PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hayder Hassan (ranked 5291 p4p, 5200 weight class) and Teddy Cuddles (ranked 596 p4p, 589 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hassan
vs
Cuddles

178 cm
25
170
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
170
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Likes musicals

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hayder Hassan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Teddy Cuddles!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Michael Johnstone and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cuddles scores with a jab to the body.
Cuddles throws a series of punches but Hassan avoids them all with ease.
Cuddles misses with a wild combination.
Hassan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hassan tries to clinch up.

Hassan clinches with his opponent.
Hassan lands a nice uppercut.

Cuddles manages to break the clinch.
Cuddles lands a nice hook to Hassan's body. Hassan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hassan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hassan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cuddles.
Cuddles takes one to the chin there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hassan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hassan jabs at Cuddles's body.
Hayder Hassan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cuddles keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hassan.
Cuddles swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cuddles rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hassan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sloppy strikes from Hassan. Those never looked like landing.
Hassan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Hassan has Cuddles up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hassan is trying to pull guard but Cuddles has him pressed against the cage.

Cuddles breaks the clinch.
Cuddles works over Hassan's head and body with a nice combination.

Hassan forces Cuddles back against the cage and clinches.

Cuddles breaks from the clinch.
Cuddles scores with a jab.

Hassan moves into the clinch.
Hassan struggles to land a body shot inside as Cuddles controls his hands.

Hassan breaks the clinch.
Cuddles misses with a double jab.
Hassan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cuddles cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cuddles lands a jab-cross combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cuddles looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hassan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hassan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cuddles slips under a jab.
Hassan cracks Cuddles with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Cuddles scores with a jab to the head.
Cuddles throws a lazy right hand but Hassan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Hassan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cuddles, pushing him back against the cage.
Hassan goes for a takedown attempt but Cuddles pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Cuddles tries to bum rush Hassan with a series of wild strikes but Hassan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hassan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cuddles.

Hassan has taken the fight to the clinch.

Hassan manages to break the clinch.
Hassan misses with a straight left.
Hassan misses with a few strikes there.
Cuddles swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hassan thows a left - swing and a miss!
A big left from Hassan misses.
Cuddles uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hassan.
Hassan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Cuddles lands with an overhand left.
Cuddles has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cuddles looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hassan slips a jab and a cross from Cuddles.
A shot to the liver by Hassan. Beautiful body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Hassan as he connects with a hook.
A jab from Hassan misses.
Hassan fails to land with a series of punches.
Hassan is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Hassan misses with a hook
letting Cuddles counter with a right hand.
Jab, jab by Hassan - just one landing.
Cuddles slips under a jab from Hassan.
Cuddles misses the jab.
Cuddles throws a body punch but Hassan moves out of range.
Nice cross by Hassan.
Cuddles lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hassan circles away quickly and effectively.
A jab from Hassan does it's job there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hassan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cuddles gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cuddles keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hassan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hassan misses with a lunging right hand
letting Cuddles counter with a right hand.
Cuddles connects with a jab.
Hassan throws the left hand but Cuddles avoids the punch easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Hassan as he connects with a hook.
A big right from Cuddles misses.
A jab from Hassan misses.
Hassan works the jab nicely.
Hassan looks to throw the jab but Cuddles is out of range.

Hassan moves into range and clinches up with Cuddles.
Hassan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Hassan ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Hassan no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Cuddles throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hassan wants to stand and escape but Cuddles is having none of it.
Cuddles has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cuddles throws a big right hand that misses.
Hassan wants to stand but Cuddles is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hayder Hassan dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Cuddles throws a right hand that Hassan ducks under and follows up with a left that Hassan also avoids with ease.
Hassan is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Some wild striking there from Cuddles.
A little feinted left hand from Hassan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hassan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice defenses there by Cuddles.
Cuddles throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cuddles misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hassan dodges the punch combination from Cuddles.
Hassan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hassan lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Cuddles backs up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sloppy strikes from Cuddles. Those never looked like landing.
Teddy Cuddles seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hassan scores with a nice strike.
Hassan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cuddles on the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Hassan rushes Cuddles and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Cuddles's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hassan scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hassan wants to clinch up but Cuddles keeps it at a distance.
Cuddles takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hassan tries to bum rush Cuddles with a series of wild strikes but Cuddles uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hassan looks to land a combination but Cuddles avoids it well.
Cuddles lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hassan circles away quickly and effectively.
Cuddles throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Teddy Cuddles is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hassan scores with a sloppy right hand. Cuddles should have avoided that one.
Cuddles scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hassan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cuddles.
Hassan moves in looking to clinch but Cuddles pushes him off.
Cuddles takes one to the chin there.
Hassan throws a shot from downtown. Cuddles moves away and avoids it.

