PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Takeshi Yuudai (ranked 60 p4p, 6 weight class) and Jerry Haze (ranked 180 p4p, 14 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Yuudai
vs
Haze

172 cm
31
143 lbs
25 - 10 - 2

168 cm
31
147 lbs
22 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Takeshi Yuudai!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jerry Haze!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Ackerman and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yuudai lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Haze lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Haze moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jab by Haze.
A leg kick checked by Haze.
Haze misses with a head kick.
Yuudai scores with a jab to the head.
Yuudai has been working on his boxing with his coaches at White Eagle in the buildup to the fight.
Yuudai throws a low kick but it's checked well by Haze.
Haze ducks under a wild hook from Yuudai.
Haze fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Good leg kick by Yuudai there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Haze closes the distance and pushes Yuudai back into the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Haze digs a right hand underneath Yuudai's ribcage. Yuudai let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Yuudai scores with a shot to the side of Haze's head.

Yuudai pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circling - Haze throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Haze ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A lazy body kick from Yuudai
and Haze cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Takeshi Yuudai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yuudai lands a jab to Haze's midsection.
Haze swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Yuudai takes a swing at Haze's ribcage but misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Yuudai.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Yuudai.
Yuudai pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A low kick from Yuudai is predictable there

and Haze counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Yuudai!
The ground and pound from Haze seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Haze working away.
Haze throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Yuudai can't do much from the bottom here.
Haze lands some shots froms side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Haze.
Haze scores with punches from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Haze wants to lay and pray for a moment but Yuudai keeps working.
Haze creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Yuudai sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Yuudai parries the strikes from Haze easily there. Haze is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Yuudai to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haze wants to lay and pray for a moment but Yuudai keeps working.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yuudai on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
You can see the frustration on Yuudai's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Yuudai is looking to regain half guard here but Haze keeps moving and retains side control.
Haze working the body and head with strikes.
Yuudai is not content to let Haze control the position.
Haze in side control, throwing shots but Yuudai defends.
Haze landing a few strikes.
Haze working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yuudai is working to avoid the ground and pound but Haze connects with a decent elbow.
Haze working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Haze looks up at the clock and then as Yuudai takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Haze smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Haze misses with the ground and pound.
Haze scoring with punches and elbows.
Yuudai wants to control but Haze postures up.
Yuudai tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Haze wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Haze scoring with punches and elbows.
Haze working the body and head with strikes.
Haze in side control lands a decent elbow.
Haze is looking to take a break and control but Yuudai is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Haze in side control, throwing shots but Yuudai defends.
Haze tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yuudai can't do much from the bottom here.
Haze wants to lay and pray for a moment but Yuudai keeps working.
Haze working the ground and pound from side control.
Haze scoring with punches from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yuudai gets back to half guard.
Haze throwing shots but Yuudai is blocking nicely.
Haze thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Haze uses his free foot to push down on Yuudai's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Yuudai.
Haze fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Haze working Yuudai over with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jerry Haze 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.

Haze gets tackled into the cage by Yuudai. Yuudai maintains the clinch.
A short uppercut from Haze.
Yuudai has a couple of punches blocked by Haze.
Good body shot from Yuudai.
Haze lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Haze throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yuudais head.
Haze misses with a knee strike.
Haze lands a knee to the body.
Yuudai misses with a punch on the inside.
Haze tries to work over Yuudai's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Still in the clinch, Yuudai scores with a nice short uppercut.
Haze misses with a knee strike.

Haze escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Haze throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Haze has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Haze avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yuudai misses with a low kick.
Yuudai misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Haze.
Yuudai ducks under a wild hook from Haze.
A bone on bone clash there as Haze blocks the leg kick.
Haze misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haze blocks a jab.
Yuudai takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Haze defending well as Yuudai loads up on a big left hand.
Haze throws a hook but Yuudai blocks it.
Yuudai just misses with a punch to the body.
Haze uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Yuudai has time to react.
Yuudai ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Haze lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Haze lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Good shot there by Haze.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Haze - that will leave a mark!
Yuudai throws a leg kick but Haze sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Haze is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jerry Haze seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Haze looking to score a takedown here. Yuudai is defending well but Haze drives through and ends up in Yuudai's guard.
Haze stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Yuudai swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Haze working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Haze must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yuudai looking to control.
Haze throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Yuudai works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Haze loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Haze is fighting to break Yuudai's control of his arms but Yuudai is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Haze working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Yuudai has Haze pulled in close to control his posture.
Haze wants to control from the top but Yuudai keeps moving.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Yuudai holds on and takes a little breather.
Haze looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haze wants to control from the top but Yuudai keeps moving.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Yuudai tries to bum rush Haze with a series of wild strikes but Haze uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Takeshi Yuudai is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yuudai misses with an uppercut.
Jab from Yuudai.
Haze listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Haze looks to score with a jab to the body but Yuudai is just out of range.
Yuudai takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yuudai tries to land a front kick but Haze steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Yuudai.
Haze checks a leg kick nicely.
Yuudai looks to land a body kick but Haze moved away.
Haze uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yuudai.
Haze uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yuudai.
Yuudai dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yuudai swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Yuudai throws a low kick but Haze avoids it.
Yuudai looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Yuudai.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haze bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Yuudai ducks under a wild hook from Haze.
Haze stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Yuudai.
Nice straight punches there by Haze. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Haze.
Yuudai scoring well with a low kick there.
Yuudai misses with a wild body shot.
Yuudai blocks a leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Haze. Beautiful body shot.

