PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Krsto Vujić (ranked 322 p4p, 482 weight class) and Dwayne Haskins (ranked 51 p4p, 75 weight class). Vujić comes to the cage accompanied by Regeaton Montenegro. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Vujić
vs
Haskins

187 cm
29
206
13 - 8 - 0

191 cm
28
215
13 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Krsto Vujić!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Dwayne Haskins!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Ron Honeybunn and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vujić moves out of range of the strikes.
It looked like Vujić wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Vujić lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Haskins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vujić.
Vujić takes a swing at Haskins's ribcage but misses.
Vujić with a hook.
Haskins slips a jab from Vujić.
Haskins throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Vujić slips under a jab.
Vujić looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Haskins has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Vujić finds it's way round the side to connect with Haskins's head.
Haskins on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Vujić throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vujić lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Haskins circles away quickly and effectively.
Vujić moves away from the strike by Haskins.
Vujić sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Vujić avoids a kick to the body.
Vujić bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vujić half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Haskins has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vujić throws an overhand right that lands on Haskins's shoulder, as Haskins tries to avoid the shot.
It seemed like Haskins was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Vujić throws out a loose jab but Haskins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haskins lands with a cross.
A big left from Haskins misses.
Haskins takes one to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haskins lands a really nice looking cross but Vujić seems unphased.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vujić looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Haskins misses with a body kick.
Haskins throws an off balance right hand
and Vujić counters with a straight right hand.

Vujić clinches up with Haskins and pushes him back against the cage.

Haskins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Haskins punishes Vujić's body with a nice straight punch.
Some bone on bone action there as Vujić checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Vujić scores with a jab to the body.
The fighters circling - Haskins throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd cheers as Haskins lands an impressive looking overhand right. Vujić doesn't seem phased though.
Haskins throws a hook to the side of Vujić's head but Vujić sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vujić shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Haskins sprawls well. Haskins wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Vujić gets slowly back to his feet.
Vujić slips under a jab.
Vujić moves out of range of the leg kick from Haskins.
A swing and a miss from Haskins.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vujić cracks Haskins with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haskins takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A bone on bone clash there as Vujić blocks the leg kick.
Vujić is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vujić lands with a good body shot.
Vujić paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Decent striking displayed by Vujić there.
Vujić throws a hook but Haskins avoids it easily.
Vujić takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Vujić throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Haskins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Haskins walks into a straight right hand from Vujić.
Vujić uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Haskins.
Haskins pivots, looking for a leg kick but Vujić is out of range and Haskins settles back down.
Haskins slips under a jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Vujić, as that shot connected.
Dwayne Haskins is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Vujić clinches up with Haskins and pushes him back against the cage.

Haskins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vujić misses with a straight right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vujić throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Haskins sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Haskins lands a nice leg kick that just misses Vujić's sensitive parts.
Haskins slips under a jab.
Haskins loads up on a big right hand but Vujić slips the punch.
Vujić moves out of range of the strikes.
Haskins lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Haskins throws a hook but Vujić avoids it easily.
Haskins misses with a hook. Vujić ducked under it nicely.
Haskins fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Vujić has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Haskins avoids the head kick by Vujić.
A low kick from Haskins is predictable there

and Vujić counters with a nice double leg into side control. Haskins won't be happy with that.
Haskins takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Haskins is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Vujić asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Vujić wants to control but Haskins is keeping him busy.
Haskins parries the strikes from Vujić easily there. Vujić is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Haskins to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haskins wants to get back to his feet.
Vujić is looking to take a break and control but Haskins is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Vujić has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Vujić slows the pace down.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Haskins is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Vujić has just dragged him back down to the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Krsto Vujić will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A big left from Haskins misses.
Dwayne Haskins seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Haskins loads up on a big right hand but Vujić slips the punch.
Haskins takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Haskins throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vujić sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vujić. Haskins does a little dance to reset his feet.
Haskins misses the jab.
Vujić feinted with a counter takedown.
The fighters circling - Haskins throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Haskins throws a hook but Vujić avoids it easily.
Haskins lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Vujić connects with the punch.
A bone on bone clash there as Vujić blocks the leg kick.
Vujić fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Haskins on the side of the head.
Haskins waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vujić.
A swing and a miss from Haskins.
Vujić takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big left from Haskins misses.
Vujić throws a body punch but Haskins moves out of range.
Vujić ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Haskins lands with an overhand left.

