PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Almin Hadzic (ranked 23235 p4p, 0 weight class) and Happier Happiest (ranked 4970 p4p, 0 weight class). Happiest has chosen Ken Dodd & the Diddy Men: Happiness as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hadzic
vs
Happiest

179 cm
23
190 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

190 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Almin Hadzic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Happier Happiest!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Paul Aken and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Happiest paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Happiest throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hadzic with a poor takedown
and Happiest counters with a series of strikes. Hadzic will be more careful next time no doubt.
Hadzic takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hadzic avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hadzic tries to clinch up.
Happiest lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hadzic at a distance.
Happiest scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
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!
Happiest throws a sloppy head kick
and Hadzic counters with a left and a right that stings Happiest.
Happiest fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Happiest lunges at Hadzic with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hadzic's hand.
Happier Happiest seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hadzic checks a leg kick.
Hadzic tries for a takedown but Happiest sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Happiest works over Hadzic's head and body with a nice combination.
Happiest is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Hadzic avoids the head kick by Happiest.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hadzic shoots for a double leg takedown but Happiest sprawls well. He's pushed Hadzic's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Almin Hadzic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice shot lands for Happiest.
Hadzic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Happiest swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hadzic throws a hook but Happiest blocks it.
Happiest works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hadzic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hadzic throws a sloppy head kick and Happiest moves out of range easily.

Hadzic closes the distance and clinches.

Happiest manages to break the clinch.
Happiest keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hadzic fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Happiest avoids it really well and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hadzic throws a head kick but Happiest moves out of range.

Hadzic moves into the clinch.
Hadzic fails to pull guard.
Hadzic is breathing heavily.

Happiest escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Happiest bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hadzic's head backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hadzic takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Happier Happiest is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Happiest throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Happiest lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hadzic backs up against the cage.
Happiest throws a one two combo.
Hadzic is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Happiest pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hadzic throws a quick counter kick to the body but Happiest avoids it.
Happiest fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Happiest is working the combinations to good effect here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Happiest throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hadzic.
Hadzic doesn't manage to clinch there - Happiest circles away.
Happiest scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hadzic in his tracks.
Happiest wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Happiest lands a jab-cross combination.
Hadzic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Danga de danga de dang - Happiest scores with a four punch combination!
A punch combination from Happiest misses.
Hadzic thinks about countering with a head kick.
Happiest scores with a leg kick.
Happiest attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Happiest throws a one two combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hadzic takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Hadzic throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hadzic shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Happiest sprawls well. Happiest wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hadzic gets slowly back to his feet.
Happiest misses with a double jab

and Hadzic moves into the clinch.

Hadzic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Happiest's corner calls for a 1-2. Happiest obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hadzic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Hadzic drives through and clinches with Happiest against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Happier Happiest dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nice cross by Happiest.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Happiest.
Jab from Happiest.
Happiest with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Happiest has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Happiest lands with a nice combination. Hadzic backs away looking to recover.

Hadzic fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Happiest to the ground. Hadzic is now in Happiest's guard.

Happiest pushes Hadzic off and gets back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Happiest throws a right and a left that Hadzic avoids nicely.
Happiest throws a combination that misses
and Hadzic makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Happiest fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hadzic on the side of the head.
Hadzic shoots in and drives through. Happiest sprawls well.
Happiest is breathing heavily.
Happiest scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Happiest throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Happiest throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hadzic stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Happiest ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hadzic moves away.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Happiest!
Hadzic looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hadzic stalks Happiest and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Happiest's face. Happiest staggers backwards, shaken.
Hadzic avoids the head kick by Happiest.
Hadzic closes the distance and clinches up with Happiest, looking for a takedown. Hadzic pushes Happiest against the cage but Happiest circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Hadzic shoots for a takedown but Happiest saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Almin Hadzic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hadzic tries to clinch but Happiest is having none of it.
Happiest throws a wild body kick that Hadzic sees coming a mile off.
Hadzic doesn't manage to clinch there - Happiest circles away.
Happiest works over Hadzic's head and body with a nice combination.
Hadzic shoots for a double leg takedown but Happiest sprawls well. He's pushed Hadzic's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Happiest thuds his shin into the meat of Hadzic's side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hadzic doesn't manage to clinch there - Happiest circles away.
Happier Happiest seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hadzic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hadzic blocks a leg kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hadzic.
Happiest tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hadzic misses with a leg kick
and Happiest counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Almin Hadzic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Happiest scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hadzic on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Happiest lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hadzic backs up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Happiest goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Hadzic fails with the takedown.
Happiest walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hadzic checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Happiest throws a series of strikes that have Hadzic backpedaling.
Happiest avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Happiest looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Happiest swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Hadzic holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Happiest has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hadzic scores with a nice hook to the head.
Happiest wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Hadzic manages to break the clinch.
Happiest moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hadzic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Happiest digs a good body shot into Hadzic's ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hadzic has a takedown stuffed.
Happiest let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Happiest!
Hadzic shoots for a double leg takedown but Happiest sprawls well. He's pushed Hadzic's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
As Hadzic backs off Happiest throws a huge counter combo but Hadzic manages to avoid it all.
Happiest misses with a leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Happiest.
Happiest connects with the punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Happiest scores with a three punch combo!
Hadzic takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Happier Happiest showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Happiest throws a head kick but Hadzic moves out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Happiest!
Happiest displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Hadzic closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Happiest escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Happiest misses with a few strikes there.

Hadzic moves into the clinch successfully.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hadzic.
Hadzic blocks the elbow strike.
Hadzic missing with knees to the body.
Happiest tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Happiest takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hadzic leaning against his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Happiest is trying to force a seperation but Hadzic has the dominant position.
Hadzic is stalling here.
Hadzic struggles to land a body shot inside as Happiest controls his hands.
Happiest looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Happiest has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Happiest is trying to push Hadzic away but Hadzic has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Happiest letting Hadzic take a breather here.
Hadzic has Happiest pressed against the cage, preventing Happiest from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Happiest misses with the head strike.

Happiest pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jab, jab by Happiest - just one landing.
Happiest lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hadzic at a distance.

Hadzic clinches.

Hadzic gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Happiest makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Happiest.
Hadzic trying to control but Happiest is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hadzic landing with the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hadzic preventing the sweep.
Hadzic trying to control the position from guard on top but Happiest is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Hadzic is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Happiest tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hadzic wants to pass the guard but Happiest is keeping the position.
Hadzic trying to control the position from guard on top but Happiest is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Happiest has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Hadzic has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Happiest stops a takedown attempt from Hadzic.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Happiest's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hadzic gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Happiest.
Happiest avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hadzic shoots in and drives through. Happiest sprawls well.
A head kick from Happiest lands but Hadzic takes it in his stride.
Happiest connects with a right hand. Hadzic shakes it off.
Happiest lands an overhand right.
Hadzic keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hadzic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Happiest bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hadzic's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Happier Happiest comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Happiest winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Happier Happiest!
Post fight, an emotional Happier Happiest said 'Happiness is a choice '.