.
A little feinted left hand from McCain on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
McCain throws a shot from downtown. Hasselhoff moves away and avoids it.
Hasselhoff appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
McCain throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
McCain gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hasselhoff.
McCain connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hasselhoff momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McCain misses with a straight right.
Hasselhoff is clearly trying to counter these attacks from McCain with a body shot.
Hasselhoff misses with a hook.
McCain avoids the body shot from Hasselhoff.

McCain closes the distance and clinches.
McCain avoiding damage as Hasselhoff throws knees to the body.
McCain wants to stall.
Hasselhoff lands an uppercut.
McCain throws a head punch that misses.
McCain has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Hasselhoff is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McCain is defending well for now.

McCain 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hasselhoff scores with a nice body kick.
McCain swats away the attempt to clinch by Hasselhoff.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hasselhoff moves out of range as McCain throws a body kick.
A jab lands there for McCain .
Hasselhoff thumps McCain with a low kick.
Hasselhoff throws a leg kick that misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hasselhoff.
Hasselhoff throws an overhand right that lands on McCain 's shoulder, as McCain tries to avoid the shot.
Hasselhoff pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hasselhoff lands with a thumping leg kick.
McCain scores with a leg kick.
Hasselhoff throws an overhand right that lands on McCain 's shoulder, as McCain tries to avoid the shot.
McCain scores with a leg kick.
Hasselhoff looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nice defenses there by McCain .
McCain tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hasselhoff paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McCain throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCain keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hasselhoff.
McCain misses with a low kick as Hasselhoff jumps back.
Hasselhoff looks to land a left hand but McCain moved out of range nicely.
McCain will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
McCain throws a body kick that misses.
Hasselhoff scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Misha Hasselhoff seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McCain fakes the leg kick and cracks Hasselhoff in the body.
Hasselhoff lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

McCain gets in close and instigates a clinch.
McCain misses with a hook from the clinch.
McCain lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
McCain lands a right hand.
Hasselhoff working aggressively here.
McCain blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hasselhoff lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hasselhoff lands with a right to the head.
McCain scores with a shoulder strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Misha Hasselhoff will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. 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.

Hasselhoff moves in looking to clinch but McCain pushes him off.
Hasselhoff misses with a hook
and McCain counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McCain stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hasselhoff swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McCain misses with a looping right.
Donk. McCain catches Hasselhoff right on the button with a cross.
Hasselhoff digs a good body shot into McCain 's ribs.
Hasselhoff thows a left - swing and a miss!
McCain chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hasselhoff throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hasselhoff takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCain scores with a jab to the body.
Hasselhoff swings for the body but McCain moves out of range.
McCain blocks a head kick by Hasselhoff.
McCain swinging wildly here.
McCain throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hasselhoff throws a shot from downtown. McCain moves away and avoids it.

Hasselhoff gets tackled into the cage by McCain . McCain maintains the clinch.
McCain blocks an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from McCain .
McCain struggles to land a body shot inside as Hasselhoff controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McCain .
Hasselhoff tries to land knees in the clinch but McCain avoids the damage to the body.

Hasselhoff manages to break the clinch.
Hasselhoff pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A swing and a miss from Hasselhoff.
McCain shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
McCain lands a slapping body shot.
Hasselhoff throws a leg kick but McCain sees it coming and checks it nicely.
McCain fires out a quick counter leg kick but Hasselhoff just manages to avoid it.
Hasselhoff lands with an uppercut that bounces McCain off the cage and back into range.
McCain tests Hasselhoff's chin there with a solid looking shot.
An inside leg kick from Hasselhoff misses.
McCain lands a jab to the nose.

That's two 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!
McCain misses the jab.
Hasselhoff looks to land a combination but McCain avoids it well.
Hasselhoff chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before McCain can pounce on him.
McCain waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hasselhoff.
McCain sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Hasselhoff misses with a straight right.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from McCain 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 Hasselhoff has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hasselhoff and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hasselhoff is trying to counter with his kicks.
McCain moves in looking to clinch but Hasselhoff pushes him off.
An inside leg kick lands from McCain .
Hasselhoff misses with a looping left.
Hasselhoff scores with a nice head shot.
McCain moves out of range of the leg kick from Hasselhoff.
McCain fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hasselhoff lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
McCain tests Hasselhoff's chin there with a solid looking shot.
McCain tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hasselhoff flicks out a counter leg kick but McCain steps away.
Lucas McCain has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hasselhoff's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Hasselhoff misses the target.
McCain tries a low kick but Hasselhoff avoids it.
McCain connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
McCain throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hasselhoff.
That kick from Hasselhoff tenderised McCain 's leg. McCain is trying to keep his angry face on.
McCain uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hasselhoff.
McCain with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hasselhoff avoids the head kick by McCain .
McCain tries to bum rush Hasselhoff with a series of wild strikes but Hasselhoff uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
McCain throws a sloppy head kick and Hasselhoff moves out of range easily.
A good leg kick by Hasselhoff.
McCain throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Hasselhoff to counter with a crisp jab.
Hasselhoff lands a straight punch to the body, keeping McCain at a distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hasselhoff throws a good cross that connects.
Hasselhoff fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but McCain is out of range.

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!
McCain throws a chopping leg kick but Hasselhoff manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
McCain tries to bum rush Hasselhoff with a series of wild strikes but Hasselhoff uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hasselhoff throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hasselhoff feints and then cracks McCain 's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow McCain down.
McCain on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
McCain fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hasselhoff looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hasselhoff moves to clinch but McCain breaks away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
McCain throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hasselhoff makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
McCain misses with a leg kick.
McCain takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
McCain darts in trying to clinch
enabling Hasselhoff to counter with a crisp jab.
Hasselhoff lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Misha Hasselhoff is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good work by Hasselhoff as he checks the leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Misha Hasselhoff.
I've got Hasselhoff 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Misha Hasselhoff!
After winning the bout, Misha Hasselhoff thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.