PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Keef Hash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jolly Leg Byrd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hash comes to the cage accompanied by Albatross Albatross Albatross. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Hash
vs
Leg Byrd

169 cm
25
142 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

172 cm
24
140 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Keef Hash!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jolly Leg Byrd!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Joseph Jones and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hash throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Byrd.
Byrd is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hash looks to land a body kick but Byrd moved away.
Hash definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Hash listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Byrd.
Byrd has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hash.
Hash needs to keep his hands up - Byrd had a free shot at his head there.
Byrd scores with a leg kick.

Byrd pushes Hash up against the cage in a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Byrd.
Byrd has a couple of punches blocked by Hash.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hash misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Byrd.
Hash throws an elbow but it misses.
Hash lands a nice uppercut.

Hash breaks from the clinch.
Byrd throws a wild body kick that Hash sees coming a mile off.
Byrd is looking to score with low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byrd slips a straight right by Hash.
Left hook, right uppercut from Byrd.
Hash throws the kick towards the body but Byrd avoids it.
Byrd swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Byrd works Hash's body with a nice hook.
Hash ducks under a wild hook from Byrd.
Byrd tests Hash's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Byrd ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hash moves away.
Hash fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Byrd throws a right hand that misses
and Hash counters with a solid body kick.
Byrd bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hash throws a low kick but it's checked well by Byrd.
Hash scores with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hash tests Byrd's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hash misses with a body kick.
Byrd lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hash fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Byrd has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jolly Leg Byrd seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hash tried to score with a low kick but Byrd checks it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Byrd! But no joy.
Byrd misses with the body kick
and Hash counters with a low kick, right behind Byrd 's knee.
Byrd bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hash's head backwards.
Byrd jabs Hash to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A solid body kick from Byrd.
Hash digs a good body shot into Byrd's ribs.
Hash misses with the body kick
and Byrd cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice jab there from Hash.
Byrd gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Hash counters with a straight right hand.
Byrd shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hash moves forwards but Byrd connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hash throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hash throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Byrd moves out of range as Hash strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hash misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Byrd throws a right hand that Hash ducks under and follows up with a left that Hash also avoids with ease.
Byrd tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A cross from Byrd lands.
Hash looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Byrd throws a body shot but no joy.
Hash scoring well with a low kick there.
Byrd dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hash. That's going to slow Byrd down.
Hash throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Byrd wants to counter with a clinch but Hash pushes him away.
Byrd looks to land a right hand but Hash moved out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Hash misses its target.
Hash gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Byrd counters with a solid body kick.

Byrd closes the distance and clinches.
Hash blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Byrd just leaning against Hash, taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hash swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Hash breaks from the clinch.
Byrd slips a jab from Hash.
A nice leg kick lands there from Byrd.
Hash throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hash sets himself, and Byrd steps forward looking for the clinch! Hash avoids it this time.
Byrd misses with a hook. Hash ducked under it nicely.
Byrd lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Byrd takes a kick to the side of the head.
Hash fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Byrd checks it well.
Byrd scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Byrd comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Byrd. Hash does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hash misses with a right hand
and Byrd counters with a stiff right hand.
Byrd moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Byrd is looking to land body kicks.
Byrd misses with a hook. Hash ducked under it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jolly Leg Byrd will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Byrd swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hash thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hash connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hash fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Byrd throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice straight punches there by Byrd. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Byrd.
Jolly Leg Byrd seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Byrd tries to bum rush Hash with a series of wild strikes but Hash uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hash misses with a body kick.
Hash missing with a left hand there. Byrd was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Byrd lands an overhand right.
A bone on bone clash there as Hash blocks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hash misses with a low kick.
Byrd slips a straight right by Hash.
Byrd throws out a leg kick but Hash moves out of range and Byrd only half commits.
Byrd rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hash counters with a stiff right hand.
Byrd lands a right hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byrd takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Hash buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Byrd avoids the body shot from Hash.
Byrd looks to land a left hand but Hash moved out of range nicely.
Byrd misses with a body kick.
Hash walks into a straight right hand from Byrd.
Hash takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Byrd throws a low kick, looking for Hash's leg but Hash calmly moves out of range.
Hash throws a jab but it's blocked by Byrd.
Byrd throws a body kick that misses.
Hash swings for the body but Byrd moves out of range.
Byrd wants to counter the offense by Hash and move into the clinch position.
Byrd on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Byrd uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hash.
Hash digs a good hook to Byrd's body.
Byrd has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byrd's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hash under the eye.
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!
Byrd misses with a low kick as Hash jumps back.
Byrd moves out of range of the leg kick from Hash.
Byrd lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hash misses with a body kick.
Byrd misses with a straight right.
A slow jab from Hash misses its intended target.
Hash checks a low kick from Byrd.
Byrd throws a lazy right hand but Hash sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It appears Hash was looking to counter with a kick there.
Hash takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hash swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Byrd lands with a hook. Hash tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hash feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Byrds jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Good shot there by Hash.
Hash throws the kick towards the body but Byrd avoids it.
Hash misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hash misses with a straight left.
Hash keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hash misses with a kick to the body
and Byrd counters with a solid body kick.
Hash scores with a nice body kick.
Byrd checks a leg kick nicely.
Byrd looks to land a right hand but Hash moved out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Hash there.
Byrd moves out of range as Hash throws a body kick.
Byrd moves out of range as Hash strikes.
Byrd moves out of range of the strikes.
Byrd misses the jab.
Hash appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Byrd throws a low kick, looking for Hash's leg but Hash calmly moves out of range.
Hash throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hash tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Byrd was well out of range. Poor timing from Hash.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Byrd lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hash throws a sloppy body shot
and Byrd counters with a nice uppercut.
Hash gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Hash is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Byrd throws a shot to the body.
Hash tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Byrd feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hashs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Oh Hash is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Byrd fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Byrd throws a monster overhand right that drops Hash! Byrd follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jolly Leg Byrd!