PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Issac Haynes (ranked 16241 p4p, 0 weight class) and Asal Bashar (ranked 3347 p4p, 349 weight class). Issac Haynes has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Haynes
vs
Bashar

189 cm
21
151 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

172 cm
25
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Issac Haynes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Asal Bashar!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bashar misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Bashar closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Bashar tries for a kimura but Haynes is defending well.

Bashar is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Haynes is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Bashar tries for a kimura but Haynes is defending well.
Bashar sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Haynes is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haynes is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Haynes managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Bashar.
Haynes is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Bashar cracks Haynes with a big elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Bashar has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Haynes is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Bashar yanks on the arm and Haynes is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Bashar.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Asal Bashar!