PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jude Hazel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Sinclair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jude Hazel could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Adam Sinclair's chin.

Hazel
vs
Sinclair

180 cm
25
187 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

174 cm
25
197 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jude Hazel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Adam Sinclair!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paulsen Ambrosius and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sinclair with a lazy takedown attempt

and Hazel counters with a shoot takedown. Sinclair fights it but they end up in guard.
Sinclair being controlled here, momentarily.
Sinclair controlling the position.
Hazel missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hazel being controlled here momentarily.
Hazel is pushing down on Sinclair's leg trying to pass to half guard. Sinclair is fighting to maintain full guard but Hazel has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hazel not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sinclair wants to control but Hazel is keeping busy.
Hazel not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hazel 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.
Sinclair is looking to improve his position.
Hazel working the head and body with strikes.

Hazel is working for a submission of some sort.
Hazel uses his free foot to push down on Sinclair's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Sinclair.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hazel lands a big shot there that rocks Sinclair but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hazel wants to control the pace but Sinclair is squirming around nicely.

Hazel is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Sinclair can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair can't escape the position.
Hazel thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Hazel throws some wild stikes that Sinclair manages to avoid easily.
Sinclair is desperately trying to improve his position but Hazel has a good base and remains in mount.
Sinclair wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Hazel.

Hazel working for a guillotine from mount but Sinclair is in no mood to give up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hazel throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Sinclair because Hazel loaded up on that one.
Sinclair is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sinclair is bucking up trying to escape but Hazel cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Sinclair holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hazel tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Hazel looking to secure an arm triangle but Sinclair defends it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jude Hazel dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hazel shoots in and drives through. Sinclair sprawls well.
Hazel shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Sinclair defends it nicely.
Sinclair throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hazel's waist but Hazel gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sinclair off to one side.
Hazel shoots in but Sinclair avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jude Hazel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hazel leaves Sinclair with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hazel leaves Sinclair with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sinclair doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Hazel counters with a nice double leg into side control. Sinclair won't be happy with that.
Hazel throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sinclair can do anything to dispel that myth.
The ground and pound from Hazel seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hazel landing strikes.
Hazel throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Sinclair is not content to let Hazel control the position.
Hazel tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hazel controlling the position from side mount.
Sinclair really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hazel. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sinclair avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Hazel.
Sinclair gets back to half guard.
Hazel frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hazel scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Poor strikes thrown by Hazel there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Hazel looking to finish with strikes here!
Hazel lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Hazel is working for a guillotine from mount but Sinclair frees his head quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hazel throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

Hazel is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Sinclair to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Sinclair shrugs it off.
Sinclair holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hazel tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hazel takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jude Hazel dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Hazel looking to score a takedown here. Sinclair is defending well but Hazel drives through and ends up in Sinclair's guard.
Hazel stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sinclair swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hazel postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hazel won't allow Sinclair to sweep him here.
Hazel postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hazel trying to control but Sinclair is working from the bottom.
Hazel working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hazel is looking to work some ground and pound but Sinclair has wrist control.
Hazel preventing the sweep.
Sinclair avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hazel throws a big right hand that misses.
Hazel sitting in guard here, content to control.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Hazel wants to control from the top but Sinclair keeps moving.

Jude Hazel has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Sinclair avoids the body shot from Hazel.
Hazel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sinclair can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hazel fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Sinclair shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Hazel tries to lock up and control but Sinclair gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Hazel is trying desperately to improve position.
Hazel wants to hold on but Sinclair pushes him away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sinclair cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hazel wants to hold on but Sinclair pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Sinclair landing shots from mount.
Sinclair takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sinclair throws some wild stikes that Hazel manages to avoid easily.
Hazel is desperately trying to improve his position but Sinclair has a good base and remains in mount.
Hazel is in a horrible position here. Sinclair smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hazel wants to hold on but Sinclair pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hazel is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Hazel holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Sinclair tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Hazel is trying desperately to improve position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

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 Jude Hazel.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hazel, 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jude Hazel!