PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Braxton Darius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Haskil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Darius
vs
Haskil

191 cm
25
198 lbs
17 - 7 - 1

190 cm
24
210 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 17 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Braxton Darius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eddie Haskil!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Eddie Farnsworth and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haskil swings for the body but Darius moves out of range.
Darius takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Darius lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Haskil has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Haskil and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
No joy there for Haskil, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Darius connects with a jab.
Haskil misses with a head kick.
Darius lands a body shot.
Darius misses with a hook.
Darius takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Haskil misses with a body shot.
Haskil throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Darius lands a nice shot that snaps Haskil's head back.
Darius throws a lazy uppercut
and Haskil counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Darius fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Haskil tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Darius paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Darius throws a shot from downtown. Haskil moves away and avoids it.
A big right from Darius misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haskil misses with a wild body shot.
Darius fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Haskil paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Darius throws a body punch but Haskil moves out of range.
Darius throws a big shot that misses.
Nice shot lands for Darius.
A slow jab from Darius misses its intended target.
Haskil misses with a jab, cross combination.
Haskil fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Darius manages to avoid it.
Haskil uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Darius.
Haskil throws a low kick, looking for Darius's leg but Darius calmly moves out of range.
Darius fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Darius tests Haskil's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Darius checks a low kick from Haskil.
Darius thumps Haskil with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darius showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Haskil.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A clash of legs there as Darius blocks the low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Darius. Haskil does a little dance to reset his feet.
Darius swats away the attempt to clinch by Haskil.
Haskil throws a leg kick but Darius moved away.
Haskil tries to clinch but Darius moves out of range.
Haskil ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Darius moves away.
Haskil lands a two punch combo.
Nice defenses there by Haskil.
Darius jabs Haskil right on the nose. Haskil blinks but takes it well.
Darius scores with a hook to the body. Haskil takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Darius misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Haskil.

Haskil pushes Darius up against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Darius breaks from the clinch.
Haskil moves in looking to clinch but Darius pushes him off.
Darius avoids a punch combination nicely.
Darius throws a good cross that connects.
Darius changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Darius is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Haskil throws a leg kick that misses.
Haskil tries to clinch up but Darius circles away and keeps his distance.
Darius throws a body punch but Haskil moves out of range.
Haskil 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.
Haskil turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Darius misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Haskil.
Haskil takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Haskil lands with a nice body punch.
Haskil misses with a jab to the body
and Darius counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darius misses the jab.
Haskil lands with a hook. Darius tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Darius fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Haskil manages to avoid it.
Haskil takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Haskil fails in his attempt to clinch.
Haskil is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Haskil slips under a jab.
Darius misses the shot to the body.
Haskil lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Darius circles away quickly and effectively.
Darius throws a looping overhand right but Haskil ducks down to avoid it.
Darius scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A lazy left from Darius finds it's target.
Darius throws a right hand that Haskil ducks under and follows up with a left that Haskil also avoids with ease.
Haskil bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Braxton Darius will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Haskil tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Darius on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Darius. Haskil does a little dance to reset his feet.
Darius lands with a straight right. Haskil didn't see that one coming.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Darius here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Darius throws a jab but it's blocked by Haskil.
A combination from Haskil does no damage.
Darius misses with a lunging right hand
and Haskil counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Darius tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Haskil was well out of range. Poor timing from Darius.
Haskil tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Darius is able to avoid easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Haskil. Darius does a little dance to reset his feet.

Haskil closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Darius misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Darius dodges an elbow strike from Haskil.
Haskil lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Darius blocks an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haskil blocks an uppercut.
Darius dodges an elbow strike from Haskil.
Darius is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Darius is trying to break free.
A right hook to the body lands for Haskil.
Darius blocks the elbow strike.
Darius scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Darius is looking to break free of the clinch but Haskil has double underhooks.
Darius looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Darius fails to land.
Darius tries to break free but Haskil pushes him back against the cage.
Haskil misses with an elbow over the top.
Darius wants to break free but Haskil has control.
Darius lands a nice shot to the body.
Darius misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haskil lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Haskil as Darius tries to tie him up.
Darius wants to get back to striking at distance but Haskil won't allow it.
Darius misses with the head strike.
Haskil digs a right hand into Darius's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Darius's gas tank.

