PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Darnielle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arjan Haze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Darnielle has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Darnielle
vs
Haze

197 cm
33
196 lbs
27 - 16 - 0

186 cm
31
140 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

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 27 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Darnielle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Arjan Haze!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Chris Saunders and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darnielle misses with a body shot
and Haze counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Haze looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Darnielle clinches.

Darnielle breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've been told by Darnielle's head coaches at Evolution Fight Academy [16 Coaches] 1000$ LowCap that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Darnielle misses with a looping left.
Darnielle jabs Haze right on the nose. Haze blinks but takes it well.
Haze has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Haze there as he acknowledges the shot.

Haze is rocked!
Darnielle fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Haze to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Haze looks to clinch but Darnielle throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Haze taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). John Darnielle!
During a confident post fight interview, John Darnielle thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.