PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Max Power (ranked 2265 p4p, 290 weight class) and Jacques La Haine (ranked 3536 p4p, 413 weight class). Power comes to the cage accompanied by Easy Rider. La Haine has chosen Cut Killer - Nique La Police as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Jacques La Haine struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 187.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. This should be fireworks!

Power
vs
La Haine

188 cm
39
203 lbs
27 - 9 - 1

182 cm
39
203 lbs
22 - 11 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Powerful

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 27 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Max Power!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 2, fighting out of London, Jacques La Haine!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Glass and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Power scores with a decent looking hook.
La Haine fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Power looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
La Haine staying out of range there.
Power loads up on a big right hand but La Haine slips the punch.
Power has been working on his boxing with his coaches at London MMA Club in the buildup to the fight.
La Haine fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
La Haine keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Both fighters circling a little - La Haine finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Power connects with a jab.
Power attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
La Haine lands a nice hook to Power's body. Power takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Power tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but La Haine defends well and Power ends up having to push La Haine into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
La Haine tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
La Haine slips a straight right by Power.
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!
La Haine throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Power on the side of the head.
A slow jab from Power misses its intended target.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts La Haine, as that shot connected.
Power lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Power staying out of range there.
Power misses with a hook
and La Haine counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've been informed that La Haine has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
La Haine scores with a jab. Power acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Haine blocks a head kick by Power.
La Haine throws a push kick but Power slaps the foot to one side.
La Haine scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
La Haine dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Power fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt La Haine.
Jacques La Haine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La Haine throws a low kick but it's checked well by Power.
La Haine displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Power throws out the jab.
Jacques La Haine is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
La Haine misses with a low kick.
Power goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Power has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from La Haine finds it's way round the side to connect with Power's head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
La Haine lands a jab to the nose.
La Haine lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Power missing with a left hand there. La Haine was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
La Haine throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
La Haine misses with a low kick as Power jumps back.
La Haine stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A solid body kick from La Haine.
La Haine throws a jab but it's blocked by Power.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Haine 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.
Power takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Power scores with a kick to the midsection.
La Haine ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Power throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around La Haine's waist but La Haine gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Power off to one side.
Power is breathing heavily.
La Haine with a jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Power.
La Haine tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Power manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A swing and a miss from Power.
Power swats away the attempt to clinch by La Haine.
Power tried to score with a low kick but La Haine checks it.
Power misses the shot to the body.
Power keeps La Haine at a distance using the push kick.
La Haine connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
La Haine misses with a hook. Power ducked under it nicely.
La Haine misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Haine fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Power checks it well.
Power swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
La Haine bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A good leg kick by Power.
Power throws a hook but La Haine blocks it.
La Haine swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Power takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
La Haine dips to his left and cracks Power with an uppercut!
La Haine moves out of range of the body kick from Power.
La Haine tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Power circles away from the clinch attempt.
La Haine is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
La Haine is looking to score with low kicks.
La Haine tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nice straight punches there by Power. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Power.
Power tries to work over La Haine's front leg with a kick but La Haine checks it.
Good leg kick by La Haine there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That kick from La Haine tenderised Power's leg. Power is trying to keep his angry face on.
La Haine is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Power had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Power misses with an uppercut. La Haine saw that one coming.
Power avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Power was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Power just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Power misses with a body shot.
Power throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A countering left hand to the body from La Haine misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by La Haine. That's going to slow Power down.
Power moves out of range as La Haine throws a body kick.
Power appears to be looking for a big counter.
Power throws a big shot that misses.
Power shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Max Power. That's going to take a lot out of him.
La Haine lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Power moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
La Haine smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
La Haine tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Power manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La Haine throws a leg kick
and La Haine takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
La Haine walks into a jab.
Power tried to score with a low kick but La Haine checks it.
La Haine digs a good body shot into Power's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacques La Haine dominated that round.
That's time! Power's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Power stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from La Haine.
A swing and a miss from Power.
La Haine steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Power might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
La Haine throws a quick inside leg kick.
Power fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Power misses with a wild body shot.
La Haine fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Power.
La Haine comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
La Haine throws a leg kick but Power sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Power on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
La Haine fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
La Haine moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Power avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Power is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Haine dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
La Haine cracks Power with a good jab.
La Haine jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A counter left hand to the body from Power misses its target.
La Haine is looking to slow Power down with leg kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La Haine throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
La Haine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Haine looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Power walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. La Haine checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
La Haine throws a front kick aimed at Power's knee but Power avoids it well.
La Haine throws a front kick aimed at Power's knee but Power avoids it well.
La Haine wants to clinch.
La Haine looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
La Haine misses the jab.
Power was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Jacques La Haine seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Power on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by La Haine. La Haine obviously looking to wear him down.
La Haine keeps Power at a distance using the push kick.
La Haine misses with a low kick as Power jumps back.
La Haine throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Power throws a right hand that La Haine ducks under and follows up with a left that La Haine also avoids with ease.
La Haine has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
La Haine lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Power takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
La Haine moves away from the strike by Power.
La Haine looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Power is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

