PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jerome Steel (ranked 3044 p4p, 2829 weight class) and Charlie Hall (ranked 162 p4p, 151 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Steel
vs
Hall

196 cm
43
279
31 - 36 - 0

186 cm
36
273
24 - 27 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Bondi MMA 🏝️

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 36 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jerome Steel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charlie Hall!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Nard Betker and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steel doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hall thuds his right hand into Steel's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Steel looks to land a left hand but Hall moved out of range nicely.
Steel has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hall finds it's way round the side to connect with Steel's head.

Hall shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Steel's guard.
Hall is looking to stand up but Steel won't let him.

Hall stands and steps away. Steel gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Charlie Hall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steel misses with an uppercut. Hall saw that one coming.
Steel on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hall bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Steel's head backwards.
Hall steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Steel.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hall throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Steel staying out of range there.
Hall lands with a straight right. Steel didn't see that one coming.
Steel takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Steel takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Steel throws out a loose jab but Hall uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hall throws a hook but Steel avoids it easily.
Hall looks to land a combination but Steel avoids it well.
Hall throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hall looks to land a body kick but Steel moved away.
Steel takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hall throws a hook but Steel avoids it easily.
Steel goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel throws a leg kick which misses Hall's front leg but catches the back leg as Hall tries to avoid it.
A punch lands to the side of Steel 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hall checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hall connects with a nice looking jab.
Steel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hall.
Steel takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Steel takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hall scores with a one two! Steel had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Hall scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Steel is breathing heavily.
Steel is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hall.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Steel ducks right into an uppercut from Hall.
Hall lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hall smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Steel takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hall with a hook.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hall.
The fighters circling - Hall throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hall is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Steel had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Hall throws a shot to the body.
Hall scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Steel doesn't seem bothered though.
Hall 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.
Hall dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hall uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hall's sensitive parts.
Hall moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hall connects with the punch.
Hall looks to land a combination but Steel avoids it well.
Steel on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A slow jab from Hall misses its intended target.
Steel connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A telegraphed right hand from Steel misses the target.
Hall ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Hall gets a takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hall lands a nice short elbow.
Hall tries to stand but can't do so whilst Steel controls his leg.
Hall working over Steel with some ground and pound. Steel looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Hall stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Steel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Steel takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Steel looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hall connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Steel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hall looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Steel is looking to chop away at Hall's legs.
Hall uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Steel.
Steel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hall scores with a one two! Steel had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Hall lands a jab.
Hall cracks Steel with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hall takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hall connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Steel momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hall lands a nice shot that snaps Steel's head back.
Hall throws the left hand but Steel avoids the punch easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hall.
Hall takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hall paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Steel misses with a looping right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel takes a swing at Hall's ribcage but misses.
Steel walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Steel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hall moves away.
Steel is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hall.
Steel lands a slapping body shot.
Hall tries a head kick but it misses.
Hall scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hall scores with a body shot.
Jerome Steel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Steel takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hall has a takedown stuffed.
Steel on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Steel slips a jab and a cross from Hall.
An attempted straight right counter from Steel misses the target.
Hall displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Steel throws out the jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hall smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hall moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hall scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Steel moves out of range as Hall strikes.
Hall throws a series of punches but Steel avoids them all with ease.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Steel misses with a body shot.
Steel turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Steel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Steel gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Steel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Steel has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hall finds it's way round the side to connect with Steel's head.
Steel with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hall to score with a decent uppercut.
Hall changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Steel tries to avoid it but Hall manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Steel to the ground. Steel escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hall throws a combination. Steel tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Some wild striking there from Hall.
Hall stuns Steel with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hall looks to score with a jab to the body but Steel is just out of range.
Steel looks to land a left hand but Hall moved out of range nicely.
Hall throws a series of punches but Steel moves out of range.
It looked like Steel was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Hall.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Steel moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Steel throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hall connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Steel momentarily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Steel takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Steel gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall works the jab nicely.
Steel looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A telegraphed right hand from Hall misses the target.
Hall tries to score with a low kick but Steel moves his leg out of the way.
Hall lands with a straight right. Steel didn't see that one coming.
Hall on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hall throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Charlie Hall seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hall ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hall stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hall stuns Steel with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Steel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hall was well out of range. Poor timing from Steel.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hall.
Hall throws a lazy right hand but Steel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A swing and a miss from Steel.
Steel misses the shot to the body.
Steel looks to land a body kick but Hall moved away.
A right-left combo lands from Hall.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hall lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hall thows a left - swing and a miss!
Steel loads up on a big right hand but Hall slips the punch.
Hall tries to land a front kick but Steel steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Hall fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
An inside leg kick lands from Hall.
Hall slips under a jab from Steel.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hall! But no joy.
Hall throws a nice inside leg kick.
Steel walks into a jab.
Steel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hall.
Hall catches Steel with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Steel misses the jab.
Hall ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hall throws a big shot that misses.

