PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ethan Hawk (ranked 746 p4p, 1238 weight class) and Hakeem Adderley (ranked 97 p4p, 161 weight class). Adderley has chosen Genesis as his entrance music. 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.

Hawk
vs
Adderley

181 cm
32
174
24 - 9 - 1

187 cm
32
177
15 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Conviction
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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 24 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ethan Hawk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hakeem Adderley!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hawk swings wildly with an uppercut but Adderley uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Adderley.

It looks like Ethan Hawk has been cut.
Hawk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Adderley told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
A right hand to the body from Hawk.

Adderley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hawk has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Convicted Fight Club in the buildup to the fight.
Hawk steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Adderley.
Adderley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hawk misses with a series of wild punches.
Adderley scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Hawk scores with a crisp jab that stopped Adderley in his tracks.
Hawk on the wrong end of a nice jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hawk lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Adderley backwards.
Hawk is working Adderley over against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawk is working Adderley over against the cage.
Hawk lands a body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Hawk.
Adderley looks winded!
Hawk lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Adderley.
Hawk goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hawk tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Adderley tries to break free but Hawk pushes him back against the cage.
Hawk goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Adderley tries to circle away but Hawk has him pinned against the cage.
Adderley blocks a body shot from Hawk.
Adderley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hawk has him pressed against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hawk.
Adderley throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hawk misses with a punch to the body.
Hawk lands with a left to the head.
Hawk tries a body shot but Adderley blocks it.
Hawk softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hawk lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hawk.
Adderley lands an elbow that stopped Hawk in his tracks for a moment.
Hawk lands a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Adderley is trying to break the clinch but Hawk has him pressed against the cage.
Hawk misses with a body punch.
Hawk gets through Adderley's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hawk lands with a right to the head.

Adderley manages to break the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Adderley. Those never looked like landing.

Hawk has Adderley up against the cage in a clinch.
Hawk lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Adderley or not.
Hawk lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hawk creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hawk scores with a shot to the side of Adderley's head.
Hawk digs a right hand into Adderley's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Adderley's gas tank.
Hawk lands with a left to the head.
Hawk is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Adderley is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adderley prevents a body shot from Hawk.
Adderley throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Hawk.
Adderley blocks a body shot from Hawk.
Hawk digs a right hand underneath Adderley's ribcage. Adderley let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hawk lands with a short shot to the head.
Hawk scores with a shot to the side of Adderley's head.
Adderley blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Adderley breaks the clinch.
Hawk scores with a decent looking hook.
Hawk's corner calls for a 1-2. Hawk obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hawk fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hawk lands a nice shot to the body.

Adderley takes the fight into the clinch.
Adderley tries to circle away but Hawk has him pinned against the cage.
Adderley wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawk throws a head punch that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hawk lands a left hand.
Adderley blocks an uppercut.
Hawk throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Adderleys head.
Adderley wants to break the clinch but can't.
Adderley tries to break the clinch but Hawk is controlling the position.
Adderley lands a damaging elbow.
Hawk gets through Adderley's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Adderley is trying to force a seperation but Hawk has the dominant position.
Hawk lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Good body shot from Hawk.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Adderley just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hawk's brow.
Hawk keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Adderley's efforts to push away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hawk misses with a punch to the body.
Adderley's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hawk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hawk presses Adderley against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ethan Hawk dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ethan Hawk's cut.
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.

Hawk slips under a jab.
Hawk dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Adderley.
Adderley loads up on a big right hand but Hawk slips the punch.
A big right from Adderley misses.
Adderley loads up on a big right hand but Hawk slips the punch.
Adderley has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hawk.
Adderley takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hawk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hawk wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
A head kick misses from Adderley.
Hawk is looking to clinch.
Hawk cracks a nice hook into Adderley's ribs.
Hawk avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hawk tries to counter by clinching up but Adderley breaks away and moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adderley tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hawk manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Hawk clinches up with Adderley and pushes him back against the cage.
Adderley takes a shot to the head.
Adderley takes a shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hawk misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Hawk - that landed with a thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Hawk.
Hawk throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hawk misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hawk misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Adderley throws an elbow but misses.
Adderley pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hawk lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Adderley managing to block the knees to the body from Hawk.
Hawk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Adderley lands a nice elbow.
Hawk is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Adderley can do to turn this around?
Hawk tries to work over Adderley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Adderley wants to get back to striking at distance but Hawk won't allow it.
Adderley is trying to break free.
Hawk works on Adderley's body with a couple of short punches.
Ethan Hawk has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hawk lands a left hand that snaps the head of Adderley backwards.
Hawk is working Adderley over against the cage.
Adderley is breathing heavily.
Hawk trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawk throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Adderleys head.
Hawk blocks an elbow strike from Adderley.
Hawk lands with a left to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hawk works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hawk lands a left hand that snaps the head of Adderley backwards.
Hawk misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hawk lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Adderley tries to circle away but Hawk has him pinned against the cage.
Hawk lands with a light punch inside.

Adderley breaks from the clinch.

Hawk clinches up with Adderley and pushes him back against the cage.
Hawk lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Adderley.
Hawk lands a nice shot to the body.
Adderley pushes off an throws an elbow but Hawk leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hawk scores with a hook to the body.
A right hand to the body from Hawk.
Hawk is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Adderley is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Hawk.
Hawk digs a right hand into Adderley's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Adderley's gas tank.
Hawk lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hawk lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Hawk on the inside.
Hawk lands a shoulder strike.
Hawk pushes Adderley back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Hawk.

Adderley is rocked!
Adderley is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hawk misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hawk tries to throw a body punch but Adderley avoids it by throwing Hawk back against the cage.
Hawk lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Adderley backwards.
Adderley is still on wobbly legs! Can Hawk finish him?
Hawk throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Adderleys head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hawk digs a right hand underneath Adderley's ribcage. Adderley let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A left hand lands to the body for Hawk.
Hawk throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Adderleys head.
Hawk scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adderley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hawk lands a right hand.
Adderley tries to break the clinch but Hawk is controlling the position.
Hawk missing with knees to the body.
Hawk lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hawk scores with a shoulder strike.
Hawk scores with a hook to the body.
Hawk lands with a left to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hawk.
Hawk works on Adderley's body with a couple of short punches.
Adderley managing to block the knees to the body from Hawk.
Hawk unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Adderley! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Hawk is unloading with more strikes now! Adderley drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ethan Hawk!
A victorious Ethan Hawk thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.