Darius pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Darius checks a low kick from Haskil.
Haskil throws a right and a left that Darius avoids nicely.
A jab from Darius misses.
Darius misses with a looping right.
Darius's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Haskil connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Darius scrambles back to his feet.
Haskil throws a shot from downtown. Darius moves away and avoids it.
Darius works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darius throws a right and a left that both miss.
Haskil is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Darius rather than just go for the knockout.
Haskil on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Haskil is looking to slow Darius down with leg kicks.
A punch combination from Haskil misses.
A punch combination from Haskil misses.
Haskil swings for the body but Darius moves out of range.
Darius avoids the body shot from Haskil.
Darius scores with a jab to the jaw.
Braxton Darius is winning the standup battle so far.
Darius looks to score with a jab to the body but Haskil is just out of range.
Darius jabs Haskil to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Haskil digs a good hook to Darius's body.
Haskil will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Darius connects with the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Darius.
Darius lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Haskil backs up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Haskil scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Haskil doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Darius misses with a head kick.
Haskil tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Darius paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Darius connects with a jab.
Haskil tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Darius manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Haskil tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice shot lands for Darius.
A nice inside leg kick there by Darius. That's going to slow Haskil down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A shot to the liver by Darius. Beautiful body shot.
Haskil throws a hook to the side of Darius's head but Darius sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Darius waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Haskil.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Braxton Darius dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Darius ducks under a wild hook from Haskil.
Darius throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Eddie Haskil is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A slow jab from Darius misses its intended target.
A big left from Haskil misses.
Darius staying out of range there.
A swing and a miss from Darius.
Darius misses with a low kick.
Darius misses the shot to the body.
Haskil digs a good body shot into Darius's ribs.
Haskil slips a jab from Darius.
Haskil throws a jab but it's blocked by Darius.
Haskil will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Darius ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Haskil moves away.
Darius lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Haskil closes the distance and clinches.
Darius is trying to break free.
A shot in the inside from Haskil.
Darius has had enough of the clinch but Haskil keeps him there for the moment.
Darius has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Haskil can't find room to land a body shot as Darius controls the action.
Darius wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Darius wants to get back to striking at distance but Haskil won't allow it.
Haskil lands an elbow just above Darius 's eye.
Darius lands a hook that snaps the head of Haskil backwards.
Darius wants to get back to striking at distance but Haskil won't allow it.
Darius lands a right hand that snaps the head of Haskil backwards.
Haskil works on Darius's body with a couple of short punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Haskil misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darius tries to break the clinch but Haskil is controlling the position.
Darius is stalling here.
Haskil looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Darius misses with a hook to the ribs.
Haskil lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Braxton Darius has been cut.
Darius wants to get back to striking at distance but Haskil won't allow it.
Haskil can't find room to land a body shot as Darius controls the action.
Darius stalling in the clinch.
Darius is looking to break free of the clinch but Haskil has double underhooks.
Darius is working Haskil over against the cage.
Braxton Darius has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Darius is trying to stall.
Haskil tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Darius avoids it.
Haskil lands a hook that snaps the head of Darius backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darius tries to break free but Haskil pushes him back against the cage.
Darius avoids a wild elbow strike from Haskil.
Braxton Darius is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Haskil misses with the head strike.
Haskil struggles to land a body shot inside as Darius controls his hands.
Darius blocks an elbow strike from Haskil.
Haskil blocks a body shot from Darius.
Darius lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Haskil backwards.
Darius will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Haskil up against the cage.
A short right from Haskil.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Haskil just misses with a elbow thrown towards Darius's brow.
Haskil throws a punch but it's blocked by Darius.
Haskil tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Darius's elbow.
Darius tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Haskil's elbow.
Darius blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Haskil tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Darius's elbow.

Darius breaks the clinch.
Darius takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Darius digs a good hook to Haskil's body.
Haskil misses with the combination.
Eddie Haskil has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Darius misses the jab.

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 Braxton Darius.
Well Darius has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Braxton Darius!
A determined Braxton Darius didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!