PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Hall (ranked 1499 p4p, 174 weight class) and Talon Orion (ranked 1770 p4p, 207 weight class). Hall comes to the cage accompanied by Bandit. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Hall
vs
Orion

179 cm
26
153 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

177 cm
19
158 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Apothecary
KO GEAR

KO GEAR

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ryan Hall!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Talon Orion!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, William Gold and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hall slips a straight right by Orion.
Orion throws a lazy right hand but Hall sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hall slips a straight right by Orion.
Hall feinted with a counter takedown.
Hall fails to land the takedown.
Hall doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Hall takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hall darts in looking for a takedown but Orion gets double underhooks and turns Hall into the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Hall. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hall takes one to the side of the head.
Hall has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Orion throws a series of punches but Hall avoids them all with ease.
Hall tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Orion manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Orion closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Orion lands in his opponent's guard.
Orion trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall looking to hit a scissor sweep but Orion is one step ahead there.
Orion pushes down on Hall's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Hall is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Orion pulls his head out easily.
Orion is looking to advance position but Hall won't allow it.

Hall is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Orion pulls his head out easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hall gets full guard.
Orion controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Let's hope that Orion has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

Hall is looking for a triangle but Orion pushes his legs off easily.
Orion stands and throws Hall's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orion is staying tight to Hall's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Hall tries to bench press Orion off him but Orion keeps the position.
Hall is working hard here to advance position.

Orion decides to stand back up.
Hall on the wrong end of a nice jab.

It looks like Ryan Hall has been cut.
Jab from Orion.

Hall is rocked!
Orion with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Orion shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Oh Hall is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Orion controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall seems to have got his legs back now.
Hall is looking to improve his position.
Orion performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Orion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Talon Orion dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Hall's cut.
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.

Hall ducks right into an uppercut from Orion.
Orion steps in with a hook that catches Hall right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Orion follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Hall looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Talon Orion!
Talon Orion is the new featherweight champion!
Post fight, Talon Orion stared into the camera and said 'This guy was a very one dimensional fighter.. making a game plan for this guy was incredibly easy.. you need more than just a brown belt to be champion. Sorry not sorry.. *holds up belt*'.