PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Darth Maul (ranked 7821 p4p, 146 weight class) and Alex Hadley Jr (ranked 5088 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Maul
vs
Hadley Jr

178 cm
25
150 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

178 cm
25
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Darth Maul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alex Hadley Jr!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Josh West and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maul jabs at Hadley Jr's body.
Hadley Jr shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Maul defends it nicely.
Nice shot lands for Maul.
Maul throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Maul connects with an inside leg kick.
Maul's corner calls for a 1-2. Maul obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hadley Jr tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Maul defends well and Hadley Jr ends up having to push Maul into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Maul lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hadley Jr circles away quickly and effectively.
Maul throws a series of strikes that have Hadley Jr backpedaling.

Hadley Jr is rocked!
Good leg kick by Maul there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hadley Jr is still on wobbly legs! Can Maul finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hadley Jr tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Maul half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Maul throws a 1-2 combo that connects squarely on Hadley Jr's jaw, knocking him onto his back! Maul dives in looking to finish as Hadley Jr flails his arms in a desperate attempt to block Maul's strikes! Maul is raining down hammerfists and the ref stops it! Hadley Jr's desperate flailing just didn't constitute intelligent defence. Some people will probably question the ref's decision but Hadley Jr was definitely hurt and the ref saved him from taking unnecessary punishment. A fighter's safety is paramount in this sport.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darth Maul!
Alex Hadley Jr was interviewed post fight and said 'It was bullshit'.