PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tamati Ngata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jugram Haschwalth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ngata comes to the cage accompanied by Maori Haka. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ngata
vs
Haschwalth

198 cm
28
285 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

195 cm
19
265 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tamati Ngata!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jugram Haschwalth!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Patrick Alders and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A good leg kick by Haschwalth.
Haschwalth swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Haschwalth closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Ngata throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Haschwalth throws a hook but Ngata avoids it easily.
Ngata avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ngata moves out of range as Haschwalth strikes.
Ngata needs to keep his hands up - Haschwalth had a free shot at his head there.
Haschwalth just misses with a punch to the body.
Ngata is looking to counter punch.
Ngata throws a lazy uppercut
and Haschwalth counters with a leg kick.
Haschwalth moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Haschwalth.
Haschwalth takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ngata looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ngata stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Haschwalth.
Ngata takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A slow jab from Haschwalth misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haschwalth connects with an inside leg kick.
A big left from Haschwalth misses.
Ngata displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Haschwalth throws out the jab.
Ngata thows a left - swing and a miss!
Haschwalth doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A swing and a miss from Ngata.
The fighters circling - Haschwalth throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Haschwalth defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Ngata.
Haschwalth falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ngata counters with a stiff right hand.
Ngata misses the jab.
Haschwalth fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ngata gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A jab from Haschwalth misses.
Ngata avoids the body shot from Haschwalth.
Haschwalth throws out a loose jab but Ngata uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haschwalth buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ngata throws out a loose jab but Haschwalth uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ngata throws a lazy uppercut
and Haschwalth counters with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ngata chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Haschwalth can pounce on him.
A big right from Ngata misses.
Haschwalth lands a nice looking body shot.
Haschwalth's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ngata under the eye.
Haschwalth throws out a loose jab but Ngata uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haschwalth throws a lazy right hand but Ngata sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Haschwalth thumps Ngata with a low kick.
Haschwalth swings for the body but Ngata moves out of range.
Haschwalth just misses with a punch to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Haschwalth. That's going to slow Ngata down.
Haschwalth staying out of range there.
Ngata is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ngata connects with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ngata connects with a single shot there.
Ngata is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

Ngata drives through with a takedown into guard.
Haschwalth managing to control the position.
Ngata throws a big right hand that misses.
Haschwalth is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Haschwalth working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ngata.
Haschwalth controlling Ngata's posture.
Ngata trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ngata content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
We've been hearing good reports from Ngata's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ngata trying to control but Haschwalth is working from the bottom.
Ngata working some strikes from top position.
Ngata with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Haschwalth is rocked!
Ngata loads up on a big left hand. Haschwalth felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Ngata looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Haschwalth can't hide his disappointment, as Ngata celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tamati Ngata!
A very excited looking Tamati Ngata 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.