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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joaquim Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heath Hazzard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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215 lbs
5 - 6 - 0 |
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225 lbs
12 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joaquim Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Heath Hazzard!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams throws a leg kick which misses Hazzard's front leg but catches the back leg as Hazzard tries to avoid it.
Williams takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Williams moves in looking to clinch but Hazzard pushes him off.
Williams lands with a kick to the temple. Hazzard shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
It looks like Heath Hazzard has been cut.
A swing and a miss from Hazzard.
Williams scores with a decent looking hook.
Williams lands a front kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big left from Hazzard misses.
Williams uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hazzard.
Hazzard pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Williams.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hazzard swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Williams darts in and clinches Hazzard up against the cage.
Hazzard dodges an elbow strike from Williams.
Williams lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Williams lands a nice elbow.
Hazzard throws a punch but it's blocked by Williams.
Williams lands with a right to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams throws a head punch that misses.
Hazzard is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Williams controlling the action here for a moment.
Williams looking to throw knees to the head but Hazzard is blocking nicely.
Hazzard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hazzard takes an elbow to the forehead.
Good body shot from Williams.
Hazzard tries to circle away but Williams has him pinned against the cage.
Williams is trying to stall.
Hazzard digs a right hand into Williams's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Williams's gas tank.
Williams comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That has opened up Heath Hazzard's cut even more.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hazzard.
Hazzard can't break the clinch.
Hazzard tries to circle away but Williams has him pinned against the cage.
Hazzard stalls.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hazzard misses with some punches.
Hazzard throws a punch but it's blocked by Williams.
A short uppercut from Hazzard.
Williams prevents a body shot from Hazzard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williams tries to stall but Hazzard uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Williams throws an elbow that misses.
Hazzard tries to circle away but Williams has him pinned against the cage.
Hazzard working aggressively here.
Williams taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hazzard tries to work over Williams's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hazzard on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hazzard misses with a body punch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Williams trying to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Williams digs a right hand underneath Hazzard's ribcage. Hazzard let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hazzard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Williams misses with an uppercut.
Williams tries to clinch but Hazzard is having none of it.
Joaquim Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams slips under a jab.
Williams goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Williams fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hazzard moves out of range of the strikes.
Williams darts in and clinches Hazzard up against the cage.
Williams tries to stall but Hazzard uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Williams tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hazzard lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Williams missing with knees to the body.
Williams blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hazzard misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams is trying to stall.
A short left from Hazzard.
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!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Williams.
Williams tries to stall but Hazzard uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Williams lands a hook that snaps the head of Hazzard backwards.
Williams comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Williams takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hazzard avoids a wild elbow strike from Williams.
Hazzard is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Williams is keeping busy.
Hazzard wants to get back to striking at distance but Williams won't allow it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Williams taking a breather.
Hazzard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Williams stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joaquim Williams dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Heath Hazzard's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hazzard jabs at Williams's body.
Hazzard takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hazzard, as that shot connected.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hazzard swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Williams connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hazzard works the jab nicely.
Williams moves in looking to clinch but Hazzard pushes him off.
Williams moves to clinch but Hazzard breaks away
and Hazzard counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hazzard keeps the fight on the outside.
Williams wants to clinch.
Hazzard swats away the attempt to clinch by Williams.
Williams misses with an uppercut. Hazzard saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hazzard lands with a nice body punch.
Williams connects with a nice looking jab.
Hazzard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Williams tries a head kick but it misses.
Joaquim Williams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Williams throws a hook but Hazzard avoids it easily.
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Hazzard.
Williams lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hazzard takes a step back to recover.
Williams clinches up against the cage.
Williams lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hazzard misses with some punches.
Williams is trying to stall.
Joaquim Williams has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hazzard blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hazzard swings wildly with an uppercut but Williams uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hazzard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hazzard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hazzard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Williams throws a right and a left that Hazzard avoids nicely.
Williams closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Williams throws an elbow but it misses.
Hazzard has Williams pushed against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Williams creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hazzard takes a knee right on the jaw!
Williams just leaning against Hazzard, taking a breather.
Williams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Williams utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hazzard letting Williams take a breather here.
Hazzard lands with a light punch inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Williams.
Williams blocking some punches.
Hazzard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hazzard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Williams is trying to stall.
Williams is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hazzard can't break the clinch.
Hazzard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hazzard misses with a punch to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Williams throws an elbow but it misses.
Williams keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hazzard's efforts to push away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Hazzard fails to land.
Hazzard misses with a punch to the body.
Williams trying to stall but Hazzard improves his position.
Hazzard takes an elbow to the forehead.
Williams misses with the head strike.
Hazzard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Williams misses with a knee to the head.
Hazzard has had enough of the clinch but Williams keeps him there for the moment.
Hazzard wants to break free but Williams has control.
Hazzard misses with a body punch.
Williams gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The cut above Heath Hazzard's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Heath Hazzard's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Joaquim Williams!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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