PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hossein Vaziri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arran Balthazar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vaziri's entrance music is Iron Sheik Theme. A fine choice. Arran Balthazar is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Vaziri
vs
Balthazar

189 cm
25
192 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

181 cm
25
191 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hossein Vaziri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arran Balthazar!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Albert Achterberg and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balthazar tries to clinch up
and Vaziri connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vaziri throws a hook to the side of Balthazar's head but Balthazar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Balthazar wants to clinch.
Vaziri is looking for a counter combo.
Vaziri misses with a body punch
and Balthazar counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Vaziri closes the distance and clinches.
Vaziri's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Vaziri takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Hossein Vaziri has been cut.
Vaziri misses with the head strike.
Vaziri lands an uppercut.
Vaziri's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A right handed body shot lands from Vaziri.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vaziri.
Balthazar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vaziri takes a shot to the head.
Balthazar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Vaziri breaks from the clinch.
Balthazar takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Vaziri gets tackled into the cage by Balthazar. Balthazar maintains the clinch.
Vaziri fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vaziri swings wildly with an uppercut but Balthazar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vaziri fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Balthazar fails to land.
Balthazar lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Vaziri misses with the head strike.
Vaziri avoids the elbow strike from Balthazar, against the cage.
Balthazar lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Vaziri backwards.
A body shot lands from Balthazar.
Balthazar slows down the pace here.
Vaziri misses with a short punch on the inside.
Balthazar swings wildly with an uppercut but Vaziri uses good head movement to avoid it.
Balthazar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balthazar tries a body shot but Vaziri blocks it.
Balthazar misses with the head strike.
Balthazar prevents a body shot from Vaziri.
Balthazar lands a nice shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Balthazar lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vaziri dodges an elbow strike from Balthazar.
Vaziri looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Balthazar lands a shoulder strike.
Vaziri blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vaziri throws a punch but it's blocked by Balthazar.
Balthazar has Vaziri pressed against the cage, preventing Vaziri from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vaziri swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Balthazar misses with a punch to the body.
Vaziri blocks an uppercut.
Vaziri prevents a body shot from Balthazar.
Vaziri's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Balthazar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Balthazar lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Vaziri backwards.
Balthazar scores with a hook to the body.
A short right from Balthazar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balthazar gets through Vaziri's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Balthazar has a couple of punches blocked by Vaziri.
Vaziri blocking some punches.
Balthazar lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Vaziri.
Vaziri prevents a body shot from Balthazar.
Balthazar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vaziri tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Balthazar lands a body punch in the clinch.
Balthazar lands a damaging elbow.
Balthazar lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nice body punch from Balthazar - that landed with a thud.
Balthazar pushes off an throws an elbow but Vaziri leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Balthazar creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Balthazar as the two fighters clinch.
Vaziri is breathing heavily.
Vaziri throws a punch but it's blocked by Balthazar.
A head punch on the inside from Balthazar fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Balthazar.
Balthazar lands a body punch in the clinch.
Balthazar lands a hook to the side of the head.

Vaziri is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Balthazar has a couple of punches blocked by Vaziri.
Oh Vaziri is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Balthazar lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Vaziri takes a shot to the head.
Balthazar lands an elbow just above Vaziri 's eye.
Balthazar creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Vaziri! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Balthazar.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arran Balthazar!
An out of breath Arran Balthazar thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Hossein Vaziri was interviewed post fight and said 'Iran #1! USA? Hah! Ptooey!'.