PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Darius Frank (ranked 2899 p4p, 2068 weight class) and Darryl Haze (ranked 373 p4p, 276 weight class). Frank comes to the cage accompanied by Trapper x Foogiano . On his way into the cage it seems that Darius Frank has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Darius Frank seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Frank
vs
Haze

183 cm
29
178
11 - 10 - 0

179 cm
29
171
14 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

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 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Darius Frank!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Darryl Haze !
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frank throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Haze counters with a right hand to the body.
Frank tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Haze was well out of range. Poor timing from Frank.
A shot to the liver by Haze . Beautiful body shot.
Frank on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Haze misses with a wild body shot.
Frank throws a jab but it's blocked by Haze .
Haze feints a counter leg kick.
Haze misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Frank.
Haze gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Haze turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Darryl Haze seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haze is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Frank. Haze does a little dance to reset his feet.
Haze throws a leg kick that is checked

and Frank holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Frank blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Frank blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Haze prevents a body shot from Frank.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frank lands a body punch.
Haze is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Frank to keep the fight standing.
Haze tries to pull guard but Frank holds him up against the cage and eventually Haze drops back down to his feet.
Haze tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Frank smiles and moves away.
Darius Frank has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Darryl Haze .
Haze looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Haze bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Frank tries to clinch but Haze moves out of range.
Haze throws a leg kick
and Frank counters with a straight right hand.
Nice uppercut lands for Frank. That snapped Haze 's head back.
Haze lands a leg kick that knocks Frank off balance momentarily.
Frank throws a quick head kick that knocks Haze silly! This fight is all over! What a finish! Frank is up on the cage, taking in the applause from the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Darius Frank!
During a confident post fight interview, Darius Frank thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.