PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Darryl Haze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dustin Kruger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haze comes to the cage accompanied by Border Patrol - Eek A Mouse. Kruger comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Enter The Spingbok Ninja kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Darryl Haze has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Haze
vs
Kruger

197 cm
27
224 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

193 cm
23
243 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hellbent

Sully's Bar & Grill
Bullet Proof System

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Darryl Haze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dustin Kruger!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Phil Schofield and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haze tries to clinch up but Kruger circles away and keeps his distance.
Kruger misses with an uppercut.
Haze appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.

Kruger closes the distance and clinches.
A short uppercut from Haze.
Haze pushes Kruger back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Haze makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Haze swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kruger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kruger takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Dustin Kruger has been cut.

Kruger breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kruger looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Haze on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kruger swings widly with a right hand
letting Haze counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kruger lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruger throws a jab when Haze was well out of range.
Kruger circles away from the clinch attempt.

Haze takes the fight into the clinch.

Haze breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Haze throws a head kick that half lands.
Kruger cracks a nice hook into Haze's ribs.

Haze clinches up with Kruger and pushes him back against the cage.
Haze has a couple of punches blocked by Kruger.
Haze misses with some punches.
Haze tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Haze.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kruger.
Kruger struggles to land a body shot inside as Haze controls his hands.
Kruger blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haze has a couple of punches blocked by Kruger.
A nice left hand lands by Kruger.
Haze misses with an elbow over the top.
Kruger digs a right hand into Haze's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Haze's gas tank.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A right handed body shot lands from Kruger.
Kruger can't find room to land a body shot as Haze controls the action.
A hook to the body from Kruger.
Haze is breathing heavily.
Kruger lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Haze wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nice body punch from Kruger - that landed with a thud.
Good body shot from Kruger.
A short left from Kruger.
Haze looking to throw knees to the head but Kruger is blocking nicely.
Kruger misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kruger gets through Haze's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kruger lands a nice uppercut.
Kruger works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kruger misses with a punch to the body.
Haze wants to break free but Kruger has control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Kruger.
Kruger is stalling here.
Kruger scores with a shoulder strike.
A short left from Kruger.
Kruger lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kruger tries to work over Haze's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Haze swings wildly with an uppercut but Kruger uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kruger lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Haze's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kruger lands a right hand.
Kruger lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Haze backwards.

Kruger drops Haze onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Haze is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Haze is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A right hand to the body from Kruger.
Oh Haze is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kruger pushes Haze back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Good body shot from Kruger.
Haze seems to have got his legs back now.
Kruger misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kruger 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 Kruger can turn it around.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kruger.
Kruger struggles to land a body shot inside as Haze controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haze's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kruger lands a right hand that snaps the head of Haze backwards.
Haze taking a breather.
Haze misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Haze fails to land.
I was talking to Haze's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Haze throws a head punch that misses.
Kruger lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kruger lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Haze or not.
Haze's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kruger softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kruger scores with a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kruger.
Nice body punch from Kruger - that landed with a thud.
Kruger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kruger lands with a left to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kruger misses with a punch to the body.
Haze is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kruger lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kruger effectively controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dustin Kruger dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dustin Kruger's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Haze takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Kruger clinches up against the cage.
Haze blocks an uppercut.
Kruger throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hazes head.
Kruger lands with a light punch inside.
Haze swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kruger swings wildly with an uppercut but Haze uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kruger has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Haze trying to control the position but instead, Kruger has worked for underhooks and has pushed Haze into the cage.

Kruger drops Haze onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Haze is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kruger lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kruger just leaning against Haze, taking a breather.
Kruger lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kruger tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Haze's elbow.
Kruger scores with a shoulder strike.
Kruger tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Haze's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruger tries to work over Haze's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kruger misses with a hook to the ribs.
Haze misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Kruger.
Kruger lands a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Haze taking a breather.
Kruger tries to throw a body punch but Haze avoids it by throwing Kruger back against the cage.
Kruger works on Haze's body with a couple of short punches.
Kruger presses Haze against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kruger tries to work over Haze's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kruger lands a body punch.
Kruger goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Kruger.
Kruger lands an uppercut.
Kruger lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kruger lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Haze to his knees! Kruger keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dustin Kruger!
A victorious Dustin Kruger thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
In defeat, Darryl Haze stepped up to the mic, saying 'I lost because I was spat on by a venomous snake on my way to the arena and I had trouble seeing on account of the bright lights in my dressing room. I had blurred vision and numbness in my neck, eyes, arms, and lower torso. No way I would have lost otherwise!'.