PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jacques La Haine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dom Danky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). La Haine comes to the cage accompanied by Cut Killer - Nique La Police. The key to victory for Jacques La Haine has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

La Haine
vs
Danky

182 cm
27
203 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

197 cm
24
202 lbs
7 - 5 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Sun-Tzu

Milwaukee's Best Nutrition

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 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jacques La Haine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Dom Danky!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La Haine on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Danky waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract La Haine.
Nice straight punches there by Danky. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Danky.
La Haine scores with a jab to the body.
Danky throws a jab but it's blocked by La Haine.
La Haine moves out of range as Danky strikes.
La Haine connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
La Haine displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Danky throws out the jab.
It appears La Haine was looking to counter with a kick there.
La Haine throws a lazy uppercut
and Danky counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Danky slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
La Haine moves in looking to clinch but Danky pushes him off.
La Haine tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Danky was well out of range. Poor timing from La Haine.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Danky has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
La Haine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Danky slips a jab from La Haine.
Danky throws a hook but La Haine avoids it easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Danky just misses with a punch to the body.
Danky throws an overhand right that lands on La Haine's shoulder, as La Haine tries to avoid the shot.
La Haine looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Danky lands a jab to the nose.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danky lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Danky.
Danky tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Danky is trying hard to land a takedown here. La Haine sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Danky keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
La Haine walks into a jab.
La Haine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Danky ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Danky steps to the side to avoid the strikes from La Haine.
Danky is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by La Haine.
La Haine lands a nice leg kick that just misses Danky's sensitive parts.
Danky cracks La Haine with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jacques La Haine is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
La Haine ducks under a wild hook from Danky.
La Haine lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Danky jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La Haine misses with a looping right.
Danky comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Haine throws the left hand but Danky avoids the punch easily.
La Haine pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Danky throws a sloppy head kick and La Haine moves out of range easily.
Danky wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Danky is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Danky has a takedown stuffed.
It looked like La Haine was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
La Haine slips under a jab from Danky.
A big left from Danky misses.
The fighters circling - Danky throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
La Haine swings for the body but Danky moves out of range.
La Haine misses with a low kick as Danky jumps back.
La Haine tries to close the distance and clinch but Danky swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Danky swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Danky scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from La Haine. Danky does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danky displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as La Haine throws out the jab.
La Haine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Danky throws a body punch but La Haine moves out of range.
La Haine feinted there with a counter leg kick.
La Haine moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
La Haine takes a shot to the body in his stride.
La Haine ducks under a wild hook from Danky.
La Haine was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Danky throws a head kick but La Haine moves out of range.
Good exchange - Danky coming out on top.
Nice defenses there by La Haine.
Danky thuds his right hand into La Haine's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Danky swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Danky throws a body punch but La Haine moves out of range.
La Haine tried to counter with a leg kick but Danky avoided it.
La Haine slips under a jab from Danky.
Danky misses with a body shot.
A counter left hand to the body from La Haine misses its target.
La Haine misses with a looping left.
Danky is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! La Haine had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
La Haine fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Haine rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Danky counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
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!
La Haine needs to keep his hands up - Danky had a free shot at his head there.
Danky throws a jab but it's blocked by La Haine.
Danky throws a leg kick that is checked
and La Haine counters with a straight right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from La Haine misses the target.
A bone on bone clash there as Danky blocks the leg kick.
La Haine on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jacques La Haine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La Haine uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Danky has time to react.
La Haine throws a right hand that misses
and Danky counters with a lovely straight right hand!
La Haine throws a head kick that misses.
Danky now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
La Haine tries to clinch up.
La Haine throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Danky stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Danky scores with a hook to the body. La Haine takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
La Haine lands a jab to Danky's midsection.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La Haine uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Danky.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dom Danky dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Danky throws a body punch but La Haine moves out of range.
La Haine slips under a jab.
Danky connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Danky has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
La Haine misses with an uppercut.
Danky keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from La Haine.
La Haine slips under a jab from Danky.
Danky misses with a straight left.
Danky with a body punch. A glancing blow.
La Haine throws a right hand that Danky ducks under and follows up with a left that Danky also avoids with ease.
Danky avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
La Haine keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Danky.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Haine throws a series of punches but Danky moves out of range.
Danky throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Danky throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Danky misses with a hook
and La Haine counters with a nice uppercut.
Danky stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from La Haine.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danky thows a left - swing and a miss!
La Haine throws a quick inside leg kick.