La Haine has managed to clinch.
Power tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and La Haine avoids it.
Power blocks a punch to the side of the head.
La Haine throws a head punch that misses.
Power is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
La Haine lands with a short shot to the head.
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!
La Haine using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Power has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
La Haine scores with a nice hook to the head.
Power tries to work over La Haine's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Power misses with an elbow over the top.
Power looking to throw knees to the head but La Haine is blocking nicely.
La Haine cracks Power with a nice body shot.
Power throws an elbow that misses.
La Haine lands a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Power struggles to land a body shot inside as La Haine controls his hands.
La Haine misses with an elbow strike.
La Haine pushes Power back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Power has a couple of punches blocked by La Haine.
La Haine blocks a body shot from Power.
Power misses with a hook to the ribs.
La Haine works on Power's body with a couple of short punches.
Nice body punch from La Haine - that landed with a thud.
La Haine connects with a knee to the head.
Power blocks a body shot from La Haine.
La Haine tries a knee to the head but Power blocks it.
La Haine is struggling to control the position.
La Haine working Power over with knees to the body.
La Haine lands a nice uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by La Haine.
La Haine lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Power working hard to break the clinch.
La Haine misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Power.
La Haine tries to land a knee to the head but Power blocks with his arms.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. La Haine obliges.
Power prevents a body shot from La Haine.
La Haine's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Power tries to work over La Haine's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Power looking to slow down the pace here.
Power tries to work over La Haine's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from La Haine.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as La Haine takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Power misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacques La Haine showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

La Haine scoring well with a low kick there.
La Haine throws a good cross that connects.
Power takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Power throws a jab when La Haine was well out of range.
La Haine uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Power.
Power backing away here, and La Haine unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
La Haine needs to keep his hands up - Power had a free shot at his head there.
Power keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
La Haine moves into range and connects with a jab.
Power misses with a hook. La Haine ducked under it nicely.
Power throws a head kick but La Haine moves out of range.
Power takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Power changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from La Haine, right into the meat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Haine moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Power looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
La Haine fakes the leg kick and cracks Power in the body.
Power walks into a jab.
La Haine throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Power on the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Power on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by La Haine. La Haine obviously looking to wear him down.
A jab from Power does it's job there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Haine connects with a solid leg kick.
Power blocks a head kick by La Haine.
La Haine throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Power on the side of the head.
A low kick from La Haine misses
and Power counters with a stiff right hand.
La Haine moves out of range of the strikes.
Power throws a leg kick
and La Haine counters with a stiff right hand.
Power throws a poor cross that misses
and Power takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
La Haine lands with a good body shot.
That kick from La Haine tenderised Power's leg. Power is trying to keep his angry face on.
Power on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Power dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
La Haine throws a quick inside leg kick.
La Haine connects with an inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La Haine lands with a shot to the body.
Power throws a lazy right hand but La Haine sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
La Haine connects with a solid leg kick.
Max Power has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jacques La Haine is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Power loads up on a big right hand but La Haine slips the punch.
La Haine connects with a nice looking jab.
La Haine misses the jab.
La Haine thuds his shin into the meat of Power's side.
La Haine avoids the body shot from Power.
La Haine steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Power.
La Haine steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Power.
La Haine lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
La Haine moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
La Haine slips a straight right by Power.
La Haine lands a leg kick that knocks Power off balance momentarily.
Power throws a jab but it's blocked by La Haine.
La Haine scores with a shot to the body.
La Haine lands with a thumping leg kick.
La Haine shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Power on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Haine chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Power takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Some bone on bone action there as La Haine checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Power moves out of range as La Haine throws a body kick.
La Haine slips a jab and a cross from Power.
La Haine swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Power has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from La Haine.
Power takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
La Haine lands a leg kick that knocks Power off balance momentarily.
Power tries to land a front kick but La Haine steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Power throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
An inside leg kick lands from La Haine.
Power is looking to chop away at La Haine's legs.
La Haine connects with a leg kick. Power looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The fight stays on the outside here - La Haine looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Power will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
La Haine feints and then cracks Power's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Power down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Haine misses with a low kick.
La Haine lands a leg kick that knocks Power off balance momentarily.
La Haine throws a solid leg kick but Power takes the impact on his shin and smiles at La Haine.
La Haine turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Both fighters circling a little - La Haine finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
La Haine lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Power blocks a jab.
La Haine misses the shot to the body.
Power misses with a lunging right hand
and La Haine makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Power misses with a looping left.
La Haine lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Power at a distance.
A jab from Power misses.
Power takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La Haine connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Power's hands.
A shot to the liver by Power. Beautiful body shot.
La Haine slips under a jab from Power.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jacques La Haine comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well La Haine has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacques La Haine!
Jacques La Haine was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.