PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hannu Haapana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dang Sai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Haapana
vs
Sai

169 cm
27
145 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

180 cm
27
145 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Highland Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hannu Haapana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dang Sai!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Dirk Anderson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haapana lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sai at a distance.
Sai is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Haapana.
A jab from Haapana does it's job there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sai looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Haapana fails to land with a series of punches.
Sai throws a nice looking combination but Haapana bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sai looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Haapana lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sai throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sai scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sai takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Haapana paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sai is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Haapana keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Haapana ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sai throws a body punch but Haapana moves out of range.
Sai takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Sai moves into the clinch successfully.

Haapana pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sai tries to clinch but Haapana moves out of range.
Haapana misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sai misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Haapana.
Haapana connects with a body shot that sends Sai's belly button to the back.
Haapana misses with the combination.
Haapana takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Sai tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Haapana paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Sai has managed to clinch.
Sai blocks the elbow strike.
Haapana avoids the elbow strike from Sai, against the cage.
Sai throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Haapana's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've been told by Haapana's head coaches at Highland Brawl Academy that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Sai throws a shot from downtown. Haapana moves away and avoids it.
Haapana scores with a leg kick.
Haapana swings for the body but Sai moves out of range.
Sai is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Haapana ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sai moves away.
Haapana attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Haapana lands a jab to the nose.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sai fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Haapana manages to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Sai does it's job there.
Haapana lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Haapana lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sai misses with a body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Sai 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Haapana looks to land a combination but Sai avoids it well.
Haapana's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Haapana duly obliges.

Sai is rocked!
Sai pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It looked like Haapana was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Sai is still on wobbly legs! Can Haapana finish him?
Haapana lands a leg kick that knocks Sai off balance momentarily.
Haapana avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sai seems to have recovered his senses.
Haapana misses with a looping left.
Haapana fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sai.
Haapana cracks Sai with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sai tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Haapana manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Haapana fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sai takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sai displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Haapana throws out the jab.
Haapana throws a leg kick but Sai sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sai uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Haapana.
Haapana dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sai. That did some damage!
Sai ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Haapana moves away.
A jab from Haapana misses.
Haapana scores with a leg kick.
Sai misses with a looping left.
Sai just misses with a punch to the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Haapana.
Haapana throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Haapana tries a low kick but Sai avoids it.
Sai misses the jab.
Haapana bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Haapana cracks Sai with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Haapana scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Haapana tries a low kick but Sai avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sai is looking to clinch.
Haapana avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sai misses the shot to the body.
Sai avoids the head kick by Haapana.
Haapana lands a jab-cross combination.
Haapana does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A shot to the liver by Haapana. Beautiful body shot.
Sai misses with an uppercut.
Haapana throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A punch lands to the side of Sai 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sai jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Haapana is looking to chop away at Sai's legs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Sai closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sai throws an elbow but misses.
Haapana misses with a short punch on the inside.

Haapana pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sai jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Haapana feinted there with a counter leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hannu Haapana dominated that round.
That's time! Haapana's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Haapana bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sai's head.
Good leg kick by Haapana there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Haapana avoids the body shot from Sai.
Sai throws a shot from downtown. Haapana moves away and avoids it.
Haapana tries to land a leg kick but Sai saw it coming and moves away.
Haapana is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sai can do to turn this around?
Haapana jabs Sai right on the nose. Sai blinks but takes it well.
Sai needs to keep his hands up - Haapana had a free shot at his head there.
Haapana throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Haapana misses with a series of wild punches.
Sai misses with a series of wild punches.
Haapana with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sai tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Haapana was well out of range. Poor timing from Sai.
Sai wants to clinch up but Haapana keeps it at a distance.
Sai throws a hook to the side of Haapana's head but Haapana sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Haapana lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Haapana. Sai does a little dance to reset his feet.
No joy there for Haapana, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sai missing with a left hand there. Haapana was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
As Sai backs away, Haapana returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Sai doesn't manage to clinch there - Haapana circles away.
Haapana moves out of range as Sai strikes.
Haapana misses with a wild body shot.
Haapana avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sai's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Haapana connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sai scrambles back to his feet.
Haapana ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Sai drives through and clinches with Haapana against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Haapana's brow.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sai as Haapana tries to tie him up.
Haapana lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sai throws an elbow that misses.
Sai blocks an elbow strike.
Haapana gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Haapana blocks an elbow strike from Sai.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haapana blocks an elbow strike from Sai.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sai lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Haapana looking to stall.
Sai pushes off an throws an elbow but Haapana leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Haapana.
Haapana looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sai takes an elbow to the temple.
Haapana avoids a wild elbow strike from Sai.
Haapana lands an elbow inside.

Haapana manages to break the clinch.
Sai throws a body shot but no joy.
Sai throws a series of strikes that have Haapana backpedaling.
Hannu Haapana is winning the standup battle so far.
Sai bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A lazy left from Haapana finds it's target.
Haapana moves away from the strike by Sai.
Haapana paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Haapana lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Haapana throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sai gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Haapana gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Sai is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hannu Haapana!
Hannu Haapana decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.