PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dutch Haze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samurai Jack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haze 's entrance music is i stand alone. A fine choice. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Haze
vs
Jack

150 cm
29
143 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

170 cm
23
156 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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PRIME DESIGNS
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dutch Haze !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Samurai Jack!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Nard Betker and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haze shoots in and drives through. Jack sprawls well.
Jack's jab looks to have found its range, popping Haze under the eye.
Haze looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That kick from Jack tenderised Haze 's leg. Haze is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jack slaps away a takedown attempt from Haze , before circling back to the center of the mat.

Haze scores a takedown into full mount!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Jack is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Haze is landing with some decent strikes but Jack is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jack is trying to escape the mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Poor strikes thrown by Haze there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Haze throws some wild stikes that Jack manages to avoid easily.
Jack avoids a series of strikes thrown by Haze .
Jack is in all sorts of trouble here.
Jack tries to lock up and control but Haze gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
You get the feeling that Jack really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Jack is looking to get to half guard.
Haze thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Haze lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jack keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Haze scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jack wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Haze punching from mount but Jack doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Jack is working to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haze won't let Jack get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Haze has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Jack's face.
Haze lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Haze throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Jack holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Haze tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Haze misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Haze misses with a head shot.

Haze is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Jack is surviving well by controlling Haze 's body position as best he can.
Jack squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jack slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Haze is looking for a kimura here.

Haze is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Jack sees it coming and defends easily.
Jack wants to control but Haze is keeping busy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jack keeping hold of Haze 's head, controlling as best he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dutch Haze 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.

Haze shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Haze has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jack.
Samurai Jack seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jack pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dutch Haze is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jack throws a push kick but Haze slaps the foot to one side.
Haze circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jack looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Haze drives through with a takedown into guard.
Haze throws a big elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haze throwing strikes but missing.
Haze preventing the sweep.
Haze postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jack is wriggling around but Haze manages to pass to half guard.
Haze slips a nice elbow through Jack's hands, connecting with Jack's forehead.

Haze seems to be looking for submissions.
Haze missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jack wants to improve his position but Haze is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jack blocking the ground and pound attempt from Haze .

Haze is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Jack regains full guard. Nicely done.

Haze drops back, looking for a kneebar! Jack looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Jack looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Jack!
Dutch Haze overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jack advances nicely into full mount.
Haze 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.
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!
Haze is desperately trying to improve his position but Jack has a good base and remains in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Haze here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Haze is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Haze flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Jack tries to control but Haze wriggling away.
Jack content just to control the position here.
Haze is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haze is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Haze working to try and regain half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jack tries to control but Haze wriggling away.
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 Dutch Haze will probably get the nod.
That's time! Haze 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A bone on bone clash there as Haze blocks the leg kick.
Haze avoids the head kick by Jack.
Jack motions for Haze to come forward. Jack throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jack lands a high kick!

It looks like Dutch Haze has been cut.
Jack pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Haze shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Jack moves into full guard.
Haze throwing strikes from guard but Jack blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haze won't allow Jack to get back to his feet.
Haze throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Haze stopping the sweep attempt from Jack.
Haze throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Haze throws an elbow that misses. Jack uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Haze 's guard. Nice move by Jack!
Jack won't allow Haze to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jack trying to control but Haze is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Samurai Jack was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Jack will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

Jack fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Haze , pushing him back against the cage.
Jack lands a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haze tries to pull guard but Jack forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Haze prevents a body shot from Jack.
Jack connects with a knee to the head.
Jack swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Haze working hard to break the clinch.
Jack scores a nice knee to the body.
Haze blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jack throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Haze blocks it with crossed arms.
Jack prevents a body shot from Haze .

Jack breaks from the clinch.
Haze fails with the takedown

and Jack counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Jack breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jack misses with a body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jack. That's going to slow Haze down.

Jack takes the fight into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Jack fails to land.
Knees to the body from Jack.
Jack pushes Haze back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Jack - that landed with a thud.

Jack breaks the clinch.
Jack is a very stocky fighter. Infact he's such a weird shape that he's almost like some sort of comedy character - it's hard to believe he's real.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jack jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jack lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Jack stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jack wants it to stay on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samurai Jack really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dutch Haze 's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

An inside leg kick from Jack misses.
Jack looks to clinch

and Haze counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Haze is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Jack is just riding it out for now. Haze eventually gives up the hold.
Haze prevents Jack from standing back up.
Haze looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jack with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Haze is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The fighters are battling for position here. Jack manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Haze 's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Haze throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jack works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jack is trying to hold Haze in close to prevent damage but Haze has managed to pass into half guard.
Jack is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haze prevents Jack from improving his position.
Haze stops Jack from getting back to his feet.
Haze slips a nice elbow through Jack's hands, connecting with Jack's forehead.
Haze lands with a punch from half guard.
Haze working the head and body with strikes.
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!
Jack looks like he's trying to stand up.
Haze thows a huge punch but Jack dodges it nicely.
Haze misses with a head shot. Jack uses the momentum to regain guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack wants to stand and escape but Haze is having none of it.
Haze is in close to Jack's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jack pulls Haze in close to prevent any damage.
Haze missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jack is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Jack is looking to stand up but Haze isn't so interested in that idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jack is pulling down on Haze 's head to control his posture.

Haze has gone for a leg lock! Jack slips out almost immediately though and dives into Haze 's guard.

Haze throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Haze is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jack is aware though and is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dutch Haze had his way with Samurai Jack in that round.
The cut man is working on Dutch Haze 's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Haze shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Jack counters with a nice body kick.
Haze will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jack attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

Haze feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Jack is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Jack wants to stand up but Haze is controlling him.
Jack wants to sweep here but Haze controlling him for the moment.
Haze throws a big elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haze loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jack is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Haze is controlling him.
Haze throws a strike but Jack rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Haze has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jack can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jack content to stall in guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haze is looking to stand up but Jack isn't so interested in that idea.
Jack stopping the sweep attempt from Haze .
Jack 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.
Haze is looking to stand up but Jack isn't so interested in that idea.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Samurai Jack wasn't active enough on the ground.
Jack throws a low kick but Haze avoids it.
Jack throws a head kick that misses.

Jack has closed the distance and engaged Haze in a clinch.

Jack manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jack misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Haze counters with a shoot takedown. Jack fights it but they end up in guard.
Jack is controlling Haze 's posture.
Jack working a defensive guard here.
Haze throws a strike but Jack rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Haze is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Jack is controlling him.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Dutch Haze .
I think Haze has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight for Samurai Jack!
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight for Dutch Haze !
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight for Dutch Haze !

Dutch Haze wins by split decision!
Dutch Haze is the new lightweight champion!
Dutch Haze was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.