PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Constantine Markakis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hapitaron Hasofi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hapitaron Hasofi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Markakis
vs
Hasofi

186 cm
23
192 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

173 cm
20
190 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Constantine Markakis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hapitaron Hasofi!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Markakis wants to clinch.
Markakis tries to close the distance and clinch but Hasofi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hasofi shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Markakis pinned against the cage. Markakis gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Hasofi closes the distance and clinches up with Markakis, looking for a takedown. Hasofi pushes Markakis against the cage but Markakis circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Markakis gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Markakis lands an elbow inside that Hasofi shrugs off.

It looks like Hapitaron Hasofi has been cut.
Hasofi should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Hasofi being controlled against the cage.
Hasofi avoids a wild elbow strike from Markakis.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Markakis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Markakis with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Markakis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hasofi.

Markakis manages to break the clinch.

Hasofi clinches up with Markakis and pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Markakis misses with a knee to the head.
Markakis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hasofi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Markakis trying to land knees to the body.
Markakis throws a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Markakis.
Markakis landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hasofi dodges an elbow strike from Markakis.
Hasofi jumps guard but Markakis stands there with Hasofi around his waist. Hasofi gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Constantine Markakis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hapitaron Hasofi.
Markakis avoiding damage.
Markakis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hasofi.
Hasofi fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Markakis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hasofi blocks it with crossed arms.
Markakis looking to throw knees to the head but Hasofi is blocking nicely.
Hasofi has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Markakis avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Hasofi jumps guard but Markakis stands there with Hasofi around his waist. Hasofi gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Markakis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hasofi.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hasofi wants to break free but Markakis has control.
Markakis misses with a knee to the head.
Markakis holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Markakis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Markakis gets underhooks to prevent Hasofi's takedown attempt.
Markakis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hasofi's face.
Markakis stalls.
Hasofi tries to pull guard but Markakis holds him up against the cage and eventually Hasofi drops back down to his feet.
Markakis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hasofi.
Markakis taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Markakis.
Markakis missing with knees to the body.
Hasofi tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Hasofi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Markakis throws an elbow but it misses.
Hasofi has Markakis pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Markakis manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Markakis lands a knee to the head.
Hasofi avoiding damage as Markakis throws knees to the body.

Markakis breaks from the clinch.
Hasofi will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hasofi closes the distance and clinches up with Markakis, looking for a takedown. Hasofi pushes Markakis against the cage but Markakis circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Markakis forces Hasofi back against the cage and clinches.
Markakis has Hasofi pushed against the cage.
Markakis crunches a lovely knee into Hasofi's ribcage.
Hasofi looks gassed!
Hasofi tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Markakis taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Markakis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Markakis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Markakis moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Markakis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hasofi fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Markakis breaks from the clinch.
Hasofi has a takedown stuffed.
Markakis wants to clinch but Hasofi slips to the side

and Hasofi counters with a nice double leg into side control. Markakis won't be happy with that.
Markakis tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hasofi wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Hasofi wants to take a breather but Markakis manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Hasofi.
Hasofi trying to control the position from guard on top but Markakis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Markakis is pulling down on Hasofi's head. It's preventing any offense from Hasofi, at least for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Constantine Markakis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hapitaron Hasofi'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.

Markakis tries to clinch but Hasofi moves away

and Hasofi counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Markakis's guard now.
Hasofi trying to control the position from guard on top but Markakis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hasofi slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Markakis is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Hasofi is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hasofi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Markakis is keeping the position for now.
Hasofi wants to control from the top but Markakis keeps moving.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Markakis drives through and clinches with Hasofi against the cage.
Markakis lands an elbow just above Hasofi 's eye.
Markakis lands an elbow that stopped Hasofi in his tracks for a moment.
Markakis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Markakis lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hasofi is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Markakis.
Markakis comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the fighters up against the cage, Markakis throws an elbow but misses.
Markakis creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hasofi's defenses.
Markakis lands a nice shot to the body.
Markakis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Markakis trying to land knees to the body.
Hasofi fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Hasofi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Markakis.
Markakis lands a body punch.
Hasofi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Markakis trying to land knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Markakis takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Markakis lands a nice elbow.
Markakis comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Markakis lands a nice knee to the body.
Markakis is stalling here.
Hasofi avoiding damage as Markakis throws knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Markakis.
Markakis is stalling here.
Markakis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Markakis lands an elbow that stopped Hasofi in his tracks for a moment.
Markakis connects with a knee to the head.
Hasofi tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Markakis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hasofi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Constantine Markakis has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Markakis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Markakis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Markakis closes the distance and clinches.
Hasofi tries to pull guard but Markakis holds him up against the cage and eventually Hasofi drops back down to his feet.
Constantine Markakis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hapitaron Hasofi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Markakis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hasofi blocks it with crossed arms.
Markakis lands a nice knee to the body.
Markakis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hasofi's face.
Hasofi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hasofi goes for a takedown in the clinch but Markakis prevents it.
Hasofi managing to block the knees to the body from Markakis.
Hasofi takes an elbow to the temple.
Markakis scores a nice knee to the body.
Hasofi jumps guard but Markakis stands there with Hasofi around his waist. Hasofi gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Markakis lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Markakis.
Markakis lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Constantine Markakis dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hapitaron Hasofi'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. This is the final round!

Markakis darts in trying to clinch
and Hasofi counters with a head kick.
Markakis darts in trying to clinch

and Hasofi counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Markakis!
Hasofi looking to control but Markakis is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Markakis tries to reverse the position but Hasofi maintains control.
Hasofi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Markakis holds on for dear life, controlling Hasofi's posture momentarily.

Hasofi working for a submission but Markakis is keeping him at bay.
Markakis bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Markakis will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Markakis is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Hasofi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hasofi wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Markakis is now in half guard.
Markakis slows the pace down in half guard.
Hasofi is trying to control but Markakis passes into side control!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Markakis decides to stand back up.
Markakis wants to clinch

and Hasofi counters with a takedown into side control.

Hasofi is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Markakis knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Constantine Markakis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Hasofi thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hapitaron Hasofi has got the better of the ground game so far.
Markakis is trying to control Hasofi's posture but Hasofi avoids it.
Hapitaron Hasofi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hasofi goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Markakis rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Hasofi's guard! Nice work there by Markakis!
Markakis controlling from the top position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hapitaron Hasofi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Markakis has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Constantine Markakis!