PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric Haags (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gergu Cash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Haags
vs
Cash

150 cm
21
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
21
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eric Haags!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gergu Cash!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haags moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Cash connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Haags momentarily.
Haags throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cash sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cash throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Haags bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Haags moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Haags slips a jab from Cash.
Cash uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Haags.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cash.
Haags throws a jab but it's blocked by Cash.
Cash ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Haags ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Haags waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cash.
A swing and a miss from Haags.
Haags ducks under a wild hook from Cash.
Haags throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Haags moves away from the strike by Cash.
Haags throws a body punch but Cash moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cash throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice defenses there by Cash.
Haags ducks under a wild hook from Cash.
A big right from Cash misses.
Haags moves away from the strike by Cash.
Haags looks to land a right hand but Cash moved out of range.
Haags displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cash throws out the jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Haags misses the target.
Haags steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cash.
Haags fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cash throws a jab but it's blocked by Haags.
A big right from Cash misses.
Haags misses with a body shot.
Cash is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Haags.
Cash takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Haags throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cash.
Haags's corner calls for a 1-2. Haags obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cash moves out of range of the strikes.
Cash scores with a punch to the head.
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!
Cash uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Haags.
Cash takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cash throws a hook but Haags blocks it.
Cash jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cash lands with a right hand.
Haags moves forwards but Cash connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Cash throws a lazy right hand but Haags sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A jab from Cash misses.
Cash has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cash there as he acknowledges the shot.
Haags lands with a straight right. Cash didn't see that one coming.
Haags thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cash takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jab, jab by Haags - just one landing.
Haags lands a nice shot that snaps Cash's head back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haags looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Haags uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cash.
Haags uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cash.
Haags connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Haags throws out a loose jab but Cash uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haags throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cash.
Haags is breathing heavily.
Haags lands with a straight right. Cash didn't see that one coming.
Haags ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cash moves away.
Cash misses with a hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Haags misses the target.
Haags misses with a hook to the body
and Cash cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Haags cracks Cash with an open hand slap.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cash jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Haags misses with a looping right.
Cash lands with a cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haags walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Good shot there by Cash.
Haags blocks a jab.
Cash bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Haags is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Nice uppercut there from Cash.
Haags moves out of range as Cash strikes.
Haags is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cash.
Cash throws a shot from downtown. Haags moves away and avoids it.
Haags slips a straight right by Cash.
Haags's corner calls for a 1-2. Haags obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Cash throws a hook but Haags avoids it easily.
Cash slips a straight right by Haags.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cash throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cash avoids the body shot from Haags.
A telegraphed right hand from Haags misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Gergu Cash will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Haags looks to throw the jab but Cash is out of range.
Cash pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cash misses with a looping left.
Cash staying out of range there.
Cash throws out a loose jab but Haags uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haags is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Cash misses with a looping right.
Cash ducks under a wild hook from Haags.
Nice shot lands for Cash.
Cash swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A big right from Haags misses.
Haags throws a jab when Cash was well out of range.
Cash displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Haags throws out the jab.
A combination from Haags does no damage.
A big left from Cash misses.
A slow jab from Cash misses its intended target.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cash, as that shot connected.
Haags takes one to the chin there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Haags. Cash does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice uppercut lands for Haags. That snapped Cash's head back.
Haags ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cash slips under a jab from Haags.
Haags bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cash thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cash lands with a straight right. Haags didn't see that one coming.
Cash throws out a loose jab but Haags uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haags throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cash tests Haags's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Haags bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cash jabs Haags right on the nose. Haags blinks but takes it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
No joy there for Haags, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Haags fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cash manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haags takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Haags throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cash lands with a right hand.

Haags is rocked!
Haags ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cash moves away.
Cash is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Haags takes a swing at Cash's ribcage but misses.
Haags slips a straight right by Cash.
Cash uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Haags.
Haags throws out a loose jab but Cash uses good head movement to avoid it.
A big left from Haags misses.
Haags ducks under a wild hook from Cash.
Haags moves out of range of the strikes.
Haags misses with a looping right.
Haags ducks under a wild hook from Cash.
Haags misses with a few strikes there.
Nice uppercut there from Cash.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Cash throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cash moves into range and connects with a jab.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Haags slips under a jab.
Cash cracks Haags with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Cash pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cash with a jab.
Haags looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Cash loads up on a big right hand but Haags slips the punch.
Cash throws a hook but Haags avoids it easily.
Cash lands an overhand right.
Cash looks to score with a jab to the body but Haags is just out of range.
Cash connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Haags's hands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cash waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Haags.
Cash misses with a hook. Haags ducked under it nicely.
Haags bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cash misses the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haags looks to score with a jab to the body but Cash is just out of range.
Cash looks to land a right hand but Haags moved out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Cash misses the target.
Haags scores with a punch to the head.
Haags scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cash jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cash slips under a jab from Haags.
Haags misses with a looping right.
Haags loads up on a big right hand but Cash slips the punch.
Haags moves away from the strike by Cash.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cash throws a hook to the side of Haags's head but Haags sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cash takes a swing at Haags's ribcage but misses.
Haags thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cash uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Haags.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gergu Cash showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Cash throws a jab when Haags was well out of range.
A jab from Haags misses.
Haags ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cash uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Haags.
Haags throws a hook but Cash avoids it easily.
Haags throws out a loose jab but Cash uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cash bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Haags fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Haags uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cash.
Cash throws a shot from downtown. Haags moves away and avoids it.
Cash ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Haags moves away.
Cash misses with a straight left.
A cross from Cash lands.
Cash thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cash shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cash blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haags pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gergu Cash seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cash moves away from the strike by Haags.
Haags misses with a straight right.
Cash displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Haags throws out the jab.
Cash moves away from the strike by Haags.
A jab from Haags misses.
Cash connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Cash misses with an uppercut.
Haags just misses with a punch to the body.
Haags throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Haags misses with a hook
and Cash counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Haags.
Cash waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Haags.
Cash throws a hook to the side of Haags's head but Haags sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cash lunges at Haags with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Haags's hand.
Eric Haags has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cash cracks Haags with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Cash misses with an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cash moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Cash throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Haags sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cash throws a big shot that misses.
A big right from Haags misses.
Cash waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Haags.
Haags throws a lazy right hand but Cash sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cash lands an overhand right.
A jab from Cash misses.
Cash throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cash pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Haags throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Haags steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cash.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haags misses with a few strikes there.
Haags gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Haags works Cash's body with a nice hook.
Cash fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Haags on the side of the head.
A swing and a miss from Cash.
Cash misses the jab.
Haags ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cash slips under a jab from Haags.
Haags jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Haags takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Haags throws a hook but Cash avoids it easily.
Cash stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Cash works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Good shot there by Cash.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Haags misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cash cracks Haags with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Haags might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Cash misses the jab.
Haags thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cash scores with a jab. Haags acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cash clobbers Haags with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Haags takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Cash avoids the body shot from Haags.
Cash uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Cash misses with an uppercut. Haags saw that one coming.
Cash slips under a jab from Haags.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cash scores with a nice head shot.
Cash misses with a looping left.
Cash listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gergu Cash comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cash 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gergu Cash!