PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ernie Bezoink (ranked 1405 p4p, 191 weight class) and Simo Hayha (ranked 1699 p4p, 237 weight class). Bezoink's entrance music is Fuel. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bezoink
vs
Hayha

190 cm
36
215 lbs
21 - 23 - 0

184 cm
35
222 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

RAGS of a RONIN
Dauntless

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ernie Bezoink!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Simo Hayha!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Radbod Blank and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bezoink takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bezoink lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Hayha has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hayha tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bezoink tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hayha's elbow.
Bezoink putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hayha in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hayha fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bezoink swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bezoink 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.

Bezoink breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
No joy there for Bezoink, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hayha throws a looping overhand right but Bezoink ducks down to avoid it.
Bezoink avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bezoink tries to land a leg kick but Hayha saw it coming and moves away.
A left lands for Bezoink.
Bezoink is looking to land body kicks.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bezoink. That's going to slow Hayha down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bezoink throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Hayha to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Hayha blocks the leg kick.
It seemed like Hayha was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hayha lands with a good body shot.
Hayha misses with a right hand
and Bezoink counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Hayha rushes Bezoink and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bezoink is trying to force a seperation but Hayha has the dominant position.
Bezoink wants to get back to striking at distance but Hayha won't allow it.
Hayha cracks Bezoink with a nice body shot.
Hayha lands with a short shot to the head.
Hayha lands a right hand.

Bezoink's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Hayha has managed to clinch.
Bezoink pushes Hayha back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hayha digs a right hand underneath Bezoink's ribcage. Bezoink let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hayha working aggressively here.
Hayha lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Still in the clinch, Hayha scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayha misses with the head strike.
Hayha misses with some punches.
Hayha throws a punch but it's blocked by Bezoink.
Bezoink blocks the elbow strike.
Hayha swings wildly with an uppercut but Bezoink uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bezoink lands with a right to the head.

Bezoink escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hayha throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Bezoink to counter with a crisp jab.
Hayha misses with a looping left.

Hayha moves into range and clinches up with Bezoink.
Hayha throws a punch but it's blocked by Bezoink.
Bezoink blocking some punches.
Hayha tries a body shot but Bezoink blocks it.
Bezoink putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hayha in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bezoink.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayha working aggressively here.
Bezoink is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hayha is defending well for now.
Bezoink tries to work over Hayha's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hayha throws a head punch that misses.
Bezoink blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hayha lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bezoink backwards.
Hayha misses with some punches.
Hayha lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hayha swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hayha working aggressively here.
Bezoink tries to throw a body punch but Hayha avoids it by throwing Bezoink back against the cage.
Bezoink tries to work over Hayha's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hayha lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hayha swings wildly with an uppercut but Bezoink uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hayha misses with a punch on the inside.
Bezoink trying to stall but Hayha improves his position.
Hayha makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bezoink tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bezoink softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

It looks like Simo Hayha has been cut.
Bezoink tries to throw a body punch but Hayha avoids it by throwing Bezoink back against the cage.
Bezoink wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hayha lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bezoink.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bezoink softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Bezoink's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hayha connects with a right hand. Bezoink shakes it off.
Bezoink lands a two punch combo.
Bezoink loads up on a big right hand but Hayha slips the punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bezoink. Hayha does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Simo Hayha will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Simo Hayha's cut.
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.

Bezoink doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bezoink lands with an overhand left.
Hayha pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A good leg kick by Hayha.
Ernie Bezoink is winning the standup battle so far.

Hayha gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bezoink's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bezoink blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bezoink.
Bezoink wants to break free but Hayha has control.
Hayha misses with the head strike.
Hayha misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bezoink goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hayha scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hayha has a couple of punches blocked by Bezoink.

