PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rounin Hashima (ranked 3710 p4p, 3507 weight class) and Yaro Badenhorst (ranked 336 p4p, 324 weight class). Yaro Badenhorst has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hashima
vs
Badenhorst

170 cm
19
146
2 - 2 - 0

170 cm
19
150
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rounin Hashima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Yaro Badenhorst!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hashima misses with a straight right.
Badenhorst waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hashima.
Hashima thuds a left hand into Badenhorst's body.
Badenhorst misses with a hook. Hashima ducked under it nicely.
Hashima seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Badenhorst misses with a body shot.
Hashima uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Badenhorst.
Badenhorst takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hashima ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Badenhorst moves away.
Hashima swings widly with a right hand
and Badenhorst counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Badenhorst throws the left hand but Hashima avoids the punch easily.
A jab lands there for Hashima.
Hashima fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Badenhorst looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Badenhorst waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hashima.
Hashima seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Badenhorst misses with a hook. Hashima ducked under it nicely.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Badenhorst swings widly with a right hand
and Hashima counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Badenhorst on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Donk. Hashima catches Badenhorst right on the button with a cross.

It looks like Yaro Badenhorst has been cut.
Badenhorst looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Badenhorst looks to land a left hand but Hashima moved out of range nicely.
Hashima digs a good hook to Badenhorst's body.
Hashima misses with an uppercut.
Hashima keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Badenhorst.
Rounin Hashima seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hashima tests Badenhorst's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Badenhorst drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hashima misses with a series of wild punches.
Badenhorst takes one to the chin there.
Hashima lands a jab.
A punch combination from Hashima misses.
Nice shot by Hashima.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Badenhorst misses with a looping left.
Hashima uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Badenhorst.
Hashima swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hashima darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Badenhorst jabs Hashima to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hashima is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Badenhorst throws a jab when Hashima was well out of range.
Hashima misses with a hook. Badenhorst ducked under it nicely.
Badenhorst moves out of range of the strikes.
Hashima throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hashima throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hashima lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A big left from Badenhorst misses.
Hashima scores with a sloppy right hand. Badenhorst should have avoided that one.

Badenhorst is rocked!
Hashima bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hashima connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Badenhorst is still on wobbly legs! Can Hashima finish him?
Badenhorst throws an off balance right hand
and Hashima connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Badenhorst might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Hashima is looking for an opening here. He's unloaded a big left hand that catches Badenhorst flush on the jaw and sends him tumbling to the canvas! Badenhorst is out cold! Hashima holds back from landing any unnecessary shots to his unconscious opponent, as the referee reacts slowly to the situation. A brutal knockout and then some excellent sportsmanship - this guy is my new favorite fighter!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rounin Hashima!
Rounin Hashima decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.