PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bernhard Adelhard (ranked 852 p4p, 106 weight class) and Jerry Haze (ranked 569 p4p, 69 weight class). Adelhard's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Godsmack - I Stand Alone. Bernhard Adelhard is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Adelhard
vs
Haze

178 cm
33
150 lbs
36 - 21 - 1

168 cm
30
147 lbs
19 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)

Bullet Proof System
Sully's Bar & Grill

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 36 - 21 - 1, fighting out of New York, Bernhard Adelhard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jerry Haze!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haze throws a poor cross that misses
and Adelhard counters with a three punch combo that has Haze backing up. Haze nods at Adelhard to acknowledge the strikes.
Adelhard scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Adelhard sizes up Haze with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Haze swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Adelhard looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Adelhard. Haze does a little dance to reset his feet.
Haze rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Adelhard moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Adelhard closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Haze.
Adelhard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Adelhard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Adelhard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Haze goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Adelhard swings wildly with an uppercut but Haze uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haze throws a knee to the head but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Haze lands a shoulder strike.
Haze blocks an uppercut.
Haze misses with a hook from the clinch.
Adelhard presses Haze against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Adelhard lands a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haze lands a right hand that snaps the head of Adelhard backwards.
Haze on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Haze has a couple of punches blocked by Adelhard.
Haze has Adelhard pressed against the cage, preventing Adelhard from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adelhard.
Adelhard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Haze misses with a punch on the inside.
Adelhard takes a shot to the head.
Haze utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Adelhard creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Adelhard.
Haze lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Haze.
Adelhard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Haze looking to throw knees to the head but Adelhard is blocking nicely.

Adelhard manages to break the clinch.
Adelhard looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Haze jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adelhard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Adelhard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Haze manages to avoid it.
Adelhard lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Haze has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
An inside leg kick lands from Adelhard.
A head kick misses from Adelhard.
Adelhard stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Haze.
Adelhard throws a leg kick which misses Haze's front leg but catches the back leg as Haze tries to avoid it.
Haze tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Adelhard swings for the body but Haze moves out of range.
Haze looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Adelhard changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Haze tries to avoid it but Adelhard manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Haze to the ground. Haze escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Haze tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Adelhard was well out of range. Poor timing from Haze.
Haze is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Adelhard.
Adelhard throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Haze swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Adelhard just misses with a punch to the body.
Haze throws a low kick but it's checked well by Adelhard.
Adelhard throws a predictable looking body shot
and Haze counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Adelhard wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haze throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Adelhard is looking to wear down Haze with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Haze is looking to slow Adelhard down with leg kicks.
Haze turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Adelhard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Adelhard pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Haze throws out a counter right but Adelhard avoids it with no problem.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Adelhard.

Haze shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Adelhard napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Haze in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Haze throws an elbow but Adelhard slips to the side and avoids it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Adelhard can't do much from the bottom here.
Haze is putting a hurting on Adelhard here, landing some big shots from side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haze fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Adelhard can't do much from the bottom here.
Adelhard tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Haze wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adelhard is not content to let Haze control the position.
Haze cracks Adelhard with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Adelhard gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Adelhard regains full guard. Nicely done.
Haze showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Adelhard is trying to keep Haze in close.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jerry Haze dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Adelhard avoids the body shot from Haze.
Haze checks the leg kick.
Haze looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Haze avoids the head kick by Adelhard.
Adelhard connects with a good right hand that stumbles Haze. Haze circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Adelhard connects with a nice looking jab.
Bernhard Adelhard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Adelhard swats away the attempt to clinch by Haze.
Adelhard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Haze takes a jab right on the kisser.
Haze just misses with a punch to the body.
Adelhard plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adelhard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Haze.
A slapping leg kick lands for Haze.
Haze cracks Adelhard with an open hand slap.
Adelhard misses with a looping left.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Haze scores with a jab to the jaw.
Adelhard fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Haze is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haze looks to land a right hand but Adelhard moved out of range.

Adelhard moves into range and clinches up with Haze.
Adelhard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Adelhard's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Haze's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Haze misses with a punch on the inside.
Adelhard has Haze pressed against the cage.
Haze prevents a body shot from Adelhard.
Haze is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Haze throws a punch but it's blocked by Adelhard.
Haze throws a knee to the head but misses.
Adelhard swings wildly with an uppercut but Haze uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adelhard throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hazes head.
Adelhard blocking some punches.
Adelhard throws a head punch that misses.

Haze is trying to trip Adelhard. He has hold of a leg but Adelhard is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Haze persists though and gets the takedown into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Adelhard is trying to control the position but Haze postures up.
Haze lands a couple of elbows.
Haze throws a big elbow that misses.

Haze avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Haze tries to free his leg and advance position but Adelhard is retaining full guard.
Haze chips away with some ground and pound.
Haze loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Haze is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Haze avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Haze working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haze postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Adelhard is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Adelhard looking to hit a scissor sweep but Haze is one step ahead there.

Adelhard has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Haze can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Haze lands a couple of elbows.
Haze is working Adelhard over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Adelhard working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Haze.
Jerry Haze has got the better of the ground game so far.
Haze postures up and lands a big shot to Adelhard's brow.
Haze is in close to Adelhard's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Haze throws a big right hand that misses.
Adelhard keeping moving, preventing Haze from controlling successfully.
Haze content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Adelhard tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Haze scoring with some ground and pound.
Haze advances to half guard.
Adelhard is staying active underneath Haze, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Haze sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Adelhard defending well though.
Haze seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Adelhard does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jerry Haze showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Haze scores with a nice right hand.
Haze blocks a leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Adelhard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Adelhard uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Haze has time to react.
Adelhard scores with a crisp jab that stopped Haze in his tracks.
Adelhard throws the left hand but Haze avoids the punch easily.
Haze fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Adelhard on the side of the head.
Nice body kick from Haze.
Adelhard throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Haze looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Adelhard lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Adelhard is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haze trying to control the position here.
Haze wants to sweep here but Adelhard controlling him for the moment.
Adelhard advances to half guard.
Haze is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Adelhard's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Adelhard's back!
Haze lands strikes to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Adelhard is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Haze gets his way!
Haze controlling well, preventing Adelhard from escaping the position.
Haze lands strikes to the head.
You can see the frustration on Adelhard's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Haze gets his hands free as Adelhard looks to control.
Haze has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Haze trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Adelhard tries to roll but Haze sticks to his back.
Haze is landing with strikes. Adelhard can't take much more of this.
Bernhard Adelhard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adelhard tries to break free.
Adelhard covers up after that shot from Haze.
Haze is trying to stick to Adelhard's back but Adelhard is turning into Haze. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Haze's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Adelhard.
Jerry Haze is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Haze manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Adelhard manages to get himself to full guard.

Adelhard wants to sweep here but Haze controlling him for the moment.

Adelhard looking for a guillotine here but Haze defends easily.
Haze wants to control from the top but Adelhard keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haze preventing the sweep.
Haze stays in close to Adelhard's body and controls the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Adelhard is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Adelhard working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Haze doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Haze manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Adelhard had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Haze defends it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jerry Haze comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Haze winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jerry Haze!
A relieved looking Jerry Haze thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.