|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harry Haffa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Glaube Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haffa comes to the cage accompanied by Black Stone Cherry - White Trash Millionaire. Silva has chosen . as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
 |
|
 |
| 200 cm
33
210 lbs
21 - 10 - 0 |
|
194 cm
31
222 lbs
18 - 14 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
|
Good wrestler
World class MT
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
21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Harry Haffa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Glaube Silva!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Donald Grub and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva misses with a low kick.
Haffa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
Haffa bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Silva's head.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Haffa moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Haffa avoids the head kick by Silva.
Haffa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Haffa effectively controlling the action here.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Haffa is defending well for now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Haffa presses Silva against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Haffa blocks it.
Haffa lands with a left to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva wants to stall.
Haffa pressing his opponent against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Haffa takes one to the chin there.
It looks like Harry Haffa has been cut.
Silva has closed the distance and engaged Haffa in a clinch.
Haffa working aggressively here.
Haffa misses with a punch on the inside.
Haffa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Haffa lands with a light punch inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Haffa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Haffa tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silva breaks the clinch.
Haffa feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silva's calf.
Silva throws a jab when Haffa was well out of range.
Silva rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Haffa counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Silva thinking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice takedown defense from Silva. No joy for Haffa on that attempt.
Haffa darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Silva has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Hey Steve's Fight Shack. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Haffa is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haffa seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Silva does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Haffa is working for a submission of some sort.
Haffa is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Haffa is looking to stall here but Silva recovers full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Haffa looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Haffa wants to improve his position but Silva is controlling well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haffa is trying to control but can't.
Haffa is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Silva wants to pass the guard but Haffa is defending well.
Haffa is looking to get back to full guard here but Silva has managed to pass to side control instead.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva working away.
Haffa is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harry Haffa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Harry Haffa's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Haffa.
Haffa avoids the head kick by Silva.
Silva tries to clinch but Haffa is having none of it.
Nice shot by Haffa.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Haffa moves out of range easily.
Haffa ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Haffa looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range.
Haffa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Haffa avoids a punch combination nicely.
Haffa thuds his right hand into Silva's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Silva pushes Haffa up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva breaks from the clinch.
Haffa fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva throws a one two combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Haffa counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Silva thinking.
Silva bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Haffa's head backwards.
Silva misses the jab.
Silva scores with a shot to the body.
Haffa throws out a powerful jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Haffa misses the target.
Silva misses with an uppercut.
Haffa sizes up Silva with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Silva looks to throw the jab but Haffa is out of range.
Harry Haffa is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva throws a body punch but Haffa moves out of range.
Haffa misses with a hook.
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!
Haffa dives in for a single leg takedown but Silva sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Haffa swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Haffa scores with a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haffa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short uppercut from Haffa.
Haffa tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Haffa back against the cage.
Haffa digs a right hand underneath Silva's ribcage. Silva let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Haffa goes for a takedown attempt but Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Haffa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Haffa slips a jab from Silva.
Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Haffa working aggressively here.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Haffa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silva lands a right hand.
Silva is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harry Haffa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Haffa lands a takedown into guard.
Silva wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haffa tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.
Silva controls Haffa momentarily but Haffa frees himself.
Haffa trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Silva being controlled here, momentarily.
Haffa with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Silva, not yet.
Haffa trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Haffa looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to clinch but Haffa is having none of it.
Haffa on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Silva misses with a kick to the body.
Haffa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Silva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Silva jabs Haffa to the body, keeping him at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed right hand from Haffa misses the target.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Haffa moves out of range easily.
Haffa lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Haffa shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Silva manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Haffa trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Harry Haffa will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Harry Haffa's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
A head kick by Silva misses
and Haffa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Haffa takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Haffa scores with the left hand. Silva knows he should have avoided that one.
Haffa takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Haffa misses with a body shot.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Haffa was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Haffa avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva closes the distance and lands a one-two.
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!
Silva swings for the body but Haffa moves out of range.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Haffa.
Glaube Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haffa takes one to the side of the head.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Haffa lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silva's sensitive parts.
Haffa lands a jab to Silva's midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Haffa counters with a stiff right hand.
Glaube Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Haffa forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
A short uppercut from Silva.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Haffa throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Haffa stalling.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Haffa backwards.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Haffa looking to slow down the pace here.
Silva blocks a body shot from Haffa.
Harry Haffa has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Silva taking a breather.
A hook to the body from Haffa.
Silva tries to throw a body punch but Haffa avoids it by throwing Silva back against the cage.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Glaube Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Haffa misses with a punch on the inside.
Haffa looking to slow down the pace here.
Silva lands a body shot.
Haffa is trying to maintain a safe position but Silva gets an underhook and turns Haffa into the cage.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silva.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Silva blocking some punches.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Haffa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Haffa feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Silvas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The fighters circling - Haffa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Haffa.
Haffa blocks a head kick by Silva.
Silva lands with a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Haffa moves out of range easily.
Silva misses the body punch
and Haffa counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Haffa wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Haffa tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.
Haffa is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Silva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Haffa.
Silva keeping full guard, as Haffa tries to pass.
Haffa is working hard here to advance position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva can't keep his opponent in guard - Haffa advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Haffa is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Haffa wants to pass to mount but Silva is defending the position.
Haffa is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Haffa wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
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 Harry Haffa.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Haffa, 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harry Haffa!
A very excited looking Harry Haffa made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
96% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
