PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Haral Dir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathaniel Forrester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Forrester has chosen The Rooster by Alice and Chains as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Dir
vs
Forrester

181 cm
32
205 lbs
11 - 13 - 0

190 cm
25
225 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

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 11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Haral Dir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nathaniel Forrester!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Steve Erwin and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Forrester with a nice cross.
The fighters circle momentarily. Forrester darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nathaniel Forrester seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Forrester tries to bum rush Dir with a series of wild strikes but Dir uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dir throws a low kick but it's checked well by Forrester.
Forrester scores with a leg kick.
Forrester swinging wildly here.
Sloppy strikes from Forrester. Those never looked like landing.
Forrester scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Forrester throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Forrester is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Forrester misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Forrester circles away from the clinch attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Forrester throws a nice looking combination but Dir bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Dir closes the distance and pushes Forrester back into the cage.
Forrester is trying to break free.
Forrester wants to break the clinch but can't.
Forrester has had enough of the clinch but Dir keeps him there for the moment.
Forrester working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Forrester wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Forrester is trying to break free.
Forrester wants to get back to striking at distance but Dir won't allow it.
Forrester tries to circle away but Dir has him pinned against the cage.
A short uppercut from Forrester.
Forrester comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Haral Dir has been cut.
Forrester tries to break the clinch but Dir is controlling the position.
Forrester throws an elbow that misses.
Forrester is trying to break the clinch but Dir is controlling him.
Forrester can't break the clinch.

Dir escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Forrester misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dir.
Dir tries to close the distance and clinch up but Forrester swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Forrester throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dir.
Dir tries to clinch but Forrester moves out of range.
Forrester feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dir's calf.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dir shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Forrester is trying to defend but Dir finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Dir is nestled in close to Forrester, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dir stops Forrester from getting back to his feet.
Dir prevents Forrester from improving his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dir wants to control but Forrester is keeping him busy.
Dir lands strikes from half guard.
Forrester tries to get to full guard but Dir has control of the leg.
Forrester gets back to full guard.
Dir slips nicely into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Forrester is looking for a sweep. Dir is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Dir sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Forrester is trying to stand up here but Dir is controlling him well.
Dir thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Forrester controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Forrester wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dir wants to control but Forrester is keeping him busy.
Forrester keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Forrester tries to roll over but Dir keeps him under control.
Dir throwing shots but Forrester is blocking nicely.
Dir not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dir wants to take a breather but Forrester is having none of it.
Forrester is looking to get back to is feet but Dir passes into side control.
Forrester struggling a bit here.
Dir lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Forrester is trying to control Dir's posture but Dir avoids it.
Forrester is being controlled here.
Dir scores with punches from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Nathaniel Forrester will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Haral Dir's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Forrester throws a right hand that Dir ducks under and follows up with a left that Dir also avoids with ease.
Forrester scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Forrester throws a head kick that misses

and Dir counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Dir wants to pass to mount but Forrester is defending the position.
Dir not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Dir stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

Dir closes the distance and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Forrester wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Forrester trying to control the position but instead, Dir has worked for underhooks and has pushed Forrester into the cage.

Forrester escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Forrester lands a jab.
Forrester takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Forrester throws a head kick but Dir moves out of range.
Forrester throws a right hand that Dir ducks under and follows up with a left that Dir also avoids with ease.
Dir wants to clinch.

Dir gets the takedown into side control.
Dir trying to control the position but Forrester is working away.
Dir lands a few punches from side control.
Dir creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Forrester manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Nice strikes from Dir there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Forrester is trying to stand.
Dir is looking to advance position but Forrester won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dir decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Forrester misses with a series of wild punches.
Nathaniel Forrester is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Forrester goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dir moves in looking to clinch but Forrester pushes him off.
Dir avoids the head kick by Forrester.
Dir swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Forrester misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dir tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Forrester manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nathaniel Forrester is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Forrester swats away the attempt to clinch by Dir.
Forrester will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Forrester fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Forrester is breathing heavily.
Forrester tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Forrester misses with a few strikes there.

Dir looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dir is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Well, if Dir is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Forrester trying to control but Dir postures up.
Dir seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Dir sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Forrester defending well though.
Forrester is staying active underneath Dir, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Dir throwing shots but Forrester is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Forrester is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Dir pulls his head out easily.
Dir passes the guard and advances to mount!
Forrester in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Forrester is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Dir is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Forrester can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Dir landing strikes from the mount and Forrester is in trouble!
Dir lands a big elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Forrester in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Forrester is rocked!
Dir controlling his opponent.
Forrester is still in real trouble! Can Dir finish him?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Haral Dir dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Haral Dir's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Forrester misses with a series of wild punches.
Forrester seems to have recovered his senses.
Forrester throws a half hearted mid kick.
Dir tries to clinch but Forrester is having none of it.
A punch combination from Forrester misses.
Forrester misses with a wild combination.
Forrester tries to bum rush Dir with a series of wild strikes but Dir uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Forrester throws a right and a left that both miss.
Forrester checks a leg kick nicely.

Forrester tries to keep at a distance but Dir has taken the fight into the clinch.
Forrester is pressed up against the cage. Dir has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Forrester down to the mat. Forrester avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Nathaniel Forrester seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Forrester avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dir is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Horrible takedown by Dir or perhaps it was just good defense by Forrester which made him look bad.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Forrester misses with a wild combination.
Forrester takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dir tries to clinch there but Forrester circles away.
Dir shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Forrester defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Haral Dir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Forrester misses with a wild combination.
Forrester swinging wildly here.
A head kick misses from Forrester.

Dir shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Dir showed some decent athleticism there.
Dir wants to lay and pray for a moment but Forrester keeps working.
Dir works his way into full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Dir connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Forrester wants to hold on but Dir pushes him away.
Forrester is desperately trying to improve his position but Dir has a good base and remains in mount.
Dir lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Forrester hang on?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Forrester is in a horrible position here. Dir smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Dir pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Dir unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Forrester wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Dir celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Haral Dir!