PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Damm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Hogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hogan has chosen Bite It You Scum by GG ALLIN as his entrance music. Rodrigo Damm had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 171.0lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Joe Hogan acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Damm
vs
Hogan

182 cm
18
179 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
25
170 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Big Bear Nutrition 160Q

Arcticus
Kemists ↑™ 5x160Q

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rodrigo Damm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joe Hogan!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Ron Honeybunn and Ben Watson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damm is looking to clinch.
Hogan throws a sloppy head kick and Damm moves out of range easily.
As Hogan backs away, Damm returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Hogan lands with a nice body kick.
Damm throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hogan counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Damm doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Damm takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hogan lands with a slapping head kick.
Hogan's coach down at Madz **21 Elite coaches** was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Hogan's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Hogan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Damm is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Hogan.
Damm takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Damm crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Hogan - the referee stops the clock and Damm gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Hogan. Damm manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Nice uppercut there from Hogan.
Damm is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Damm with a poor takedown
and Hogan counters with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damm on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A good leg kick by Hogan.
Hogan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hogan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Damm's calf.
Hogan lands a leg kick that knocks Damm off balance momentarily.
Damm with a poor takedown
and Hogan makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Damm really felt that one!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rodrigo Damm. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Good leg kick by Hogan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hogan scores with a nice body kick.
Damm steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Hogan. That one must have hurt.
Hogan pushes Damm away with a front kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hogan scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hogan lands a nice shot that snaps Damm's head back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Hogan does it's job there.

Damm is rocked!
Damm is holding his hands too far apart here. Hogan throws a hard, straight punch right down the pipe and BOOM! Damm is out! That punch landed square on the jaw - what a shot!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Joe Hogan!
Joe Hogan tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.