PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Haggar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marty Ehrhorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marty Ehrhorn has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Haggar
vs
Ehrhorn

210 cm
21
300 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

207 cm
26
295 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Haggar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marty Ehrhorn!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Chad Campbell and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haggar throws an off balance right hand
and Ehrhorn counters with a two punch combo.
Haggar gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Ehrhorn counters with a body kick that stops Haggar in his tracks momentarily.
Ehrhorn throws a series of punches but Haggar avoids them all with ease.
Ehrhorn punishes Haggar's body with a nice straight punch.

Haggar shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Ehrhorn manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Haggar postures up.
Ehrhorn is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Haggar thows a big elbow that misses.
Ehrhorn really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Haggar. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ehrhorn is trying to control the position but Haggar postures up.
Haggar throwing strikes from guard but Ehrhorn blocks nicely.
Haggar throws a big right hand that misses.
Ehrhorn is pulling down on Haggar's head to control his posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haggar with a flurry of punches that miss.
Haggar with a flurry of punches that miss.
Haggar missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Haggar throwing strikes from guard but Ehrhorn blocks nicely.
Ehrhorn wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Ehrhorn tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Haggar would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Haggar with a flurry of punches that miss.
Haggar trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Haggar throws a big right hand that misses.
Haggar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Haggar scoring with punches to the head and body.
Haggar working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Haggar landing with the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ehrhorn utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Haggar postures up and lands a big shot to Ehrhorn's brow.
Ehrhorn is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Haggar with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ehrhorn is pulling down on Haggar's head to control his posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haggar looking to pass the guard.
Haggar lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ehrhorn utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Haggar postures up in Ehrhorn's guard and throws a big left but Ehrhorn blocks it.
Haggar has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Haggar is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Haggar advances position into side control!
The strikes coming from Haggar are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Haggar postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Ehrhorn struggling a bit here.
Haggar cracks Ehrhorn with a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haggar misses with the ground and pound.
Ehrhorn regains half guard, as Haggar was trying to land strikes.
Haggar missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Haggar thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Haggar thows a huge punch but Ehrhorn dodges it nicely.
Haggar looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ehrhorn with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Haggar not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Haggar thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Haggar missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Haggar throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Haggar dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Haggar shoots in and drives through. Ehrhorn sprawls well.
Haggar fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ehrhorn tries to clinch but Haggar is having none of it.
Haggar shoots in looking for a takedown but Ehrhorn manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Haggar's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Haggar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ehrhorn misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ehrhorn wants to clinch

and Haggar counters with a nice double leg into side control. Ehrhorn won't be happy with that.
Haggar working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Haggar throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Haggar tries to move to mount but Ehrhorn blocks the move with his legs.
Ehrhorn managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Haggar.
Haggar moves into full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Haggar cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Haggar scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ehrhorn?
Ehrhorn blocking the ground and pound.
Ehrhorn avoids a series of strikes thrown by Haggar.
Haggar postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Ehrhorn looks a forlorn figure.
Haggar lands a big shot to the head and Ehrhorn winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Mike Haggar!