PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alika Hakekia (ranked 945 p4p, 593 weight class) and Mate Orsic (ranked 119 p4p, 77 weight class). Hakekia comes to the cage accompanied by FE!N. Orsic is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: KRS One - Rappaz R. N. Dainja. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Hakekia
vs
Orsic

180 cm
46
170
38 - 25 - 3

185 cm
41
170
25 - 14 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 38 - 25 - 3, fighting out of Montreal, Alika Hakekia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 14 - 1, fighting out of New York, Mate Orsic!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Ben Hemmingworth and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hakekia misses with a wild body shot.
Hakekia connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hakekia misses with a low kick.
Hakekia is looking to score with low kicks.
Hakekia lands a nice leg kick that just misses Orsic's sensitive parts.
Hakekia dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Orsic. That did some damage!
Hakekia looks to land a right hand but Orsic moved out of range.
Hakekia uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Orsic.
Jab from Hakekia.
Orsic misses with a hook. Hakekia ducked under it nicely.
Hakekia misses with an uppercut
and Orsic counters with a stiff right hand.
Orsic scores with a jab to the body.
Hakekia throws a sloppy head kick
and Orsic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Alika Hakekia has been cut.
Hakekia takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Orsic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hakekia misses with a low kick.
As Hakekia backs off Orsic throws a huge counter combo but Hakekia manages to avoid it all.
A slapping body kick lands there for Hakekia.
Hakekia throws a series of punches but Orsic avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hakekia works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Orsic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hakekia moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hakekia looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hakekia throws a leg kick but Orsic moved away.
Orsic now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Hakekia throws a head kick but Orsic moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Orsic on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hakekia fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Orsic.
Orsic staying out of range there.
A shot to the liver by Hakekia. Beautiful body shot.
Hakekia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hakekia looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

Orsic clinches.
Hakekia takes a shot to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Hakekia.
Hakekia with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Orsic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Orsic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hakekia's elbow.
Hakekia throws a head punch that misses.
Hakekia misses with some punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Orsic turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!

Hakekia throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orsic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hakekia was well out of range. Poor timing from Orsic.
Hakekia throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Orsic misses with a straight left.

Orsic moves into the clinch successfully.
Orsic lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hakekia or not.
Orsic lands with a short shot to the head.
Orsic throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hakekias head.

Orsic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hakekia pivots, looking for a leg kick but Orsic is out of range and Hakekia settles back down.

Orsic closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Orsic lands in his opponent's guard.
Orsic working some strikes from top position.
Hakekia preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Orsic throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orsic throws a big right hand that misses.
Hakekia utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Orsic stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hakekia swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hakekia utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Orsic wants to control from the top but Hakekia keeps moving.
Orsic loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hakekia keeping moving, preventing Orsic from controlling successfully.
Orsic throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Orsic loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Orsic looking to sit in guard and control but Hakekia gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Orsic has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Hakekia can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Hakekia is sitting in close to Orsic's body. Orsic has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Hakekia is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Hakekia is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Orsic.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Mate Orsic!
A very excited looking Mate Orsic made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Alika Hakekia was interviewed post fight and said 'Im Sorry Uso'.