PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Frankie Hoggets (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Great Cornholio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cornholio has chosen Du Hast by Ramstein - Cornholio Mix as his entrance music. Great Cornholio will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Hoggets
vs
Cornholio

158 cm
24
146 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

169 cm
32
164 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Frankie Hoggets!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Great Cornholio!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Alan Glass and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoggets shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cornholio slaps away a takedown attempt from Hoggets, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Cornholio raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Hoggets displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Hoggets closes this distance looking for a takedown but Cornholio circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frankie Hoggets. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hoggets fails with the takedown.
Cornholio staying out of range there.
Cornholio slips a jab and a cross from Hoggets.
Cornholio unleashes a big counter combination but Hoggets bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Sloppy strikes from Hoggets. Those never looked like landing.
Frankie Hoggets seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cornholio plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A punch combination from Hoggets misses.
Cornholio tries to counter by closing the distance.
Hoggets jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hoggets goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cornholio drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Hoggets defends it well.
Cornholio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hoggets feinted with a counter takedown.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cornholio connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cornholio closes the distance and pushes Hoggets back into the cage.
Cornholio landing knees to the head.
Hoggets is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Cornholio gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Cornholio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hoggets's defenses.

Cornholio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Hoggets moves into the clinch successfully.

Cornholio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cornholio tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jab from Cornholio.
Cornholio keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hoggets fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cornholio checks it well.

Cornholio drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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!
Hoggets tries to bench press Cornholio off him but Cornholio keeps the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cornholio in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Cornholio decides to stand up, so the ref orders Hoggets to his feet.
Hoggets misses with a few strikes there.
Hoggets fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cornholio manages to avoid it.
Hoggets waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cornholio.

Cornholio pushes Hoggets up against the cage in a clinch.

Cornholio's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hoggets misses with a shot to the body
and Cornholio counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hoggets swinging wildly here.
Cornholio tries to clinch but Hoggets moves out of range.
Hoggets misses with a hook. Cornholio ducked under it nicely.
Cornholio moves out of range as Hoggets throws a body kick.
Hoggets showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cornholio.
Hoggets changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoggets tries to land a front kick but Cornholio steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Cornholio throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hoggets throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cornholio is a very stocky fighter. Infact he's such a weird shape that he's almost like some sort of comedy character - it's hard to believe he's real.
Hoggets misses with a looping right.
Cornholio tries to clinch up.
Hoggets swings widly with a right hand
and Cornholio counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hoggets takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hoggets scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Great Cornholio has been cut.

Cornholio shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Hoggets's guard.

Hoggets has his foot on Cornholio's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Cornholio works his way back into a safe position though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cornholio postures up.
Cornholio is stalling in the full guard.

Cornholio gets to his feet - Hoggets follows without any prompting.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cornholio lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

Cornholio rushes Hoggets and presses him up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hoggets.

Cornholio breaks the clinch.
Cornholio is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Hoggets fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cornholio tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hoggets manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Hoggets takes the fight into the clinch.

Cornholio breaks from the clinch.
Hoggets scores with a hook to the body. Cornholio takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Cornholio gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cornholio is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hoggets is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Great Cornholio dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Great Cornholio'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.

Cornholio lands a high kick!
Hoggets misses with a straight left.
Hoggets avoids the head kick by Cornholio.
Cornholio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cornholio scores with a spinning back kick!
Hoggets misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cornholio moves away from the strike by Hoggets.
Hoggets looks to land a left hand but Cornholio moved out of range nicely.

Hoggets has Cornholio up against the cage in a clinch.
Cornholio misses with an elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cornholio blocks an uppercut.
Cornholio misses with a punch to the body.
Cornholio working Hoggets over with knees to the body.
Cornholio tries to land knees in the clinch but Hoggets avoids the damage to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Hoggets.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cornholio's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A jab from Hoggets does it's job there.
Cornholio has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Hoggets throws a combination that misses
and Cornholio counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hoggets misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cornholio.
Great Cornholio seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cornholio displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hoggets.
Hoggets just misses with a punch to the body.
Hoggets misses with a looping right.
Cornholio slaps away a takedown attempt from Hoggets, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hoggets shoots in looking for a takedown. Cornholio tries to sprawl out of it but Hoggets keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Cornholio manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frankie Hoggets. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A low kick from Hoggets misses

and Cornholio counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Hoggets is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hoggets is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Cornholio defends well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hoggets keeping moving, preventing Cornholio from controlling successfully.
Cornholio has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Cornholio stands up from Hoggets's guard - Cornholio perhaps looking for a knockout.
Cornholio dodges the punch combination from Hoggets.
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!
Hoggets scores with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cornholio keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hoggets.
Cornholio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hoggets paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cornholio lunges at Hoggets with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hoggets's hand.
Frankie Hoggets is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hoggets shoots in but Cornholio avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cornholio avoids a punch combination nicely.
Good shot there by Hoggets.
Hoggets is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Cornholio's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

Cornholio drops Hoggets with a beautiful combination! Hoggets stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Cornholio is looking for the KO!

Hoggets is rocked!

It looks like Frankie Hoggets has been cut.
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!
Hoggets throws a body shot but no joy.
Oh Hoggets is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hoggets misses with a two punch combination.
Cornholio lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Cornholio takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hoggets seems to have got his legs back now.
Cornholio circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Hoggets drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Cornholio follows Hoggets to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Great Cornholio!
Great Cornholio decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.