La Haine instigates a clinch.
Nice elbow from La Haine.
La Haine tries to work over Danky's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Danky lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of La Haine backwards.
La Haine scores with a hook to the body.
La Haine goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Danky wants to get back to striking at distance but La Haine won't allow it.
La Haine throws a head punch that misses.
Danky takes an elbow to the forehead.

Danky breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Danky attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
La Haine bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Danky's head.
Danky scores with a head kick. La Haine tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Haine throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
La Haine takes a swing at Danky's ribcage but misses.
La Haine avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
La Haine checks a leg kick.
Danky fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
La Haine throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and La Haine takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Danky misses with a left hand
and La Haine counters with a stiff right hand.
La Haine lands a high kick!
La Haine keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Danky.
La Haine works Danky's body with a nice hook.
La Haine thuds his right hand into Danky's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Danky throws a body shot but no joy.
Danky will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Danky throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Danky staying out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danky throws a hook but La Haine avoids it easily.
La Haine connects with a body shot.
Danky throws a right and a left that La Haine avoids nicely.
La Haine moves in looking to clinch but Danky pushes him off.
La Haine ducks under a wild hook from Danky.
Danky avoids the body shot from La Haine.
La Haine lands with a nice combination. Danky backs away looking to recover.
La Haine throws a hook to the side of Danky's head but Danky sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
La Haine lands a right hook to the body.
La Haine throws a head kick but Danky moves out of range.
La Haine just misses with a punch to the body.
Danky looks to score with a jab to the body but La Haine is just out of range.
La Haine scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
La Haine slips a jab from Danky.
La Haine connects with a single shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Danky fails with the takedown
and La Haine counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
La Haine connects with the punch.
La Haine slips under a jab.
Danky misses with a hook
and La Haine counters with an inside leg kick.
La Haine lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Danky uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before La Haine has time to react.
Danky avoids a punch combination nicely.
La Haine tests Danky's chin there with a solid looking shot.
La Haine thumps Danky with a low kick.
Danky lands the left hand.
La Haine throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacques La Haine dominated that second round.
That's time! La Haine's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

La Haine with a hook.
Danky lands with a nice body punch.
La Haine misses with an uppercut. Danky saw that one coming.
Danky connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Danky scores with a head kick.
Jab by La Haine.
Danky moves away from the strike by La Haine.
Danky appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
La Haine ducks under a wild hook from Danky.
Danky misses with a wild body shot.
Danky throws a jab when La Haine was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Danky tries to score a power double leg takedown but La Haine sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Danky somewhat.
Nice defenses there by Danky.
Danky throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Haine throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Danky throws a front kick aimed at La Haine's knee but La Haine avoids it well.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from La Haine.
Danky throws a chopping leg kick but La Haine manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
La Haine scores with a head kick.
Danky shoots in but no luck this time.
La Haine misses with the combination.
Danky connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
La Haine misses with a straight right.
La Haine misses with a wild combination.
La Haine just misses with a punch to the body.
Danky fakes a jab and throws a low kick but La Haine checks it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danky lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
La Haine avoids the body shot from Danky.
La Haine throwing a counter right hand but Danky manages to avoid it.
Danky on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Dom Danky seems to be getting the better of the standup.
La Haine avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Danky gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La Haine lands a nice leg kick that just misses Danky's sensitive parts.
La Haine throws a body punch but Danky moves out of range.
La Haine avoids the head kick by Danky.
La Haine wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Danky throws a quick inside leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of La Haine 's head but he takes it in his stride.
La Haine throws a shot from downtown. Danky moves away and avoids it.
La Haine looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
La Haine lands a high kick!
La Haine moves out of range of the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Haine moves out of range of the strikes.
Danky uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from La Haine.
And Danky tries to counter it with a takedown but La Haine pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Danky slips a jab and a cross from La Haine.
La Haine checks a leg kick nicely.
La Haine misses with a double jab.
La Haine misses with a series of wild punches.
La Haine blocks a jab.
La Haine's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Danky connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! La Haine scrambles back to his feet.
La Haine just misses with a punch to the body.

Danky scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Danky connects with a nice short shot to La Haine's temple.
Danky is taking a breather. La Haine says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
La Haine is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Haine blocking the ground and pound attempt from Danky.
Danky is keen to just control but La Haine is a slippery customer.
Danky takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Danky is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Danky sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. La Haine defending well though.
Danky slows the pace down in half guard.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
A cross from La Haine lands.

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 Jacques La Haine.
I think La Haine 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!