Haze decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Yuudai tries to kick Haze off in order to stand up. Haze Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Haze in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Yuudai taking a bit of punishment here - Haze scoring with strikes.
Yuudai tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Haze wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
You can see the frustration on Yuudai's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Haze throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jerry Haze showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Yuudai's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Yuudai connects with a single shot there.
Haze getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Yuudai checks a leg kick.
Yuudai lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Haze looks to throw the jab but Yuudai is out of range.
Haze throws a big shot that misses.
Haze throws a right and a left that both miss.
Haze fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Yuudai on the side of the head.
Yuudai slips under a jab from Haze.
Haze tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Yuudai paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Yuudai misses with a wild body shot.
Yuudai waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Haze.
Haze throws a leg kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yuudai fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Haze looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Haze tries to clinch but Yuudai is having none of it.
A swing and a miss from Haze.
Haze throws a low kick but Yuudai avoids it.
Yuudai lunges at Haze with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Haze's hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Haze misses with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haze connects with an inside leg kick.
Yuudai misses the shot to the body.
Yuudai lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Yuudai darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Yuudai stuffs the takedown.
Yuudai tries to work over Haze's front leg with a kick but Haze checks it.
Haze throws a wild body kick that Yuudai sees coming a mile off.
Yuudai was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Haze thumps Yuudai with a low kick.
Yuudai throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Haze throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Haze moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Yuudai looks to score with a jab to the body but Haze is just out of range.
Yuudai bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Yuudai takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Haze misses with a body shot.
Yuudai lands with a shot to the body.
Yuudai throws a chopping leg kick but Haze manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Yuudai with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Haze to score with a decent uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yuudai connects with a right hand. Haze shakes it off.
Yuudai cracks Haze with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Yuudai fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Haze. Yuudai does a little dance to reset his feet.
As Haze backs away, Yuudai returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Yuudai tries to close the distance and clinch but Haze swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Haze tries a quick counter leg kick but Yuudai is wise to it.
Yuudai misses with a body kick.
Haze catches Yuudai with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Yuudai tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Haze paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Haze throws out a counter right but Yuudai avoids it with no problem.
Yuudai fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Haze manages to avoid it.
Haze lands a jab.
Haze just misses with a punch to the body.
Yuudai ducks under a wild hook from Haze.
Haze throws a lazy right hand but Yuudai sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yuudai throws a chopping leg kick but Haze manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Haze has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Haze there as he acknowledges the shot.
Haze swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Yuudai uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Haze.
An attempted straight right counter from Yuudai misses the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haze does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Yuudai feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Haze's calf.
Yuudai throws the kick towards the body but Haze avoids it.
Yuudai lands a leg kick that knocks Haze off balance momentarily.
Yuudai scores with a nice body kick.
Good leg kick by Yuudai there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Haze misses the jab.
Yuudai checks a leg kick nicely.
Yuudai misses with a hook. Haze ducked under it nicely.
Haze misses with a body punch
and Yuudai counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Yuudai misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Haze.
Haze lands a glancing blow to the side of Yuudai's head.
Yuudai throws a leg kick

