PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tedd Strongham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khalid Hayes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Strongham's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Creed - My Sacrifice. Hayes has chosen Flight of Icarus as his entrance music. Tedd Strongham could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Khalid Hayes's chin.

Strongham
vs
Hayes

182 cm
33
205 lbs
17 - 3 - 0

180 cm
24
203 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Convicted Trap House

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 17 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tedd Strongham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Khalid Hayes!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, David Schapiro and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hayes jabs Strongham to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Strongham ducks under a wild hook from Hayes.
Hayes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Strongham moves away.
Hayes throws a low kick but Strongham moves out of range easily.
Hayes moves out of range as Strongham strikes.
Hayes throws a hook but Strongham blocks it.
Strongham tries to close the distance and clinch but Hayes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Strongham throws a jab but it's blocked by Hayes.
Strongham uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hayes.
Strongham throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tedd Strongham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hayes tries to land a front kick but Strongham steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Strongham tries to clinch but Hayes moves out of range.
Strongham lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Strongham avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strongham throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Strongham fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hayes manages to avoid it.
Strongham takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Strongham lands with a good body shot.
Strongham tries to land a leg kick but Hayes saw it coming and moves away.
Hayes misses with a body kick.
Strongham walks into a stiff left hand from Hayes.
Strongham throws a head kick that Hayes semi-blocks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Strongham.
Good work by Strongham as he checks the leg kick.
Strongham on the wrong end of a nice hook.

It looks like Tedd Strongham has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Hayes or perhaps it was just good defense by Strongham which made him look bad.
Strongham looks to land a body kick but Hayes moved away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hayes. Strongham does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hayes throws a lazy right hand but Strongham sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hayes is looking to land body kicks.
Hayes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Strongham.
Hayes fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hayes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Strongham.
Hayes shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Strongham misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hayes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Strongham moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayes blocks a head kick by Strongham.
Hayes paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A good leg kick by Strongham.
A leg kick checked by Hayes.
Strongham connects with a looping right hand.
Hayes fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Strongham on the side of the head.
Strongham pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hayes looks for a takedown but Strongham sprawls well.
Tedd Strongham has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Khalid Hayes.
Strongham moves out of range of the leg kick from Hayes.
Strongham buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strongham moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Tedd Strongham is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Strongham closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Strongham delivers a nice body kick.
Hayes looks winded!
Strongham jabs at Hayes's body.
Strongham lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Strongham with a nice cross.
Hayes pivots, looking for a leg kick but Strongham is out of range and Hayes settles back down.
Strongham ducks right into an uppercut from Hayes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice defenses there by Hayes.
Hayes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Strongham was well out of range. Poor timing from Hayes.
Strongham misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tedd Strongham dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tedd Strongham's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hayes blocks the body kick.
Hayes misses with a leg kick
letting Strongham counter with a right hand.
Strongham throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hayes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Strongham thinking.
Strongham loads up on a big right hand but Hayes slips the punch.
Strongham ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hayes moves away.
Hayes takes a jab right on the kisser.
Good standup being displayed there by Strongham as he connects with a hook.
Hayes throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Strongham counters with a right hand to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hayes has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Strongham.
Strongham scores with a jab to the head.
Hayes gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Strongham makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hayes shoots in and drives through. Strongham sprawls well.
Tedd Strongham is winning the standup battle so far.
Hayes is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayes misses with a body shot.
Hayes pivots, looking for a leg kick but Strongham is out of range and Hayes settles back down.
Strongham scores with a jab to the body.
Hayes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Strongham.
Hayes stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Strongham.
Strongham tries a low kick but Hayes avoids it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Strongham.
Strongham connects with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Strongham looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hayes has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Strongham.
Strongham catches Hayes with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strongham lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Hayes can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Strongham and Hayes drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Strongham.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tedd Strongham!
Tedd Strongham bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.