PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Hazlehurst (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Cote (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hazlehurst comes to the cage accompanied by Lil Wayne - Fireman. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Hazlehurst
vs
Cote

180 cm
24
159 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

181 cm
28
193 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

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Solid boxing
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Hazlehurst!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adam Cote!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Frank Dennis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cote avoids the body shot from Hazlehurst.
Hazlehurst misses with a combination
and Cote counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hazlehurst's knee momentarily.
Cote is looking to score with low kicks.
Hazlehurst has been working on his boxing with his coaches at 11th Planet Fitness ($100/wk) in the buildup to the fight.
Cote takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hazlehurst cracks Cote with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cote slips a jab from Hazlehurst.
Cote throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cote connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hazlehurst looks to land a left hand but Cote moved out of range nicely.
Cote lands with a nice body punch.
A big left from Hazlehurst misses.
A jab lands there for Hazlehurst.
Cote looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hazlehurst fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cote manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hazlehurst fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cote manages to avoid it.
Hazlehurst uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cote.
Hazlehurst stuns Cote with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A jab from Cote finds it's way through Hazlehurst's defenses.
Hazlehurst throws a shot to the body.
Cote cracks the inside of Hazlehurst's front leg.
Hazlehurst swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hazlehurst takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hazlehurst misses with a straight right.
Hazlehurst is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cote.
Hazlehurst swings for the body but Cote moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Hazlehurst checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Cote there.
Hazlehurst throws a hook but Cote avoids it easily.
Hazlehurst moves away from the strike by Cote.
Cote throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cote will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hazlehurst thows a body shot but no joy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hazlehurst misses the shot to the body.
Hazlehurst swinging wildly here.
Hazlehurst throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cote scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hazlehurst misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hazlehurst misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A swing and a miss from Hazlehurst.
Hazlehurst scores with a decent looking hook.
Hazlehurst with a jab.
Hazlehurst throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cote moves away from the strike by Hazlehurst.
Hazlehurst staying out of range there.
Cote tries to work over Hazlehurst's front leg with a kick but Hazlehurst checks it.
Cote tries to clinch there but Hazlehurst circles away.
Hazlehurst bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Cote's head backwards.
Hazlehurst misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cote.
A big left from Hazlehurst misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hazlehurst throws a lazy uppercut
and Cote counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Cote throws a leg kick but Hazlehurst sees it coming and moves out of range.
Cote walks into a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cote works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hazlehurst tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hazlehurst lunges at Cote with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cote's hand.
Cote avoids the body shot from Hazlehurst.
Cote keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hazlehurst showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cote.
Cote uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hazlehurst.
Hazlehurst slips a straight right by Cote.
Hazlehurst is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Cote fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hazlehurst.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hazlehurst ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cote moves away.
Hazlehurst throws a hook but Cote avoids it easily.
Cote fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hazlehurst manages to avoid it.
Cote wants to slow Hazlehurst down by chopping away at his legs.
That kick from Cote tenderised Hazlehurst's leg. Hazlehurst is trying to keep his angry face on.
A big right from Hazlehurst misses.
Hazlehurst swings widly with a right hand
and Cote counters with a low kick, right behind Hazlehurst 's knee.
Hazlehurst works Cote's body with a nice hook.
Hazlehurst loads up on a big right hand but Cote slips the punch.
Hazlehurst throws a right hand that Cote ducks under and follows up with a left that Cote also avoids with ease.
Cote keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Cote tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hazlehurst swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hazlehurst throws a big shot that misses.
Hazlehurst fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cote on the side of the head.
Cote comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cote lands a leg kick that knocks Hazlehurst off balance momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hazlehurst misses with an uppercut
and Cote makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hazlehurst throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hazlehurst on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cote. Cote obviously looking to wear him down.
Cote connects with an inside leg kick.
Cote throws a jab but it's blocked by Hazlehurst.
Hazlehurst rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cote moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cote tries to close the distance and clinch but Hazlehurst swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hazlehurst misses with a right hand
enabling Cote to counter with a crisp jab.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Hazlehurst slips under a jab.
The fighters circling - Hazlehurst throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cote slips a straight right by Hazlehurst.
Hazlehurst drops his hands momentarily and Cote takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Cote with a jab.
Hazlehurst on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cote. Cote obviously looking to wear him down.
Hazlehurst is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hazlehurst looks to land a combination but Cote avoids it well.
Cote moves out of range as Hazlehurst strikes.

Hazlehurst tries to keep at a distance but Cote has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hazlehurst takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Daniel Hazlehurst has been cut.
Hazlehurst is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cote displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hazlehurst up against the cage.
Hazlehurst wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Cote lands a hook that snaps the head of Hazlehurst backwards.
Cote blocking some punches.
Cote throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cote looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hazlehurst misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cote fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hazlehurst working hard to break the clinch.
Hazlehurst wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice elbow from Cote.

Hazlehurst breaks from the clinch.
Nice uppercut lands for Hazlehurst. That snapped Cote's head back.
Daniel Hazlehurst seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cote throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A slow jab from Hazlehurst misses its intended target.
Cote swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hazlehurst throws a lazy uppercut

and Cote counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Cote.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Cote pushes Hazlehurst back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cote is trying to stall.
Hazlehurst working hard to break the clinch.
Hazlehurst lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cote misses with a body punch.
Hazlehurst looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Hazlehurst pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hazlehurst digs a good body shot into Cote's ribs.
Hazlehurst thows a body shot but no joy.
Cote keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hazlehurst throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cote stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cote tries to move into range but Hazlehurst moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Cote lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Cote misses with a low kick.

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 Daniel Hazlehurst.
I think Hazlehurst has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 10:9
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 10:9
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 10:9

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Hazlehurst!
A very excited looking Daniel Hazlehurst made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.