PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Valentine Ross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Hogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joe Hogan has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Valentine Ross's chin.

Ross
vs
Hogan

201 cm
18
278 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

195 cm
24
260 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Valentine Ross!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joe Hogan!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Robert Douchet and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Hogan.

Hogan takes the fight into the clinch.

Hogan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Hogan closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Ross quickly recovers to half guard.

Ross manages to escape and get back to his feet!

Hogan fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Ross sprawls well initially but Hogan persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ross slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Ross has control of Hogan's left arm, preventing Hogan from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan stopping the sweep attempt from Ross.
Ross trying to control the position here.
Ross bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hogan's guard.

Ross is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ross is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Ross stands up over Hogan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ross is stalling in the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Ross changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Hogan looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Hogan taking a bit of punishment here - Ross scoring with strikes.
Ross scoring with punches and elbows.
You can see the frustration on Hogan's face as Ross controls the position.
Hogan looks to move to half guard but instead Ross has passed into mount! Damn!
Ross content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hogan is desperately trying to improve his position but Ross has a good base and remains in mount.
Hogan is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Ross lands a heavy elbow.
Hogan taking shots to the head.
Ross controlling from the full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ross connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hogan looks winded!
Ross lands a big shot there that rocks Hogan but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Valentine Ross dominated that 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.

Hogan scores with a takedown into Ross's guard.
Hogan throwing strikes from guard but Ross blocks nicely.
Ross bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hogan's guard.

Ross content to stall in guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hogan looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Ross puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ross prevents Hogan from improving his position.
Hogan wants to get back to his feet.
Hogan is breathing heavily.
Ross not doing much here.
Ross has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ross lands strikes from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ross with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Hogan looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Ross connects with a nice short shot to Hogan's temple.
Ross drops an elbow to the side of Hogan's head.
Ross seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Ross has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ross closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Ross controlling the position from side mount.
Ross cracks Hogan with a big right hand but Hogan just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Hogan is trying to escape the position but Ross is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ross lands an elbow.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ross lands a decent elbow from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Valentine Ross dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Ross gets caught flat footed, as Hogan shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Ross manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hogan manages to get himself to full guard.

Ross is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ross sitting in guard, not really doing much.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ross postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ross controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ross postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ross connects with a couple of short punches.
Hogan wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Ross is now in half guard.
Hogan wants to control but Ross is keeping busy.
Hogan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ross keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Hogan taking some punishment here, with Ross in his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ross seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hogan is trying to stand up here but Ross is controlling him well.
Valentine Ross overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ross scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ross working Hogan over with strikes.
Ross controlling the action here.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ross is looking to clinch but Hogan is avoiding it.
Ross avoids the head kick by Hogan.
Ross darts in looking for a takedown but Hogan gets double underhooks and turns Ross into the cage.

Hogan closes the distance and pushes Ross back into the cage.
Ross tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hogan smiles and moves away.
Ross throws a shot from downtown. Hogan moves away and avoids it.
Hogan throws a counter combo.

Hogan is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Ross's half guard.
Hogan working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Ross's thigh. Ross counters though and makes it back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ross pulls Hogan in close to prevent any damage.
Ross bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hogan's guard.

Ross slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Ross is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hogan can do to turn this around?

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Valentine Ross.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ross, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Valentine Ross!