PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Purple Haze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ty Daves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Purple Haze has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Purple Haze seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Haze
vs
Daves

188 cm
27
213 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

194 cm
22
220 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Purple Haze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ty Daves!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Matheus Silva and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haze fails with a takedown attempt.

Daves pushes Haze up against the cage in a clinch.
Daves with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Daves looking to throw knees to the head but Haze is blocking nicely.
Daves prevents Haze from breaking the clinch.
Daves landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Daves with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Daves lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Purple Haze has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Daves connects with a nasty looking knee right to Haze's face.

Haze jumps into guard, dragging Daves to the mat.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Daves won't allow Haze to sweep him here.
Daves must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Daves slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Haze looking to hit a scissor sweep but Daves is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Ty Daves was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Daves closes the distance and clinches.
Daves lands an elbow inside that Haze shrugs off.
Daves with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Daves lands a good knee to the midsection. Haze won't want to take too many of those.
Daves tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Daves lands a knee to the head.
Daves is pushing Haze up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Haze trying to control the position but instead, Daves has worked for underhooks and has pushed Haze into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daves content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Haze stalls.
Daves has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Daves looking to throw knees to the head but Haze is blocking nicely.
Daves tries a knee to the head but Haze blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Daves.
Haze is trying to drag Daves to the mat but Daves just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
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!
Daves misses with a knee strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Daves tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haze is looking to control Daves's arms but Daves gets an underhook and turns him. Now Haze has his back to the cage.
Haze misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Daves throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Haze blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by Daves.
Haze tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Daves smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Purple Haze. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Daves fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Haze, pushing him back against the cage.
Haze is trying to pull guard but Daves turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Daves tries to land a knee to the head but Haze blocks with his arms.
Daves misses with a knee strike.
Daves throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Haze blocks it with crossed arms.
Daves looks winded!
Haze tries to pull guard but Daves won't allow it.
Daves tries to land a knee to the head but Haze blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daves tries a knee to the head but Haze blocks it.
Haze with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Haze manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Haze is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Daves in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Haze is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Daves wants to stand but Haze is controlling his posture from full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ty Daves dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Purple Haze's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Haze fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Haze shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Daves manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Daves really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Haze. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Daves is adopting a defensive guard.
Haze would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Haze gets to his feet - Daves follows without any prompting.

Haze rushes Daves and presses him up against the cage.
Haze is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Daves.
Haze is trying to break the clinch but Daves has him pressed against the cage.
Haze tries to stall but Daves uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Knees to the body from Daves.
Daves is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Daves with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haze jumps guard but Daves stands there with Haze around his waist. Haze gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Haze takes a knee right on the jaw!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Daves with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Daves lands a good knee to the midsection. Haze won't want to take too many of those.
Daves looking to throw knees to the head but Haze is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Daves.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Daves.
A knee to the head by Daves.

Purple Haze's cut is getting worse.
Daves tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Daves with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Daves looking to throw knees to the head but Haze is blocking nicely.
Haze tries to break free but Daves pushes him back against the cage.
Haze is trying to maintain a safe position but Daves gets an underhook and turns Haze into the cage.
Haze has Daves pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Daves manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Purple Haze. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Haze drops down looking for an ankle pick but Daves pulls his leg out and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daves wants to clinch up but Haze keeps it at a distance.
Daves is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Daves shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Daves showed some decent athleticism there.
Haze wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haze is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Haze trying to control here.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Daves throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Haze tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Daves is in Haze's guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Haze wants to sweep here but Daves controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ty Daves showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Purple Haze's cut.
That's time! Haze's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Haze shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Daves but Daves pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Daves moves into the clinch.
Daves unloads a knee to the mid-section. Haze lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Daves connects with a knee to the head.
Daves landing knees to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Daves with a knee to the head.
Daves scores with a knee to the head.
Daves misses with a knee to the head.
Daves lands a good knee to the midsection. Haze won't want to take too many of those.
Daves scores with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Haze wants a takedown but no success here.
Daves scores with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daves throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Haze blocks it with crossed arms.
A frustrated look appears on Haze's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Daves throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ty Daves seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Daves looking to throw knees to the head but Haze is blocking nicely.
A short uppercut from Haze.
Daves tries a knee to the head but Haze blocks it.
Haze is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Purple Haze. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knees in the clinch landing for Daves.
Haze is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Daves pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Daves lands a knee to the head.
Haze goes for a takedown in the clinch but Daves prevents it.
A knee to the head by Daves.
Haze tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Daves smiles and moves away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daves landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Daves stalling in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Daves.

Purple Haze's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

Haze pulls guard successfully.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Daves stopping the sweep attempt from Haze.

Haze isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Daves stacks Haze on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Daves!
Ty Daves is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Daves decides to stand up, so the ref orders Haze to his feet.
Haze shoots in for a double leg but Daves sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Haze takes the fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haze is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Daves with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Haze fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Daves gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Daves gets underhooks to prevent Haze's takedown attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Daves connects with a knee to the head.
Purple Haze has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

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

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ty Daves!
Ty Daves was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.