PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jerry Haze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Selfie Lord (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Haze
vs
Lord

168 cm
23
151 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

171 cm
22
143 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Bullet Proof System

Arcticus University: London
Museum of Monsters & Madmen

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 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jerry Haze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Selfie Lord!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paulsen Ambrosius and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lord lunges at Haze with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Haze's hand.
We've been hearing reports that Haze has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Lord blocks a head kick by Haze.
A lazy left from Lord finds it's target.
Haze scores with a jab. Lord acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Nice shot lands for Haze.

Haze gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Haze misses with a knee strike.
Lord wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lord prevents a body shot from Haze.
Haze misses with a hook to the ribs.
Haze has a couple of punches blocked by Lord.
Haze swings wildly with an uppercut but Lord uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haze lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Haze tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lord avoids it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lord avoiding damage as Haze throws knees to the body.
Haze trying to land knees to the body.
Haze throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lord blocks it with crossed arms.
Haze tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lord pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A lazy left from Haze finds it's target.
Nice defenses there by Haze.
An attempted straight right counter from Haze misses the target.
Lord shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Selfie Lord is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lord ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Haze moves away.
Haze misses with a head kick.
Lord flicks out a counter leg kick but Haze steps away.
Haze blocks a leg kick.
Haze stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lord.
Haze jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lord tries a low kick but Haze avoids it.
Lord takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Haze cracks a nice hook into Lord's ribs.
Lord swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Haze moves into the clinch.
Lord lands a hook that snaps the head of Haze backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Haze unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Haze looking to throw knees to the head but Lord is blocking nicely.
Haze scores a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lord misses with a punch to the body.
Haze can't find room to land a body shot as Lord controls the action.
Haze is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lord is defending well for now.
Lord on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Haze prevents Lord from breaking the clinch.
Haze misses with a knee to the head.
Haze tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lord can't break the clinch.
Lord blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Haze lands a nice knee to the body.
Lord on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lord has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Haze seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Lord can turn it around.
Lord is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Haze throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lord blocks it with crossed arms.
Lord wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Haze has him pressed against the cage.
Haze lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haze with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Haze missing with knees to the body.
Lord wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lord is trying to break free.
Haze tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lord's elbow.
Haze lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lord wants to break the clinch but can't.
Haze is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lord is defending well for now.
Lord leaning his opponent against the cage.

Lord breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Haze avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Selfie Lord seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haze throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Haze looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Haze scores with a nice body kick.
Lord throws a hook but Haze avoids it easily.
Haze feinted there with a counter leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haze ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Haze keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Haze throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lord swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Haze throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lord sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Haze staying out of range there.
Lord throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Haze counters with a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lord throws a jab but it's blocked by Haze.
A looping hook to the body misses from Haze. Lord does a little dance to reset his feet.
Haze blocks a head kick by Lord.
Lord tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nice defenses there by Haze.
Lord throws a leg kick that misses.
Lord misses with a body shot.
Haze ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lord misses with a jab to the body
and Haze counters with a straight right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jerry Haze dominated that round.
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.

Haze takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Lord misses with a looping left.
Haze connects with a leg kick. Lord looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Haze.
Lord scoring well with a low kick there.
Lord throws a right hand that misses
and Haze counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Lord throws an overhand right that lands on Haze's shoulder, as Haze tries to avoid the shot.
Haze jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lord bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Haze ducks under a wild hook from Lord.
Haze tries to clinch up but Lord circles away and keeps his distance.
Haze ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lord moves away.
Haze takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lord misses with a body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Haze.
Jerry Haze is winning the standup battle so far.
Lord throws a leg kick that is checked
and Haze counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Haze checks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haze connects with a right hand. Lord shakes it off.
Lord throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Haze shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Lord makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Lord loads up on a big right hand but Haze slips the punch.
A punch lands to the side of Haze 's head but he takes it in his stride.
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!
Haze swings for the body but Lord moves out of range.
Lord steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Haze.
Lord looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lord walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Haze checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sloppy strikes from Haze. Those never looked like landing.
Haze moves out of range of the strikes.
Haze fires out a quick counter leg kick but Lord just manages to avoid it.
Lord misses with a body shot
and Haze counters with a straight right hand.
Lord throws a poor cross that misses
and Haze counters with a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haze ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lord misses with an uppercut. Haze saw that one coming.
Haze ducks under a wild hook from Lord.
Haze shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Haze rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Lord counter with a right hand.
Lord thows a left - swing and a miss!
Haze avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Haze lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Lord throws a lazy right hand but Haze sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lord attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lord.
Lord misses with an uppercut
and Haze counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Haze scores with a nice head shot.
Haze thumps Lord with a low kick.
Lord takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lord has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Haze.
Haze lands a high kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haze scores with a nice right hand.
Haze thumps Lord with a low kick.
Lord throws a hook to the side of Haze's head but Haze sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Haze seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Lord rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Haze counters with a nice uppercut.
Haze connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Lord scores with a jab to the body.
Lord loads up on a big right hand but Haze slips the punch.

