PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Markus Haland (ranked 1374 p4p, 1941 weight class) and Evil Empire (ranked 79 p4p, 115 weight class). Empire has chosen All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Haland
vs
Empire

164 cm
26
135
4 - 2 - 0

168 cm
26
135
3 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Markus Haland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Evil Empire !
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Daniel Bishop and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Empire buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Haland swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Haland scores with the left hand. Empire knows he should have avoided that one.
Haland takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Haland.

Empire is rocked!
Haland throws a hook to the side of Empire 's head but Empire sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Empire is trying to counter with his kicks.
Empire is still on wobbly legs! Can Haland finish him?
Haland thows a left - swing and a miss!
Empire seems to have recovered his senses.
Empire on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A good leg kick by Empire .
A punch combination from Empire misses.
Haland is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Empire .
Haland throws an overhand right that lands on Empire 's shoulder, as Empire tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Empire connects with a solid leg kick.
Haland on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Haland misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Empire .
A solid leg kick lands there for Empire .
Haland lunges at Empire with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Empire 's hand.
Haland wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Empire missing with a left hand there. Haland was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Empire fails to land with a series of punches.
Haland wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Haland on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Empire . Empire obviously looking to wear him down.
Empire throws a sloppy body shot
and Haland counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Empire misses with an uppercut.
Haland was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Empire ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Empire scores with a leg kick.
Empire ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Empire is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Empire lands a leg kick that knocks Haland off balance momentarily.
Empire scores with a leg kick.
Haland is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

Empire tries to keep at a distance but Haland has taken the fight into the clinch.
Empire scores with a shot to the side of Haland's head.
Haland swings wildly with an uppercut but Empire uses good head movement to avoid it.
Empire tries a body shot but Haland blocks it.
Haland is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Haland.

Empire breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Empire throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Empire swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A combination from Haland does no damage.
Haland throws a body punch but Empire moves out of range.
Empire fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Haland.
Haland chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Empire can pounce on him.
Empire lands with a thumping leg kick.
Haland jabs Empire to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Empire connects with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haland takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Empire connects with an inside leg kick.
Haland throws a shot from downtown. Empire moves away and avoids it.
Haland misses with a looping right.
Donk. Haland catches Empire right on the button with a cross.
The fighters circling - Haland throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Empire thows a leg kick but Haland checks it
and Haland counters with a left to the body.
Evil Empire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haland dips to his left and cracks Empire with an uppercut!
Haland cracks Empire with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Haland misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Markus Haland will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Haland keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Markus Haland is winning the standup battle so far.
Empire defending well as Haland loads up on a big left hand.
Empire appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Haland avoids the body shot from Empire .
It looked like Haland was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Empire .
Haland with a nice cross.
Nice jab there from Empire .
Haland misses with a looping left.
Empire gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Haland gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Empire is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Markus Haland!
A very excited looking Markus Haland made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.