PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between C S Graves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simo Hayha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hayha has chosen Harvester of Sorrow as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

S Graves
vs
Hayha

175 cm
21
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

184 cm
17
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid 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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, C S Graves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Simo Hayha!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Aafke Stam and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Graves drives through and clinches with Hayha against the cage.
Hayha is looking to break free of the clinch but Graves has double underhooks.
Graves is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Graves breaks from the clinch.
Hayha circles away from the clinch attempt.
C S Graves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hayha ducks under a wild hook from Graves.
Graves misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Graves throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
No joy there for Graves, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A combination from Graves does no damage.
Graves throws a combination that misses
and Hayha counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Graves is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Graves rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hayha moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Graves throws a right and a left that Hayha avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves misses with a few strikes there.
Graves tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hayha swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Graves is looking to clinch.
Hayha showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Graves.
Graves misses with a series of wild punches.
Graves misses with a double jab.
Graves is breathing heavily.

Graves moves into the clinch successfully.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Graves is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hayha gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves pushes Hayha back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hayha misses with the head strike.
Hayha tries to circle away but Graves has him pinned against the cage.
Graves is trying to break the clinch but Hayha has him pressed against the cage.

Hayha ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Hayha no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Graves wants to stand and escape but instead Hayha has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Hayha stands up and waves to Graves to follow him.
Graves throws a sloppy body shot

and Hayha counters with a head kick that drops Graves to the mat! Graves scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Graves is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Graves misses with a two punch combination.
Graves misses with a double jab
and Hayha counters with a massive head kick! KABOOM! Graves is out cold! A devastating KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Simo Hayha!
Simo Hayha was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.