PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Muff Snatcher (ranked 4708 p4p, 3872 weight class) and Rickie Haverhill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Muff Snatcher could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Rickie Haverhill's chin.

Snatcher
vs
Haverhill

185 cm
25
175
0 - 0 - 0

168 cm
25
175
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Muff Snatcher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rickie Haverhill!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Joseph Jones and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haverhill moves forwards but Snatcher connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Snatcher throws a hook to the side of Haverhill's head but Haverhill sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rickie Haverhill seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Snatcher defending well as Haverhill loads up on a big left hand.
Snatcher is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Haverhill throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Haverhill throws a poor cross that misses
and Snatcher counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Snatcher throws a right and a left that both miss.
Haverhill throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Haverhill lands with a hook. Snatcher tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

It looks like Muff Snatcher has been cut.
Snatcher with a nice cross.
A looping hook to the body misses from Haverhill. Snatcher does a little dance to reset his feet.
Haverhill on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Snatcher keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Haverhill.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Snatcher thows a left - swing and a miss!
Haverhill looks to land a right hand but Snatcher moved out of range.

Snatcher clinches up against the cage.
Haverhill can't find room to land a body shot as Snatcher controls the action.
Snatcher fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Haverhill swings wildly with an uppercut but Snatcher uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haverhill throws a head punch that misses.
Snatcher misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haverhill fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Haverhill swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Snatcher lands a left hand.
Snatcher wants to take the fight to the mat but Haverhill manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Snatcher blocks an uppercut.
Haverhill throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Snatchers head.
Snatcher misses with the head strike.
Snatcher misses with some punches.
Haverhill misses with a punch on the inside.
Snatcher digs a right hand into Haverhill's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Haverhill's gas tank.
A head punch on the inside from Snatcher fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Haverhill.
Haverhill has a couple of punches blocked by Snatcher.
Haverhill throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Haverhill creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Haverhill has a couple of punches blocked by Snatcher.
Haverhill swings wildly with an uppercut but Snatcher uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haverhill scores with a shot to the side of Snatcher's head.
A head punch on the inside from Haverhill fails to land.
Haverhill lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Snatcher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Snatcher.
Snatcher misses with the head strike.
Snatcher tries to work over Haverhill's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Snatcher is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Haverhill pulls him back up using the underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Haverhill.
Haverhill lands with a short head shot on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Snatcher creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Snatcher tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Haverhill's elbow.
Haverhill tries to work over Snatcher's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Haverhill swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Haverhill tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Haverhill throws a head punch that misses.
Snatcher has a couple of punches blocked by Haverhill.
Snatcher blocks a body shot from Haverhill.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Snatcher.
Haverhill misses with a hook from the clinch.
Haverhill misses with a short punch on the inside.
Haverhill tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Snatcher's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Haverhill fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snatcher fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Haverhill misses with some punches.
Snatcher makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Haverhill is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Snatcher blocking some punches.
Snatcher cracks Haverhill with a nice body shot.
Snatcher blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Good body shot from Haverhill.
Snatcher lands a left hand.
Snatcher throws a punch but it's blocked by Haverhill.
Snatcher tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Snatcher drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Haverhill gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Muff Snatcher. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Haverhill swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Haverhill lands a left hand.
Snatcher blocking some punches.
Haverhill swings wildly with an uppercut but Snatcher uses good head movement to avoid it.
Snatcher can't find room to land a body shot as Haverhill controls the action.
Snatcher gets through Haverhill's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haverhill lands a nice uppercut.
Snatcher lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Snatcher throws a punch but it's blocked by Haverhill.
Snatcher blocks an uppercut.
Haverhill lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Snatcher lands a right hand that snaps the head of Haverhill backwards.
Snatcher cracks Haverhill with a nice body shot.
Snatcher misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Snatcher lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Snatcher working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Haverhill misses with a punch to the body.
Snatcher has a couple of punches blocked by Haverhill.
Snatcher has a couple of punches blocked by Haverhill.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Haverhill.
Haverhill throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Snatcher gets through Haverhill's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Snatcher swings wildly with an uppercut but Haverhill uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haverhill misses with some punches.
Haverhill working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Muff Snatcher will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Muff Snatcher's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A telegraphed right hand from Haverhill misses the target.
Haverhill defending well as Snatcher loads up on a big left hand.
Haverhill is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Snatcher.
An attempted straight right counter from Snatcher misses the target.
Haverhill looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Haverhill looks to land a right hand but Snatcher moved out of range.
Rickie Haverhill seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Haverhill bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Snatcher looks to land a right hand but Haverhill moved out of range.
Snatcher slips under a jab from Haverhill.
Snatcher throws a body punch but Haverhill moves out of range.
Snatcher lunges at Haverhill with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Haverhill's hand.
Snatcher ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Haverhill moves away.
Haverhill goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Snatcher shoots for a takedown but Haverhill saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Snatcher swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Haverhill.
Haverhill might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Snatcher steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Haverhill.
Snatcher throwing a counter right hand but Haverhill manages to avoid it.
A shot to the liver by Snatcher. Beautiful body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Haverhill misses the target.
Jab, jab by Snatcher - just one landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snatcher fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Haverhill manages to avoid it.
Haverhill throws a lazy uppercut
and Snatcher counters with a stiff right hand.
Haverhill thuds a left hand into Snatcher's body.
Snatcher ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Haverhill takes one to the side of the head.
Nice straight punches there by Snatcher. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Snatcher.
Snatcher is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A nice combination there by Snatcher.
Snatcher dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Haverhill throws a hook but Snatcher blocks it.
Snatcher seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Haverhill throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Snatcher jabs at Haverhill's body.
Haverhill misses with a left hand
letting Snatcher counter with a right hand.
Haverhill avoids a punch combination nicely.
Snatcher uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Haverhill.
Snatcher throws a good cross that connects.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haverhill bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Haverhill throws the left hand but Snatcher avoids the punch easily.
