PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lee Donghae (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryo Hazuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hazuki is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Gaff's Eulogy by Andrew Bayer. Lee Donghae has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Donghae
vs
Hazuki

183 cm
32
178 lbs
11 - 11 - 0

189 cm
22
185 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lee Donghae!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ryo Hazuki!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Colin Fray and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hazuki misses with a low kick.
Hazuki with a nice cross.
Donghae connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A combination from Hazuki does no damage.
Donghae looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A punch lands to the side of Donghae 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hazuki throws a lazy right hand but Donghae sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hazuki cracks Donghae with a good jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Donghae moves away from the strike by Hazuki.
Decent striking displayed by Hazuki there.
Donghae takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hazuki shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donghae scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Donghae takes a jab right on the kisser.
Donghae throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Donghae swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Donghae.
Donghae takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hazuki misses with a hook. Donghae ducked under it nicely.
Donghae rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hazuki moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hazuki lands a nice shot that snaps Donghae's head back.
Donghae throws an off balance right hand
and Hazuki counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Donghae walks into a stiff left hand from Hazuki.
Donghae throws an off balance right hand
and Hazuki counters with a three punch combo that has Donghae backing up. Donghae nods at Hazuki to acknowledge the strikes.

Donghae is rocked!
Hazuki takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Donghae keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hazuki.
Hazuki throws a sloppy body shot
and Donghae cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Donghae uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hazuki.
Hazuki tries to bum rush Donghae with a series of wild strikes but Donghae uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Donghae looks to throw the jab but Hazuki is out of range.
Hazuki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hazuki takes a swing at Donghae's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hazuki thows a body shot but no joy.
A swing and a miss from Hazuki.
Hazuki tries to work over Donghae's front leg with a kick but Donghae checks it.
Donghae tries to bum rush Hazuki with a series of wild strikes but Hazuki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Donghae lands a glancing blow to the side of Hazuki's head.
Hazuki tries a low kick but Donghae avoids it.
Donghae uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hazuki.
Donghae takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hazuki is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Donghae had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Hazuki throws an off balance right hand
and Donghae counters with a nice uppercut.
Hazuki throws a looping overhand right but Donghae ducks down to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Hazuki misses its intended target.
Donghae swings widly with a right hand
and Hazuki counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Donghae is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Hazuki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donghae jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hazuki takes a swing at Donghae's ribcage but misses.
Hazuki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donghae lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Donghae slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Hazuki.
Donghae on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryo Hazuki 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.

Hazuki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Donghae was well out of range. Poor timing from Hazuki.
Nice straight punches there by Hazuki. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hazuki.
Hazuki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Donghae.
Donghae throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hazuki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hazuki throws a sloppy head kick and Donghae moves out of range easily.
Donghae fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hazuki manages to avoid it.
Hazuki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Donghae sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hazuki jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hazuki throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hazuki lands with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hazuki scores with a nice strike.
Hazuki misses the jab.
Ryo Hazuki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hazuki misses with a body shot
and Hazuki takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Donghae looks to land a left hand but Hazuki moved out of range nicely.
Hazuki misses with an uppercut.
Donghae uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hazuki.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Donghae might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Donghae misses with a series of wild punches.
Hazuki misses with a body shot.
Hazuki misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donghae slips under a jab from Hazuki.
Donghae scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

It looks like Ryo Hazuki has been cut.
Hazuki throws a hook to the side of Donghae's head but Donghae sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hazuki with a body punch. A glancing blow.
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!
Hazuki loads up on a big right hand but Donghae slips the punch.
Donghae takes one to the side of the head.
Nice defenses there by Hazuki.
Hazuki looks to throw the jab but Donghae is out of range.
Hazuki slips a jab from Donghae.
Donghae thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hazuki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Donghae.
Donghae has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hazuki finds it's way round the side to connect with Donghae's head.
Hazuki has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hazuki there as he acknowledges the shot.
Donghae throws a shot from downtown. Hazuki moves away and avoids it.
Hazuki misses with a right hand
letting Donghae counter with a right hand.
Donghae walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Donghae missing with a left hand there. Hazuki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Donghae slips under a jab.
Hazuki staying out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hazuki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Donghae displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hazuki throws out the jab.
Hazuki throws a hook but Donghae avoids it easily.
Hazuki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Donghae manages to avoid it.
Hazuki throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Donghae connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Donghae moves out of range of the strikes.
Donghae blocks a low kick nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Donghae misses with the combination.
A cross from Hazuki lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryo Hazuki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ryo Hazuki'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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Donghae avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hazuki throws a series of punches but Donghae moves out of range.
Donghae moves away from the strike by Hazuki.
Hazuki throws a body punch but Donghae moves out of range.
Hazuki connects with the punch.
Hazuki throws out a loose jab but Donghae uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hazuki throws an overhand right that lands on Donghae's shoulder, as Donghae tries to avoid the shot.
Hazuki throws a leg kick but Donghae sees it coming and moves out of range.
Donghae slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hazuki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hazuki thows a left - swing and a miss!
Donghae throws a big shot that misses.
Donghae misses with an uppercut. Hazuki saw that one coming.
Hazuki moves away from the strike by Donghae.
Hazuki misses with a hook. Donghae ducked under it nicely.
Ryo Hazuki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Donghae looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hazuki throws a lazy right hand but Donghae sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hazuki misses with a body punch
and Donghae counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hazuki dodges the punch combination from Donghae.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Hazuki scores with a four punch combination!
Good exchange - Donghae coming out on top.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hazuki ducks under a wild hook from Donghae.
Hazuki comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Donghae throws an overhand right that lands on Hazuki's shoulder, as Hazuki tries to avoid the shot.
Hazuki cracks Donghae with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hazuki lands with a good body shot.
Hazuki stuns Donghae with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hazuki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hazuki darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hazuki has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hazuki lands a jab to the head.
Oh Donghae is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Donghae throws a jab when Hazuki was well out of range.
Donghae ducks under a wild hook from Hazuki.
Donghae seems to have got his legs back now.
Donghae looks to land a combination but Hazuki avoids it well.
Hazuki misses with a hook
and Donghae connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hazuki throws a low kick, looking for Donghae's leg but Donghae calmly moves out of range.
Hazuki throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lee Donghae has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hazuki throws a jab but it's blocked by Donghae.
Hazuki missing with a left hand there. Donghae was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A telegraphed right hand from Donghae misses the target.
Donghae throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donghae dips to his left and cracks Hazuki with an uppercut!
Hazuki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Donghae.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hazuki lands a right hook to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hazuki jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Donghae slips under a jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ryo Hazuki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hazuki 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 27:30
Judge Josh West scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryo Hazuki!
After winning the bout, Ryo Hazuki thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.