Hassan gets a clinch.

Cuddles manages to break the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A telegraphed right hand from Hassan misses the target.
Cuddles uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hassan.
A combination from Cuddles does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hassan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hassan tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Cuddles smiles and moves away.
Hassan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cuddles misses with a looping left.
Hassan throws a shot from downtown. Cuddles moves away and avoids it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cuddles! But no joy.
Cuddles takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hassan throws a body shot but no joy.
Hassan fails in his attempt to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Cuddles on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cuddles gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hassan dodges the punch combination from Cuddles.
Cuddles uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hassan.
Cuddles blocks a jab.
Cuddles lands a jab to the head.
Hassan throws a body shot but no joy.
Hassan misses with a looping right.
Cuddles now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A big left from Hassan misses.
It seemed like Cuddles was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cuddles avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Hassan closes the distance and pushes Cuddles back into the cage.

Cuddles breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Hassan clinches up with Cuddles and pushes him back against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Hassan.
Cuddles takes a shot to the head.
Hayder Hassan has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Cuddles escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hassan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cuddles.
Hassan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hassan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cuddles can do to turn this around?
A jab from Hassan does it's job there.

Hassan has Cuddles up against the cage in a clinch.
Hassan content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hassan gets through Cuddles's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Hassan breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hassan scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cuddles displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hassan throws out the jab.
A nice side step and Cuddles releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A left lands for Cuddles.
Hassan jabs at Cuddles's body.
Hassan throws out a powerful jab.
Hassan lands with an overhand left.

Hassan forces Cuddles back against the cage and clinches.

Hassan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hassan throws a looping overhand right but Cuddles ducks down to avoid it.
Hassan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cuddles has time to react.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hassan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cuddles has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hassan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cuddles fails to land with a series of punches.
Hassan lands a lovely overhand right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hayder Hassan dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Hassan misses with a wild combination.

Hassan closes the distance and pushes Cuddles back into the cage.

Cuddles escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
No joy there for Cuddles, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cuddles throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hassan ducks under a wild hook from Cuddles.
Cuddles lands a jab-cross combination.
Hassan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hassan wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cuddles throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Some wild striking there from Hassan.
Cuddles throws a right hand that Hassan ducks under and follows up with a left that Hassan also avoids with ease.
Hassan lands a head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Hassan misses.
Cuddles swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hassan throws an off balance right hand
and Cuddles counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Danga de danga de dang - Hassan scores with a four punch combination!
Cuddles throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hassan.
Cuddles uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hassan.
Hassan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Hassan closes the distance and clinches.
A short uppercut from Hassan.
Hassan holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Hassan tries to throw a body punch but Cuddles avoids it by throwing Hassan back against the cage.

Hassan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cuddles misses with a few strikes there.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Hassan pushes Cuddles up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hassan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Cuddles breaks from the clinch.
Cuddles swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cuddles slips a straight right by Hassan.
Hassan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hassan scores with a three punch combo!
Cuddles lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Hassan moves into the clinch.

Cuddles breaks the clinch.
Cuddles throws a series of punches but Hassan avoids them all with ease.
Hassan throws a series of punches but Cuddles moves out of range.

Hassan moves into the clinch successfully.

Cuddles breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cuddles swings for the body but Hassan moves out of range.
Cuddles on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hassan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cuddles.
Cuddles takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hassan throws a big shot that misses.
Cuddles doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
No joy there for Hassan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hassan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hassan closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Hassan moves into the clinch successfully.

Cuddles breaks from the clinch.
Teddy Cuddles has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cuddles swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hassan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hassan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Hassan moves into the clinch.

Cuddles's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hassan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Cuddles has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hassan finds it's way round the side to connect with Cuddles's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hassan jabs at Cuddles's body.
Hassan's corner calls for a 1-2. Hassan obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Hassan.
Hassan tries to clinch but Cuddles moves out of range.
Hassan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cuddles fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hassan manages to avoid it.
Hassan just misses with a punch to the body.
Cuddles appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

Hassan closes the distance and clinches.

Cuddles breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hassan getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Cuddles dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cuddles showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hassan.
Hassan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cuddles under the eye.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cuddles misses with a looping left.
Cuddles throws a series of punches but Hassan moves out of range.
Cuddles misses with a hook.
A little feinted left hand from Hassan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hayder Hassan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hassan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Bart Greer scores the fight 30:27
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hayder Hassan!
A less than humble Hayder Hassan misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.