PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Seylotoma Frend (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sjors Haze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haze has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Sjors Haze is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Frend
vs
Haze

187 cm
21
200 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
24
190 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Seylotoma Frend!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sjors Haze!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Aafke Stam and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Frend. Haze does a little dance to reset his feet.
Haze showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Frend.
Haze avoids a punch combination nicely.

Frend throws a left that rocks Haze and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Frend dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Haze regain composure!

Haze is rocked!

It looks like Sjors Haze has been cut.
Haze looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Haze is trying to improve his position.
Haze is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Frend stands up and beckons Haze to his feet.
Frend rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Haze moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Seylotoma Frend is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frend lands with a good body shot.
Frend lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Frend throws a one two combo.
Frend will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice body punch from Frend.
Frend scores with a one two! Haze had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
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!
Some wild striking there from Frend.
Frend throws a right and a left that Haze avoids nicely.
Haze shoots in for a takedown but Frend shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Frend misses.
Horrible takedown by Haze or perhaps it was just good defense by Frend which made him look bad.
Frend misses with a series of wild punches.
Frend misses with a double jab.
Haze shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Frend sprawls well. Frend wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Haze gets slowly back to his feet.
Seylotoma Frend has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sjors Haze.
Frend throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Frend.
Frend misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Haze has a takedown stuffed.
Frend throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Frend misses with the combination.
Haze shoots in for a double leg but Frend sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Frend throws a right hand that Haze ducks under and follows up with a left that Haze also avoids with ease.
Frend fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Haze shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Frend sprawls well. Frend wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Haze gets slowly back to his feet.
Frend is working the combinations to good effect here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Frend lands with a cross.
Frend works over Haze's head and body with a nice combination.
A right-left combo lands from Frend.
Haze is trying hard to land a takedown here. Frend sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Frend stalks Haze and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Haze's face. Haze staggers backwards, shaken.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Haze walks into a stiff left hand from Frend.
Frend throws a nice looking combination but Haze bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Frend will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seylotoma Frend dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sjors Haze's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Haze tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Frend swivels and escapes.
Good shot there by Frend.
Frend misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Frend lands a jab-cross combination.
Frend misses with a wild combination.
Haze shoots in but no luck this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Frend!
Haze fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Seylotoma Frend has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sjors Haze.
Frend stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Frend wants it to stay on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frend throws a series of punches but Haze moves out of range.
Frend scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Frend throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Haze.
Frend looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Haze looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Frend is fending him off so far but Haze persists. Nope, Frend circles away and we're back to standing.
Haze shoots for a takedown but Frend saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Frend looks to land a combination. Haze sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Frend displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Frend misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Haze closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Haze lands in his opponent's guard.
Frend is controlling Haze's posture.
Haze postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Haze postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Frend is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Haze, into his guard.

Haze throws his legs up looking for a submission but Frend uses it to pass to side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haze tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Frend decides to stand back up. Frend steps back and let's Haze get back to his feet.
Seylotoma Frend is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A punch combination from Frend misses.
Frend sizes up Haze with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Frend leaves Haze with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Frend fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Haze shoots in but Frend avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Frend misses with a wild combination.
Seylotoma Frend is winning the standup battle so far.
Frend fails to land with a series of punches.

Haze decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Haze passes to full mount!
Haze thowing shots but they're missing.
Frend is looking to improve his position but Haze isn't that keen on the idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seylotoma Frend dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sjors Haze's cut.
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!

Frend misses with a wild combination.
Haze fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Frend fails to land with a series of punches.
Frend throws a combination. Haze tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haze shoots in for a takedown but Frend shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Haze shoots in but Frend avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Seylotoma Frend has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sjors Haze.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Haze walks into a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haze fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Haze avoids a punch combination nicely.
Haze changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Frend tries to avoid it but Haze manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Frend to the ground. Frend escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Haze takes one on the button.
Frend swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Haze shoots in and drives through. Frend sprawls well.
Haze has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Frend swinging wildly here.
Haze slips a jab and a cross from Frend.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Haze avoids a punch combination nicely.
Haze fails with a takedown attempt.
Frend swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Frend just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice takedown defense from Frend. No joy for Haze on that attempt.
Frend misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haze shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Frend but Frend pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Frend stuffs the takedown attempt from Haze. Haze gets slowly back to his feet.
Frend misses with a series of wild punches.
Haze shoots for a double leg takedown but Frend sprawls well. He's pushed Haze's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Frend throws a combination. Haze tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Frend looks to land a combination but Haze avoids it well.
Haze shoots in and drives through. Frend sprawls well.
Frend misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Haze fails with a takedown attempt.
Frend works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sjors Haze has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Haze showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Frend.
Frend misses with a series of wild punches.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Haze shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Frend as he jumps to the side.

And that's the end of the fight!
Seylotoma Frend showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Frend, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 30:26
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:26
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seylotoma Frend!