PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Budd Sidewinder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jin Haworang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sidewinder's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, I'll Hurt You. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Sidewinder
vs
Haworang

186 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

181 cm
26
205 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Budd Sidewinder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jin Haworang!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Steve Erwin and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haworang tries to clinch up but Sidewinder circles away and keeps his distance.
Sidewinder shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Haworang as he avoids it easily.
Haworang tries to close the distance and clinch but Sidewinder swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sidewinder lands a two punch combo.

It looks like Jin Haworang has been cut.
Haworang tries to clinch but Sidewinder moves out of range.
Haworang misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sidewinder closes the distance and clinches up with Haworang, looking for a takedown. Sidewinder pushes Haworang against the cage but Haworang circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sidewinder sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Sidewinder misses with a looping left.
Jin Haworang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sidewinder tries for a takedown but Haworang sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Budd Sidewinder. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Haworang moves in looking to clinch but Sidewinder pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sidewinder takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Haworang tries to clinch up

and Sidewinder counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Sidewinder scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Haworang is trying to stand.
Sidewinder is keen to just control but Haworang is a slippery customer.
Sidewinder throwing shots but Haworang is blocking nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sidewinder throwing shots but Haworang is blocking nicely.
Haworang looks like he's trying to stand up.
Haworang avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sidewinder.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haworang wants to get back to his feet.
Haworang is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sidewinder scores with a couple of nice shots.
Sidewinder not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sidewinder working the head and body with strikes.
Sidewinder missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Sidewinder passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Haworang!
Sidewinder with good strikes from the mount here!
Haworang trying desperately to get to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sidewinder landing strikes from the mount and Haworang is in trouble!
Haworang wants to get back to his feet.
Sidewinder landing shots from mount.
Sidewinder scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Haworang tries to buck Sidewinder off but he can't manage it.
Sidewinder putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Sidewinder looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sidewinder looking to control but Haworang is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
A nice elbow there by Sidewinder.

Haworang is rocked!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Sidewinder! Haworang is hurt baaadly! Sidewinder is firing away with more strikes - Haworang is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Budd Sidewinder!
After the fight, Budd Sidewinder was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.