PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dwayne Haskins (ranked 653 p4p, 911 weight class) and Joseph Stalinovich (ranked 98 p4p, 131 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Dwayne Haskins has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Dwayne Haskins seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Haskins
vs
Stalinovich

191 cm
27
215
11 - 3 - 1

192 cm
26
210
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

FF Gear
Brooklyn Apothecary

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 11 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Dwayne Haskins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joseph Stalinovich!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haskins throws a sloppy head kick and Stalinovich moves out of range easily.
Stalinovich takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Haskins throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Donk. Haskins catches Stalinovich right on the button with a cross.
Haskins tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Stalinovich connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Dwayne Haskins has been cut.
Haskins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stalinovich feints a counter leg kick.
A slow jab from Haskins misses its intended target.
Dwayne Haskins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haskins throws a right hand that misses
and Stalinovich counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Haskins lands a head shot.

Haskins takes the fight into the clinch.

Haskins breaks from the clinch.
Stalinovich avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Stalinovich clinches up with Haskins and pushes him back against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stalinovich prevents a body shot from Haskins.
Haskins blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalinovich can't find room to land a body shot as Haskins controls the action.
A left hand lands to the body for Haskins.
Stalinovich throws a punch but it's blocked by Haskins.
Haskins working aggressively here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Haskins creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Stalinovich lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Haskins lands a body punch in the clinch.
Stalinovich lands an uppercut.
Stalinovich doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stalinovich working aggressively here.
A short right from Stalinovich on the inside.
Stalinovich prevents a body shot from Haskins.
Stalinovich tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Haskins's elbow.
A body shot lands from Haskins.
Stalinovich tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stalinovich pushes Haskins back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Stalinovich has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Haskins seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Stalinovich can turn it around.
Haskins blocks an uppercut.

Haskins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Haskins comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Haskins throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Stalinovich counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Stalinovich takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Haskins moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haskins throws an overhand right that lands on Stalinovich's shoulder, as Stalinovich tries to avoid the shot.
Stalinovich steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Haskins.
Stalinovich moves out of range of the body kick.

Stalinovich gets tackled into the cage by Haskins. Haskins maintains the clinch.
Haskins is trying to break the clinch but Stalinovich is controlling him.
Stalinovich misses with a short punch on the inside.
Haskins has had enough of the clinch but Stalinovich keeps him there for the moment.
Stalinovich fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Haskins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Haskins looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sloppy strikes from Stalinovich. Those never looked like landing.
Stalinovich takes a jab right on the kisser.
Haskins listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Haskins pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Stalinovich looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stalinovich displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Haskins throws out the jab.
Stalinovich looks to land a left hand but Haskins moved out of range nicely.
Haskins throws a head kick but Stalinovich moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haskins on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Haskins throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Haskins misses the jab.
Stalinovich takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Stalinovich misses with a looping right.
Haskins fires out a quick counter leg kick but Stalinovich just manages to avoid it.
Haskins cracks Stalinovich with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Haskins throws a looping overhand right but Stalinovich ducks down to avoid it.
Haskins throws a jab when Stalinovich was well out of range.
Stalinovich looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Haskins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sloppy strikes from Stalinovich. Those never looked like landing.
Haskins lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Haskins throws a sloppy head kick and Stalinovich moves out of range easily.
Stalinovich is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Haskins is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Stalinovich.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Haskins throws out a loose jab but Stalinovich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haskins loads up on a big right hand but Stalinovich slips the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Haskins.
Stalinovich wants to counter the offense by Haskins and move into the clinch position.
Haskins tries to clinch but Stalinovich is having none of it.
Stalinovich swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Stalinovich avoids the head kick by Haskins.
Haskins looks to throw the jab but Stalinovich is out of range.
Stalinovich is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Haskins with a body shot.
Haskins misses with a lunging right hand

and Stalinovich counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Stalinovich.
Stalinovich prevents a body shot from Haskins.
Stalinovich misses with a short punch on the inside.
Haskins wants to break the clinch but can't.
Haskins looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Haskins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Haskins pushes Stalinovich back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Haskins can't break the clinch.
A short left from Haskins.
Haskins lands a body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stalinovich swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Haskins tries to work over Stalinovich's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Haskins blocks an uppercut.
Stalinovich keeps control of Haskins as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Haskins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dwayne Haskins dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dwayne Haskins's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Haskins misses with a kick to the body

and Stalinovich counters by clinching up.

Haskins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Haskins lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Haskins thumps Stalinovich with a low kick.
Haskins misses with a leg kick.
Stalinovich staying out of range there.
Haskins throws a lazy uppercut
and Stalinovich cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Haskins throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Stalinovich's head.
Stalinovich on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Haskins swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Stalinovich counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Haskins slips a straight right by Stalinovich.
Haskins was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Haskins is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stalinovich can do to turn this around?
Haskins takes a jab right on the kisser.

Dwayne Haskins's cut is getting worse.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haskins closes the distance looking to clinch
and Stalinovich counters with a crisp right that sends Haskins to the canvas! Stalinovich follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joseph Stalinovich!
A less than humble Joseph Stalinovich misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.