PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Colin Hasty (ranked 962 p4p, 4286 weight class) and Iso Danny (ranked 128 p4p, 488 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hasty
vs
Danny

184 cm
27
180
9 - 3 - 0

180 cm
20
175
3 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Primal

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 9 - 3 - 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 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Iso Danny!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Daniel Franklin and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danny throws a head kick that misses.
Danny throws a head kick that misses.
Danny throws a leg kick which misses Hasty's front leg but catches the back leg as Hasty tries to avoid it.
Danny cracks a nice hook into Hasty's ribs.

Hasty takes the fight into the clinch.
Hasty is looking to take this one to the mat.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Danny obliges.
Danny makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Hasty has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Danny clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Danny tries to escape but Hasty has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Hasty is landing with strikes. Danny can't take much more of this.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hasty is punishing Danny with some ground and pound.
Danny rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Danny 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.
Danny wants to get back to his feet.
Hasty thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Danny's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Danny avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hasty.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Danny looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Hasty wants to pass the guard but Danny is defending well.
Hasty takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Danny trying to control from the bottom.
Danny is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Hasty's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Hasty's back!
Hasty manages to reverse the position and now he's in Danny's guard. Nice work there by Hasty.
Hasty postures up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hasty accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
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.
Hasty is in close to Danny's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Danny looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hasty lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Danny manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Danny misses with a short punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Hasty wants the takedown. Danny is fighting it off but Hasty persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Danny's guard against the cage.
Hasty preventing the sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hasty works over Danny with some ground and pound from guard.
Danny utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hasty stands up over Danny, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Danny had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Hasty defends it easily.
Hasty makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hasty scoring with some ground and pound.
Danny trying to control the position.
Hasty with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hasty wants to control from the top but Danny keeps moving.
Hasty with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Danny punching from the bottom.
Hasty throwing strikes from guard but Danny blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danny working a defensive guard here.
Danny is pulling down on Hasty's head. It's preventing any offense from Hasty, at least for the moment.

Danny looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Danny keeping moving, preventing Hasty from controlling successfully.
Hasty keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Danny's head.
Hasty is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Danny preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Danny wants to sweep here but Hasty controlling him for the moment.
Danny trying to keep a closed guard but Hasty is proving a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hasty is working Danny over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hasty distracts Danny with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Danny is trying to control the position but Hasty postures up.
Hasty throws a big elbow that misses.
Hasty lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hasty throws a big right hand that misses.
Danny utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Danny is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Danny is looking for a triangle but Hasty pushes his legs off easily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hasty's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hasty lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hasty lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Danny is rocked!
Hasty postures up and lands a big shot to Danny's brow.
Danny is still in real trouble! Can Hasty finish him?
Danny controls Hasty momentarily but Hasty frees himself.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Colin Hasty dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hasty gets a takedown into half guard.
Danny seems to have recovered his senses.
Hasty is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Danny can do to turn this around?
Hasty is nestled in close to Danny, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Danny is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Danny is refusing to be controlled, as Hasty sits in half guard.
Danny tries to roll over but Hasty keeps him under control.
Hasty is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Danny on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Danny flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Danny trying to hold on to Hasty's head to control him but Hasty postures up.
Danny taking some punishment here, with Hasty in his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danny is looking for a sweep. Hasty is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hasty takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Hasty is working for a kimura but Danny is defending it quite comfortably.
Hasty takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Danny can do anything to dispel that myth.
Danny is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hasty working the head and body with strikes.
Nice strikes from Hasty there.

Danny looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Danny is trying to maintain the position but Hasty is very close to passing his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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.
Colin Hasty overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Danny is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hasty scores with a couple of nice shots.
Danny has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hasty is working away from the top position though.
Hasty is just content to waste time from the top position. Danny takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Hasty content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hasty postures up and lands a big shot to Danny's brow.
Hasty working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Danny is working an open guard so Hasty takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Danny keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Danny slaps away a takedown attempt from Hasty, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Despite the aggression on Danny's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Danny tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Colin Hasty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danny lands with a nice body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Danny tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Danny throws a sloppy head kick and Hasty moves out of range easily.
Hasty dives in and grabs Danny's left leg, looking for a takedown. Danny pushes down on Hasty's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Colin Hasty. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Danny throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hasty misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hasty is trying hard to land a takedown here. Danny sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Hasty avoids the body shot from Danny.
Danny just misses with a punch to the body.
Hasty tries to counter by clinching up but Danny breaks away and moves out of range.
Hasty shoots in and drives through. Danny sprawls well.
Danny rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hasty moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Danny throws a head kick that misses.
Hasty seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Hasty fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danny throws a head kick that misses.
Hasty shoots in for a takedown but Danny shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Danny throws a wild body kick that Hasty sees coming a mile off.
Danny tries a head kick but it misses.
Danny throws a leg kick that misses.
Iso Danny is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Danny throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hasty changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Danny tries to avoid it but Hasty manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Danny to the ground. Danny escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hasty fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Danny lands with a kick to the temple. Hasty shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Danny misses with the combination.
Hasty avoids the head kick by Danny.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Iso Danny will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!

That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hasty crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Danny - the referee stops the clock and Hasty gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Danny. Hasty manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

Hasty moves into the clinch successfully.
Hasty jumps guard but Danny stands there with Hasty around his waist. Hasty gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Hasty gets control of Danny's arms and successfully pulls guard. Hasty will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Danny with a nice head shot there.

Hasty is looking to cinch up a triangle. Danny throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Hasty's body to avoid the submission. Hasty has instead reached around Danny's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Hasty arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Colin Hasty!
A determined Colin Hasty didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!
In defeat, Iso Danny stepped up to the mic, saying 'No way, no way, no way! '.