PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paul Daley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Haug (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Daley
vs
Haug

190 cm
22
182 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Likes ground

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Paul Daley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Martin Haug!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Valeri Chadov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daley tries to clinch but Haug moves out of range.
Daley tries to clinch but Haug is having none of it.
Daley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Haug paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Daley tries to close the distance and clinch but Haug swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Daley stuffs the takedown attempt from Haug. Haug gets slowly back to his feet.
Haug tries to clinch up

and Daley counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Haug has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Daley avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Daley.
Haug looks gassed!
Daley crunches a lovely knee into Haug's ribcage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Daley lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Martin Haug has been cut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Daley.
Daley scores with a knee to the head.
Daley landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Daley has Haug pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Haug is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Daley - that's hurt Haug badly! Oh, another knee lands and Haug is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Haug doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Paul Daley!