Hall fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Steel sprawls well initially but Hall persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Hall tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Hall scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Hall stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Steel to get to his feet.
Steel stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hall.
Hall throws a jab but it's blocked by Steel.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hall.
Steel jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hall scores with a sloppy right hand. Steel should have avoided that one.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hall.
Hall with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A low kick lands for Hall.
Hall throws the left hand but Steel avoids the punch easily.
Hall lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Nice defenses there by Steel.
Hall lands a nice shot to the body.
Hall fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hall's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Hall duly obliges.
Hall pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Steel tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Steel looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hall throws a looping overhand right but Steel ducks down to avoid it.
Steel is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Steel takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hall scores with a jab to the body.
Hall tries a head kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall misses with a body shot.
Steel walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Hall blocks a jab.

Hall drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hall is working Steel over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Hall gets to his feet. Steel looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Steel walks into a stiff left hand from Hall.
Hall avoids the body shot from Steel.
Steel looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A jab from Hall finds it's way through Steel's defenses.
Hall throws a body shot but no joy.
Steel swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Steel. Hall does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hall follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Hall fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Steel has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hall lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Hall steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Steel.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Steel lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hall has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hall and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hall connects with a nice looking jab.
Steel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Hall 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! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Steel is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hall.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hall.
Hall staying out of range there.
Hall throws an overhand right that lands on Steel's shoulder, as Steel tries to avoid the shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Steel misses the target.
Hall misses with a straight left.
Steel tries to score with a low kick but Hall moves his leg out of the way.
Hall has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hall scores with a jab.
Hall lands with a nice body punch.
Hall fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hall swinging wildly here.
Hall on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hall fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Steel has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Steel slips a jab and a cross from Hall.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Steel tries a low kick but Hall avoids it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Steel walks into a straight right hand from Hall.
Steel throws out a loose jab but Hall uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hall displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Steel throws out the jab.
Hall jabs Steel right on the nose. Steel blinks but takes it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hall misses with a body shot.
Nice shot by Hall.
A jab from Hall does it's job there.
Hall bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hall looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Steel takes a swing at Hall's ribcage but misses.
Steel takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hall scores with a nice head shot.
Hall moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hall throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Steel stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Steel gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hall.
Steel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hall throws out a powerful jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hall lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hall on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hall scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hall misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hall with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A telegraphed right hand from Steel misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Steel eats them both and turns towards Hall to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Hall lands a jab to the nose.
Hall lands with a kick to the temple. Steel shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Hall tests Steel's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hall swinging wildly here.
Hall bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hall throws a jab but it's blocked by Steel.
Steel misses with a straight right.
Hall staying out of range there.
Hall thuds a left hand into Steel's body.
Steel throws a head kick but Hall moves out of range.
Hall looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hall throws a combination. Steel tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Steel misses with a looping left.
Good shot there by Hall.
Steel takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hall connects with a right hand. Steel shakes it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Steel's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hall connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Steel scrambles back to his feet.
Hall connects with a looping right hand.
Hall is working the combinations to good effect here.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hall.
Hall bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A little jabbing left from Hall on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hall avoids the head kick by Steel.
Hall throws out a counter right but Steel avoids it with no problem.
Steel takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hall lands a body shot.
Steel needs to keep his hands up - Hall had a free shot at his head there.
Steel misses with a looping left.
Hall scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hall!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hall misses with a wild combination.
It looked like Steel was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Hall.
Hall scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Hall throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Steel has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Steel throws a low kick, looking for Hall's leg but Hall calmly moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hall.
Hall avoids the body shot from Steel.
Steel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hall thows a left - swing and a miss!
Steel walks into a left hand.
Steel swings for the body but Hall moves out of range.
Charlie Hall is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Hall scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hall cracks Steel with a good jab.
Steel takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Steel throws a body kick that misses.
Hall lands a body shot.
Jerome Steel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hall lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Steel closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hall scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hall lands a nice looking body shot.
Hall lands with an overhand left.
Hall steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Steel.
Hall scores with a nice head shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charlie Hall comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hall 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charlie Hall!
Charlie Hall tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.