PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between ZaDarius Haden (ranked 309 p4p, 491 weight class) and Thoth Chontamenti (ranked 45 p4p, 70 weight class). Haden's entrance music is Mot�rhead - Orgasmatron. A fine choice. 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?

Haden
vs
Chontamenti

198 cm
25
249
12 - 3 - 0

204 cm
25
275
11 - 2 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, ZaDarius Haden!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Thoth Chontamenti!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, John Mangel and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chontamenti misses with a series of wild punches.
Haden misses with a right hand
and Chontamenti cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Chontamenti keeps Haden at a distance using the push kick.
Haden swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Haden bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Haden throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Haden throws a strike aimed at the side of Chontamenti's head but Chontamenti avoids it well.
Haden misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Chontamenti felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Chontamenti can't do much from the bottom here.
Haden wants to control but Chontamenti is keeping him busy.
A lull in the action here as Haden stalls from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haden works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Chontamenti regains half guard there - taking advantage of Haden's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Chontamenti blocking the ground and pound attempt from Haden.
Chontamenti on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Chontamenti is trying to get back to full guard.
Chontamenti avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Haden.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chontamenti wants to control but Haden is keeping busy.
Haden with the ground and pound but Chontamenti uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Chontamenti looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Haden chips away with some ground and pound.
Haden distracts Chontamenti with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Haden forces his way into half guard.
Haden not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Haden controlling the action here.
Chontamenti works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haden looking to pass the guard.
Haden loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Haden is looking to work some ground and pound but Chontamenti has wrist control.
Chontamenti is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Haden stands and throws Chontamenti's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Haden trying to control the action but Chontamenti is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Haden creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Haden is putting a hurting on Chontamenti here, landing some big shots from side control.
Chontamenti takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Haden is trying to ground and pound but Chontamenti uses the momentary lack of control by Haden to regain half guard.
Haden controlling the pace.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Chontamenti is not content to let Haden control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

ZaDarius Haden dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Chontamenti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chontamenti scores with a jab. Haden acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Chontamenti connects with a jab.

Haden closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Chontamenti is looking to regain half guard here but Haden keeps moving and retains side control.
Haden wants to lay and pray for a moment but Chontamenti keeps working.
Haden is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Chontamenti will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sloppy strikes there by Haden.
Chontamenti prevents Haden from improving position.
Haden looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Chontamenti is avoiding damage well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haden takes a little break here. Chontamenti wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Haden tries to score with some ground and pound. Chontamenti controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Chontamenti is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Haden off and has taken his back!
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Haden here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Chontamenti has the hooks in. Haden is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Haden wants to control his opponent's hands but Chontamenti gets his hands free.
Haden tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Haden really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chontamenti takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Haden tries to hold on but Chontamenti postures up.
Chontamenti trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Chontamenti controlling the position easily from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Haden wants to hold on but Chontamenti pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haden tries to improve his position but instead Chontamenti has taken his back!
Chontamenti is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Haden trying to control the action but Chontamenti just sinks the hooks in.
Good control from Chontamenti.
Haden looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Chontamenti is looking to control Haden but Haden is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Haden tries to break free.
Chontamenti controlling from the back.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Chontamenti struggling to keep hold of the position.
Chontamenti slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Thoth Chontamenti showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Good standup being displayed there by Chontamenti as he connects with a hook.
Haden lunges at Chontamenti with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Chontamenti's hand.
Chontamenti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Haden was well out of range. Poor timing from Chontamenti.
Chontamenti scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Chontamenti tries to clinch up.
Haden throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Chontamenti scores with a jab to the body.
Chontamenti throws a leg kick but Haden sees it coming and moves out of range.
Haden rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Haden takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Chontamenti shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Haden eats them both and turns towards Chontamenti to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Haden throws a body shot but no joy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chontamenti takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Haden fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Chontamenti looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Haden dives in and grabs Chontamenti's left leg, looking for a takedown. Chontamenti pushes down on Haden's head and hops out.
Haden loads up on a big right hand but Chontamenti slips the punch.
Chontamenti swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Haden throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chontamenti cracks Haden with a good jab.
Haden misses with a wild body shot.
Haden throws a body shot but no joy.
Chontamenti tries to land a leg kick but Haden saw it coming and moves away.

Chontamenti takes the fight into the clinch.
Chontamenti blocking some punches.

Chontamenti pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thoth Chontamenti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haden connects with a looping right hand.

