PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Wick (ranked 4185 p4p, 4226 weight class) and Rex Haas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Wick
vs
Haas

186 cm
18
205
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
212
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Likes musicals

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe Wick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rex Haas!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Alyssa Summers and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haas connects with the punch.
Wick tries to clinch but Haas is having none of it.
Wick misses with a hook.
Wick scores with a jab.
Wick gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A shot to the liver by Haas. Beautiful body shot.

Haas rushes Wick and presses him up against the cage.
Wick missing with knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Haas.
Haas is leaning against Wick and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Haas lands a right hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wick.
Wick blocking some punches.
Haas tries to work over Wick's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Haas blocking some punches.
Haas lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wick backwards.
Wick misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wick.

Haas manages to break the clinch.
Wick ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Haas moves away.
Wick does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Haas lands a body shot.
Wick closes the distance but Haas moves to the side
and Haas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Haas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wick swings for the body but Haas moves out of range.
Wick fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wick closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Wick throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Haas sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Haas.
Nice uppercut lands for Haas. That snapped Wick's head back.
Wick motions for Haas to come forward. Wick throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Haas takes a swing at Wick's ribcage but misses.

Wick clinches up with Haas and pushes him back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right from Haas.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Wick works on Haas's body with a couple of short punches.
Haas lands with a light punch inside.
A nice left hand lands by Haas.

Haas manages to break the clinch.
Wick tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wick misses with an uppercut. Haas saw that one coming.
Haas swings for the body but Wick moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wick doesn't manage to clinch there - Haas circles away.
Haas throws a hook but Wick avoids it easily.
Wick swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Wick is looking to slow Haas down with leg kicks.
Wick motions for Haas to come forward. Wick throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Haas slips a jab from Wick.
Wick moves to clinch but Haas breaks away
letting Haas counter with a right hand.
Haas jabs at Wick's body.
Wick throws a right hand that Haas ducks under and follows up with a left that Haas also avoids with ease.
Wick takes one on the button.
Wick tries to clinch there but Haas circles away.
Haas looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wick scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Haas doesn't seem bothered though.
Haas looks winded!
Wick scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Haas doesn't seem bothered though.
Wick tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Haas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Joe Wick is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Haas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Haas throws a hook to the side of Wick's head but Wick sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Haas swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Wick moves into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wick doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Haas blocks a body shot from Wick.
Haas takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wick trying to control the position but instead, Haas has worked for underhooks and has pushed Wick into the cage.
Wick landing knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Wick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Rex Haas dominated that round.
That's time! Wick's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Wick throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wick on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Wick closes the distance and clinches.
Haas lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rex Haas seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Haas working aggressively here.
Haas makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Haas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wick's elbow.
Wick prevents a body shot from Haas.
Haas misses with the head strike.
Wick lands a knee to the body.
Wick misses with the head strike.
Wick working Haas over with knees to the body.
Haas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wick misses with some punches.
Wick's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Wick throws a punch but it's blocked by Haas.
Haas is breathing heavily.
Wick lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wick.
Wick scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wick presses Haas against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Wick utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A right hand to the body from Wick.
Wick misses with a knee strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wick.
Wick lands a nice knee to the body.
Wick lands a nice knee to the body.
Wick landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wick goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wick throws a punch but it's blocked by Haas.
Wick utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Wick lands a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wick misses with a hook from the clinch.
Haas prevents a body shot from Wick.
Haas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wick putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Haas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wick lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wick crunches a lovely knee into Haas's ribcage.
Wick misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wick working aggressively here.
Wick can't find room to land a body shot as Haas controls the action.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Wick tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Haas's elbow.
Wick misses with the head strike.
Wick misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wick tries to land knees in the clinch but Haas avoids the damage to the body.
Wick scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice body punch from Wick - that landed with a thud.
Wick pushes Haas back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Wick misses with a punch to the body.
Wick throws a punch but it's blocked by Haas.
Wick prevents a body shot from Haas.
Wick using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wick lands a shoulder strike.
Wick will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Haas up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wick misses with some punches.
Wick throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Haas blocks it with crossed arms.
Wick throws a head punch that misses.
Wick gets through Haas's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wick with a knee to the head.
Wick tries a body shot but Haas blocks it.
Wick tries to throw a body punch but Haas avoids it by throwing Wick back against the cage.
A short left from Wick.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wick.
Wick scores with a hook to the body.
Haas prevents a body shot from Wick.
Wick lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wick scores with a shot to the side of Haas's head.
Wick lands a knee to the body.
Wick struggles to land a body shot inside as Haas controls his hands.
Haas blocking some punches.
Wick throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wick misses with a punch to the body.
Wick scores a nice knee to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wick.
Wick scores a nice knee to the body.
Wick fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wick lands a left hand.
Haas takes a knee to the side of the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wick.
Wick looking to slow down the pace here.
Wick has Haas pressed against the cage.
Wick has a couple of punches blocked by Haas.
Wick throws a head punch that misses.
Wick looking to slow down the pace here.
Wick scores a nice knee to the body.
A short right from Wick on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Wick dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Wick throws a lazy right hand but Haas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Wick rushes Haas and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Wick's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Haas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Haas presses Wick against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Wick is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wick.
Wick lands a nice uppercut.
Haas lands an uppercut.
Knees to the body from Wick.
Haas blocking some punches.
Haas blocks an uppercut.
Wick misses with some punches.
Wick swings wildly with an uppercut but Haas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Haas.
Wick doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wick lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wick stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Wick working aggressively here.
Wick lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wick misses with a punch to the body.
Wick can't find room to land a body shot as Haas controls the action.
Wick throws a head punch that misses.
Wick misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wick throws a punch but it's blocked by Haas.
Wick lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Haas blocks an uppercut.
Wick throws a head punch that misses.
Wick landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wick.
Wick tries to throw a body punch but Haas avoids it by throwing Wick back against the cage.
Haas throws a punch but it's blocked by Wick.
Wick lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Haas backwards.
Wick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Haas blocks a body shot from Wick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wick misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wick with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wick throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Haass head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Haas takes a knee to the side of the body.
Haas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wick.
Wick crunches a lovely knee into Haas's ribcage.
Wick lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Haas is rocked!
Wick lands a hook that snaps the head of Haas backwards.
Haas is still on wobbly legs! Can Wick finish him?
Wick swings wildly with an uppercut but Haas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wick scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wick tries to work over Haas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wick lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Haas to his knees! Wick keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Wick!