Vujić dives in and scores a takedown into Haskins's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haskins wants to stand up but Vujić is controlling him.
Vujić wants to control from the top but Haskins keeps moving.
Haskins is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Vujić wants to control from the top but Haskins keeps moving.
Vujić won't allow Haskins to get back to his feet.
Haskins is wriggling around but Vujić manages to pass to half guard.
Haskins is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Vujić looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Haskins is trying to stand.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Vujić wants to control but Haskins is keeping him busy.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Vujić lands a nice shot to the body.
Haskins tries to land a leg kick but Vujić saw it coming and moves away.
Haskins throws out a loose jab but Vujić uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haskins walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Vujić wants to clinch.
Haskins scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Vujić drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Vujić has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Haskins finds it's way round the side to connect with Vujić's head.
Vujić ducks under a wild hook from Haskins.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haskins scores with a punch to the head.
Vujić staying out of range there.

Vujić forces Haskins back against the cage and clinches.
A short right from Vujić on the inside.

It looks like Dwayne Haskins has been cut.
Vujić tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vujić tries to work over Haskins's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vujić works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Haskins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dwayne Haskins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haskins throws a series of punches but Vujić moves out of range.
Haskins listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Vujić has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Haskins.
Vujić throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Haskins swats away the attempt to clinch by Vujić.
Haskins takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Vujić ducks under a wild hook from Haskins.
Vujić lands a nice shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vujić misses the jab.
Haskins keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vujić scores with a body shot.
Haskins throws a lazy right hand but Vujić sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vujić lands a jab to Haskins's midsection.
Haskins pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fighters circling - Haskins throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vujić tries to clinch but Haskins moves out of range.
Haskins scores with a nice strike.
Haskins leaves Vujić with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Haskins blocks a jab.

Vujić closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Haskins pushes Vujić off looking to stand but Vujić dives back in and keeps control.
Vujić throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Vujić content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Vujić stops Haskins from getting back to his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Dwayne Haskins will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Dwayne Haskins's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

A punch lands to the side of Haskins 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Decent striking displayed by Haskins there.
A low kick from Haskins is predictable there
and Vujić counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Haskins throws a good cross that connects.
Haskins tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Haskins misses with an uppercut.
Vujić slips a jab from Haskins.
Vujić fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Vujić clinches with his opponent.

Haskins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vujić misses with a straight left.
Haskins misses with a low kick.
Vujić's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Haskins connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Vujić scrambles back to his feet.
A big right from Vujić misses.
Vujić walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vujić tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Haskins manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Haskins throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Haskins. Vujić does a little dance to reset his feet.
Haskins takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haskins throws a solid leg kick but Vujić takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Haskins.
Haskins moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A solid leg kick lands there for Haskins.
Haskins throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vujić.
Vujić swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Haskins takes a swing at Vujić's ribcage but misses.
Vujić fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Haskins on the side of the head.
Haskins jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Haskins shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Haskins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A little feinted left hand from Vujić on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Haskins misses with a body kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Vujić crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Haskins - the referee stops the clock and Vujić gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Haskins. Vujić manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Haskins throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Vujić counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Haskins is looking to slow Vujić down with leg kicks.
Haskins looks to throw the jab but Vujić is out of range.
Haskins lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vujić throws a good cross that connects.
Haskins throws a leg kick that misses.
Vujić waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Haskins.
It seemed like Haskins was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Vujić lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Vujić moves into range and clinches up with Haskins.
Vujić lands with a short shot to the head.
Vujić is working Haskins over against the cage.
Haskins takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Haskins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vujić pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Haskins looks like he wants to counter punch here.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Haskins enables Vujić to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Haskins manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Vujić throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Haskins works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Vujić tries to free his leg and advance position but Haskins is retaining full guard.
Haskins is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Vujić is controlling him.
Haskins utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Vujić controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vujić wants to control from the top but Haskins keeps moving.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Haskins avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vujić scores with a body shot.
Haskins lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Haskins bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vujić staying out of range there.
Vujić has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Vujić there as he acknowledges the shot.
Vujić throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Haskins looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Vujić misses with a looping left.
Haskins chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Vujić just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haskins throws a big shot that misses.
Vujić tries to counter with a takedown but Haskins is quick to defend against it.
Haskins lands with a cross.
Vujić connects with a right hand. Haskins shakes it off.
Vujić moves out of range of the body kick.
Haskins throws a hook but Vujić avoids it easily.
Vujić half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Haskins misses with an uppercut.

Vujić moves into the clinch.
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!
Vujić works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Haskins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Haskins throws a leg kick but Vujić sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Haskins throws a lazy right hand but Vujić sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vujić dives in for a single leg takedown but Haskins sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Haskins only half commits to the counter leg kick.

Haskins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Haskins keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Haskins stuffs the takedown attempt from Vujić. Vujić gets slowly back to his feet.
Vujić scores with a shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Krsto Vujić.
I think Vujić has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!