PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hermes Hogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and yahya shire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying shire's choice of entrance music: one shot. yahya shire is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Hogan
vs
shire

200 cm
22
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
21
300 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hermes Hogan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, yahya shire!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Matheus Silva and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hogan drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

shire is looking for a triangle but Hogan pushes his legs off easily.

shire is looking for a triangle but Hogan pushes his legs off easily.
shire avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
shire being controlled here, momentarily.
shire working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hogan.
shire not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
shire might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Hogan kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Hogan lands a couple of elbows.
Hogan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hogan throws a big right hand that misses.
Hogan controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Hogan lands a couple of digs.
Hogan might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan postures up and lands a big shot to shire's brow.
Hogan slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
shire trying to control the position.
Hogan lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hogan chips away with some ground and pound.
Hogan could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Hogan's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Hogan lands a couple of digs.
shire looks gassed!
Hogan is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Hogan with a nice head shot there.
Hogan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hogan is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogan controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Hogan's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Hogan seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down shire for as long as he can get away with.
Hogan has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Hogan with a nice head shot there.
Hogan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for shire on the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hogan lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hogan slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Hogan scoring with some ground and pound.
Hogan is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Hermes Hogan just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Hogan gets a takedown into half guard.
Hogan is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Hogan lands with a punch from half guard.
Hogan is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Hogan is looking to advance position but shire won't allow it.
shire is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hogan scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hogan lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Hogan content to control rather than advance.
Hogan working shire over with strikes.
Hogan content to control rather than advance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hogan is nestled in close to shire, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Hogan changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. shire looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
shire can't do much from the bottom here.
Hogan scores with a couple of short elbows.
shire tries to escape but Hogan is in control.
Hogan scores with punches from side control.
shire is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hogan connects with a decent elbow.
shire taking punishment in the form of punches.
Hogan moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Hogan is chipping away with strikes.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if shire can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on shire's face as Hogan controls the position.
shire is breathing heavily.
shire is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
shire is letting Hogan control him for a moment.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Hermes Hogan just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Hogan looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for shire!
Hogan landing shots from mount.
Hogan controlling from mount.
Hogan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that shire can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
shire is bucking up trying to escape but Hogan cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hogan is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Hogan is landing with some decent strikes but shire is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hogan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Hogan cracks shire with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hogan cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Hogan takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan lands a big shot there that rocks shire but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hogan dominating with strikes here.
Hogan with good strikes from the mount here!
Hogan working shire over with strikes here.
Hogan scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish shire?
Hogan controlling the pace for now.
Hogan scoring with strikes but shire is staying in there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hogan controlling from mount.
Hogan lands a nice shot to the head.

shire is rocked!

It looks like yahya shire has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
shire takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Hogan putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
shire is still in real trouble! Can Hogan finish him?
Hogan landing punches.
Hogan lands a big shot to the head and shire winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Hermes Hogan!