PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paul Hogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Biggs Wafers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hogan's entrance music is The Faint - The Geeks Were Right. A fine choice. Wafers has chosen PrideFC as his entrance music. Paul Hogan looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Hogan
vs
Wafers

180 cm
28
140 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

171 cm
25
143 lbs
9 - 13 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paul Hogan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Biggs Wafers!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Lou da Vinci and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hogan throws a nice looking combination but Wafers bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hogan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wafers looks for a takedown but Hogan sprawls well.
Some wild striking there from Hogan.
Hogan throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hogan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wafers shoots in for a double leg but Hogan sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wafers takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hogan stuffs the takedown.
Paul Hogan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Biggs Wafers.
Wafers shoots in for a takedown but Hogan shows good takedown defense.
Hogan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wafers takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hogan throws a series of punches but Wafers moves out of range.

Wafers closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Hogan to the mat! Hogan manages to get full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Wafers wants to pass the guard but Hogan is keeping the position.
Wafers passes into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Wafers is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Wafers uses his free foot to push down on Hogan's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Hogan.
Hogan wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Wafers.
Hogan is wriggling around trying to escape.

Wafers is working for a guillotine from mount but Hogan frees his head quite easily.
Hogan can't escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wafers looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Hogan slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hogan won't allow Wafers to pass to mount.

Hogan is defending against the submission attempts here by Wafers.
Wafers passes to full mount!

Wafers jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Hogan manages to avoid the submission attempt.

Wafers is trying to get an arm triangle but Hogan is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wafers tries to advance to mount but can't.
Hogan really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Wafers moves into full mount!

Wafers wants to finish this one by submission but Hogan is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Wafers.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hogan is working to get back to half guard.

Wafers is working for a guillotine from mount but Hogan frees his head quite easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hogan is looking to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Biggs Wafers dominated that round.
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.

Hogan stalks Wafers and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Wafers's face. Wafers staggers backwards, shaken.
Hogan fails to land with a series of punches.
Good standup being displayed there by Hogan as he connects with a hook.
Wafers fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Wafers misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left and a right from Hogan both land. Nice combination.
Wafers takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hogan throws a nice looking combination but Wafers bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hogan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Paul Hogan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wafers shoots in for a double leg but Hogan sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Paul Hogan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Biggs Wafers.
Hogan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hogan slaps away a takedown attempt from Wafers, before circling back to the center of the mat.
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!
Hogan tries to clinch there but Wafers circles away.
A punch combination from Hogan misses.
Hogan lands a body shot.
Hogan throws a right hand that Wafers ducks under and follows up with a left that Wafers also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan misses with a wild body shot.
Wafers closes the distance and clinches up with Hogan, looking for a takedown. Wafers pushes Hogan against the cage but Hogan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Hogan jabs Wafers to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wafers takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hogan thows a body shot but no joy.
Hogan lands a jab-cross combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hogan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wafers moves away.
Hogan is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Wafers looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hogan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Wafers under the eye.
Wafers circles away from the clinch attempt

and Wafers counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Wafers.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wafers advances position into side control!
Wafers tries to advance to mount but Hogan denies him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Hogan dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Hogan stuns Wafers with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Wafers shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Wafers moves into full mount! Hogan won't be happy about that!
Wafers dominating with strikes here.
Hogan keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Wafers is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Hogan has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Wafers with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan wants to control but Wafers is having none of it.

Wafers jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Hogan manages to avoid the submission attempt.

Wafers tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Wafers is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Hogan knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Wafers tries to advance to mount but Hogan denies him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wafers working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Hogan is trying to control Wafers's posture but Wafers avoids it.
Wafers has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Hogan tries to lock up and control but Wafers gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

Wafers jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Hogan manages to avoid the submission attempt.

Wafers tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Wafers is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Hogan knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Wafers takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan wants to control but Wafers postures up.
Hogan manages to work his way to half guard, despite Wafers's best efforts.
Wafers trying to mount his opponent but Hogan defends it.

Wafers is looking for a kimura but Hogan is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Wafers to get the leverage.
The fighters are battling for position here. Hogan manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Wafers tries to free his leg and advance position but Hogan is retaining full guard.

Wafers is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Hogan is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Wafers is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wafers pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hogan is keeping the position for now.
Wafers pushes down on Hogan's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Wafers looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Wafers is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Wafers is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Hogan sees it coming and defends easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hogan pushes Wafers off looking to stand but Wafers dives back in and keeps control.
Hogan controlling the position well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wafers wants to free his trapped foot but Hogan is holding on for dear life with his legs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Biggs Wafers comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Wafers has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:29
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Biggs Wafers!
Biggs Wafers managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Milwaukee's Best 160 - $69 SALE!!!!!!!!!!, into his post fight interview.