PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Manga Rosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Hazlehurst (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Hazlehurst's choice of entrance music: Lil Wayne - Fireman. Daniel Hazlehurst has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rosa
vs
Hazlehurst

181 cm
32
152 lbs
7 - 11 - 0

180 cm
23
170 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Vanquish Fight Wear
Heisenberg

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Manga Rosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Daniel Hazlehurst!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Chris Downing and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rosa slips a jab and a cross from Hazlehurst.
Hazlehurst misses with a body shot.
Hazlehurst has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

Hazlehurst drives through and clinches with Rosa against the cage.
Rosa is looking to control Hazlehurst's arms but Hazlehurst gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rosa has his back to the cage.
Rosa drops down looking for an ankle pick but Hazlehurst pulls his leg out and moves away.

Hazlehurst rushes Rosa and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Hazlehurst escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rosa slips under a jab.
Hazlehurst catches Rosa with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Rosa shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Hazlehurst manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Hazlehurst is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Rosa is aware though and is defending well.
Hazlehurst wants to stand up but Rosa is controlling him.

Hazlehurst looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosa postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Hazlehurst has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Rosa can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Rosa postures up in Hazlehurst's guard and throws a big left but Hazlehurst blocks it.
Hazlehurst looking to control.

Hazlehurst looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Hazlehurst wants to stand up but Rosa is controlling him.

Hazlehurst is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Rosa is aware though and is defending well.
Hazlehurst looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hazlehurst wants to stand and escape but Rosa is having none of it.
Rosa scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hazlehurst is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rosa actively working from the bottom here.

Hazlehurst is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hazlehurst drops an elbow to the side of Rosa's head.
Rosa missing with punches from the bottom.
Rosa throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Hazlehurst blocks the strikes from Rosa.
Hazlehurst is trying to control. Rosa wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Rosa throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

Hazlehurst looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Hazlehurst tries to stand but can't do so whilst Rosa controls his leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosa pushes Hazlehurst off looking to stand but Hazlehurst dives back in and keeps control.
Hazlehurst controlling the pace.
Rosa has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hazlehurst is working away from the top position though.
Hazlehurst is trying to control the action in half guard but Rosa is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Rosa wants to improve his position but Hazlehurst is controlling well.
Hazlehurst working Rosa over with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rosa is trying to control but can't.
Hazlehurst keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Hazlehurst is trying to control. Rosa wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Daniel Hazlehurst wasn't active enough on the ground.
Some wild striking there from Hazlehurst.
Hazlehurst throws a poor cross that misses

so Rosa counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rosa accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Rosa avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hazlehurst is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hazlehurst working a defensive guard here.
Rosa trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Hazlehurst is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Rosa drops down looking for an ankle pick but Hazlehurst pulls his leg out and moves away.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hazlehurst. Rosa does a little dance to reset his feet.

Hazlehurst clinches up with Rosa and pushes him back against the cage.
Rosa has Hazlehurst pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Hazlehurst manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Manga Rosa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hazlehurst takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Hazlehurst escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hazlehurst throws an off balance right hand

and Rosa counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Rosa is fighting to break Hazlehurst's control of his arms but Hazlehurst is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Hazlehurst has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Rosa has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Hazlehurst breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Rosa tries to keep at a distance but Hazlehurst has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rosa taking a breather.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Rosa is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Hazlehurst's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rosa fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Rosa takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hazlehurst pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rosa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rosa goes for a double leg but Hazlehurst avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Hazlehurst continues to drive forward.
Rosa drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hazlehurst gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Hazlehurst breaks from the clinch.
Hazlehurst rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Rosa moves into the clinch.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Hazlehurst breaks from the clinch.
Rosa doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Hazlehurst connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Daniel Hazlehurst is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hazlehurst shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Rosa eats them both and turns towards Hazlehurst to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Rosa misses with a takedown attempt

and Hazlehurst counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hazlehurst.
Hazlehurst controlling the action here for a moment.
Rosa has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hazlehurst is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Rosa is breathing heavily.

Hazlehurst breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rosa with a lazy takedown attempt

and Hazlehurst counters by clinching up.

Hazlehurst breaks the clinch.
Rosa gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Hazlehurst gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Hazlehurst!
An out of breath Daniel Hazlehurst thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.