and Haze counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
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!
Yuudai is adopting a defensive guard.
Haze stands up over Yuudai, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Haze accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Yuudai working a defensive guard here.
Haze cracks Yuudai with a solid left hand.
Haze postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Yuudai preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Haze stays in close to Yuudai's body and controls the position.
Yuudai wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Yuudai keeping moving, preventing Haze from controlling successfully.
Haze is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Jerry Haze just about did enough to take it.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Haze takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A jab from Haze misses.
Haze throws a lazy right hand but Yuudai sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Haze lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Yuudai misses with a leg kick
and Haze counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Haze chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Yuudai can pounce on him.
Haze has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Haze there as he acknowledges the shot.
Yuudai scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Haze's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Haze throws a sloppy head kick
and Yuudai counters with a leg kick.
A lazy left from Haze finds it's target.
Haze misses with a leg kick.
Haze uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yuudai.
It seemed like Haze was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Haze changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
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!
Haze shoots in for a double leg but Yuudai sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Haze lands with a nice body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Yuudai.
Haze looks to land a right hand but Yuudai moved out of range.
Yuudai throws a jab but it's blocked by Haze.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Haze.
Haze is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Yuudai misses with a hook.
Yuudai throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Haze fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Yuudai on the side of the head.
A good leg kick by Yuudai.
Yuudai throws a chopping leg kick but Haze manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Haze has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Yuudai.
A solid leg kick lands there for Haze.
Yuudai misses with a hook.
Haze throws a body shot but no joy.
Yuudai bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Haze throws a lazy right hand but Yuudai sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yuudai scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Haze chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Yuudai can pounce on him.
Yuudai misses with a left hand
and Haze counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haze stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Yuudai.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haze on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A jab lands there for Yuudai.
Yuudai is looking to land body kicks.
Yuudai lands a head shot.
Yuudai misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Haze.
Haze checks a leg kick.
Haze swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Haze.
Haze avoids the body shot from Yuudai.
Yuudai feints and then cracks Haze's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Haze down.
Haze moves out of range of the body kick.
Haze swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yuudai misses with a hook. Haze ducked under it nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Haze. Yuudai does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yuudai misses with a low kick.
Yuudai misses with a looping left.
Yuudai ducks under a wild hook from Haze.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yuudai defending well as Haze loads up on a big left hand.
Haze throws a shot from downtown. Yuudai moves away and avoids it.
Haze lands with a kick to the temple. Yuudai shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A solid leg kick lands there for Yuudai.
Yuudai misses with a low kick as Haze jumps back.
Yuudai misses with a hook.
Haze throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Haze throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Haze throws a leg kick that is checked
and Yuudai counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yuudai does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Yuudai thuds his shin into the meat of Haze's side.
Haze tries to land a leg kick but Yuudai saw it coming and moves away.
Haze connects with a single shot there.
Yuudai throws a leg kick which misses Haze's front leg but catches the back leg as Haze tries to avoid it.
Jab from Haze.
Haze's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Yuudai connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Haze scrambles back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yuudai is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Haze.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yuudai smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Haze keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yuudai.
Yuudai misses with an uppercut. Haze saw that one coming.
Haze rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yuudai moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yuudai misses with a body shot.
Haze throws out a counter right but Yuudai avoids it with no problem.
Yuudai swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Haze misses the jab.
Yuudai misses the shot to the body.
Yuudai connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Yuudai uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Haze has time to react.
Haze throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Yuudai steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Haze. That one must have hurt.
Yuudai staying out of range there.
Yuudai appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Haze misses with a low kick as Yuudai jumps back.
Yuudai lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Haze at a distance.
Yuudai lands a right hook to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Haze lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Yuudai has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Yuudai and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Takeshi Yuudai had his way with Jerry Haze in that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Yuudai lands a right hook to the body.
Haze connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Haze throws a body kick that misses.
Haze will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yuudai uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Haze.
Yuudai tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Haze throws a sloppy head kick
and Yuudai counters with a leg kick.
Yuudai fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Haze manages to avoid it.
Yuudai stuns Haze with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Haze blocks a low kick nicely.
Yuudai lands with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haze has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Yuudai finds it's way round the side to connect with Haze's head.
Yuudai misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yuudai uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Haze.
Yuudai throws a hook to the side of Haze's head but Haze sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yuudai moves out of range as Haze strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yuudai lands with a hook. Haze tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Haze keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yuudai.
A big right from Haze misses.
A slow jab from Haze misses its intended target.
Haze misses the jab.
Haze is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Yuudai throws a big shot that misses.
Haze staying out of range there.
Yuudai throws a big shot that misses.

Yuudai forces Haze back against the cage and clinches.
Yuudai lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Yuudai blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A body shot lands from Haze.
Haze misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yuudai misses with a punch on the inside.
Yuudai lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Haze.
Takeshi Yuudai has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Haze has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yuudai misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yuudai lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch on the inside from Yuudai fails to land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yuudai softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yuudai looking to slow down the pace here.
Yuudai digs a right hand underneath Haze's ribcage. Haze let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch on the inside from Yuudai fails to land.
Haze lands a hook that snaps the head of Yuudai backwards.
Haze takes an elbow to the forehead.
A short right from Haze.
Yuudai lands a right hand that snaps the head of Haze backwards.

Haze pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yuudai will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Haze throws out a loose jab but Yuudai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yuudai defending well as Haze loads up on a big left hand.
Yuudai feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Haze blocks a head kick by Yuudai.
Yuudai bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Haze clinches up with Yuudai and pushes him back against the cage.
Haze wants to stall.
Haze lands an uppercut.
Jerry Haze is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Haze lands with a right to the head.
Haze throws a punch but it's blocked by Yuudai.
Haze trying to land knees to the body.
Haze landing knees to the head.
A short left from Haze.
Yuudai misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yuudai tries to work over Haze's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yuudai working aggressively here.
Yuudai swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Haze lands a good knee to the midsection. Yuudai won't want to take too many of those.
Haze scores with a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haze using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yuudai has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yuudai.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yuudai fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Haze swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Haze.
Yuudai swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Yuudai lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jerry Haze seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A right hook to the body lands for Yuudai.
Yuudai tries to work over Haze's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Haze blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Yuudai pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yuudai throws a lazy uppercut
letting Haze counter with a right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Takeshi Yuudai.
I think Haze has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 47:48
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 47:48
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jerry Haze!
Jerry Haze is the new featherweight champion!
Our winner, Jerry Haze, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.