PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Zhan Dhelan (ranked 2953 p4p, 4027 weight class) and Anti Happy (ranked 290 p4p, 366 weight class). Happy is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Bvana iz lagune & Mikri Maus - AntiHepi. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Dhelan
vs
Happy

150 cm
38
145
29 - 20 - 1

172 cm
30
158
11 - 20 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Bondi MMA

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Zhan Dhelan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anti Happy!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Damien Edna and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Happy as Dhelan shoots in.

Happy throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Dhelan tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Happy is in Dhelan's guard.
Happy cracks Dhelan with a solid left hand.
Happy controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
It looks like Happy might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Dhelan is trying to control the position but Happy postures up.
Dhelan is really struggling to control Happy but he's trying to hold on to the position.

Dhelan looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Happy passes into side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Happy landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Happy working the body and head with strikes.
Happy throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dhelan is looking to reverse the position.
You can see the frustration on Dhelan's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Dhelan tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Happy wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Dhelan manages to work his way to half guard, despite Happy's best efforts.
Happy drops an elbow to the side of Dhelan's head.

Dhelan actively working from the bottom here.

Dhelan looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Happy wants to control but Dhelan is keeping him busy.
Happy 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.
Dhelan is refusing to be controlled, as Happy sits in half guard.
Dhelan is trying to maintain the position but Happy is very close to passing his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Happy is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Dhelan sees it coming and defends easily.
Happy lands strikes from half guard.
Happy looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Happy winds up and cracks Dhelan with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Dhelan tries to roll over but Happy keeps him under control.
Ground and pound from Happy.
Dhelan trying to hold on to Happy's head to control him but Happy postures up.
Happy missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Happy seems to be looking for submissions.
Happy controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Happy has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Dhelan desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Dhelan is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Happy's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Happy's back!
Dhelan tries to get the hooks in deep but Happy pushed the leg off.
You can see the frustration on Happy's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Happy just trying to survive but Dhelan is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dhelan looking to break Happy's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Happy remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Dhelan will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Happy rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Happy is looking to improve his position.
Dhelan tries to pass the half guard into mount. Happy knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Happy is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Dhelan pulls his head out easily.

Happy looking for submissions off his back.

Dhelan is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Happy defends it well.

Happy looking for submissions off his back.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Anti Happy dominated that round.
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.

Dhelan shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Happy looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Dhelan passes into side control.
Dhelan working away.
Dhelan moves into full mount!
Happy working to try and regain half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Dhelan wants to finish this one by submission but Happy is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Dhelan.
Happy is looking to get to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Happy is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Dhelan works his way to his opponent's back.

Happy fending off the submission attempt from Dhelan.
Dhelan is hanging on to Happy's back as he tries to escape.
Anti Happy has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dhelan not allowing Happy to control his hands.

Happy defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Dhelan's arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dhelan controlling well, preventing Happy from escaping the position.

Happy defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Dhelan's arms.
Happy manages to reverse the position and now he's in Dhelan's guard. Nice work there by Happy.

Dhelan has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Happy can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Dhelan might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Happy avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Happy is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dhelan keeping full guard, as Happy tries to pass.
Happy with a nice head shot there.
Dhelan keeping moving, preventing Happy from controlling successfully.

Dhelan escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Happy gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Happy must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Dhelan escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Happy gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Happy is working Dhelan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dhelan had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Happy defends it easily.
Happy wants to control from the top but Dhelan keeps moving.
Happy's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Dhelan working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Happy doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Happy manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Happy pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dhelan is keeping the position for now.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Happy controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Zhan Dhelan dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Dhelan scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Happy pushes Dhelan off and gets back to his feet.
Dhelan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Happy's waist but Happy gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Dhelan off to one side.

Happy drives through with a takedown into Dhelan's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Happy scoring with punches to the head and body.

Dhelan is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Happy keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Dhelan's head.
Dhelan working a defensive guard here.
Happy is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Happy working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dhelan's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Happy wants to control from the top but Dhelan keeps moving.
Dhelan can't keep his opponent in guard - Happy advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Dhelan is not content to let Happy control the position.
Happy missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dhelan gets back to full guard.
Dhelan looking to control.
Happy trying to control the position from guard on top but Dhelan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dhelan pulls Happy in close to his closed guard and prevents Happy from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's two 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.
Dhelan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Happy is in close to Dhelan's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Happy's corner is telling him to maintain position.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Happy working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Dhelan is pulling down on Happy's head to control his posture.
Happy postures up and lands a big shot to Dhelan's brow.
Happy trying to control but Dhelan is working from the bottom.
Dhelan is adopting a defensive guard.
Dhelan keeping moving, preventing Happy from controlling successfully.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Happy postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Happy's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Happy is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Dhelan managing to control the position.
Happy trying to control the position from guard on top but Dhelan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Happy decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Happy looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Dhelan trying to control from the bottom.
Dhelan works his way to full guard. Good work.
Happy lands a couple of digs.

Dhelan is looking for a triangle but Happy pushes his legs off easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Dhelan escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Happy gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Happy forces his way into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anti Happy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Happy 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 Ben Watson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anti Happy!
Our winner, Anti Happy, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.