PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Demetrius Jayson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Uri Haber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Uri Haber has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jayson
vs
Haber

171 cm
20
168 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

182 cm
21
176 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Demetrius Jayson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Uri Haber!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, John Roberts and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haber misses with a hook.
Haber takes a swing at Jayson's ribcage but misses.
Jayson avoids the body shot from Haber.
Jayson is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Uri Haber seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haber does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Haber avoids the body shot from Jayson.
A bone on bone clash there as Haber blocks the leg kick.
Jayson misses with a straight right.
Donk. Haber catches Jayson right on the button with a cross.
Haber connects with a crisp jab.
Jayson misses with a hook. Haber ducked under it nicely.
A cross from Haber lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haber comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Haber fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Haber will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A left lands for Haber.
Jayson slips a jab from Haber.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Haber. Beautiful body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jayson. Haber does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jayson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Haber.
Haber avoids the body shot from Jayson.
Haber ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jayson moves away.
A little feinted left hand from Jayson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Haber fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Haber dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Haber scores with a nice head shot.
Jayson just misses with a punch to the body.
Haber misses with a body kick.
Jayson avoids the body shot from Haber.
Haber walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Haber misses the shot to the body.
A punch combination from Haber misses.
Haber slips a jab and a cross from Jayson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Haber dives in and scores a takedown into Jayson's guard.
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!
Haber in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Haber has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jayson keeping moving, preventing Haber from controlling successfully.
Haber controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Jayson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Haber wants to pass the guard but Jayson is keeping the position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Haber has gone for a leg lock! Jayson slips out almost immediately though and dives into Haber's guard.

Haber keeping moving, preventing Jayson from controlling successfully.
Haber has a closed guard, preventing Jayson from standing up.
Haber trying to keep a closed guard but Jayson is proving a slippery customer.
Haber looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jayson postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jayson wants to stand and escape but instead Haber has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Jayson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Haber on the ground.
Jayson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jayson keeping moving, preventing Haber from controlling successfully.
Jayson is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Haber trying to control the position from guard on top but Jayson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Haber advances to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Uri Haber dominated that round.
That's time! Jayson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A clash of legs there as Haber blocks the low kick.
Jayson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Good work by Jayson as he checks the leg kick.
Jayson feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Jayson blocks a jab.
Jayson misses with an uppercut. Haber saw that one coming.
Jayson throws an off balance right hand
and Haber cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Haber dips to his left and cracks Jayson with an uppercut!
Haber throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jayson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Haber is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Haber blocks a jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Jayson.
Haber takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haber fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jayson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Haber stuns Jayson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jayson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Jayson dodges the punch combination from Haber.
Some bone on bone action there as Haber checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Haber! But no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haber throws a body shot but no joy.
Jayson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jayson misses with a head kick.
Haber pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jayson is out of range and Haber settles back down.
Haber just misses with a punch to the body.
Haber lands a nice shot to the body.
Haber lands with a shot to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Haber!
Uri Haber seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A combination from Haber does no damage.
Haber scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Haber fails with the takedown.
Haber avoids a kick to the body.
Haber misses with a hook
and Jayson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haber just misses with a punch to the body.
Haber has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jayson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Jayson throws an overhand right that lands on Haber's shoulder, as Haber tries to avoid the shot.
Jayson moves out of range of the strikes.
Haber throws a body punch but Jayson moves out of range.
Jayson seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Jayson is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Haber's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
A leg kick checked by Haber.
Haber has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Haber misses with a straight left.
Haber is looking to slow Jayson down with leg kicks.
Haber throws an overhand right that lands on Jayson's shoulder, as Jayson tries to avoid the shot.
Jayson scores with a three punch combo!
A head kick misses from Jayson.
Jayson just misses with a punch to the body.
Haber misses the jab.
Jayson tried to counter with a leg kick but Haber avoided it.
Haber showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jayson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jayson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Haber lands a jab-cross combination.
Jayson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jayson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Haber to score with a decent uppercut.
Haber with a nice cross.
Jayson misses with the combination.

Jayson clinches up against the cage.
Haber working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Haber on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Haber works on Jayson's body with a couple of short punches.

Jayson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Haber fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Haber misses with a low kick as Jayson jumps back.
Jayson is looking to score with low kicks.
Haber fails with the takedown.
A good leg kick by Jayson.
Haber fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jayson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jayson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jayson misses the shot to the body.
Jayson throws out a leg kick but Haber moves out of range and Jayson only half commits.
Haber misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Jayson counters with a leg kick.
Jayson tries to clinch but Haber is having none of it.
Jayson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Haber swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Haber looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Demetrius Jayson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jayson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Haber connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jayson's hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Uri Haber showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Haber moves out of range of the strikes.
Haber blocks a low kick nicely.
Haber lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Haber throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Haber cracks Jayson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Haber throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Haber throws a front kick aimed at Jayson's knee but Jayson avoids it well.
Jayson half committed to a counter leg kick.
Jayson misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Haber to counter with a crisp jab.
Haber connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jayson momentarily.
Haber ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jayson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Haber moves out of range as Jayson throws a body kick.
Jayson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Haber cracks Jayson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jayson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Haber moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haber lands a slapping body shot.
Haber keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Haber throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Haber swings widly with a right hand
and Jayson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Haber with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jayson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Haber fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Jayson checks it well.
Haber throws a good cross that connects.
Haber fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jayson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice defenses there by Jayson.
Jayson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Haber.
Haber misses with a straight right.
Jayson thinks about countering with a body kick.
Haber throws a body punch but Jayson moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jayson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
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!
Jayson lands with a good body shot.
Haber misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jayson.
Jayson throws a quick counter head kick but Haber was just out of range.
Haber throws a series of punches but Jayson moves out of range.
Haber misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jayson.
Jayson was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Haber dives in and grabs Jayson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jayson pushes down on Haber's head and hops out.
Haber scores with a leg kick.
Jayson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Haber scores with a jab to the body.
Jayson throws a wild body kick that Haber sees coming a mile off.
Jayson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Haber cracks Jayson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jayson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jayson is looking to wear down Haber with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jayson avoids the body shot from Haber.
Jayson connects with a solid leg kick.
Jayson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haber lands with a nice combination. Jayson backs away looking to recover.
Haber swings for the body but Jayson moves out of range.
Haber misses with a looping left.
Jayson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jayson misses with a body shot
and Haber cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Haber ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jayson moves away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jayson.
Haber lands an overhand right.
A nice leg kick lands there from Haber.
Haber takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Haber misses with a leg kick.
Demetrius Jayson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Haber tries to land a leg kick but Jayson saw it coming and moves away.
Jayson jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Haber connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
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!
Jayson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haber moves out of range of the body kick.
Jayson throws a right hand that Haber ducks under and follows up with a left that Haber also avoids with ease.
Haber tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Jayson is able to avoid easily.
Jayson throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Haber throws a good cross that connects.
Jayson tries to clinch up.
Haber throws out a counter right but Jayson avoids it with no problem.
Jayson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Haber.
Jayson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Uri Haber has been cut.
Haber scores with a punch to the head.
Jayson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Uri Haber is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Haber connects with a right hand. Jayson shakes it off.
Haber connects with a crisp jab.
Haber lands with a nice body punch.
Jayson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Haber feints the counter takedown.

And that's the end of the fight!
Uri Haber comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Haber 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Uri Haber!