It looks like Thoth Chontamenti has been cut.
Chontamenti avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Haden looks to score with a jab to the body but Chontamenti is just out of range.
A little jabbing left from Chontamenti on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Haden steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chontamenti.
Haden takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Chontamenti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Haden.
Chontamenti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Haden moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Chontamenti catches Haden right on the button with a cross.
Chontamenti throws a low kick but it's checked well by Haden.
Chontamenti throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Haden counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chontamenti throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Haden throws a jab but it's blocked by Chontamenti.
Chontamenti lands with a nice body punch.
Chontamenti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Haden.
Chontamenti tries to score with a low kick but Haden moves his leg out of the way.
Chontamenti misses with a body shot.
Chontamenti throws a sloppy head kick and Haden moves out of range easily.
Chontamenti tries to clinch up.
Chontamenti misses with an uppercut. Haden saw that one coming.
Chontamenti with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Haden to score with a decent uppercut.
Chontamenti pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haden ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chontamenti throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Haden appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Haden thuds his right hand into Chontamenti's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Chontamenti swings for the body but Haden moves out of range.
Haden half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Chontamenti avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Chontamenti! But no joy.
Chontamenti ducks under a wild hook from Haden.
Haden feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Chontamentis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Chontamenti fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Haden manages to avoid it.
Haden attempts a counter takedown but Chontamenti avoids it well and moves away.
Haden uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chontamenti.
Chontamenti scores with a spinning back kick!
Haden throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chontamenti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chontamenti tries to counter by closing the distance.
Haden checks a leg kick.
Haden changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Chontamenti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Haden moves away.
Chontamenti is looking to clinch but Haden is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chontamenti swings for the body but Haden moves out of range.
Chontamenti jabs Haden to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Chontamenti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Haden.
Haden takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chontamenti throws a hook to the side of Haden's head but Haden sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
An attempted straight right counter from Haden misses the target.
Thoth Chontamenti seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Chontamenti ducks under a wild hook from Haden.
Thoth Chontamenti is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A good leg kick by Chontamenti.
Chontamenti looks to land a right hand but Haden moved out of range.

Haden closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Haden lands in his opponent's guard.
ZaDarius Haden overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Haden trying to control but Chontamenti is working from the bottom.
Haden tries to free his leg and advance position but Chontamenti is retaining full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Thoth Chontamenti really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thoth Chontamenti's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A left lands for Haden.
Haden ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chontamenti moves away.
Haden cracks Chontamenti with a right hand to the side of the head.
Chontamenti tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Haden manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Chontamenti looks to score with a jab to the body but Haden is just out of range.
Haden ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chontamenti moves away.
Haden shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Chontamenti defends it nicely.
Haden throws out a loose jab but Chontamenti uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Chontamenti does it's job there.
Nice uppercut lands for Haden. That snapped Chontamenti's head back.
Chontamenti tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chontamenti throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Chontamenti ducks under a wild hook from Haden.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chontamenti scores with a hook.
Haden misses with a hook.
Haden changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Chontamenti tries to avoid it but Haden manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Chontamenti to the ground. Chontamenti escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Chontamenti swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Haden.
Chontamenti thumps Haden with a low kick.
Nice sprawl there from Chontamenti as Haden shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for ZaDarius Haden. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chontamenti throws a leg kick which misses Haden's front leg but catches the back leg as Haden tries to avoid it.
Haden takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Chontamenti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Haden throws a right hand that Chontamenti ducks under and follows up with a left that Chontamenti also avoids with ease.
Haden dives in and grabs Chontamenti's left leg, looking for a takedown. Chontamenti pushes down on Haden's head and hops out.
Chontamenti scores with a hook to the body. Haden takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
A jab from Chontamenti misses.
Chontamenti steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Haden.
Haden takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Haden throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Chontamenti fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Chontamenti chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice shot by Chontamenti.
Haden takes one to the side of the head.
Haden takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Chontamenti connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Haden's hands.
Haden gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Chontamenti throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Chontamenti takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Haden shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Haden content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chontamenti regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Haden.
Haden trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Chontamenti is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Haden trying to control but Chontamenti is working from the bottom.
Haden won't allow Chontamenti to sweep him here.

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 sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Chontamenti's guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Chontamenti manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Haden not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Haden trying to control the position from guard on top but Chontamenti is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Haden looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Chontamenti looking for a sweep. Not yet Chontamenti, not yet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Thoth Chontamenti dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Thoth Chontamenti's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Chontamenti uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Haden.
It seemed like Chontamenti was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Haden throws a body shot but no joy.
Chontamenti closes the distance but Haden moves to the side

and Haden counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Haden makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Haden postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Haden slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Haden trying to control but Chontamenti is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haden trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Chontamenti keeping moving, preventing Haden from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haden is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Haden throwing strikes but missing.
Haden landing some decent shots from guard.
Haden throws an elbow that misses. Chontamenti uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Haden's guard. Nice move by Chontamenti!

Haden is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chontamenti blocking the ground and pound attempt from Haden.
Haden looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Nice strikes from Haden there.
Chontamenti controlling the position for now.
Haden misses with a head shot. Chontamenti uses the momentum to regain guard.
Haden throws an elbow that misses. Chontamenti uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Haden's guard. Nice move by Chontamenti!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haden tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Haden lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Chontamenti looking to control.
Haden wants to control from the top but Chontamenti keeps moving.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Chontamenti is on top in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chontamenti pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Haden is keeping the position for now.
ZaDarius Haden has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Haden wants to sweep but no luck.
Haden is working hard here to advance position.
Chontamenti looking to pass the guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Chontamenti stays in close to Haden's body and controls the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
ZaDarius Haden showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Chontamenti has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 47:48
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 47:48
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thoth Chontamenti!
Thoth Chontamenti is the new heavyweight champion!
Thoth Chontamenti decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.