PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Berkowitz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Haplopelma Hainanum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hainanum has chosen Kryptonite by Three Doors Down as his entrance music. Haplopelma Hainanum has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with David Berkowitz's chin.

Berkowitz
vs
Hainanum

180 cm
24
203 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

190 cm
29
223 lbs
18 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Perkele!
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Fight Night Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, David Berkowitz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Haplopelma Hainanum!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Paulsen Ambrosius and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hainanum tries to clinch up but Berkowitz circles away and keeps his distance.
A head kick misses from Hainanum.
Berkowitz throws the left hand but Hainanum avoids the punch easily.
Hainanum displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Berkowitz throws out the jab.
Berkowitz misses with a low kick.
Berkowitz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hainanum.
Hainanum looks to clinch
and Berkowitz counters with a nice body shot.
Good shot there by Berkowitz.
Berkowitz throws a sloppy head kick and Hainanum moves out of range easily.
Hainanum looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hainanum misses with a double jab.
Hainanum takes one on the button.
Berkowitz lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hainanum backs up against the cage.
Hainanum is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hainanum fails with an attempt to clinch.

Hainanum moves into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Berkowitz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Berkowitz is working Hainanum over against the cage.
Berkowitz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hainanum landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hainanum looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hainanum blocks a body shot from Berkowitz.
Berkowitz throws a head punch that misses.
Hainanum pushes off an throws an elbow but Berkowitz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hainanum has Berkowitz pressed against the cage, preventing Berkowitz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Berkowitz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Berkowitz lands a nice elbow.
Berkowitz takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like David Berkowitz has been cut.
Hainanum using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Berkowitz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hainanum keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Berkowitz's efforts to push away.
Berkowitz throws a punch but it's blocked by Hainanum.

Berkowitz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A head kick from Berkowitz lands but Hainanum takes it in his stride.
Berkowitz keeps the fight on the outside.
Berkowitz dips to his left and cracks Hainanum with an uppercut!
Hainanum throws a half hearted mid kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hainanum throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Hainanum tries to close the distance and clinch but Berkowitz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Hainanum 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hainanum tries to close the distance and clinch but Berkowitz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Berkowitz swats away the attempt to clinch by Hainanum.
Berkowitz throws a leg kick but Hainanum moved away.
Berkowitz dips to his left and cracks Hainanum with an uppercut!
Hainanum doesn't manage to clinch there - Berkowitz circles away.
Hainanum tries to clinch but Berkowitz moves away
and Berkowitz counters with an outside leg kick.
Hainanum tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Berkowitz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Berkowitz will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hainanum avoids the head kick by Berkowitz.
Berkowitz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Berkowitz misses with a straight left.
Hainanum avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hainanum tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Berkowitz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hainanum wants to clinch.
Hainanum throws a leg kick but Berkowitz sees it coming and moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short right from Berkowitz.
Hainanum takes a shot to the head.
Hainanum with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hainanum tries to work over Berkowitz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Berkowitz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hainanum missing with knees to the body.
Berkowitz blocking some punches.
Berkowitz struggles to land a body shot inside as Hainanum controls his hands.
Berkowitz lands a body punch in the clinch.
Berkowitz misses with a punch on the inside.
Hainanum throws a head punch that misses.
Hainanum misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Berkowitz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hainanum ducks right into an uppercut from Berkowitz.
Berkowitz doesn't manage to clinch there - Hainanum circles away.
Hainanum bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hainanum gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
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!
A head punch on the inside from Berkowitz fails to land.
Hainanum lands a left hand.
Hainanum lands a damaging elbow.
Hainanum swings wildly with an uppercut but Berkowitz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hainanum tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hainanum is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Berkowitz is defending well for now.

Berkowitz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hainanum throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Berkowitz takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hainanum tries to close the distance and clinch but Berkowitz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Berkowitz misses with a head kick.
Hainanum fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Berkowitz throws a looping overhand right but Hainanum ducks down to avoid it.
Berkowitz jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Berkowitz throws a chopping leg kick but Hainanum manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

Hainanum instigates a clinch.
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 David Berkowitz will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on David Berkowitz'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.

Berkowitz rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hainanum finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Haplopelma Hainanum seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hainanum tries to close the distance and clinch up but Berkowitz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hainanum uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Berkowitz.
Hainanum tries to clinch there but Berkowitz circles away.
A good leg kick by Berkowitz.

Hainanum gets a clinch.
Berkowitz can't find room to land a body shot as Hainanum controls the action.
Hainanum lands a body punch.
Berkowitz tries to circle away but Hainanum has him pinned against the cage.
Berkowitz dodges an elbow strike from Hainanum.
Haplopelma Hainanum seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Berkowitz pushes Hainanum back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hainanum avoids the elbow strike from Berkowitz, against the cage.
Hainanum lands a damaging elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hainanum lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

David Berkowitz's cut is getting worse.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hainanum obliges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hainanum lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hainanum tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Berkowitz's elbow.
Berkowitz avoids the elbow strike from Hainanum, against the cage.
Berkowitz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berkowitz has a couple of punches blocked by Hainanum.
Hainanum utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hainanum landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Berkowitz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hainanum swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Berkowitz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Berkowitz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hainanum avoids it.
Berkowitz misses with some punches.
A frustrated look appears on Berkowitz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hainanum lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hainanum trying to land knees to the body.
Hainanum throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Berkowitz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hainanum scores with a knee to the head.
Berkowitz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Knees to the body from Hainanum.
Hainanum lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hainanum misses with an elbow over the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hainanum lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

David Berkowitz's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Hainanum lands a nice knee to the body.
Hainanum utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hainanum lands an elbow just above Berkowitz 's eye.
Hainanum comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hainanum misses with a punch to the body.
Hainanum utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hainanum misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Berkowitz.
Hainanum lands a nice knee to the body.
Hainanum swings wildly with an uppercut but Berkowitz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Berkowitz avoiding damage as Hainanum throws knees to the body.
Hainanum with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hainanum with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Jeez, David Berkowitz's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Hainanum throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Berkowitz blocks it with crossed arms.
Berkowitz takes an elbow to the temple.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at David Berkowitz's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Haplopelma Hainanum!
Haplopelma Hainanum is the new light heavyweight champion!
Haplopelma Hainanum bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.