PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dahl Haas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gene Sarazen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haas's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ten Typ Mes - Trze'a było. This should be fireworks!

Haas
vs
Sarazen

178 cm
29
176 lbs
14 - 4 - 2

180 cm
31
169 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Bullet Proof System
Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dahl Haas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gene Sarazen!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sarazen moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sarazen throws a sloppy head kick
and Haas counters with a left to the body.
Sarazen misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sarazen misses with a takedown attempt
and Haas counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Gene Sarazen has been cut.
Haas misses with a looping right.
Haas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sarazen.
Haas has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Broken Halo's -Temple of Illumination in the buildup to the fight.
Sarazen throws a head kick that misses.
Sarazen looks to throw the jab but Haas is out of range.
Good exchange - Sarazen coming out on top.
Sarazen shoots and misses
and Haas counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dahl Haas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gene Sarazen.
Haas takes one to the side of the head.
Haas takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sarazen misses with a wild body shot.
Haas swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sarazen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sarazen fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Haas avoids it really well and circles away.
Sarazen shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Haas sprawls well. Haas wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sarazen gets slowly back to his feet.
Haas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sarazen was well out of range. Poor timing from Haas.
Sarazen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Haas makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A good leg kick by Haas.
Sarazen swings widly with a right hand
and Haas makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Haas tries to score with a low kick but Sarazen moves his leg out of the way.
Sarazen dives in for a single leg takedown but Haas sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Haas is looking to wear down Sarazen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sarazen misses with a body shot.
Haas was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sarazen throws a hook to the side of Haas's head but Haas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sarazen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Haas in his tracks.
Haas fails to land the takedown.

Haas drives through with a takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sarazen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Haas.
Sarazen keeping moving, preventing Haas from controlling successfully.
Sarazen trying to keep a closed guard but Haas is proving a slippery customer.
Haas throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Haas trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Sarazen manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sarazen throwing strikes from guard but Haas blocks nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sarazen throws a big right hand that misses.
Sarazen connects with a couple of short punches.
Sarazen is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Haas is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Sarazen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Haas defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sarazen.
A counter left hand to the body from Haas misses its target.
Sarazen throws a jab when Haas was well out of range.
Sarazen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haas slips under a jab from Sarazen.
Haas pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sarazen is out of range and Haas settles back down.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sarazen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Haas closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sarazen lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sarazen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Haas has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Haas takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Haas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sarazen.
Sarazen scores with a shot to the body.
Sarazen throws a looping overhand right but Haas ducks down to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Haas on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sarazen misses with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sarazen misses with a looping right.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sarazen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Gene Sarazen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gene Sarazen's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Sarazen throws a shot from downtown. Haas moves away and avoids it.
Haas seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Sarazen misses with a wild body shot.
Haas blocks a leg kick.
Sarazen misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Haas to counter with a crisp jab.

Sarazen shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Sarazen is thwarting Haas's attempts to control the position.
Haas manages to get to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sarazen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Haas is keeping the position for now.
Haas tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sarazen stands and steps away. Haas gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Gene Sarazen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haas takes one to the chin there.
Sarazen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gene Sarazen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A big left from Haas misses.
Haas throws a leg kick but Sarazen moved away.
Haas just misses with a punch to the body.
Sarazen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Haas's head.
Sarazen scores with a jab.
Sarazen moves away from the strike by Haas.
Haas ducks under a wild hook from Sarazen.
It looked like Haas wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sarazen cracks Haas with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haas lands a nice shot to the body.
Haas throws a head kick that misses.
Sarazen missing with a left hand there. Haas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
As Sarazen backs away, Haas returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Sarazen looks to land a left hand but Haas moved out of range nicely.
Sarazen attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sarazen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Haas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That kick from Haas tenderised Sarazen's leg. Sarazen is trying to keep his angry face on.
Haas lands a right hook to the body.
Haas keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Haas is looking to counter with head kicks.
Sarazen scores with a kick to the body.
Haas throws out a loose jab but Sarazen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sarazen moves away.
Sarazen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sarazen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sarazen shoots and misses
and Haas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sarazen throws a jab but it's blocked by Haas.
Haas half committed to a counter leg kick.
Haas looks to score with a jab to the body but Sarazen is just out of range.
Sarazen doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Haas slaps away a takedown attempt from Sarazen, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Dahl Haas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gene Sarazen.
Sarazen connects with a good right hand that stumbles Haas. Haas circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sarazen misses with a hook. Haas ducked under it nicely.
Haas staying out of range there.
Sarazen shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Haas as he jumps to the side.
Haas appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sarazen looks to land a combination but Haas avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sarazen digs a good hook to Haas's body.
Sarazen tries to land a body kick
and Haas counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Sarazen misses with a looping left.
Sarazen darts in looking for a takedown but Haas gets double underhooks and turns Sarazen into the cage.
Sarazen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Haas's sensitive parts.
Sarazen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Haas manages to avoid it.
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!
Nice shot lands for Haas.
Haas checks the leg kick nicely there.
Haas thinks about countering with a body kick.
Haas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Haas ducks under a wild hook from Sarazen.
Haas takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sarazen shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Haas as he avoids it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Haas misses the target.
Haas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sarazen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Gene Sarazen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Gene Sarazen's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - 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.

Sarazen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Haas is out of range and Sarazen settles back down.
Sarazen throws a jab but it's blocked by Haas.
Haas throwing a counter right hand but Sarazen manages to avoid it.
Sarazen just misses with a punch to the body.
Sarazen misses with a body shot.
As Sarazen backs away, Haas returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Sarazen moves out of range of the strikes.
Sarazen looks to land a combination but Haas avoids it well.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sarazen.
Haas walks into a straight right hand from Sarazen.
Sarazen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Haas.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haas stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sarazen.
Haas cracks Sarazen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sarazen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Haas's head.
Haas throws a jab when Sarazen was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haas takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sarazen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sarazen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Haas.
Sarazen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Haas sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Sarazen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Haas counters with a stiff right hand.
Sarazen cracks a nice hook into Haas's ribs.

Haas moves into the clinch successfully.
Sarazen stalling in the clinch but Haas improves position.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Sarazen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sarazen closes the distance and clinches up with Haas, looking for a takedown. Sarazen pushes Haas against the cage but Haas circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sarazen misses with a looping right.
Sarazen shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Haas but Haas pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Haas swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dahl Haas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gene Sarazen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sarazen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An attempted straight right counter from Haas misses the target.
Sarazen misses with a leg kick
and Haas counters with a good low kick that Sarazen was not able to check.

Haas throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Sarazen stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Haas follows into mount!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sarazen holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Haas tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Haas trying to control but Sarazen is having none of it.
Sarazen takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Haas looking to control but Sarazen is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Haas throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haas is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sarazen can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Sarazen is rocked!
Haas throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Haas avoids the attempt from Sarazen to control.
Sarazen felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Haas scoring with strikes but Sarazen is staying in there.
Sarazen is still in real trouble! Can Haas finish him?
Haas misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Sarazen seems to have recovered his senses.
Haas postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sarazen looks a forlorn figure.
Sarazen blocking the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haas wants to control the pace but Sarazen is squirming around nicely.
Haas throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Gene Sarazen is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Haas misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Haas throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Dahl Haas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Haas is landing with some decent strikes but Sarazen is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
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!
Haas throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Haas lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Haas looking to ground and pound but Sarazen is blocking nicely.
Haas punching from mount but Sarazen doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Haas throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dahl Haas showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sarazen has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Gene Sarazen!
A relieved looking Gene Sarazen thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.