PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ashmid Datal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jensen Haye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ashmid Datal has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Datal
vs
Haye

176 cm
19
134 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

168 cm
19
142 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ashmid Datal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jensen Haye!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haye tries to clinch up but Datal circles away and keeps his distance.
Datal throwing a counter right hand but Haye manages to avoid it.
Datal misses with a straight right.
Haye scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Datal throws a hook to the side of Haye's head but Haye sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Haye tries to counter with a clinch but Datal shakes him off and moves away.
Haye staying out of range there.

Haye closes the distance and clinches.
Haye misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Datal takes a knee right on the jaw!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haye softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Datal is trying to force a seperation but Haye has the dominant position.
Haye tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Come on Haye - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haye tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Datal avoids it.
Haye lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Ashmid Datal has been cut.
A knee to the head by Haye.
We've been informed that Haye has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Haye misses with a knee strike.
Haye missing with knees to the body.
Haye tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Haye doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Haye throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Datal blocks it with crossed arms.
Haye tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Haye tries to land a knee to the head but Datal blocks with his arms.
Datal is trying to force a seperation but Haye has the dominant position.
Datal wants to break free but Haye has control.
Haye tries to throw a body punch but Datal avoids it by throwing Haye back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haye misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Datal.
Haye misses with a knee strike.
Haye misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Datal.
Datal has had enough of the clinch but Haye keeps him there for the moment.
Haye misses with a punch to the body.
Haye missing with knees to the body.
Haye connects with a knee to the head.
Haye misses with a knee to the head.
Still in the clinch, Haye scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A knee to the head by Haye.
Haye unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Haye has Datal pressed against the cage, preventing Datal from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Haye working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Datal working hard to break the clinch.
Haye missing with knees to the body.
Haye tries to land a knee to the head but Datal blocks with his arms.
Haye looking to throw knees to the head but Datal is blocking nicely.
Haye holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Haye tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Haye tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Haye putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Datal in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Haye throws a knee to the head but misses.
Haye missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haye fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Datal working hard to break the clinch.
Haye lands a knee to the body.
Datal blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Haye throws a knee to the head but misses.
Haye swings wildly with an uppercut but Datal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haye tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Datal's elbow.
Haye putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Datal in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Datal has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Haye is stalling here.
Datal takes a knee to the side of the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jensen Haye dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ashmid Datal's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Datal tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Horrible takedown attempt by Haye or perhaps it was just good defense by Datal, which made it look bad.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Haye, right into the meat.
Datal looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Haye scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Haye scoring well with a low kick there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haye thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Datal if he has to take too many more of those.
Haye fails in his attempt to clinch.
Haye moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Haye has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Haye throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haye misses with a body kick.
Datal cracks Haye with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Haye throws a leg kick but Datal checks it.
Haye chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Haye is looking to slow Datal down with leg kicks.
Datal misses with a body shot.
Haye fails with a takedown attempt.
Datal appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Haye scores with a spinning back kick!
Ashmid Datal is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Datal tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Haye lands with a thumping leg kick.
Datal wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Haye, right into the meat.
Haye looks to clinch
and Datal counters with a three punch combo that has Haye backing up. Haye nods at Datal to acknowledge the strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Datal missing with a left hand there. Haye was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Haye lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Haye lands with a nice body kick.
Haye fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haye misses with a kick to the body
and Datal counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Datal throws a lazy right hand but Haye sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Datal misses with the combination.
Haye is looking to slow Datal down with leg kicks.
Haye moves in looking to clinch but Datal pushes him off.

Haye gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Haye tries a body shot but Datal blocks it.
Haye putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Datal in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haye scores with a knee to the head.
Haye putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Datal in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Datal is trying to break the clinch but Haye is controlling him.
Haye lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Datal avoiding damage as Haye throws knees to the body.
Haye tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Datal.
Haye lands a knee to the head.
Haye tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Haye tries to land a knee to the head but Datal blocks with his arms.
Datal is trying to break the clinch but Haye is controlling him.
Datal looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jensen Haye showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ashmid Datal's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Haye scores with a leg kick.
Haye throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jensen Haye seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Haye.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Haye, right into the meat.
Datal missing with a left hand there. Haye was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Haye avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haye looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Datal really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Haye moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Haye misses with a head kick.
Datal went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Haye.
Datal misses with a combination

and Haye counters by moving into the clinch.
Haye tries to throw a body punch but Datal avoids it by throwing Haye back against the cage.
Haye lands a nice knee to the body.
Datal is trying to break the clinch but Haye is controlling him.
Haye tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Haye tries to land a knee to the head but Datal blocks with his arms.
Haye lands a knee to the head.
Datal takes a knee right on the jaw!
Haye swings wildly with an uppercut but Datal uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Haye jumps guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Haye lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Haye is looking to work some ground and pound but Datal has wrist control.
Haye has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Haye passes into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Haye throwing shots but Datal is blocking nicely.
Datal on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Datal tries to get out of the position.
Haye looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Datal avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Haye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haye controlling the action here.
Haye missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Datal is not content to let Haye control the position.
Haye thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Haye passes to full mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Haye raining down hammerfists from mount.
Haye fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Haye dominating with strikes here.
Haye throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Haye landing shots from mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Poor strikes thrown by Haye there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Ashmid Datal has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Haye raining down hammerfists from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jensen Haye comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Haye has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 25:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 25:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jensen Haye!
Jensen Haye seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.