PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tristan St. Gough (ranked 479 p4p, 558 weight class) and Adils Hallbjornsson (ranked 75 p4p, 87 weight class). Hallbjornsson has chosen Herr Mannelig as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Tristan St. Gough had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

St. Gough
vs
Hallbjornsson

193 cm
31
213
15 - 9 - 0

190 cm
31
210
23 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tristan St. Gough!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Adils Hallbjornsson!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St. Gough throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hallbjornsson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
St. Gough wants to clinch but Hallbjornsson slips to the side
and Hallbjornsson counters with a straight right hand.
St. Gough closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
St. Gough tries to clinch up but Hallbjornsson circles away and keeps his distance.
Hallbjornsson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hallbjornsson throws a half hearted mid kick.

Hallbjornsson tries to keep at a distance but St. Gough has taken the fight into the clinch.
St. Gough struggles to land a body shot inside as Hallbjornsson controls his hands.
Hallbjornsson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Hallbjornsson working aggressively here.
St. Gough misses with a hook from the clinch.

Hallbjornsson breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hallbjornsson misses with a hook. St. Gough ducked under it nicely.
Hallbjornsson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hallbjornsson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
St. Gough tries to clinch up.
St. Gough takes one to the side of the head.
Hallbjornsson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St. Gough tries to clinch up but Hallbjornsson circles away and keeps his distance.
Hallbjornsson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. St. Gough doesn't seem bothered though.
St. Gough slips a jab from Hallbjornsson.

St. Gough drives through and clinches with Hallbjornsson against the cage.

Hallbjornsson manages to break the clinch.
St. Gough tries to close the distance and clinch but Hallbjornsson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hallbjornsson feints a counter leg kick.
St. Gough tries to clinch up.
St. Gough lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hallbjornsson at a distance.
St. Gough misses with a hook.
Hallbjornsson flicks out a counter leg kick but St. Gough steps away.
St. Gough scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nice body punch from Hallbjornsson.
St. Gough rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hallbjornsson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
St. Gough cracks Hallbjornsson with a good jab.
St. Gough fails in his attempt to clinch.
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!
St. Gough is looking to clinch.
Hallbjornsson feints a counter leg kick.
Hallbjornsson has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
St. Gough tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hallbjornsson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A little jabbing left from Hallbjornsson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
St. Gough misses with a jab to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St. Gough fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hallbjornsson swats away the attempt to clinch by St. Gough.

St. Gough darts in and clinches Hallbjornsson up against the cage.
St. Gough misses with a hook to the ribs.
St. Gough can't find room to land a body shot as Hallbjornsson controls the action.
St. Gough tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hallbjornsson.
St. Gough tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hallbjornsson's elbow.
Hallbjornsson tries to work over St. Gough's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
St. Gough throws a punch but it's blocked by Hallbjornsson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for St. Gough.
Hallbjornsson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hallbjornsson misses with the head strike.

Hallbjornsson breaks from the clinch.
Hallbjornsson lands with a slapping head kick.
St. Gough doesn't manage to clinch there - Hallbjornsson circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

St. Gough clinches.
A head punch on the inside from St. Gough fails to land.
St. Gough has a couple of punches blocked by Hallbjornsson.
St. Gough throws a head punch that misses.

Hallbjornsson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hallbjornsson misses with a hook.
St. Gough misses with a hook. Hallbjornsson ducked under it nicely.
Hallbjornsson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
St. Gough tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hallbjornsson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hallbjornsson misses with a series of wild punches.
St. Gough was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
St. Gough tries to clinch
and Hallbjornsson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
St. Gough fails in his attempt to clinch.
St. Gough fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hallbjornsson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hallbjornsson throws a front kick aimed at St. Gough's knee but St. Gough avoids it well.
St. Gough wants to clinch.
Hallbjornsson raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St. Gough tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hallbjornsson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hallbjornsson with a jab.
Hallbjornsson misses with a leg kick.

St. Gough drives through and clinches with Hallbjornsson against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hallbjornsson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of St. Goughs head.
St. Gough holding his opponent close, against the cage.
St. Gough throws a punch but it's blocked by Hallbjornsson.
Hallbjornsson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hallbjornsson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
St. Gough blocking some punches.
St. Gough fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
St. Gough lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
St. Gough has Hallbjornsson pressed against the cage, preventing Hallbjornsson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Adils Hallbjornsson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

St. Gough tries to clinch there but Hallbjornsson circles away.
Adils Hallbjornsson seems to be getting the better of the standup.

St. Gough closes the distance and clinches.
St. Gough blocking some punches.
Hallbjornsson cracks St. Gough with a nice body shot.
St. Gough lands with a short head shot on the inside.
St. Gough working aggressively here.
Hallbjornsson lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for St. Gough.
Hallbjornsson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
St. Gough lands with a left to the head.
Hallbjornsson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hallbjornsson.
Tristan St. Gough has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hallbjornsson pushes St. Gough back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hallbjornsson lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right from Hallbjornsson on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hallbjornsson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hallbjornsson prevents a body shot from St. Gough.
St. Gough blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hallbjornsson lands an uppercut.
St. Gough lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hallbjornsson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
St. Gough blocks a body shot from Hallbjornsson.
St. Gough lands a hook that snaps the head of Hallbjornsson backwards.
Come on Hallbjornsson - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hallbjornsson lands a shoulder strike.
St. Gough tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Hallbjornsson.
A nice left hand lands by Hallbjornsson.
St. Gough tries to throw a body punch but Hallbjornsson avoids it by throwing St. Gough back against the cage.
St. Gough lands a shot to the body.
St. Gough tries to throw a body punch but Hallbjornsson avoids it by throwing St. Gough back against the cage.
Hallbjornsson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nice body punch from Hallbjornsson - that landed with a thud.
Hallbjornsson scores with a shoulder strike.
Hallbjornsson lands with a light punch inside.
Hallbjornsson lands with a short punch from the clinch.

St. Gough is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hallbjornsson lands a left hand.
Oh St. Gough is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hallbjornsson creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends St. Gough's eyes rolling into the back of his head! St. Gough drops to his knees and Hallbjornsson pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adils Hallbjornsson!
During a confident post fight interview, Adils Hallbjornsson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.