PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Beau Hatfield (ranked 24530 p4p, 0 weight class) and ALex Waid (ranked 5351 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hatfield
vs
Waid

172 cm
19
193 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

200 cm
18
194 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Hates pizza

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Beau Hatfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, ALex Waid!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Vladimir Khabensky and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Waid looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Hatfield!
Hatfield is looking for a sweep.
Who's going to make the next move?
Hatfield could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Waid is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Hatfield has escaped the position, nice work there.
Waid taking a breather here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hatfield is trying to control Waid's posture but Waid avoids it.
Hatfield gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Waid tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Waid is trying to take his opponent's back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatfield is desperately trying to improve his position but Waid has a good base and remains in mount.
Waid dominating with strikes here.
Hatfield is trying desperately to improve position.
Waid is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Hatfield is working to get back to half guard.
Waid controlling from the full mount.
Hatfield takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Hatfield is rocked!
Waid is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hatfield can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Oh Hatfield is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Waid has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Waid cracks Hatfield with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). ALex Waid!