PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Maurice Sullivan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Haws (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haws is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Garden's All Nighters. Jon Haws has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sullivan
vs
Haws

190 cm
19
195 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

191 cm
21
183 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Maurice Sullivan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jon Haws!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Eliza Hachem and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Haws, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sullivan throws a body punch but Haws moves out of range.
Sullivan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Haws misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Haws tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sullivan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Haws throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sullivan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Haws tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sullivan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
No luck for Sullivan with that takedown attempt.
Haws throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Haws throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sullivan counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Sullivan drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Sullivan not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Haws is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Sullivan is controlling him.
Haws looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sullivan looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Jon Haws has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Haws keeps Sullivan at a distance using the push kick.
Haws avoids the head kick by Sullivan.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Haws enables Sullivan to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Haws manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Sullivan sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Sullivan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Sullivan gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Some wild striking there from Haws.
Haws misses with a few strikes there.

Sullivan gets tackled into the cage by Haws. Haws maintains the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haws misses with an elbow strike.
Haws misses with a knee strike.
Sullivan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Haws is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Sullivan blocks an elbow strike from Haws.
Haws stalling in the clinch.

Sullivan tightens his grip and picks Haws up, before dumping him to the ground. Haws manages to land in guard.
Sullivan wants to control from the top but Haws keeps moving.
Sullivan tries to free his leg and advance position but Haws is retaining full guard.
Haws is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Sullivan working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Haws's head.
Sullivan trying to control but Haws is working from the bottom.
Sullivan makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sullivan is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Haws pulls Sullivan in close to prevent any damage.
Sullivan landing some decent shots from guard.
Haws trying to control the position here.
Sullivan advances to half guard.
Sullivan trying to control the action but Haws is working from the bottom.

Sullivan wants to work for an arm triangle but Haws is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Sullivan trying to control from half guard but Haws is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan trying to mount his opponent but Haws defends it.
Sullivan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Haws trying to control but Sullivan postures up.
Sullivan is trying to control. Haws wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sullivan wants to free his trapped foot but Haws is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Sullivan is taking a breather. Haws says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sullivan lands a nice short elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sullivan thows a huge punch but Haws dodges it nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Haws tries to get to full guard but Sullivan has control of the leg.
Sullivan passes to full mount!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Sullivan working for a guillotine from mount but Haws is in no mood to give up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maurice Sullivan dominated that round.
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.

Haws thows a body shot but no joy.
Sullivan blocks the body kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sullivan.
Haws tries to clinch but Sullivan is having none of it.
Haws misses with a few strikes there.
Haws darts in trying to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Sullivan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Haws.
Sullivan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Haws.
Haws lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haws bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A combination from Haws does no damage.
Sullivan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Haws moves away.
Haws doesn't manage to clinch there - Sullivan circles away.
Haws throws a nice looking combination but Sullivan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Haws misses with a low kick.
Jon Haws seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sullivan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
No joy there for Haws, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Sullivan closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Haws is breathing heavily.
Sullivan advances to full mount.
Sullivan 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.
Sullivan prevents Haws from getting the reversal.
Sullivan working Haws over with strikes here.
Sullivan controlling from mount.
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!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Haws?
Maurice Sullivan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Haws is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Haws tries to reverse the position but Sullivan maintains control.
Haws takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sullivan content just to control the position here.
Sullivan landing punches.
Haws really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The referee warns Haws that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Haws is squirming around, avoiding Sullivan's attempts to control the action.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Haws keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Haws hang on?
Sullivan is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Haws can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Sullivan punishing his opponent with strikes.
Haws is in a horrible position here. Sullivan smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Sullivan has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Haws's face.
Sullivan landing punches.
Sullivan lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Haws is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Haws is looking to improve his position but Sullivan isn't that keen on the idea.
Haws is still in real trouble! Can Sullivan finish him?
Sullivan scoring with strikes but Haws is staying in there.
Sullivan loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Haws scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Sullivan land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Sullivan stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maurice Sullivan!