PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dominick Fitch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bo Haize (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dominick Fitch looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Fitch
vs
Haize

194 cm
28
215 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

200 cm
21
206 lbs
5 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Experienced

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dominick Fitch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bo Haize!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Frank Dennis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fitch doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Haize throws a right and a left that Fitch avoids nicely.
Haize looks to land a combination but Fitch avoids it well.
Haize lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Haize misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Haize has Fitch up against the cage in a clinch.
Haize's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

Haize manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haize connects with a body shot that sends Fitch's belly button to the back.
Haize slaps away a takedown attempt from Fitch, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Haize connects with a single shot there.
Nice cross by Haize.
Haize lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Fitch at a distance.
Bo Haize is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Haize scores with a jab to the jaw.
Fitch on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Haize lands with a nice body punch.
Fitch tries to move into range but Haize moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Fitch is rocked!
Fitch has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Haize.
A punch combination from Haize misses.
Good leg kick by Haize there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Fitch is breathing heavily.
Haize lands a body shot.

Haize closes the distance and clinches.
The referee is keeping an eye on Haize - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Fitch has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Haize after a bit of a struggle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haize stalls.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Fitch goes for a takedown in the clinch but Haize prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dominick Fitch. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bo Haize.
Fitch takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jab by Haize.
Haize lands a jab.

Haize rushes Fitch and presses him up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Haize avoiding damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bo Haize dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Haize connects with a single shot there.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Haize, as that shot connected.
Haize fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Haize lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nice uppercut lands for Haize. That snapped Fitch's head back.
Haize cracks Fitch with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Oh Fitch is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fitch takes one to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Haize lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Fitch avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haize lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fitch has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Haize.
Fitch seems to have got his legs back now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Haize lands a left and a right that send Fitch crashing to the mat, dazed. Haize thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Haize drops Fitch with a big left hand! Fitch is injured, injured bad! Haize jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bo Haize!