PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Sullivan (ranked 130 p4p, 379 weight class) and Dwayne Haskins (ranked 21 p4p, 61 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Sullivan
vs
Haskins

193 cm
28
213
17 - 4 - 0

191 cm
35
215
24 - 10 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Urban Fighter
Brooklyn Threads

HELLBENT
Conviction

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 17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jack Sullivan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 10 - 2, fighting out of New York, Dwayne Haskins!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Matheus Silva and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haskins works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sullivan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sullivan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Haskins.

Haskins rushes Sullivan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sullivan lands a body shot.
Sullivan lands with a right to the head.
Haskins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Haskins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sullivan looks to land a combination but Haskins avoids it well.
A jab lands there for Sullivan.
Haskins lands a high kick!
Sullivan has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Haskins. Sullivan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sullivan throws the kick towards the body but Haskins avoids it.
Haskins fails to land with a series of punches.
Sullivan with the inside leg kick.
Haskins misses with a double jab
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Sullivan stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Haskins.
Sullivan swats away the attempt to clinch by Haskins.
Haskins scores with a head kick.
Sullivan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sullivan clobbers Haskins with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

It looks like Dwayne Haskins has been cut.
Haskins throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Sullivan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Haskins misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Sullivan misses the target.
Sullivan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Haskins.
Sullivan moves out of range of the strikes.
Sullivan fires out a quick counter leg kick but Haskins just manages to avoid it.
Haskins bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sullivan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haskins takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Haskins does no damage.
Sullivan thinks about countering with a body kick.
Sullivan goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Haskins throws a series of punches but Sullivan moves out of range.
Sullivan lands with a straight right. Haskins didn't see that one coming.
Sullivan throws a jab when Haskins was well out of range.
Haskins is looking to clinch.

Sullivan catches Haskins napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Haskins to the canvas!

Haskins is rocked!
Sullivan is looking to work some ground and pound but Haskins has wrist control.
Haskins is still in real trouble! Can Sullivan finish him?
Sullivan arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Haskins's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jack Sullivan!
Jack Sullivan seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.