PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Hay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wayde West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). West has chosen Sober as his entrance music. Nick Hay could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Wayde West's chin.

Hay
vs
West

178 cm
26
195 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

187 cm
28
194 lbs
16 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nick Hay!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wayde West!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Nard Betker and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
West jabs Hay right on the nose. Hay blinks but takes it well.
Decent striking displayed by West there.
Hay pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hay walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
West throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Hay counters with a right hand to the body.

Hay clinches up with West and pushes him back against the cage.
West working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
West struggles to land a body shot inside as Hay controls his hands.
Hay misses with a short punch on the inside.
West is looking for a takedown.
West has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Hay after a bit of a struggle.
West lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hay backwards.
Hay taking a breather.
Still in the clinch, West scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
West is looking to take this one to the mat.
Nick Hay has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wayde West.
West is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hay gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
West has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Hay after a bit of a struggle.
Hay gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from West.
Hay goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West blocking some punches.
Hay lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hay lands with a right to the head.

It looks like Wayde West has been cut.
West misses with a punch to the body.
Hay working aggressively here.
Hay lands a left hand that snaps the head of West backwards.
West blocks a punch to the side of the head.
West wants to take the fight to the mat but Hay manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Hay can't find room to land a body shot as West controls the action.
West misses with some punches.
Hay misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hay softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
West blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
West is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hay pulls him back up using the underhooks.
West misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hay gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from West.
Hay misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hay lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hay lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down West.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hay misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hay.
Hay throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
West looks winded!
Hay misses with a punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Hay.
Hay misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right hook to the body lands for Hay.
Hay is working West over against the cage.
Hay makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short left from Hay.
Hay lands an uppercut.
Hay gets through West's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hay misses with the head strike.
Hay misses with a punch on the inside.
Hay working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hay lands a body shot in the clinch.
West misses with a body punch.
Hay tried to land a shot to the body but connects with West's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hay lands an uppercut.
West stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
West tries to score a body lock takedown but Hay shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Hay working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
West goes for a takedown attempt but Hay pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Hay throws a right and a left that West avoids nicely.
West bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
West keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
West throws a lazy head kick
and Hay counters with a monster hook and another for good measure! West falls to the ground, out cold! Stick some heavy metal music over the top of that clip and it's one for the highlight makers!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Nick Hay!
Nick Hay retains his middleweight title!