PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Haled Haman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Farin Dartstone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Haman
vs
Dartstone

165 cm
25
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
19
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Haled Haman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Farin Dartstone!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Haman clinches.
Dartstone stalling in the clinch.
Haman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dartstone lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Haman backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Dartstone fails to land.
Dartstone tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Haman lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Farin Dartstone has been cut.
Dartstone misses with a punch to the body.
Haman lands a nice elbow.
Dartstone lands an elbow that stopped Haman in his tracks for a moment.
Dartstone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Haman lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dartstone looking to throw knees to the head but Haman is blocking nicely.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dartstone throws an elbow but misses.
Dartstone takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dartstone throws an elbow but misses.
Dartstone blocks an elbow strike.
Haman avoiding damage as Dartstone throws knees to the body.
Dartstone stalling.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Haman throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dartstone lands a shoulder strike.
Dartstone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Haman.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Haman just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dartstone's brow.
Haman misses with an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dartstone taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Haman tries to land a knee to the head but Dartstone blocks with his arms.
Dartstone dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Dartstone throws an elbow that misses.
Haman tries to land a knee to the head but Dartstone blocks with his arms.
Haman lands a nice elbow.
Haman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Haman connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dartstone's face.
A knee to the head by Haman.

That has opened up Farin Dartstone's cut even more.
Dartstone is looking to take this one to the mat.
Dartstone trying to control the position but instead, Haman has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dartstone into the cage.
Dartstone looks winded!
Haman with a knee to the head.
Dartstone blocks an elbow strike from Haman.
Haman looking to throw knees to the head but Dartstone is blocking nicely.
Haman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dartstone's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dartstone gets control of Haman's arms and successfully pulls guard. Dartstone will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dartstone wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Haman trying to stand up but can't free himself from Dartstone's guard.

Dartstone manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Dartstone tries to keep at a distance but Haman has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dartstone blocks an elbow strike from Haman.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haman connects with a knee to the head.
Dartstone fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Haman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

The cut above Farin Dartstone's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Haman pushes off an throws an elbow but Dartstone leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Haman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dartstone's defenses.
Haman with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Dartstone gets control of Haman's arms and successfully pulls guard. Dartstone will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Haman wanted to stand there but Dartstone had control of the position.
Haman trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Haman being controlled here momentarily.
Haman trying to stand up but can't free himself from Dartstone's guard.
Haman has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dartstone manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Haman is bucking up trying to escape but Dartstone cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dartstone tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Dartstone's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Haman tries to buck Dartstone off but he can't manage it.
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 Haled Haman will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Farin Dartstone's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Dartstone tries to keep at a distance but Haman has taken the fight into the clinch.
Haman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Haman.
Dartstone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Haman.
The referee is keeping an eye on Dartstone - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Haman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dartstone effectively controlling the action here.
Dartstone takes an elbow to the forehead.

Farin Dartstone's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Haled Haman!