PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dan Monroe (ranked 8332 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hayder Hassan (ranked 6815 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Dan Monroe has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Monroe
vs
Hassan

180 cm
19
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

178 cm
27
170 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Power Matrix Nutrition
IniTech 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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dan Monroe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hayder Hassan !
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Monroe slips a jab and a cross from Hassan .
Monroe bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hassan 's head.
Hassan tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hassan misses with a straight left.
Hassan misses with a few strikes there.

Monroe instigates a clinch.
Monroe lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hassan backwards.
Monroe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Monroe throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Still in the clinch, Monroe scores with a nice short uppercut.
Monroe lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hassan backwards.
Monroe softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hassan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hassan blocks a body shot from Monroe.
Hassan tries to break free but Monroe pushes him back against the cage.
Monroe trying to land knees to the body.
Hassan tries to break free but Monroe pushes him back against the cage.
Monroe misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Monroe throws an elbow that misses.
Hassan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Monroe has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Hassan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Monroe struggles to land a body shot inside as Hassan controls his hands.
Monroe misses with an elbow over the top.
Monroe controlling the action here for a moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hassan .
Monroe tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Monroe pushes off an throws an elbow but Hassan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hassan tries to circle away but Monroe has him pinned against the cage.
Monroe slowing the pace effectively.
Hassan avoids a wild elbow strike from Monroe.
Monroe trying to stall but Hassan improves his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Monroe lands with a right to the head.
Hassan 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Monroe throws a head punch that misses.
Hassan tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Monroe pushes Hassan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hassan has had enough of the clinch but Monroe keeps him there for the moment.
Monroe is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hassan is defending well for now.
Monroe is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hassan is defending well for now.
Monroe throws a head punch that misses.
Monroe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Monroe keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hassan 's efforts to push away.
A right handed body shot lands from Monroe.
A short right from Monroe on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Monroe lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hassan backwards.

Hassan breaks the clinch.
Good shot there by Monroe.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Monroe looks to land a combination but Hassan avoids it well.
Hassan scores with a sloppy right hand. Monroe should have avoided that one.
Hassan scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Monroe slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Hassan manages to break the clinch.
Monroe swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hassan .
Hassan fails to land with a series of punches.

Monroe drops Hassan with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Hassan looks back up at him and smiles so Monroe waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Hassan is rocked!
Dan Monroe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Are you kidding me?! Monroe ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Hassan clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dan Monroe!