PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Melchizedek Halo (ranked 5329 p4p, 1960 weight class) and Jules Caesar (ranked 559 p4p, 255 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Halo
vs
Caesar

185 cm
38
215
26 - 15 - 1

185 cm
34
206
23 - 18 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

Threads of HARDCORE

Vegan Gains
MKFC

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Melchizedek Halo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jules Caesar!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Chris Downing and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Halo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Halo scores with a kick to the body.
Halo misses with a two punch combination.
Halo misses with an uppercut
and Caesar counters with a good, hard body kick but Halo shrugs it off.
A head kick from Caesar lands but Halo takes it in his stride.
Halo misses with a straight left.
Halo keeps the fight on the outside.
Caesar tries to clinch up but Halo circles away and keeps his distance.
Halo is looking to clinch.
Halo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Halo scores with a head kick.
Caesar lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Caesar throws a solid leg kick but Halo takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Caesar.
Caesar checks a low kick from Halo.
Halo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Caesar.

Halo has Caesar up against the ropes in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halo is trying to stall.
Halo misses with a hook from the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Caesar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Caesar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Caesar scores with a nice hook to the head.
Caesar tries a knee to the head but Halo blocks it.
Caesar lands an uppercut.
Caesar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Caesar working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nice elbow from Caesar.
Halo takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Melchizedek Halo has been cut.

Halo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Halo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Halo lands a head kick. Caesar smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
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!
Halo doesn't manage to clinch there - Caesar circles away.
Halo wants to clinch up but Caesar keeps it at a distance.
It seemed like Caesar was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Halo tries to close the distance and clinch but Caesar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halo scores with a nice strike.
Caesar looks to score with a jab to the body but Halo is just out of range.
Halo half committed to a counter leg kick.
Caesar thuds a left hand into Halo's body.
Caesar looks for the body kick but Halo saw that one coming.
Halo misses with a hook.
Halo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Halo misses with a leg kick.
Caesar is trying to counter with his kicks.
Caesar looks to score with a jab to the body but Halo is just out of range.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Caesar.
Caesar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Halo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Halo throwing a counter right hand but Caesar manages to avoid it.
Halo takes one to the chin there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caesar lands with a kick to the ribs.
Halo throws the left hand but Caesar avoids the punch easily.
Halo takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Halo avoids the head kick by Caesar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jules Caesar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Melchizedek Halo's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Halo tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Halo cracks Caesar with a right hand to the side of the head.
Halo thows a leg kick but Caesar checks it
and Caesar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice uppercut lands for Halo. That snapped Caesar's head back.
Halo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Caesar counters with a nice uppercut.
Donk. Halo catches Caesar right on the button with a cross.
Caesar takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Halo gets tackled into the ropes by Caesar. Caesar maintains the clinch.
Caesar blocking some punches.
Caesar misses with the head strike.
Caesar misses with a punch to the body.
A right hand to the body from Caesar.
Halo tries to work over Caesar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Caesar tries to work over Halo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knees to the body from Caesar.
Halo takes a knee to the side of the body.

Caesar manages to break the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Caesar clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Caesar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Halo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Caesar misses with a few strikes there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Halo.
Caesar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Halo.
Halo throws a hook to the side of Caesar's head but Caesar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Caesar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Halo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Melchizedek Halo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Caesar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Halo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Halo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Halo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Caesar feints a counter leg kick.
Caesar throws a lazy right hand but Halo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Halo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Caesar finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Halo looks to throw a body kick
and Caesar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Halo lands a nice looking body shot.
Halo swings widly with a right hand
and Caesar counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Caesar throws a combination. Halo tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Caesar throws a right hand that Halo ducks under and follows up with a left that Halo also avoids with ease.
Caesar misses with a jab, cross combination.
A big right from Halo misses.
Caesar throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Halo is looking to clinch.
Halo tries a head kick but it misses.
Halo misses with a hook.
Caesar tries to clinch but Halo moves out of range.
Caesar avoids the body shot from Halo.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caesar misses with an attempted mid kick.
Caesar has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Halo misses with a hook
and Caesar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Halo 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jules Caesar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Melchizedek Halo's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Caesar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jules Caesar is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Halo. Caesar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Halo takes a swing at Caesar's ribcage but misses.
Caesar fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Caesar looks to land a right hand but Halo moved out of range.
Halo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Caesar.
Jules Caesar seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Caesar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Caesar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Halo.
Halo tries to close the distance and clinch but Caesar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Caesar only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Caesar tries to land a front kick but Halo steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Halo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Caesar manages to avoid it.
Caesar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Halo.
A jab from Halo does it's job there.
Halo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Caesar.
Caesar steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Halo.
Halo throws a lazy uppercut
and Caesar counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Caesar scores with a push kick.
Caesar lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A punch lands to the side of Halo 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Halo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Caesar.
Caesar flicks out a counter leg kick but Halo steps away.
Halo blocks a head kick by Caesar.
Halo throws an off balance right hand
and Caesar counters with a stiff right hand.
Caesar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Halo moves away.
Halo looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Halo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A looping hook to the body misses from Halo. Caesar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Melchizedek Halo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Halo moves into the clinch successfully.
Halo throws a punch but it's blocked by Caesar.
Caesar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Halo avoids it.
Caesar has a couple of punches blocked by Halo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caesar tries to throw a body punch but Halo avoids it by throwing Caesar back against the ropes.
Halo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Caesar backwards.
Halo will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Halo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Caesar blocks a body shot from Halo.
A head punch on the inside from Halo fails to land.
Halo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Caesar lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Halo backwards.
Caesar lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Halo working aggressively here.
Halo tries a body shot but Caesar blocks it.
Caesar scores with a shot to the side of Halo's head.
Good body shot from Halo.
Caesar prevents a body shot from Halo.
Halo misses with the head strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jules Caesar.
Well Caesar has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jules Caesar!
Our winner, Jules Caesar, 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.
In defeat, Melchizedek Halo stepped up to the mic, saying 'The game plan was wrong. We will re-watch the tape and figure out where we went wrong. '.