PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bernie McLeod (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Haplopelma Hainanum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McLeod kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Flower of Scotland. Hainanum has chosen Kryptonite by Three Doors Down as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Haplopelma Hainanum has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Bernie McLeod's chin.

McLeod
vs
Hainanum

188 cm
24
182 lbs
9 - 4 - 2

190 cm
26
223 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Bernie McLeod!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Haplopelma Hainanum!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McLeod connects with a nice looking jab.
McLeod throws a series of strikes that have Hainanum backpedaling.

Hainanum closes the distance and clinches.
Hainanum lands with a right to the head.
McLeod blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hainanum leaning against his opponent.
Hainanum tries to land knees in the clinch but McLeod avoids the damage to the body.
A body shot lands from Hainanum.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hainanum lands a nice uppercut.
Hainanum lands a knee to the body.
McLeod blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McLeod is trying to break the clinch but Hainanum is controlling him.
Hainanum throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McLeod blocks it with crossed arms.
Hainanum throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hainanum lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
McLeod managing to block the knees to the body from Hainanum.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hainanum lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Bernie McLeod has been cut.
Hainanum swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hainanum throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hainanum landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Hainanum.
Hainanum scores a nice knee to the body.
McLeod is breathing heavily.
McLeod wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hainanum has him pressed against the cage.
Hainanum scores with a shot to the side of McLeod's head.
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!
Hainanum unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hainanum unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A knee to the head by Hainanum.
Hainanum working McLeod over with knees to the body.
Hainanum comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hainanum.
Hainanum using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McLeod has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hainanum misses with a punch on the inside.
McLeod lands a nice shot to the body.
Hainanum throws an elbow but it misses.
Hainanum trying to land knees to the body.
McLeod blocks a body shot from Hainanum.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hainanum taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hainanum looks to throw an elbow but misses.

McLeod breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McLeod swinging wildly here.

Hainanum moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McLeod can't get the takedown.
McLeod on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hainanum misses with a knee to the head.
Hainanum throws an elbow that misses.
Hainanum tries a knee to the head but McLeod blocks it.
Hainanum comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Bernie McLeod's cut is getting worse.
Hainanum effectively controlling the action here.
McLeod blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hainanum scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hainanum putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has McLeod in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hainanum tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McLeod is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hainanum is keeping busy.
McLeod looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hainanum lands a body punch in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McLeod tries to pull guard but Hainanum holds him up against the cage and eventually McLeod drops back down to his feet.
Hainanum gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hainanum'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.
Hainanum creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McLeod's defenses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McLeod is trying to break the clinch but Hainanum is controlling him.
McLeod is trying to break the clinch but Hainanum is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Haplopelma Hainanum dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bernie McLeod's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

A combination from McLeod does no damage.
McLeod swats away the attempt to clinch by Hainanum.
Hainanum tries to close the distance and clinch but McLeod swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McLeod keeps the fight on the outside.

Hainanum moves into range and clinches up with McLeod.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Hainanum in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Hainanum taking a breather.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hainanum just misses with a elbow thrown towards McLeod's brow.
Hainanum putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has McLeod in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hainanum misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hainanum stalling in the clinch.
Hainanum tries to land knees in the clinch but McLeod avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McLeod fails to pull guard.
Hainanum looking to throw knees to the head but McLeod is blocking nicely.
Hainanum fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hainanum connects with a knee to the head.
Hainanum trying to land knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hainanum just misses with a elbow thrown towards McLeod's brow.
Hainanum throws a head punch that misses.
Hainanum utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hainanum.
Hainanum misses with an elbow over the top.
Hainanum using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McLeod has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McLeod blocks an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hainanum crunches a lovely knee into McLeod's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McLeod is trying to push Hainanum away but Hainanum has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hainanum comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
McLeod looking to slow down the pace here.
Hainanum lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Bernie McLeod's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Hainanum is pushing McLeod up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hainanum prevents the takedown attempt.
Hainanum has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hainanum lands an elbow inside.

Jeez, Bernie McLeod's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Bernie McLeod's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Haplopelma Hainanum!
Haplopelma Hainanum is the new light heavyweight champion!
A relieved looking Haplopelma Hainanum thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.