Haze shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Haze showed some decent athleticism there.
Lord tries to roll over but Haze keeps him under control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Haze looks to land a strike but Lord avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lord controls Haze momentarily but Haze frees himself.
Lord avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lord is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Haze lands a couple of elbows.
Haze postures up and lands a big shot to Lord's brow.
Lord being controlled here, momentarily.
Haze wants to control from the top but Lord keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jerry Haze dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Haze lands with a good body shot.
Haze uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lord.
It looked like Haze was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Lord.
Haze ducks under a wild hook from Lord.
Haze ducks under a wild hook from Lord.
Haze bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Haze tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Lord manages to circle out of the way.
Lord lands a nice looking kick to the body. Haze takes a step back to recover.
Lord chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Haze can pounce on him.
Lord turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Haze lands a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lord throws a poor cross that misses
and Haze counters with a stiff right hand.
Haze looks to land a body kick but Lord moved away.
Haze connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Haze throws out a loose jab but Lord uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haze is looking to chop away at Lord's legs.
Haze feints and then cracks Lord's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lord down.
Haze is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lord can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lord misses with a hook
and Haze counters with a nice low kick that buckles Lord's knee momentarily.
Haze moves out of range as Lord strikes.
Lord avoids the head kick by Haze.
Haze fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lord manages to avoid it.
Lord clobbers Haze with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Haze misses the jab.
Haze connects with a body shot.
Haze avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Lord looks to land a left hand but Haze moved out of range nicely.
Lord throws a leg kick which misses Haze's front leg but catches the back leg as Haze tries to avoid it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Haze.
Haze bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Haze has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lord.
Haze fakes a head shot and lands one 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!
Lord cracks Haze with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Selfie Lord has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haze with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Haze takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Haze works Lord's body with a nice hook.
Haze connects with a solid leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Haze checks a leg kick.
Haze tries to work over Lord's front leg with a kick but Lord checks it.
Lord throws a hook but Haze blocks it.
Haze connects with the punch.
Lord misses with a straight left.
Haze scores with a sloppy right hand. Lord should have avoided that one.
Haze throws a leg kick that misses.
Haze connects with the punch.
Lord connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Lord misses with an uppercut. Haze saw that one coming.
Haze is looking to counter with a body kick.
Lord takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lord throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haze uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lord has time to react.
Haze dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lord. That did some damage!
Lord misses with a low kick.
Haze was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Haze scores with a jab.
Lord takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Haze lunges at Lord with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Lord's hand.
Haze fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lord lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Haze has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Haze and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Haze defending well as Lord loads up on a big left hand.
A shot to the liver by Haze. Beautiful body shot.
Haze looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lord is fending him off so far but Haze persists. Nope, Lord circles away and we're back to standing.

Haze gets a takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Haze missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Haze.
Lord taking some punishment here, with Haze in his half guard.
Haze is trying to control. Lord wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Lord keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lord won't allow Haze to pass to mount.
Lord wants to control but Haze is keeping busy.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Haze lands a nice short elbow.
Haze stalling away here and it's allowed Lord to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

Lord is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jerry Haze showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Haze has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jerry Haze!
During a confident post fight interview, Jerry Haze thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Selfie Lord stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'm sorry to all of my the fans...i promise i'll be back and win.'.