PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alex Asztalos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taneli Hauki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Asztalos comes into the arena with Dethroned Emperor by Celtic Frost blaring out of the sound system. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Asztalos
vs
Hauki

188 cm
32
199 lbs
20 - 9 - 0

188 cm
40
197 lbs
35 - 26 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Alex Asztalos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 26 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Taneli Hauki!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Asztalos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A slow jab from Hauki misses its intended target.
Hauki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Asztalos.
Asztalos jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Asztalos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hauki moves away.
Asztalos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hauki moves away.
Alex Asztalos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hauki ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hauki on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hauki is looking to land body kicks.
Hauki throws a body punch but Asztalos moves out of range.
Asztalos throws a jab but it's blocked by Hauki.
Hauki takes a swing at Asztalos's ribcage but misses.
Asztalos uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Hauki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hauki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Asztalos throws a jab but it's blocked by Hauki.
Asztalos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hauki.
Asztalos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hauki moves out of range as Asztalos throws a body kick.
Asztalos lands with a nice body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Asztalos feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hauki's calf.
Asztalos loads up on a big right hand but Hauki slips the punch.
Hauki looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hauki misses with a body shot.
Hauki throws a body kick, spinning off balance
enabling Asztalos to counter with a crisp jab.
Asztalos looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hauki jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Asztalos quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Asztalos staying out of range there.
Hauki thuds his shin into the meat of Asztalos's side.
Asztalos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Asztalos lands a nice hook to Hauki's body. Hauki takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Asztalos throws a hook to the side of Hauki's head but Hauki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Asztalos tries to work over Hauki's front leg with a kick but Hauki checks it.
Hauki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Asztalos moves away.
Asztalos connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hauki's hands.
Asztalos throws a poor cross that misses
and Hauki counters with a body kick.
Hauki takes a jab right on the kisser.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hauki uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Asztalos.
Hauki is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Asztalos rather than just go for the knockout.
Hauki comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hauki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Asztalos.
Hauki looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Asztalos lands a leg kick that knocks Hauki off balance momentarily.
Asztalos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hauki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hauki ducks under a wild hook from Asztalos.
Hauki misses with a straight left.
Asztalos catches Hauki with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hauki keeps the fight on the outside.
Asztalos scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hauki doesn't seem bothered though.
Asztalos fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hauki.
Hauki goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Asztalos blocks a head kick by Hauki.
Asztalos looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Asztalos misses with a low kick.
Asztalos throws a jab but it's blocked by Hauki.

Asztalos clinches.
Asztalos misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hauki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
I was talking to Asztalos's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Hauki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Asztalos lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hauki backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hauki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Asztalos working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Asztalos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Asztalos lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hauki throws a punch but it's blocked by Asztalos.
Asztalos misses with the head strike.
Hauki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Asztalos scores with a nice short uppercut.
A body shot lands from Asztalos.
Asztalos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Asztalos throws a head punch that misses.
Asztalos scores with a shot to the side of Hauki's head.
A short right from Asztalos.
Asztalos presses Hauki against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hauki looks winded!
Asztalos throws a punch but it's blocked by Hauki.
Asztalos misses with a body punch.
A short right from Asztalos.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot in the inside from Asztalos.

Hauki is rocked!
Asztalos creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Hauki's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Hauki drops to his knees and Asztalos pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex Asztalos!
Our winner, Alex Asztalos, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.