Bezoink breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hayha looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayha dodges the punch combination from Bezoink.
Hayha checks the leg kick nicely there.
Bezoink swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bezoink looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bezoink throws a head kick that misses.
Hayha lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bezoink at a distance.
Bezoink defending well as Hayha loads up on a big left hand.
Bezoink on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hayha lands a jab to the nose.
Bezoink walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hayha checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bezoink misses with a low kick.
Hayha has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hayha misses with a looping left.
Ernie Bezoink is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hayha tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Bezoink.
Hayha sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bezoink throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bezoink throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hayha sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bezoink avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hayha loads up on a big right hand but Bezoink slips the punch.
Bezoink misses with a wild combination.
Hayha is looking to clinch.
Bezoink lands a jab to the head.
Hayha looks to clinch
and Bezoink counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bezoink keeps the fight on the outside.
Hayha closes the distance but Bezoink moves to the side
and Bezoink counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayha misses with a kick to the body
and Bezoink counters with a left and a right that stings Hayha.
No joy there for Bezoink, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hayha thinks about the counter body kick.
Hayha misses the shot to the body.
Bezoink goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Bezoink throws a nice looking combination but Hayha bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hayha appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Hayha pushes Bezoink away with a front kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hayha tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bezoink swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hayha's corner calls for a 1-2. Hayha obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hayha blocks a leg kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hayha! But no joy.
Hayha throws a good cross that connects.
Hayha jabs at Bezoink's body.
Simo Hayha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hayha blocks a leg kick.
Bezoink throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hayha misses with a body kick.
Hayha throws a big shot that misses.
Hayha lets loose with a powerful body kick. Bezoink will feel that in the morning.
Hayha lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hayha throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hayha tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bezoink seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Hayha moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Hayha - that will leave a mark!
Hayha is looking to clinch.

Hayha clinches with his opponent.
Hayha lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hayha lands an elbow inside that Bezoink shrugs off.
Hayha tries a body shot but Bezoink blocks it.
Bezoink's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Simo Hayha will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Simo Hayha's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Bezoink looks to land a right hand but Hayha moved out of range.
Bezoink throws the left hand but Hayha avoids the punch easily.

Hayha closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hayha.
Hayha pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hayha scores with a shot to the side of Bezoink's head.

Bezoink breaks the clinch.
Bezoink circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hayha wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hayha tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bezoink throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hayha checks a leg kick.
Hayha looks to land a left hand but Bezoink moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bezoink throws a poor cross that misses
and Bezoink takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bezoink lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hayha moves in looking to clinch but Bezoink pushes him off.
A big left from Bezoink misses.
Bezoink uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bezoink misses with a low kick.
Bezoink throws a big shot that misses.
Bezoink loads up on a big right hand but Hayha slips the punch.
Hayha wants to clinch up but Bezoink keeps it at a distance.
Hayha avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hayha dips to his left and cracks Bezoink with an uppercut!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bezoink swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hayha counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bezoink throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Hayha has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hayha scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch on the inside from Hayha fails to land.
A right hook to the body lands for Bezoink.
Hayha throws a head punch that misses.
Hayha throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bezoinks head.
Bezoink tries a body shot but Hayha blocks it.
Hayha softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hayha fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hayha misses with the head strike.
Bezoink blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Hayha fails to land.
Hayha misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bezoink lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hayha misses with the head strike.
Bezoink blocking some punches.

Bezoink breaks the clinch.
Bezoink moves out of range as Hayha throws a body kick.
Bezoink swings away with a leg kick that misses.

Hayha clinches with his opponent.
A head punch on the inside from Hayha fails to land.
Hayha presses Bezoink against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hayha tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bezoink's elbow.
Hayha throws a punch but it's blocked by Bezoink.
Ernie Bezoink has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bezoink is trying to break free.
Hayha working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hayha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hayha lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hayha tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hayha misses with an elbow strike.
Bezoink blocks a body shot from Hayha.
Hayha misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hayha misses with an elbow strike.
Bezoink scores with a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bezoink lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hayha misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hayha misses with the head strike.
Hayha misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Hayha fails to land.
Bezoink lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hayha lands with a short shot to the head.
Hayha tries a body shot but Bezoink blocks it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hayha just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bezoink's brow.
Hayha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Simo Hayha comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hayha winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Simo Hayha!
Simo Hayha tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.