PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Haggar (ranked 1202 p4p, 147 weight class) and Aiu BangYou (ranked 1951 p4p, 212 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Haggar
vs
BangYou

202 cm
22
266 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

209 cm
28
285 lbs
14 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Apothecary
Hot Spunk

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Haggar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aiu BangYou!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
BangYou misses with a body shot.
Haggar lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
BangYou has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
BangYou jabbing away but nothing is landing.
BangYou slips a straight right by Haggar.
Haggar has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Crapollas Gym in the buildup to the fight.
BangYou digs a good body shot into Haggar's ribs.
Haggar scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Haggar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from BangYou.
Mike Haggar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A cross from BangYou lands.
BangYou with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Haggar misses with an uppercut.
A nice side step and BangYou releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A bone on bone clash there as Haggar blocks the leg kick.
Haggar appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
BangYou uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Haggar.
A slow jab from Haggar misses its intended target.
BangYou comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Haggar thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Haggar swats away the attempt to clinch by BangYou.

That's one minute gone in the round.
BangYou lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Haggar backs up against the cage.
A slow jab from Haggar misses its intended target.
A shot to the liver by Haggar. Beautiful body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by BangYou. That's going to slow Haggar down.

BangYou clinches.

BangYou manages to break the clinch.
A jab from BangYou does it's job there.
BangYou drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Good shot there by Haggar.
Haggar is looking to clinch but BangYou is avoiding it.
BangYou throws out a counter right but Haggar avoids it with no problem.
BangYou connects with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
BangYou throws an overhand right that lands on Haggar's shoulder, as Haggar tries to avoid the shot.
BangYou throws a quick inside leg kick.
BangYou displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Haggar throws out the jab.
BangYou throws a counter combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
BangYou misses with an uppercut. Haggar saw that one coming.
BangYou misses the jab.
BangYou throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Haggar shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
BangYou controls Haggar momentarily but Haggar frees himself.
Haggar lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Haggar accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
BangYou has momentary wrist control but Haggar slips an elbow through the middle.
Haggar 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.
Haggar is in close to BangYou's body, working some short punches and elbows.
BangYou pulls Haggar in to control the position.
Haggar postures up in BangYou's guard and throws a big left but BangYou blocks it.
Haggar prevents BangYou from getting back to his feet.
Haggar missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Haggar controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haggar stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. BangYou swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Haggar throws a strike but BangYou rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Haggar lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Haggar stands and throws BangYou's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Haggar tries to score with some ground and pound. BangYou controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
BangYou is looking for a sweep.
BangYou defending against the ground and pound.
The strikes coming from Haggar are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Haggar in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
BangYou is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haggar working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Haggar tries to pass to full mount but BangYou defends it.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
BangYou avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Haggar.
Haggar throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Haggar landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
BangYou is staying active underneath Haggar, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Haggar thows a huge punch but BangYou dodges it nicely.
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. Haggar connects with a nice short shot to BangYou's temple.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Haggar is trying to control the action in half guard but BangYou is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
BangYou wants to get back to full guard.
Haggar is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Haggar working over BangYou with some ground and pound. BangYou looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
BangYou has hold of Haggar's hands but Haggar slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mike Haggar will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

BangYou staying out of range there.
A little jabbing left from BangYou on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Haggar lands with a nice body punch.
BangYou feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Haggar's calf.
Aiu BangYou seems to be getting the better of the standup.
BangYou waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Haggar.
BangYou is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Haggar looks to score with a jab to the body but BangYou is just out of range.
BangYou is looking to clinch.
BangYou waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Haggar.
Haggar tries to counter by clinching up but BangYou breaks away and moves out of range.
Good exchange - BangYou coming out on top.
A solid leg kick lands there for BangYou.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
BangYou gets cracked there but stands up to it.
BangYou fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Haggar. That snapped BangYou's head back.
BangYou misses with a straight right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
BangYou dodges the punch combination from Haggar.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haggar shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Haggar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by BangYou.
BangYou is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Haggar with a body shot.
Haggar slips a jab and a cross from BangYou.
Haggar ducks under a wild hook from BangYou.
BangYou swings and misses with a hook to the body.
BangYou throws the left hand but Haggar avoids the punch easily.
A telegraphed right hand from BangYou misses the target.
Haggar seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
BangYou fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Haggar checks it well.
Haggar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Haggar scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Haggar moves out of range as BangYou strikes.
Haggar is looking to counter the offense by BangYou and move into the clinch.
Haggar throws an off balance right hand
and BangYou counters with a lovely straight right hand!
BangYou fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Haggar checks it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haggar blocks a head kick by BangYou.
Nice cross by Haggar.
Haggar misses the shot to the body.
Haggar throws a hook but BangYou blocks it.
BangYou connects with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
BangYou keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Haggar.
A chopping leg kick lands by BangYou.
BangYou uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Haggar.
BangYou catches Haggar with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Haggar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. BangYou sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Haggar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. BangYou darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

Haggar closes the distance and pushes BangYou back into the cage.
BangYou crunches a lovely knee into Haggar's ribcage.
Haggar swings wildly with an uppercut but BangYou uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BangYou misses with an elbow strike.

BangYou pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
BangYou tests Haggar's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Haggar takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Haggar throws a jab but it's blocked by BangYou.
BangYou is trying to counter with his kicks.
Haggar checks a leg kick nicely.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from BangYou lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Haggar has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Haggar and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A telegraphed right hand from BangYou misses the target.
BangYou showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Haggar.
Haggar tries to close the distance and clinch but BangYou swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A slow jab from Haggar misses its intended target.
Haggar throws an overhand right that lands on BangYou's shoulder, as BangYou tries to avoid the shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
BangYou is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Haggar.
Haggar tries to counter by clinching up but BangYou breaks away and moves out of range.
Haggar misses the jab.
Haggar walks into a straight right hand from BangYou.
Haggar throws a right hand that misses
and BangYou connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
BangYou throws out a powerful jab.
BangYou throws a leg kick which misses Haggar's front leg but catches the back leg as Haggar tries to avoid it.
BangYou throws out a loose jab but Haggar uses good head movement to avoid it.
BangYou connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Haggar momentarily.

Haggar is rocked!
BangYou finds Haggar's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Haggar flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. BangYou lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Haggar will be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Aiu BangYou!