PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dez Havok (ranked 21793 p4p, 23136 weight class) and Holden Easterly (ranked 279 p4p, 294 weight class). Dez Havok has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Havok
vs
Easterly

183 cm
35
234
13 - 17 - 0

190 cm
28
192
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

HELLS BALLS RECOVERY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dez Havok!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Holden Easterly !
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Havok misses with a wild body shot.

Havok pushes Easterly up against the cage in a clinch.
Havok lands an elbow that stopped Easterly in his tracks for a moment.
Havok tries to land a knee to the head but Easterly blocks with his arms.
Easterly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Easterly managing to block the knees to the body from Havok.
Havok throws a head punch that misses.
Havok is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Easterly is defending well for now.

Easterly breaks from the clinch.
Havok fails in his attempt to clinch.
Easterly connects with a nice looking jab.
Easterly misses with a jab, cross combination.
Easterly fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Havok on the side of the head.

Easterly drives through and clinches with Havok against the cage.
Easterly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Havok throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Havok using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Easterly has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Easterly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Easterly digs a good body shot into Havok's ribs.

Easterly gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Easterly manages to break the clinch.
Havok misses with a double jab
and Easterly counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dez Havok seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Easterly throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Havok.
Havok gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Easterly instigates a clinch.
A short right from Easterly .
Easterly throws a punch but it's blocked by Havok.
Easterly tries to work over Havok's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Easterly 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Easterly has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Havok misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Easterly .
Easterly wants to get back to striking at distance but Havok won't allow it.
Havok using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Easterly has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Easterly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Easterly misses with a straight right.
Havok throws a big counter combination but Easterly scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Easterly lands with a nice body punch.

Easterly drives through and clinches with Havok against the cage.
Easterly lands with a light punch inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Havok throws a head punch that misses.

Easterly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Easterly blocks a head kick by Havok.
Easterly lands a body shot.

Easterly has closed the distance and engaged Havok in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Easterly can't break the clinch.

Easterly breaks the clinch.

Easterly fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Havok, pushing him back against the cage.

Easterly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Easterly blocks a head kick by Havok.
Easterly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Havok.
Havok has been working on his boxing with his coaches at HELLCADEMY in the buildup to the fight.
Easterly throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Havok.
Easterly blocks a head kick by Havok.
It seemed like Easterly was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Havok misses with a wild body shot.
Havok is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Easterly misses with a double jab.
Easterly throws a hook but Havok avoids it easily.
Havok lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.

Easterly instigates a clinch.
Havok lands with a left to the head.
Easterly struggles to land a body shot inside as Havok controls his hands.
Easterly on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right from Easterly .

Easterly 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A head kick by Havok misses
and Havok takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Havok throws out a loose jab but Easterly uses good head movement to avoid it.
It seemed like Easterly was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Havok blocks a head kick by Easterly .

And that's the end of the fight!
Holden Easterly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Easterly has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 9:10
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 9:10
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 9:10

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Holden Easterly !