Haverhill throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Snatcher on the side of the head.
Haverhill throws an overhand right that lands on Snatcher's shoulder, as Snatcher tries to avoid the shot.
Sloppy strikes from Haverhill. Those never looked like landing.
Snatcher lands with a nice combination. Haverhill backs away looking to recover.
Haverhill is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Snatcher lands with a nice body punch.
Snatcher connects with a crisp jab.
Snatcher uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Haverhill.
Snatcher lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Snatcher.
Haverhill throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Good exchange - Snatcher coming out on top.
Snatcher avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Snatcher throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Haverhill on the side of the head.
Snatcher throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Haverhill looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haverhill throws a hook but Snatcher blocks it.
A telegraphed right hand from Haverhill misses the target.
Snatcher wants to clinch up but Haverhill keeps it at a distance.
Haverhill misses with an uppercut.
Nice uppercut there from Haverhill.
A jab from Snatcher misses.
Haverhill scores with a hook.
Haverhill misses with a hook
and Snatcher counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Haverhill throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A little feinted left hand from Snatcher on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Haverhill jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Haverhill misses with a right hand
and Haverhill takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Haverhill takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Snatcher blocks a jab.
Snatcher changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Snatcher connects with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Snatcher uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Haverhill.
Haverhill has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Haverhill there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snatcher connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Haverhill's hands.
Snatcher misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters circling - Haverhill throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Haverhill throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Haverhill misses with a right hand
and Snatcher counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Snatcher misses with an uppercut. Haverhill saw that one coming.
Snatcher is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Snatcher lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Haverhill takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Snatcher ducks under a wild hook from Haverhill.
Haverhill misses the jab.
Snatcher uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Haverhill.
Snatcher tries to move into range but Haverhill moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Snatcher catches Haverhill with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Haverhill misses with a lunging right hand
and Snatcher counters with a stiff right hand.
Haverhill throws a hook to the side of Snatcher's head but Snatcher sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Haverhill is breathing heavily.
Snatcher connects with a jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Muff Snatcher dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Muff Snatcher's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Haverhill moves away from the strike by Snatcher.
Snatcher moves out of range as Haverhill strikes.
Snatcher misses with a body shot.
Haverhill misses with a left hand
letting Snatcher counter with a right hand.
Haverhill misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Snatcher to counter with a crisp jab.
Some wild striking there from Snatcher.
It seemed like Haverhill was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Haverhill has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Snatcher swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Haverhill counters with a nice uppercut.
Snatcher shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Haverhill takes one to the chin there.
Haverhill misses with a hook
and Snatcher counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Haverhill throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Haverhill throws a shot from downtown. Snatcher moves away and avoids it.
Haverhill gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Snatcher.
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!
Snatcher moves away from the strike by Haverhill.
Snatcher lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jab by Snatcher.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Haverhill.
Haverhill looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Haverhill takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Snatcher lands with a good body shot.
Snatcher takes a swing at Haverhill's ribcage but misses.
Haverhill looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Snatcher works the jab nicely.
Snatcher throws a nice looking combination but Haverhill bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Haverhill throws a hook to the side of Snatcher's head but Snatcher sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Snatcher lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Snatcher works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A shot to the body from Snatcher misses
and Haverhill counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Snatcher is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Haverhill can do to turn this around?
Haverhill throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Snatcher sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Snatcher misses with an uppercut. Haverhill saw that one coming.
Snatcher looks to land a combination. Haverhill sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Snatcher slips a straight right by Haverhill.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Haverhill.
Haverhill throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Snatcher counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rickie Haverhill has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snatcher throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Snatcher moves into the clinch successfully.
A shot in the inside from Haverhill.
A right hand to the body from Snatcher.
Haverhill blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Snatcher misses with a short punch on the inside.
Haverhill tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Haverhill tries to work over Snatcher's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Snatcher scores with a shot to the side of Haverhill's head.
Haverhill swings wildly with an uppercut but Snatcher uses good head movement to avoid it.
Snatcher prevents a body shot from Haverhill.
Snatcher lands a right hand.
Still in the clinch, Snatcher scores with a nice short uppercut.
Snatcher has a couple of punches blocked by Haverhill.
Snatcher misses with some punches.
Snatcher swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Haverhill throws a punch but it's blocked by Snatcher.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snatcher doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Haverhill lands with a left to the head.
Snatcher has a couple of punches blocked by Haverhill.
Haverhill prevents a body shot from Snatcher.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Haverhill.
Snatcher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Haverhill lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Snatcher gets through Haverhill's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Snatcher blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Muff Snatcher is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Muff Snatcher has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Haverhill tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Snatcher's elbow.
Haverhill swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Snatcher lands a body shot in the clinch.
Haverhill throws a punch but it's blocked by Snatcher.
Haverhill swings wildly with an uppercut but Snatcher uses good head movement to avoid it.
A left hand lands to the body for Snatcher.
Haverhill takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Haverhill tries a body shot but Snatcher blocks it.
Snatcher blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Haverhill.
Snatcher scores with a shoulder strike.
Snatcher throws a head punch that misses.
Haverhill tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Haverhill tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Haverhill lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Snatcher lands a shot to the body.
Snatcher lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Snatcher works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Snatcher pushes Haverhill back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Haverhill lands a shoulder strike.
Haverhill fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Snatcher prevents a body shot from Haverhill.
Snatcher softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Snatcher lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Snatcher lands a body punch.
Snatcher lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Haverhill tries to work over Snatcher's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Muff Snatcher showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Snatcher has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:28
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Muff Snatcher!