PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Colin Hasty (ranked 1969 p4p, 1555 weight class) and Beau Lewis (ranked 264 p4p, 213 weight class). Colin Hasty is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Hasty
vs
Lewis

184 cm
26
180
6 - 1 - 0

175 cm
26
180
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Colin Hasty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Beau Lewis!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Peter Branson and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hasty closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hasty is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Lewis to keep the fight standing.
Hasty is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Lewis pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Hasty blocking some punches.
Hasty jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Lewis walks away with a smile on his face. Hasty gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Colin Hasty. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hasty fails to land the takedown.

Hasty drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hasty makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Lewis looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Lewis can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hasty lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hasty's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hasty working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Lewis is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hasty defends well.

Lewis is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Hasty is aware though and is defending well.
Lewis working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hasty.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis keeping moving, preventing Hasty from controlling successfully.
Hasty missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hasty landing some decent shots from guard.
Hasty landing some decent shots from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lewis preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hasty in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hasty postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hasty postures up in Lewis's guard and throws a big left but Lewis blocks it.
Lewis really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hasty. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Lewis has momentary wrist control but Hasty slips an elbow through the middle.
Hasty 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.
Lewis keeping moving, preventing Hasty from controlling successfully.
Hasty throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lewis works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lewis working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Hasty doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Hasty manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Hasty cracks Lewis with a solid left hand.
Hasty postures up and lands a big shot to Lewis's brow.
Lewis has momentary wrist control but Hasty slips an elbow through the middle.
Hasty lands a couple of elbows.

Lewis looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Lewis is looking for a triangle but Hasty pushes his legs off easily.
Hasty postures up and lands a big shot to Lewis's brow.
Hasty distracts Lewis with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hasty lands a couple of digs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hasty lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hasty wants to stand but Lewis is controlling his posture from full guard.
Hasty trying to control but Lewis is working from the bottom.

Lewis is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hasty defends well.
Hasty is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hasty working some strikes from top position.
Hasty with a flurry of punches that miss.

Lewis had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Hasty defends it easily.
Lewis looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hasty stands up over Lewis, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hasty distracts Lewis with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Lewis is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Hasty is looking to work some ground and pound but Lewis has wrist control.
Hasty is in close to Lewis's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hasty with a nice head shot there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hasty with a nice head shot there.
Hasty working some strikes from top position.
Hasty scoring with some ground and pound.

Lewis is looking for a triangle but Hasty pushes his legs off easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Colin Hasty dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hasty scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Hasty looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lewis with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hasty working over Lewis with some ground and pound. Lewis looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hasty working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Hasty lands with a punch from half guard.
Hasty lands strikes from half guard.
Hasty throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Colin Hasty overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hasty thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lewis's head.
Lewis keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lewis has hold of Hasty's hands but Hasty slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hasty not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Lewis is looking for a sweep. Hasty is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Hasty is looking for a kimura here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hasty scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hasty missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hasty landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Lewis looking for submissions off his back.
Hasty lands with a punch from half guard.

Lewis looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Hasty is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lewis can do to turn this around?
Hasty lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Hasty landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hasty throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Lewis is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hasty scores with a couple of nice shots.
Hasty lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Lewis looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Hasty scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Lewis looking for submissions off his back.
Lewis has hold of Hasty's hands but Hasty slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hasty working over Lewis with some ground and pound. Lewis looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hasty looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hasty connects with a nice short shot to Lewis's temple.
Lewis is looking for a sweep. Hasty is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Hasty is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Lewis defends it well.
Hasty looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lewis with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hasty thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Lewis trying to control from the bottom.

Hasty seems to be working for a kimura but Lewis defends the submission attempt.
Hasty is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hasty thows a huge punch but Lewis dodges it nicely.

Lewis looking for submissions off his back.
Lewis is trying to get back to full guard.

Hasty is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Lewis defends it well.

Hasty looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Hasty is trying to control the action in half guard but Lewis is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Colin Hasty dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Hasty gets tackled into the cage by Lewis. Lewis maintains the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lewis.

Hasty drags the fight down to the ground.

Hasty is looking for a triangle but Lewis pushes his legs off easily.

Lewis has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Hasty to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Lewis is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Hasty pulls down on the head and he's put Lewis to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Colin Hasty!
Colin Hasty thanked the fans post fight for their support.