PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lui Passaglia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Azman Hazardi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hazardi has chosen Jedi Mind Tricks - Heavy Metal Kings Featuring Ill Bill as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Passaglia
vs
Hazardi

198 cm
21
195 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

188 cm
27
190 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Crashforce Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lui Passaglia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Azman Hazardi!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hazardi looks to score with a jab to the body but Passaglia is just out of range.
Hazardi misses with a takedown attempt - Passaglia sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Passaglia swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Passaglia misses with a low kick.
Hazardi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Passaglia lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hazardi checks a low kick from Passaglia.
Hazardi misses with a low kick.
Passaglia leaves Hazardi with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hazardi closes the distance looking to clinch
and Passaglia counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hazardi is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Passaglia misses with a low kick.
Passaglia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Passaglia throws a half hearted mid kick.
Azman Hazardi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hazardi throws a poor cross that misses
and Passaglia counters with a good, hard body kick but Hazardi shrugs it off.
Hazardi moves to clinch but Passaglia breaks away
and Passaglia counters with a nice kick to the body.
Hazardi looks gassed!
Passaglia throws out a leg kick but Hazardi moves out of range and Passaglia only half commits.
Hazardi avoids the head kick by Passaglia.
Passaglia throws a chopping leg kick but Hazardi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Passaglia is looking to slow Hazardi down with leg kicks.
Hazardi throws a shot from downtown. Passaglia moves away and avoids it.
Passaglia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hazardi.
Passaglia slips a straight right by Hazardi.
Passaglia scores with a spinning back kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Passaglia moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A good leg kick by Passaglia.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Passaglia lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Passaglia scoring well with a low kick there.
Passaglia throws a low kick but Hazardi avoids it.
Passaglia throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Lui Passaglia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hazardi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Passaglia manages to avoid it.
Passaglia with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The fighters circling - Hazardi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A nice leg kick lands there from Passaglia.
Passaglia dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hazardi. That did some damage!
Hazardi takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Hazardi sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A thudding body kick lands there by Passaglia!
Passaglia with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Hazardi checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Passaglia lands a head kick. Hazardi smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Hazardi tries to clinch
and Passaglia counters with a good low kick that Hazardi was not able to check.
Passaglia throws out a leg kick but Hazardi moves out of range and Passaglia only half commits.
Passaglia misses with a leg kick.
Passaglia blocks a jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Passaglia.
Hazardi takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Hazardi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Passaglia. Passaglia obviously looking to wear him down.
Passaglia with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hazardi on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Passaglia explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hazardi shoots in but Passaglia avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Lui Passaglia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Azman Hazardi.
Passaglia lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hazardi will feel that in the morning.
Passaglia throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hazardi thows a leg kick but Passaglia checks it
and Passaglia counters with a nice leg kick.
Hazardi is trying desperately to land a takedown but Passaglia is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Hazardi.
Passaglia throws a nice outside leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Passaglia!
Passaglia slips under a jab from Hazardi.
Passaglia lands with a kick to the temple. Hazardi shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Hazardi is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hazardi tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Passaglia throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Hazardi's head.
Passaglia is looking to score with low kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lui Passaglia dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hazardi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Passaglia. That one must have hurt.
Hazardi misses the body punch
and Passaglia counters with a leg kick.
Hazardi misses with an uppercut
and Passaglia counters with a good low kick that Hazardi was not able to check.
The crowd cheers as Hazardi lands an impressive looking overhand right. Passaglia doesn't seem phased though.
Passaglia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hazardi.
Passaglia is looking to chop away at Hazardi's legs.
Hazardi tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Passaglia counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hazardi is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Hazardi takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Lui Passaglia is winning the standup battle so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Passaglia scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hazardi is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hazardi tries to clinch but Passaglia is having none of it.
Hazardi blocks a leg kick.
Hazardi takes a swing at Passaglia's ribcage but misses.
Good leg kick by Passaglia there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Passaglia lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hazardi checks a leg kick.
Hazardi tries to clinch but Passaglia moves out of range.
Hazardi misses with a leg kick
and Passaglia counters with a body kick.
Passaglia thumps Hazardi with a low kick.
Hazardi has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Passaglia.
Hazardi sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Hazardi checks a low kick from Passaglia.
Hazardi misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Passaglia.
Hazardi throws out a leg kick but Passaglia moves out of range and Hazardi only half commits.
A slapping body kick lands there for Passaglia.
Hazardi misses with an uppercut.
Hazardi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Passaglia misses with a low kick.
Hazardi throws a jab but it's blocked by Passaglia.
Passaglia lands a leg kick that knocks Hazardi off balance momentarily.
Hazardi misses with an uppercut
and Passaglia counters with a slapping leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Passaglia 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 Hazardi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hazardi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hazardi darts in trying to clinch
and Passaglia finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Hazardi might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Passaglia has got the better of the exchanges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Passaglia throws out a leg kick but Hazardi moves out of range and Passaglia only half commits.
Hazardi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Passaglia swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Passaglia checks a leg kick.
Hazardi swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Passaglia counters with a nice body kick.
Passaglia scoring well with a low kick there.
Passaglia thows a body kick. Hazardi tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Passaglia.
Hazardi throws a lazy head kick
and Passaglia counters with a head kick.

Hazardi is rocked!
Passaglia thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hazardi if he has to take too many more of those.
Hazardi is still on wobbly legs! Can Passaglia finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Passaglia.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Passaglia, right into the meat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Passaglia and Hazardi are patiently standing in front of each other looking for an opening. Passaglia throws a head kick. It's landed, knocking Hazardi into next week! Ooooh that was huge! Passaglia knows it - he's on the cage flexing is biceps. That's a bit weird considering he won by kick but whatever.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Lui Passaglia!