PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kiel Flay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and To Hak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Flay kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Diabolic- Modern Day Future. Kiel Flay could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to To Hak's chin.

Flay
vs
Hak

194 cm
33
202 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

175 cm
25
189 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

GREEN!160
VIRAL COMBAT

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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kiel Flay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, To Hak!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shirou Masuda and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flay circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hak attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Flay with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hak throws a lazy right hand but Flay sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hak has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hak there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hak throws a lazy right hand but Flay sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hak. That's going to slow Flay down.
Hak misses with a left hand
and Flay cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Flay misses with a looping left.
Flay takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Hak lands a leg kick that knocks Flay off balance momentarily.
Hak loads up on a big right hand but Flay slips the punch.
Hak wants to slow Flay down by chopping away at his legs.
Flay lands with a thumping leg kick.
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!
Hak lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hak misses with a hook to the body
and Flay cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A low kick from Hak is predictable there
and Flay counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flay blocks a low kick nicely.
Flay loads up on a big right hand but Hak slips the punch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hak looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hak lands a nice hook to Flay's body. Flay takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Flay takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The fighters circling - Hak throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hak scores with a leg kick.
Hak connects with an inside leg kick.
Hak throws a leg kick
and Flay counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hak fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hak lands a nice looking body kick.
Hak throws a nice inside leg kick.
To Hak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hak doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Flay is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Flay has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hak finds it's way round the side to connect with Flay's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flay avoids the head kick by Hak.
Flay is looking to land body kicks.
Hak fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Flay has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hak cracks the inside of Flay's front leg.
Flay moves out of range of the body kick from Hak.
Hak tries to clinch there but Flay circles away.
Hak is looking to clinch but Flay is avoiding it.
Hak throws a body punch but Flay moves out of range.
Hak tries to score with a low kick but Flay moves his leg out of the way.
Hak misses with a leg kick
and Flay counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hak shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Flay is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Flay keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hak throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hak throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flay throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Flay fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hak manages to avoid it.
Hak throws a front kick aimed at Flay's knee but Flay avoids it well.
Hak throws a leg kick but Flay moved away.
Hak loads up on a big right hand but Flay slips the punch.
A swing and a miss from Flay.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hak.
Hak looks to land a combination but Flay avoids it well.
Flay scores with a jab to the body.
Flay ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hak throws a lazy head kick
and Flay counters with a low kick, right behind Hak 's knee.
Hak tries to clinch but Flay is having none of it.
Hak lands a nice looking kick to the body. Flay takes a step back to recover.
A slow jab from Flay misses its intended target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flay wants to clinch.
Flay connects with an inside leg kick.

Hak pushes Flay up against the cage in a clinch.
Flay is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hak blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hak lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hak swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Flay throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Flay lands an elbow that stopped Hak in his tracks for a moment.
Flay is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hak is defending well for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Flay crunches a lovely knee into Hak's ribcage.
Hak tries a body shot but Flay blocks it.
Hak lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nice body punch from Flay.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but To Hak will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hak motions for Flay to come forward. Hak throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A left lands for Hak.
Hak misses with a low kick.
Hak misses with a jab, cross combination.
To Hak seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hak pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hak tries a head kick but it misses.
Hak throws a leg kick but Flay sees it coming and moves out of range.
Flay lands with a hook. Hak tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Hak closes the distance and clinches.
Flay lands with a light punch inside.
Flay lands with a right to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hak.
I was talking to Flay's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Hak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Flay tries to work over Hak's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Flay lands an uppercut.
Hak lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Flay.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flay lands a body shot.
Flay blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Flay blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Flay working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right from Hak on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Hak fails to land.
Hak misses with a punch on the inside.
Flay missing with knees to the body.
Flay tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hak avoids it.
Flay tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hak avoids it.
Hak misses with the head strike.
Flay lands a shoulder strike.
Hak tries a body shot but Flay blocks it.
Hak tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Flay avoids it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hak doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kiel Flay has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nice elbow from Flay.

It looks like To Hak has been cut.
Hak fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hak blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Flay misses with a punch to the body.
Hak working aggressively here.
Hak tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Flay misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hak.
Flay blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hak misses with the head strike.
Hak tries to throw a body punch but Flay avoids it by throwing Hak back against the cage.
Flay throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Haks head.
Flay scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Flay.
Flay swings wildly with an uppercut but Hak uses good head movement to avoid it.
Flay throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hak blocks it with crossed arms.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Flay just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hak's brow.
Flay doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hak unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hak blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Flay tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hak avoids it.
Flay gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hak goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Flay leaning against his opponent.
Hak misses with a hook to the ribs.
Flay struggles to land a body shot inside as Hak controls his hands.
Hak is leaning against Flay and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Flay lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hak blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Flay.
Hak scores with a nice hook to the head.
Flay lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hak backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hak looking to slow down the pace here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Flay.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Flay.
Nice elbow from Flay.
Hak lands a right hand.
Flay throws a head punch that misses.
Hak throws a punch but it's blocked by Flay.
Flay throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hak takes a shot to the head.
Flay throws an elbow that misses.
Hak scores with a nice hook to the head.
Flay stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Hak fails to land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hak tries to throw a body punch but Flay avoids it by throwing Hak back against the cage.
Flay tries to work over Hak's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hak unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hak stalls.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Kiel Flay will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on To Hak's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Hak throws a leg kick but Flay moved away.
Decent striking displayed by Flay there.
Flay misses the shot to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Hak.
Hak swings widly with a right hand
and Flay counters with a nice body shot.
Flay throws a series of punches but Hak avoids them all with ease.
Flay connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hak finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hak throws a hook but Flay blocks it.
Flay swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hak takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Hak throws a head kick but Flay moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flay uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hak.
Flay connects with a looping right hand.
That kick from Flay tenderised Hak's leg. Hak is trying to keep his angry face on.
A looping hook to the body misses from Flay. Hak does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hak is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Flay drops his hands momentarily and Hak takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hak tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Flay scores with a leg kick.
Flay scores with a jab.
Hak tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice shot by Hak.
Hak misses with a head kick.
Flay avoids the head kick by Hak.
Good shot there by Flay.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hak blocks the body kick.
Flay ducks under a wild hook from Hak.
Flay throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hak missing with a left hand there. Flay was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hak moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Flay blocks a head kick by Hak.
Hak throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hak moves out of range as Flay throws a body kick.
Hak gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Flay.

Hak is rocked!
Hak lands a nice leg kick that just misses Flay's sensitive parts.
Hak doesn't manage to clinch there - Flay circles away.
Hak scores with a sloppy right hand. Flay should have avoided that one.
Flay lands a nice looking body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flay throws a good cross that connects.
Hak is still on wobbly legs! Can Flay finish him?
Flay drops Hak with a big left hand! Hak is injured, injured bad! Flay jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kiel Flay!
A very excited looking Kiel Flay made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.