PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Hazlehurst (ranked 2214 p4p, 2265 weight class) and DreQuan Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 275 weight class). Hazlehurst comes to the cage accompanied by Queen - One Vision. Watson has chosen Loneliness as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hazlehurst
vs
Watson

183 cm
31
202
16 - 12 - 0

180 cm
20
200
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Hazlehurst!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, DreQuan Watson!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Chris Edwards and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watson throws a right hand that misses
enabling Hazlehurst to counter with a crisp jab.
Hazlehurst takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Watson takes a swing at Hazlehurst's ribcage but misses.
Watson lands with a right hand.
Hazlehurst looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Watson tries to clinch but Hazlehurst is having none of it.
Hazlehurst has his takedown stuffed
and Watson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Watson stuns Hazlehurst with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Watson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watson trying to strike off his back.
Watson trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Watson has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Hazlehurst has passed into side control.
Watson tries to improve position but can't.
Watson striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Watson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hazlehurst. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hazlehurst lands a nice forearm strike.
Watson misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Watson misses with a strike from the bottom.
Hazlehurst scoring with punches and elbows.
Watson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Hazlehurst scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Watson to see if he's OK.
Watson is looking for a sweep.
Watson looking for a sweep but Hazlehurst has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Watson taking shots to the head.
Hazlehurst unloading with bombs!
Hazlehurst has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hazlehurst blocks Watson's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Watson throwing hammer fists to the chest of Hazlehurst. What's that going to do exactly?
The referee warns Watson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Watson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee warns Watson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Watson is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Watson swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Watson is still in real trouble! Can Hazlehurst finish him?
Oooooh, big shot lands for Hazlehurst! Watson is hurt baaadly! Hazlehurst is firing away with more strikes - Watson is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Hazlehurst!