PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zdravko Dren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Hayze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dren comes to the cage accompanied by GETO BOYS - mind of a lunatic. Zdravko Dren is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Dren
vs
Hayze

194 cm
25
260 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

195 cm
25
270 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Zdravko Dren!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bill Hayze!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Sandra Marshall and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dren scores with a kick to the midsection.
Dren goes for a double leg but Hayze avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Hayze continues to drive forward.
Dren scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Bill Hayze has been cut.
Hayze is stalling here.

Dren pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hayze cracks Dren with a good jab.
Zdravko Dren seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dren ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hayze moves away.
Hayze lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dren slips under a jab from Hayze.
Hayze cracks Dren with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Dren moves in looking to clinch but Hayze pushes him off.
Hayze scores with a shot to the body.
Dren throws a jab but it's blocked by Hayze.
Hayze throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dren misses with a double jab
and Hayze counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hayze looks to score with a jab to the body but Dren is just out of range.
Hayze misses with a wild body shot.
Dren misses with an uppercut. Hayze saw that one coming.
Dren lands with a kick to the temple. Hayze shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Dren misses with a body kick.
Dren misses with a low kick.
Hayze keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dren swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dren throws a push kick but Hayze slaps the foot to one side.
Dren tries to clinch but Hayze moves out of range.
Dren lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hayze's sensitive parts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayze takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dren misses with a double jab.
Dren throws a lazy uppercut
and Hayze counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dren tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hayze counters with a nice uppercut.
Dren takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Dren throws a front kick aimed at Hayze's knee but Hayze avoids it well.
Dren tries to close the distance and clinch but Hayze swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dren misses with a shot to the body
and Hayze counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dren doesn't manage to clinch there - Hayze circles away.
Hayze works the jab nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dren throws a big shot that misses.
Dren throws a lazy uppercut
and Hayze counters with a stiff right hand.
Dren throws a looping overhand right but Hayze ducks down to avoid it.
Hayze lunges at Dren with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dren's hand.
Hayze looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Dren misses with a two punch combination.
Hayze connects with a body shot.
Dren takes one to the chin there.

Dren is rocked!
Dren seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Hayze lands a body shot.
Oh Dren is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dren is breathing heavily.
Dren throws a right hand that misses
and Hayze rattles Dren with a well-timed uppercut counter. - Dren tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. Hayze dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving Dren stiff and motionless on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Bill Hayze!
Bill Hayze is the new heavyweight champion!
Bill Hayze bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.