PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Heath Hazzard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barney Phife (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Phife's choice of entrance music: Fernandinho - Mais Alto. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hazzard
vs
Phife

193 cm
23
225 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

189 cm
26
215 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Heath Hazzard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Barney Phife!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Paul Tew and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phife keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hazzard.
Phife missing with a left hand there. Hazzard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hazzard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Phife manages to avoid it.
Phife throws a lazy right hand but Hazzard sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Phife misses with an uppercut. Hazzard saw that one coming.
Phife connects with a single shot there.
Phife throws a lazy right hand but Hazzard sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Phife thows a body shot but no joy.
Hazzard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Phife.
Hazzard tries to move into range but Phife moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Phife tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hazzard was well out of range. Poor timing from Phife.
Phife ducks under a wild hook from Hazzard.
Phife keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hazzard.
Phife shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hazzard as he jumps to the side.
Hazzard doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phife lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hazzard misses with an uppercut
and Phife counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Phife fails with a takedown attempt.
Phife fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Phife tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hazzard was well out of range. Poor timing from Phife.
Hazzard looks to land a right hand but Phife moved out of range.
Phife displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hazzard throws out the jab.
Hazzard ducks under a wild hook from Phife.
Hazzard takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hazzard connects with a looping right hand.
Barney Phife seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Phife uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hazzard.
Heath Hazzard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hazzard takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Phife throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The fighters circle momentarily. Phife darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hazzard sizes up Phife with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Phife tried to score with a low kick but Hazzard checks it.
Phife steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hazzard.
Phife lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Phife throws a right and a left that Hazzard avoids nicely.
Phife misses with a jab, cross combination.
Phife pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Phife throws a hook but Hazzard avoids it easily.
Phife misses with a straight left.
Phife misses with a double jab
and Hazzard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phife takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Phife avoids the body shot from Hazzard.
Hazzard changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hazzard bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hazzard takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Phife missing with a left hand there. Hazzard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Phife fails to land the takedown.
Heath Hazzard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Barney Phife.
Phife lands with an uppercut that bounces Hazzard off the cage and back into range.
Phife misses with the combination.
Phife lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hazzard circles away quickly and effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phife slips a straight right by Hazzard.
The fighters circle momentarily. Phife darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nice shot by Hazzard.
Phife is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hazzard.
Phife scores with a three punch combo!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Phife shoots in but no luck this time.
Phife waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hazzard.
Phife fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Phife fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hazzard on the side of the head.
Phife throws a left and a right that both miss
and Phife takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Phife shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hazzard as he jumps to the side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barney Phife dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hazzard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Phife.
Left hook, right uppercut from Phife.

It looks like Heath Hazzard has been cut.
Hazzard misses with a lunging right hand
and Phife counters with a straight right hand.
Phife misses with a wild combination.
Barney Phife seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hazzard slaps away a takedown attempt from Phife, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Phife looks to land a combination but Hazzard avoids it well.
Phife throws a body punch but Hazzard moves out of range.
Hazzard throws a hook to the side of Phife's head but Phife sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Phife avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Phife throws a poor cross that misses
and Hazzard counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phife moves out of range of the strikes.
Hazzard waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Phife.
Phife defending well as Hazzard loads up on a big left hand.
Phife on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hazzard misses with a wild body shot.
Phife throws a body punch but Hazzard moves out of range.
Hazzard connects with a nice looking jab.
Phife throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hazzard misses with a looping left.
Phife looks to throw the jab but Hazzard is out of range.
Phife wants to land a leg kick but Hazzard is out of range.
Phife jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phife throws a hook but Hazzard blocks it.
Hazzard looks to score with a jab to the body but Phife is just out of range.
Phife cracks Hazzard with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Phife throws a hook but Hazzard blocks it.
Hazzard misses with an uppercut
and Phife counters with a two punch combo.
Hazzard bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hazzard throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hazzard displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Phife.
Phife misses with a looping left.
Phife swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Phife thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phife tried to score with a low kick but Hazzard checks it.
Hazzard misses the shot to the body.
Hazzard shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Phife eats them both and turns towards Hazzard to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Phife loads up on a big right hand but Hazzard slips the punch.
Hazzard lands a nice looking body shot.
Phife looks to land a combination but Hazzard avoids it well.
Hazzard dodges the punch combination from Phife.
Hazzard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Phife misses with an uppercut.
Hazzard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Phife.
Phife scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phife throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hazzard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hazzard dips to his left and cracks Phife with an uppercut!
Phife with a hook.
A punch combination from Phife misses.
Hazzard misses with a straight left.
Phife misses with a wild combination.
Phife lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hazzard circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hazzard moves forwards but Phife connects with a nice, crisp jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Phife takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A shot to the liver by Hazzard. Beautiful body shot.
Hazzard scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Heath Hazzard will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Heath Hazzard'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. This is the final round!

Hazzard moves away from the strike by Phife.
Nice uppercut there from Phife.
Hazzard on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hazzard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Phife.
Phife throws a hook but Hazzard avoids it easily.
Hazzard loads up on a big right hand but Phife slips the punch.
Phife darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hazzard just misses with a punch to the body.
Hazzard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Phife throws the left hand but Hazzard avoids the punch easily.
Phife misses with a wild body shot.
Phife looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phife misses with an uppercut. Hazzard saw that one coming.
Hazzard lands the left hand.
Phife dives in and grabs Hazzard's left leg, looking for a takedown. Hazzard pushes down on Phife's head and hops out.
A big right from Hazzard misses.
Phife blocks a jab.
Phife throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fighters circling - Hazzard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Hazzard takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hazzard looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

Phife closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Hazzard quickly recovers to half guard.
Phife with the ground and pound but Hazzard uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Phife has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Phife is stalling in the full guard.
Hazzard keeping moving, preventing Phife from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Phife accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Phife is pushing down on Hazzard's leg trying to pass to half guard. Hazzard is fighting to maintain full guard but Phife has managed to sneak the leg through.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Phife stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phife looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Phife controlling the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hazzard trying to control but Phife postures up.
Phife lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Heath Hazzard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Phife is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Phife throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Phife missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Phife perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Phife is pressing down on Hazzard's thigh, looking to free his foot. Hazzard is holding on for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Barney Phife comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Phife 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 Donald Grub scores the fight for Barney Phife!
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight for Barney Phife!
Judge James Glass scores the fight for Barney Phife!

Barney Phife wins by unanimous decision!