PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Admir Bosnic (ranked 3903 p4p, 384 weight class) and ZaDarius Haden (ranked 3711 p4p, 373 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Bosnic
vs
Haden

200 cm
19
268 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

198 cm
19
249 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Admir Bosnic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, ZaDarius Haden!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, William Gold and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haden jabs Bosnic to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Haden lands a lovely overhand right.

Haden feints and as Bosnic raises his hands in defense, Haden changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Haden must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bosnic keeping moving, preventing Haden from controlling successfully.
Haden prevents Bosnic from getting back to his feet.
Bosnic is trying to control the position but Haden postures up.
Haden content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bosnic keeping moving, preventing Haden from controlling successfully.
Haden missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haden lands a couple of digs.
Haden lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bosnic wants to get back to his feet but Haden is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Haden chips away with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haden postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Haden stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bosnic swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Haden working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bosnic's head.
Haden showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Haden with a nice head shot there.
Haden trying to control but Bosnic is working from the bottom.
Bosnic pulls Haden in close to his closed guard and prevents Haden from doing any damage or advancing position.
Haden is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bosnic preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Bosnic keeping moving, preventing Haden from controlling successfully.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Haden shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bosnic regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Haden.
Haden sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Haden is working Bosnic over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haden stands up over Bosnic, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Haden showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Bosnic is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Brotherhood MMA (16 ELITE COACHES) that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Haden distracts Bosnic with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Haden content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bosnic wants to stand but Haden is controlling the position.

Bosnic working for a triangle but Haden defends it easily.
Bosnic avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Haden working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bosnic's head.
Haden cracks Bosnic with a solid left hand.
Haden lands a couple of digs.
Haden postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Haden sitting in guard here, content to control.
Haden with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Haden scoring with punches to the head and body.
Bosnic looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Haden keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bosnic's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

ZaDarius Haden dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Haden lands a nice hook to Bosnic's body. Bosnic takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Bosnic gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Haden to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Haden controlling from the top position.
Haden makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Haden scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
ZaDarius Haden has got the better of the ground game so far.
Haden looking to sit in guard and control but Bosnic gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Haden has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bosnic trying to control but Haden is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haden has control of Bosnic's left arm, preventing Bosnic from doing any damage.
Haden manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bosnic manages to get himself to full guard.

Haden chips away with some ground and pound.
Haden throwing strikes from guard but Bosnic blocks nicely.
Haden is looking to work some ground and pound but Bosnic has wrist control.
Haden trying to control but Bosnic is working from the bottom.
Bosnic utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Haden keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bosnic's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haden controlling from the top position.
Haden makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Haden preventing the sweep.
Haden content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Haden stands up over Bosnic, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Haden throws an elbow that misses. Bosnic uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Haden's guard. Nice move by Bosnic!

Haden tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bosnic content to stall in guard here.
Haden managing to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Haden. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Haden is on top in guard.

Haden missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Haden passes into half guard.
Haden scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Still in half guard, Haden seems content to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haden wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bosnic keeps working.
Haden scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bosnic has hold of Haden's hands but Haden slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Haden is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Haden has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Haden tries to control but Bosnic wriggling away.
Haden lands with some strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Haden working the ground and pound effectively.
Haden landing punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

ZaDarius Haden showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Bosnic will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Bosnic gets caught flat footed, as Haden shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Bosnic has momentary wrist control but Haden slips an elbow through the middle.
Haden controlling from the top position.
Haden with a nice head shot there.
Bosnic has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Haden trying to control but Bosnic is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bosnic has momentary wrist control but Haden slips an elbow through the middle.
Haden postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haden working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bosnic is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Haden is trying to stand up here but Bosnic is controlling him well.
Bosnic is trying to control the action in half guard but Haden is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Haden is trying to stand.
Bosnic missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bosnic throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Haden keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Bosnic thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Haden's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haden is pressing down on Bosnic's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Bosnic is working Haden over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bosnic postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Haden is on top in guard.

Haden is in close to Bosnic's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Haden postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Haden's corner is telling him to maintain position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Haden accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Haden makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Bosnic keeping moving, preventing Haden from controlling successfully.
Bosnic not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haden working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bosnic's head.
Bosnic being controlled here, momentarily.
Haden postures up in Bosnic's guard and throws a big left but Bosnic blocks it.
Haden scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Bosnic looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bosnic keeping full guard, as Haden tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Haden works over Bosnic with some ground and pound from guard.
Haden lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bosnic can't keep his opponent in guard - Haden advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
ZaDarius Haden is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Haden scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Haden looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bosnic with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Haden slips a nice elbow through Bosnic's hands, connecting with Bosnic's forehead.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Haden working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Haden lands strikes from half guard.
Admir Bosnic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Haden is taking a breather. Bosnic says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

And that's the end of the fight!
ZaDarius Haden comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Haden has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... ZaDarius Haden!